The Briefing Room

Cutting-edge economic analysis from leading modern monetary theorists. Our affiliated authors critique public economic commentary and rebut anti-MMT polemic.

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On The Nature of Money and Why It Matters
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10
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On The Nature of Money and Why It Matters

An historical and theoretical overview of money and the policy implications of having an accurate understanding of its nature.
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The Symmetry That Blinds
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6
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The Symmetry That Blinds

How equilibrium thinking obscures economic causation — and why getting sequence and causality backwards leads to devastating policy errors.
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Not an Economic Question but a Question about Economics
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8
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Not an Economic Question but a Question about Economics

Why does thoughtful academic debate surrounding Modern Monetary Theory remain conspicuously absent among economists?
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Income Security is not Economic Stabilisation
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12
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Income Security is not Economic Stabilisation

Why Universal Basic Income and the Job Guarantee solve different macroeconomic problems.
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