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Understanding Trump, Tariffs, and US Techno-Feudalists – with the Help of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in 70 Bullet Points
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
Why Tax Revenues Don’t Fund Spending—And Why Elon Musk Is Wrong About The US Government Deficit
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
MMT is ‘intellectual toxic sludge’, writes economist James Meadway. 3 things Meadway gets wrong about MMT
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
Killing the Myth of Government Borrowing Stone Dead: Gilts, T-Bills, Interest Rates and the Truth About Money Printing
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
My MMT Top Ten: Modern Monetary Theory’s Best Ideas Explained
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What is Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)?
What MMT Tells Us About Our Monetary System and Why Orthodox Economists Are So Eager to Dismiss It as Nothing More Than a Conspiracy Theory
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
MMT Basics: Why the ‘Natural’ Interest Rate is Zero
Deconstructing a core MMT maxim, the mechanics of the interbank market and the power of the central bank to set interbank interest rates
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
The 'Austrian' Economist Who Predicted Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
How Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) echoes economist Joseph Schumpeter’s understanding of money, credit and the instability of capitalism
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Is Central Bank Independence Just A Neoliberal Shield Against Democracy?
How an ideological world view came to be sold as neutral economic management
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
The Piggy Bank Myth: Why Governments Can’t ‘Save for A Rainy Day’
Surpluses, Wealth Funds, The Gold Standard, and the Government Piggy Bank Myth
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
MMT economics in 5 Boxes: Why Governments Spend the Way They Do
A simple way to understand government spending decisions using the five boxes of Modern Monetary Theory: Currency, Resources, Choice, Opportunity Cost…
 • Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG
MMT101’s Festive Reading List – My Top Three Books From 2025
Plus book recommendations from the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) community
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MMT101.ORG - Learn Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
MMT101.ORG - Learn Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
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