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Government spending could not be constrained by revenues

By Hicbd
Sat Mar 19 2022 2:05 pm

"Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a heterodox macroeconomic framework that says monetarily sovereign countries like the U.S., U.K., Japan, and Canada, which spend, tax, and borrow in a fiat currency that they fully control, are not operationally constrained by revenues when it comes to federal government spending. Put simply, such governments do not rely on taxes or borrowing for spending since they can print as much as they need and are the monopoly issuers of the currency. Since their budgets aren’t like a regular household’s, their policies should not be shaped by fears of rising national debt."

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https://www.investopedia.com/modern-monetary-theory-mmt-4588060
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Monetary_Theory
https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/economic_brief/2021/eb_21-12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G6obeUKWmw

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Government Debt / Spending / Budgeting U.S. Treasury U.S. National Debt / Government Spending U.S. Federal Reserve Economic Research Inflation

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