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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Five, More on Carney and Mismatch

Parts One, Two, Three, and more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Four, John Carney on the Mismatch

Parts One, Two, and Three. more »

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The Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Three, A Reply to John Carney

Parts One and Two

In the first two parts of this series, I analyzed views on the Job Guarantee (JG) idea offered by more »

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End the Austerity War Against the People: Mint the Platinum Coin!

How can the President win a victory for the people in the coming hostage-taking over the budget? Here's a scenario! more »

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Proof Platinum Coin Seigniorage: A Political Game Changer for Progressives!

Now that a debt ceiling deal has ended the immediate crisis, the attention being given to the President's options, in case there was no deal on the debt, will fade into the background, and most of the options offered to get past the debt ceiling won't be discusse more »

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Coin Seigniorage and Inflation

neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com — This post by Scott Fullwiler is the definitive post on how proof platinum coin seigniorage (PPCS) relates to inflation.

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Brinksmanship On the Debt Ceiling

As the United States Government approaches “running of money” to pay its bills, news articles and pronouncements by politicians about the debt ceiling dispute focus on several things. First, they talk about the dire consequences of defaulting on our obligations. more »

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Worrying About Demand-Pull Inflation Is A Distraction

One commenter at FireDogLake says:

”. . . we should be exceptionally careful not to jeopardize the hard-fought for benefits (like S.S.) by risking devaluation of the dollar. more »

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The Simplest and Best Way Out

Well, the proverbial s__t is now hitting the fan in our State Governments, and we're looking at struggles in State after State between newly elected Republican Governors scapegoating civil servants, while they insist that taxes can't be raised on the wealthy and large corporations during a recession. more »

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China Currency Manipulation Equals China Inflation

Schemes and scams unravel, usually badly. China has been manipulating its currency, causing economic imbalances on a scale the world has rarely if ever before seen. The consequences are causing inflation problems inside China. One way or another this is going to adjust and China has to find a way to keep it from exploding. more »

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