Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is part of post-Keynesian economics that summarize the money creation process as "loans create deposits" (banks) and "deposits create reserves" (central bank). MMT is distinguished from other approaches to macroeconomics because it synthesizes several traditions from...

Introduction -- Money -- The functions of money and money creation -- The nature of inflation -- The concept of interest -- The order of money and its consequences -- Blueprints for monetary reform -- Finance -- Debt and ownership -- The building blocks of modern finance -- The failures of...