The effect of wealth on consumption is an issue of longstanding interest to economists. Analysts believe that fluctuations in household wealth have driven major swings in economic activity. This paper considers so-called wealth effects - the impact of changes in wealth on household consumption...

In this paper I outline - from a practitioner's as well as from a researcher's perspective - several of the key developments that took place during the last century in monetary policy. In particular, I describe how the monetary system evolved from gold standard, prevailing throughout most of the...

Verl.Beschr.: Das Geld kommt vom Staat! Das stellt eigentlich niemand infrage. Sollten Sie aber. Denn Deutschland hat wie alle Länder der Welt ein reines Papiergeldsystem, in dem neues Geld aus dem Nichts entsteht. Andreas Marquart und Philipp Bagus zeigen Ihnen, wie Geld entsteht und warum...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Biden Administration and the Copernican Turn -- Chapter 3. The paper currency of Virginia (1760s) and its lessons -- Chapter 4. Modern Money Theory as Part of Economics -- Chapter 5. What is economic policy? -- Chapter 6. Economic policies based on MMT...