This paper excavates the set of ideas known as modern monetary theory (MMT). The principal conclusion is that the …, that does not justify turning a blind eye to MMT's oversimplifications of macroeconomic theory and policy. …

's growth theory shows that credit-financed investment, which leads to an innovative use of existing resources, plays a decisive … neoclassical theory, which assigns the state merely the role of a capital destroyer. But it also offers a broader perspective than … that of monetary Keynesian theory, including MMT, in which government debt is seen to serve only to produce full employment …

The theory and practice of stabilization policy has taken many turns as it evolved over the past century, oscillating … economy in the face of macroeconomic shocks. Views on this question have been shaped by experience, theory and ideology to …