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Fiscal reform to benefit state and local governments : the modern money theory approach

Wray, L. Randall - 2019

This paper will present the Modern Money Theory approach to government finance. In short, a national government that chooses its own money of account, imposes a tax in that money of account, and issues currency in that money of account cannot face a financial constraint. It can make all payments...

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Has Japan been following Modern Money Theory without recognizing it? : no! and yes

Wray, L. Randall; Nersisyan, Yeva - 2021

Modern Money Theory (MMT) economists have used Japan as an example of a country that demonstrates that high deficits … really spend tax revenue or borrow in their own currency-with Japan serving as an example of a country that does not face … financial budget constraints as normally defined. In this paper we evaluate whether Japan is the poster child of MMT and argue …

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Is a very high public debt a problem?

Leão, Pedro - 2015

This paper has two main objectives. The first is to propose a policy architecture that can prevent a very high public debt from resulting in a high tax burden, a government default, or inflation. The second objective is to show that government deficits do not face a financing problem. After...

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Economic policy in India : for economic stimulus, or for austerity and volatility?

Sen, Sunanda; DasGupta, Zico - 2014

The implementation of economic reforms under new economic policies in India was associated with a paradigmatic shift in monetary and fiscal policy. While monetary policies were solely aimed at "price stability" in the neoliberal regime, fiscal policies were characterized by the objective of...

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Is monetary financing inflationary? : a case study of the Canadian economy, 1935 - 75

Ryan-Collins, Josh - 2015

Historically high levels of private and public debt coupled with already very low short-term interest rates appear to limit the options for stimulative monetary policy in many advanced economies today. One option that has not yet been considered is monetary financing by central banks to boost...

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Optimal time-consistent monetary, fiscal and debt maturity policy

Leeper, Eric M.; Leith, Campbell B.; Liu, Ding - In: Journal of monetary economics 117 (2021), pp. 600-617

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Seven replies to the critiques of Modern Money Theory

Tymoigne, Éric - 2021

Modern Money Theory (MMT) has generated considerable scrutiny and discussions over the past decade. While it has gained some acceptance in the financial sector and among some politicians, it has come under strong criticisms from all sides of the academic spectrum and from conservative political...

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Twenty years of the German euro are more than enough

Bibow, Jörg - 2018

This paper reviews the performance of the euro area since the euro's launch 20 years ago. It argues that the euro crisis has exposed existential flaws in the euro regime. Intra-area divergences and the corresponding buildup of imbalances had remained unchecked prior to the crisis. As those...

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Exchange-rate stability causes deterioration of the productive sphere and destabilizes developing economies

Huerta González, Arturo - 2024

For Matías Vernengo and Esteban Pérez Caldentey (2020), the MMT literature overemphasizes the choice of the exchange rate regime and the relevance of a flexible exchange rate regime, as well as the ultimate effect of that choice upon the policy space. In addition, they argue that the role of...

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The liquidity channel of fiscal policy

Bayer, Christian; Born, Benjamin; Luetticke, Ralph - In: Journal of monetary economics 134 (2023), pp. 86-117

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