Klimakrise, Pandemie, Ungleichheit, politischer Rechtsruck IBU grosse gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen, die es zu lösen gilt. Leider scheitern Reformen zumeist an der Frage: ?wie sollen wir das bezahlen?". Weit verbreitete Irrtümer zur Funktionsweise des Geldsystems und ökonomischen...

This paper investigates how the concept of public purpose is used in Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). As a common denominator among political scientists, the idea of public purpose is that economic actions should aim at benefiting the majority of the society. However, the concept is to be...

Introduction; Theoretical foundations; Substance and purposes of economic activity; Money and credit; Debts and balance sheets; The creation of bank deposits; The creation of central bank deposits; The instruments of a central bank (monetary policy); The creation of sovereign securities (fiscal...