The dangerous appeal of MMT

By Ben Kritz

Feb 10, 2019 12:25 am

BEN KRITZ

MODERN Monetary Theory, or MMT, is the academic argument created to justify the “progressive” ideology of big government and massive public spending. It is a buzzword that is appearing with increasing frequency in the news, and might even start to pop up here as the wrangling over the national budget drags on and the midterm elections approach.

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