Thursday, March 18, 2021

Money Is Made Up And We Can Change The Rules Whenever We Want — Caitlin Johnstone

This is a more (popular) philosophical way of stating the institutional view. Money is a construct of the culture that is formalized in law and characterized by institutional arrangements created by human and can be changed. MMT is based on institutional analysis and is opposed to the naturalistic assumptions of conventional economists that just happen underlies policy that favors elite interests over people in general and the planet.

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Money Is Made Up And We Can Change The Rules Whenever We Want
Caitlin Johnstone

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9 comments:

Andrew Anderson said...

MMT is based on institutional analysis and is opposed to the naturalistic assumptions of conventional economists that just happen underlies policy that favors elite interests over people in general and the planet. Hickey

Except the MMT School is pro-bank and thus pro-rich at the expense of people in general.

How do you manage the cognitive dissonance, Tom?

Peter Pan said...

I have the gold, I make the rules.

Andrew Anderson said...

Also, usury-based finance REQUIRES continual growth - to pay the interest - and that's not good for the planet either.

Matt Franko said...

Hey AA dumb f_ck....

While you are trying to dialog philosophical BS with Tom... the Fed is now offering your 0% accounts directly at the Fed to USD savers:

https://apps.newyorkfed.org/markets/autorates/temp

First deposits of 26B went in today...

Andrew Anderson said...

That link says nothing about saving's accounts and besides the ability to merely SAVE fiat in account form (eg. via Treasury Direct) is a far, far cry from being able to USE fiat in account form.

Matt Franko said...

Yo, Most if not all money market funds have check writing...

Andrew Anderson said...

Yo,

Liabilities for fiat are not fiat itself.

Ralph Musgrave said...

Andrew, If continual growth is needed to pay interest, how come interest was paid in the good old days before the industrial revolution when growth was negligible?

Andrew Anderson said...

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