Can MMT solve to the COVID-19 debt problem?
Debunking Economics - the podcast - Un podcast de Steve Keen & Phil Dobbie - Les mercredis
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Governments the world over are spending like crazy to try and steer their economies through the COVID-19 crisis. Whether it’s the fiscal policies of the government or the monetary policies of the central bank, it all still revolves around using money that wasn’t around a few months ago. So how much of what is happening is described by Modern Monetary Theory – and how much more could be done if we accepted that MMT is the way things should really work. And do central banks, or treasurers really understand it? Phil Dobbie asks Prof Steve Keen whether MMT can solve the COVID-19 debt problem? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.