Reality Check Plus
Body: After reviewing the terrible state of our economy and the need to reconstruct it so that people can find work and a vibrant middle class can be rebuilt. Bob Borosage suggests that Congress go...
View ArticleThe Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Thirteen, John Carney Is Full of...
Body: In a piece called “More Questions About the Job Guarantee,” John Carney provides some links to the continuing debate on the Job Guarantee (JG). All the links are to posts critical of the JG idea...
View ArticleThe Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Fourteen, MMT Is A Holistic...
Body: The recent extensive blogosphere discussion on the JG and the MMT core began with a post by John Carney that stated his opposition to the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) Job Guarantee proposal and...
View ArticleThe Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Fifteen, Components of the Knowledge...
Body: In this post I'll list the primary components of the MMT Knowledge Claim Network (KCN) classified under the major categories: the Social/Value Gaps; the Knowledge Gaps (Problems); the Descriptive...
View ArticleThe Job Guarantee and the MMT Core: Part Sixteen, Conclusion
Body: This is the concluding post in this Job Guarantee and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) series.
View ArticleThe Job Guarantee and the MMT Core Series
Body: This is an introduction to a series of 16 posts I began in reply to a number of posts by John Carney at the CNBC blog and Cullen Roche at Pragmatic Capitalism, and discussions replying to them....
View ArticleThat's Not All!
Body: After opposing the Job Guarantee proposal as part of the broader MMT policy program in service of the goals of public purpose, full employment with a living wage and price stability, and for many...
View ArticleAlternative Fiscal Policies: Why the Job Guarantee is Superior (Wonkish)
Body: ByPavlina TchernevaA few weeks ago I called for a technocratic debate on the merits of the JG, relative to other fiscal policies. A number of bloggers took the charge but the debate was not...
View ArticleDialogues with Jamie Galbraith and the MMT Job Guarantee
Body: A few days ago my friend Beowulf decided to exercise his wry sense of humor with this title of a post he offered for our consideration: “(MMT - JG) + Medicare for All = MMT.” Beo then goes on to...
View Article(MMT - JG) + Medicare for All Not = MMT
Body: In my last post, I discussed the first part of Beowulf's post entitled: “(MMT - JG) + Medicare for All = MMT,” and also some dialogues between Jamie Galbraith and both TomThumb and Beowulf...
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