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Modern Monetary Theory: Some Additional Dimensions
Atlantic Economic Journal ( IF 0.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-30 , DOI: 10.1007/s11293-020-09654-6
Gordon L. Brady

The objective of this paper is to examine the foundations of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) by building upon the individual papers in this issue of the Atlantic Economic Journal by Mark Skousen and Patrick Newman. The foundations of MMT include five cornerstones. First, sovereign governments that are the sole supplier of a national currency (e.g., United States) can issue as much currency as they want, have unlimited ability to fulfill promised future payments, and cannot go bankrupt. Second, legislation enables spending while taxes neither place a limit nor specify government spending (earmarked taxes would be an exception). Third, a sovereign government can borrow as much as it likes in pursuit of laudable public sector projects or fiscal policy programs to manage the economic cycle. Fourth, a huge and growing national debt is beneficial to the economy as long as inflation remains contained. A fifth feature, the blogosphere, shaped the emergence of MMT largely in the absence of technical vetting and critical empirical examination. The popularization derived for MMT through the blogosphere will have a profound effect on U.S. politics and economic policy in the 2020s and 2030s. The foundations of MMT are refuted by the work of public finance theorists David Ricardo, James Buchanan, Robert Barro, and Alberto Alesina.

中文翻译:

现代货币理论:一些额外的维度

本文的目的是通过 Mark Skousen 和 Patrick Newman 在本期大西洋经济杂志上的个别论文的基础上,研究现代货币理论 (MMT) 的基础。MMT 的基础包括五个基石。首先,作为本国货币唯一供应商的主权政府(例如,美国)可以发行任意数量的货币,具有无限的能力来兑现承诺的未来付款,并且不会破产。其次,立法允许支出,而税收既不限制也不指定政府支出(专项税除外)。第三,主权政府可以随心所欲地借贷,以追求值得称赞的公共部门项目或财政政策计划来管理经济周期。第四,只要通货膨胀得到控制,巨额且不断增加的国债就有利于经济。第五个特征,即博客圈,很大程度上在缺乏技术审查和批判性实证检验的情况下塑造了 MMT 的出现。通过博客圈衍生出的 MMT 普及将对 2020 年代和 2030 年代的美国政治和经济政策产生深远的影响。公共财政理论家大卫·里卡多、詹姆斯·布坎南、罗伯特·巴罗和阿尔贝托·阿莱西纳的工作驳斥了 MMT 的基础。2020 年代和 2030 年代的政治和经济政策。公共财政理论家大卫·里卡多、詹姆斯·布坎南、罗伯特·巴罗和阿尔贝托·阿莱西纳的工作驳斥了 MMT 的基础。2020 年代和 2030 年代的政治和经济政策。公共财政理论家大卫·里卡多、詹姆斯·布坎南、罗伯特·巴罗和阿尔贝托·阿莱西纳的工作驳斥了 MMT 的基础。
更新日期:2020-03-30
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