The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy

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John Murray Press, Jun 9, 2020 - Business & Economics - 336 pages

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Supporting the economy, paying for healthcare, creating new jobs, preventing a climate apocalypse: how can we pay for it all? Leading economic thinker Stephanie Kelton, shows how misguided that question is, and how a radical new approach can maximise our potential as a society. Everything that we've been led to believe about deficits and the role of money and government spending is wrong. Rather than asking the self-defeating question of how to pay for the crucial improvements our society needs, Kelton guides us to ask: which deficits actually matter?

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About the author (2020)

Stephanie Kelton is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University. She was formerly Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee (Democratic staff). In addition to her many academic publications, she has been a contributor at Bloomberg Opinion and has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, U.S. News & World Reports, CNN, and others.

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