Re:The World Has a Germany Problem: Debt Obsession Ate the E...
by dukoid on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:39PM
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That's exactly my problem with the whole idea of "more debt is better". There is obviously a limit. Where is it exactly? How do you know?
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Re:The World Has a Germany Problem: Debt Obsession Ate the E...
by RockIslandLine on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:49PM
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Modern Monetary Theory tells us that the important limits are "when you run out of Labor" and "when you run out of resources".
So what nations are facing low unemployment, and what nations are facing resource shortages?
Re:The World Has a Germany Problem: Debt Obsession Ate the E...
by 40acres on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @04:57PM
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I'd add an additional criteria of: "when inflation is out of control". I don't know about other central banks but The Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan have been trying to raise inflation for years now, interest rate cuts are not as effective when inequality is high because it just leads to asset bubbles. It's time for fiscal policy to direct spending to productive areas.
Re:The World Has a Germany Problem: Debt Obsession Ate the E...
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @08:20PM
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So MMT says so. So what?
We don't automatically take what every non-mainstream economic theory says as gospel. You need a bit more reason for us to accept this one than "MMT says so".