This paper provides a response to the recently published critique of modern monetary theory (MMT) by Drumetz/Pfister, which is based on a superficial representation of the body of knowledge and follows a familiar script: MMT is about printing money to solve all problems and will cause...

Seit dem vergangenen Jahr ist die Infl ation, die aufgrund der Intensivierung des Wettbewerbs durch die Globalisierung in der ökonomischen Diskussion als nahezu ausgestorben galt, wieder zurück. Es stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit die Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) einen substanziellen Beitrag...

This paper explores a development strategy for peripheral economies by advocating for a paradigm shift from traditional economic models that rely on accumulating foreign reserves. It proposes the job guarantee (JG) policy, an automatic stabilizer based on a reserve pool of employed individuals,...

Modern monetary theory argues that all governments that issue their own currency have the same policy space. The present paper argues that this position is wrong. For it to be valid, abstraction must be made from the gravitational force of the US dollar that stems from its backing mass of...

We set out Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) as a full DSGE model, and test it by indirect inference on post Financial Crisis US data, alongside a standard New Keynesian, NK, model. The MMT model is rejected, while the NK model has a high probability. We then evaluate replacing the Öscal and...

This article discusses a form of fiscal monetization that produces losses in the central bank's balance sheet, without a permanent increase in the money base. If an independent central bank acts as a long-sighted policymaker, an optimal helicopter monetary policy can be identified. At the same...

This book offers a rigorous, detailed, and balanced analysis of the various contributions to the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) debate, incorporating both the arguments of proponents and those who point to its limitations and obstacles. Modern Monetary Theory has soared in popularity, particularly...

Wissenschaftler*innen aus Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen sowie Gewerkschaften veröffentlichen jährlich einen Bericht zu wichtigen wirtschaftspolitischen Themenbereichen, den sie als Alternative zum Herbstgutachten der sogenannten fünf Wirtschaftsweisen verstehen. Rezension (ekz):...

This paper provides a response to the recently published critique of modern monetary theory (MMT) by Drumetz/Pfister, which is based on a superficial representation of the body of knowledge and follows a familiar script: MMT is about printing money to solve all problems and will cause...

This paper provides remarks on modern monetary theory (MMT) from a Kaleckian perspective in response to a paper by Drumetz/Pfister. The distinction between initial financing and final financing is drawn up to argue for clear separation of how expenditure is financed and funded, and pointing to...

Modern monetary theory (MMT) has grown in popularity in recent years. Several central bankers have made passing comments about it. However, the publication of two papers by Drumetz/Pfister of the Banque de France in 2021 represents the first attempt at a more systematic assessment of MMT by two...

We reply to the critics who contributed the other papers in the same issue of this journal. In the first part of the article, we indicate those remarks addressed to us, which we deem inappropriate to answer. The second part deals with the remarks we find useful to answer, which relate to money,...

Modern monetary theory (MMT) has grown in popularity in recent years. Several central bankers have made passing comments about it. However, the publication of two papers by Drumetz/Pfister of the Banque de France in 2021 represents the first attempt at a more systematic assessment of MMT by two...

This paper provides remarks on modern monetary theory (MMT) from a Kaleckian perspective in response to a paper by Drumetz/Pfister. The distinction between initial financing and final financing is drawn up to argue for clear separation of how expenditure is financed and funded, and pointing to...

We reply to the critics who contributed the other papers in the same issue of this journal. In the first part of the article, we indicate those remarks addressed to us, which we deem inappropriate to answer. The second part deals with the remarks we find useful to answer, which relate to money,...

"Providing 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...

Goods producers increase their capital expenditure and employment in response to a cut in marginal corporate income tax rates or an increase in investment tax credits. In contrast, companies in the service sector mostly use any tax windfall to increase dividend payouts. We base our conclusions...

Überall muss gespart werden und Geld ist sowieso knapp – darüber scheinen sich Politiker:innen und Wissenschaftler:innen sich einig zu sein. Debatten um öffentliche Finanzen, Wirtschafts- und Geldpolitik schienen dieses Mantra immer wieder zu wiederholen. Jedoch lässt sich ganz einfach und...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) contends that governments can spend without restraint and large deficits and debt don't matter when the economy is not at full capacity. It asserts that the state, as the issuer of the nation's currency, cannot go bankrupt because it can just keep creating and...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a heterodox macroeconomic lens that recontextualizes the role of monetary and fiscal policy in sovereign governments that borrow and issue national debt in their own monetary instrument. It MMT thus describes the practical uses of fiat currency in a public...

Spätestens seit der Finanzkrise 2008 ist die Geldpolitik zum fixen Bestandteil der Wirtschaftspolitik geworden. Die Zentralbanken drücken nicht nur die Zinsen immer weiter in den Keller, sie haben auch Schulden in bisher unvorstellbarem Ausmaß aufgekauft. Diese unkonventionellen Maßnahmen...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. On Money -- Chapter 2. What is Money: Debt or Equity? -- Chapter 3. The Utility of Money -- Chapter 4. Money in a Sequence Economy -- Chapter 5. Money Creation by Banks -- Chapter 6. Money, Banks and Seigniorage -- Chapter 7. Money Quanta -- Part II. On "Sound"...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has recently received significant at- tention in academic and policy circles. Critics question the sustainability of MMT-prescribed approaches to fiscal and monetary policy, especially over extended periods of time, in the presence of international financial markets,...

We set out Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) as a full DSGE model, and test it by indirect inference on post Financial Crisis US data, alongside a standard New Keynesian, NK, model. The MMT model is rejected, while the NK model has a high probability. We then evaluate replacing the Öscal and...

In this paper, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is confronted with the peculiarities of the institutional setting of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and the monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB). Since the financial and euro crises of 2008, monetary policy has changed drastically both...

The EU's fiscal rules, set out in the Maastricht Treaty of 1993 and the Stability and Growth Pact of 1997, are anchored to GDP. The debt ceiling and the deficit threshold are set to 60 percent and 3 percent of GDP, respectively. Recently, prominent economists and policymakers, have argued that...

Both monetary Keynesian theory and modern monetary theory (MMT) place money at the center of the analysis and highlight the important economic role of the state in a monetary market economy in which full employment is neither the norm nor the center of gravity. Whereas monetary Keynesian theory...

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has recently received significant at- tention in academic and policy circles. Critics question the sustainability of MMT-prescribed approaches to fiscal and monetary policy, especially over extended periods of time, in the presence of international financial markets,...

In this paper, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is confronted with the peculiarities of the institutional setting of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and the monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB). Since the financial and euro crises of 2008, monetary policy has changed drastically both...

O objetivo deste artigo é debater os desafios do financiamento ao desenvolvimento econômico e como a Teoria Monetária Moderna (TMM) oferece importantes instrumentos para que os países superem dificuldades históricas. Além disso, é mostrado como a financeirização cria problemas aos...

Dieses essential erläutert, wie Zentralbanken, Banken und Regierungen Geld schöpfen. Bei modernem Geld handelt es sich letztlich um eine Steuergutschrift, die der Staat über seine Zentralbank als Monopolist ausgibt. Daher gibt es kein ?Steuerzahler-Geld? (Thatcher 1983) und ?Staatsschulden?...

"Since the appearance of macroeconomics in the 1940s, economists have created many theoretical frameworks to explain the origin and mechanism of economic fluctuations. However, few of these have managed to gain explanatory power over reality and nor can they solve real-life problems. This book...

Wie ruiniert man eine Währung? Geld kann nicht Unrecht tun, heisst es IBM doch Politiker, die für unser Geld verantwortlich sind, schon. Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt wurde im Namen der Banken- und Staatenrettung Geld gedruckt, als gäbe es kein Morgen mehr. Und da Politiker nie um eine Erklärung...

Einleitung -- Die Regierung Biden und die kopernikanische Wende -- Modern Monetary Theory als Teil der Volkswirtschaftslehre -- Was ist Wirtschaftspolitik? -- Wirtschaftspolitik auf Grundlage der MMT -- Ausblick.