“For every complex problem,” wrote H.L. Mencken, “there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” The issues of “health care, infrastructure, education,” and “climate change” could all be solved ...

One of the things to watch for if Vice President Biden wins the election is whether his administration is going to base its economic policies on something called the Modern Monetary Theory. This is ...

The pandemic has offered economist Stephanie Kelton a chance to help turn Modern Monetary Theory into practice. What if the federal deficit didn’t actually matter? Modern Monetary Theory explained ...

Good ideas don’t always outcompete bad ones. But willful foolishness usually has a cost. So it is with modern monetary theory. Ironically, this basket of economic fallacies, embraced by policymakers ...

Economist Stephanie Kelton, whose view of modern monetary theory helped lay the fiscal foundation for big policy proposals such as the Green New Deal, will bring her expertise to SUNY Cortland on ...

Medicare for all, full employment, and a complete overhaul of American infrastructure can all be achieved simply by printing more money, according to a new generation of Democrats. Their spokesperson ...

The pandemic has offered economist Stephanie Kelton a chance to help turn Modern Monetary Theory into practice. What if the federal deficit didn’t actually matter? Modern Monetary Theory explained ...