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Tom Hickey headlines: “The Right discovers it is up against MMT. Is Stephanie Kelton Superwoman?” This framing tells everyone that economics, too, has finally degenerated into a reality show.#1
To recall, economics claims since Adam Smith/Karl Marx to be a science. The criterion of science is true/false. So, the real question is NOT whether Stephanie Kelton is Superwoman but whether MMT, the economic approach she stands for, is true or false.
The short answer is: MMT is a scientific failure and a political fraud. Stephanie Kelton is just another clown in the political Circus Maximus.
In more detail #2, #3, #4, #5
- MMT’s social policy proposals ― the Job Guarantee in particular ― are political door-openers and Friend-of-the-People signaling.
- MMT policy guidance ultimately boils down to deficit-spending/money-creation.
- It is a macroeconomic fact that Public Deficit = Private Profit, so MMT is money-making for the one-percenters.
- MMT is stealth taxation for the ninety-nine percenters.
- MMT is ALWAYS a bad deal for the ninety-nine-percenters.
- The MMT policy of ever-increasing public debt amounts to the permanent self-financing of the Oligarchy.
Egmont Kakarot-Handtke
#1 Hedges, Empire of Illusion, Nation Books, 2009
#2 Wrapping up the MMT narrative
#3 How MMT enlightens Washington
#4 MMT: Just another political fraud
#5 For the full-spectrum refutation of MMT see cross-references MMT
#6 Down with idiocy!
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Twitter Jan 31, 2019, Stephanie Kelton's red/black ink trick
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