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Book SynopsisProviding an up-to-date account of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) with contributions from the world’s leading experts, each chapter offers new insights on the topic, building upon MMT’s established body of work. This innovative book analyses key economic issues from a wide set of regions including the UK, Europe and the Global South, addressing previous concerns that MMT is too US-focused.
Alongside ground-breaking research written by MMT’s original developers and leading academics, the book also includes contributions from economic historians and public policy campaigners, highlighting how MMT contributes to challenging neoliberalism and the hegemony of mainstream macroeconomics. Offering an examination of the existing legal, institutional and policy framework which governs the UK Exchequer in particular, it examines how the central claims of MMT map onto the financial activities of the UK government.
This will be key reading for undergraduate and postgraduate economics students, as well as more advanced scholars of the discipline, particularly for those looking into theories of finance, money and banking. It will also have a wider appeal across the social sciences, including politics and sociology students.
Trade Review‘This is a fascinating, eclectic group of professional papers in which the reader may explore both the first principles of Modern Monetary Theory and many institutional and historical details that lend weight to the conceptual framework. This book is a landmark in the development of MMT, a boon for “useful” economists -- and a profound challenge to all the others.’ -- James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin, US
‘This book brings together insights from MMT scholars from all over the world, examining the economy of the UK as well as the global economy and providing us with much needed insights about how to manage our economies.’ -- Dirk Ehnts, Fachhochschule Magedburrg-Stendal, Germany
Table of ContentsContents: Preface xiii Phil Armstrong Introduction to Modern Monetary Theory: Key Insights, Leading Thinkers xvii Sara Holland, Claire Jackson-Prior and Prue Plumridge 1 How does the government spend? A functional model of the UK Exchequer 1 Andrew Berkeley, Richard Tye and Neil Wilson 2 Credit and the Exchequer since the Restoration 41 Richard Tye 3 Sovereign nations face resource constraints, not financial constraints 67 Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray 4 A framework for the analysis of the price level and inflation 87 Warren Mosler 5 The external economy 94 William Mitchell 6 Modern Monetary Theory, the United Kingdom and pound sterling 125 John T. Harvey 7 The Eurozone and Brexit 152 Stuart Medina Miltimore and William Mitchell 8 Modern Monetary Theory as post-neoliberal economics: the role ofmethodology-philosophy 182 Phil Armstrong and Jamie Morgan 9 Tax as a hygiene factor: setting UK taxation policy using Modern Monetary Theory 207 Neil Wilson 10 Checklist of an employment guarantee programme: the Plan Jefes de Hogar from Argentina revisited 20 years later 226 Daniel Kostzer 11 Three lessons from government spending and the postpandemic recovery 253 Pavlina R. Tcherneva 12 MMT and public policy in the United Kingdom 263 Deborah Harrington and Jessica Ormerod Postscript: thoughts on MMT’s insights 289 L. Randall Wray Index
