![]() ![]() Through illuminating insights about government debt, deficits, inflation, taxes, the financial system, and financial constraints on the federal budget, Kelton dramatically changes our understanding of how to best deal with important issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs and building infrastructure. .a thought-provoking new work by Stephanie Kelton, leading evangelist of the modern monetary theory school of thought. Everything that both liberal/progressives and conservatives believe about deficits and the role of money and government spending in the economy is wrong, especially the fear that deficits will endanger long-term prosperity. A New York Times BestsellerThe leading thinker and most visible. ![]() ![]() We've been thinking about government spending in the wrong ways, Kelton argues, on both sides of the political aisle. Buy a cheap copy of The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory. Summary: "Any ambitious proposal - ranging from fixing crumbling infrastructure to Medicare for all or preventing the coming climate apocalypse - inevitably sparks questions: how can we afford it? How can we pay for it? Stephanie Kelton points out how misguided those questions really are by using the bold ideas of modern monetary theory (MMT), a fundamentally different approach to using our resources to maximize our potential as a society. ![]()
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