Wall Street has always been progressives' 'Big Bad.' But a new generation in the finance industry is starting to sound more like allies than enemies. — Alex Yablon

• After decades of cheerleading for deficit reduction and lower government spending, Wall Street may be changing its tune.
• Leading investment figures are interested in heterodox economics ideas like Modern Monetary Theory.
• Younger analysts' experience of a weak recovery from the 2008 financial crisis have made many enthusiastic about fiscal stimulus and income redistribution as a means of jump-starting economic growth.
• Alex Yablon is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes about politics and policy.
• This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.

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Wall Street has always been progressives' 'Big Bad.' But a new generation in the finance industry is starting to sound more like allies than enemies.

Alex Yablon