Cartoon from 1864 poking fun at politicians and greenbacks ( source and explanation ) During the greenback era, the Union government is...

by Paul Conrad When we talk about bitcoin, one thing we need to ask ourselves is this: can worthless things circulate and be accepted i...

While it somewhat lacked in structure, a good time was had by everyone in the live chat section of the big Warren Mosler vs Bob Murphy debat...

This post may get a bit rambling. It's an attempt to tie together a couple of different strands that I've been thinking and readi...

Corporate stock: a perpetually inconvertible currency In this post I play around with the distinction between a currency user and a cu...

A few comments at MMT blogs on the subject of consolidating the nation's central bank and its treasury. See here and here . This ar...

David Glasner had an article called Wicksteed on the Value of Paper Money . David discusses the idea that it is the imposition of taxes...

heteconomist.com has a post on MMT's openness and political neutrality. See A Clarification on Political Openness . Heteconomist: ...

I entered the fray at a couple of MMT blogs. There was some interesting discussion concerning consolidation of the Treasury and central ba...