An edition of The Deficit Myth (2020)

Deficit Myth

Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

  • 4.1 (8 ratings)
  • 37 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read
Deficit Myth
Stephanie Kelton, Stephanie Ke ...
Locate

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

  • 4.1 (8 ratings)
  • 37 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
December 12, 2022 | History
An edition of The Deficit Myth (2020)

Deficit Myth

Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy

  • 4.1 (8 ratings)
  • 37 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory - the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades - delivers a radically different, bold, new understanding for how to build a just and prosperous society.
Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs, expanding health care coverage, climate change, and building resilient infrastructure. Any ambitious proposal, however, inevitably runs into the buzz saw of how to find the money to pay for it, rooted in myths about deficits that are hobbling us as a country.
Kelton busts through the myths that prevent us from taking action: that the federal government should budget like a household, that deficits will harm the next generation, that deficits crowd-out private investment and undermine long-term growth, that entitlements are propelling us toward a grave fiscal crisis.
MMT, as Kelton shows, shifts the terrain from narrow budgetary questions to one of broader economic and social benefits. With its important new ways of understanding money, taxes, and the critical role of deficit spending, MMT redefines how to responsibly use our resources so that we can maximize our potential as a society. MMT gives us the power to imagine a new politics and a new economy and move from a narrative of scarcity to one of opportunity.

Publish Date
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Language
English
Pages
336

Buy this book

Edition Availability
Cover of: The Deficit Myth
The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the Peoples Economy
Jun 09, 2020, Hachette B and Blackstone Publishing
audio cd
Cover of: The Deficit Myth
The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
Jun 09, 2020, PublicAffairs
hardcover
Cover of: Deficit Myth
Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
2020, Hodder & Stoughton
in English

Add another edition?

Book Details


Classifications

Library of Congress
, HJ8119.K46 2020

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL28068653M
ISBN 13
9781529352528

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL20709672W

Source records

Better World Books record

Community Reviews (0)

No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
December 12, 2022 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
August 6, 2021 Edited by New York Times Bestsellers Bot Add NYT bestseller tag
August 26, 2020 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
May 5, 2020 Edited by ModernMonetaryTheory Edited without comment.
May 5, 2020 Created by ImportBot import new book