Mike Norman Economics

 A good article.Based on my observation as a traveler years ago, many people in so-called "poor countries" as "happier" than most people in developed countries, but this is true most of those people that were rural and their lifestyle was close to the historically indigenous culture. They were "happier" in the sense that they had few wants and those wants were mostly needs that were met through "tribal" culture and simple technology."Happiness" is in the mind, and it is grounded in the...

I have read the articles that The Economist published on Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in the current edition of the liberal-leaning magazine (hereand there). I am not happy with the reporting, which includes false statements in general and also misrepresentations of what MMT is.... The Economist just put the UK debate on progressive economic policy on a slippery slope, claiming that a particular school of economics science constitutes “doctrine” and then misrepresenting that school’s...

Steven Rattner’s opinion piece in the New York Times and [Jason] Furman’s interview on National Public Radio are perfect examples of the ideas that MMT wants to debunk:  Deficits are not normal; deficits crowd out private investment; the public debt is a burden on our grandchildren; our ability to respond to societal problems is limited by the fact that the US government does not have enough money to confront them. Below is an alternative interview to the Furman’s interview that reviews...

Interest payments are not a problem. They can always be made.

I said to buy the market correction in November and December. Many people cried and panicked out.

In this article, I draw attention to the similarities between the current economic situation and that of 1929, and the threat to today's unbacked currencies.There is the coincidence of trade protectionism with the top of the credit cycle, and there are the inflationary events that preceded it. The principal difference today is in modern macroeconomic delusions, which hold that regulating inflation of money and credit is the solution to all ills. I conclude that economic salvation can only...

Dean Baker looks at offsets. He doesn't see "taxing the rich" as a good offset. I don't think MMT economists do either, and as far as I know, they have not pushed this proposal. "Taxing the rich" through progressive taxation has another reason. That is, limiting the political power of wealth and reducing inequality. There are good reasons for this – social, political and economic.Some MMT economists have recommend preemption of rent extraction first, with the residual to be addressed...

Michael Liebowitz makes up his own theory of inflation to criticize MMT and the inflation constraint. See It Market Modern Monetary Theory and its Fictional Discipline Michael Lebowitz

This article goes into the controversial Green New Deal package put out by U.S. freshman Congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (known on Twitter as AOC) and veteran lawmaker Senator Edward Markey. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to bring the legislation to a vote in the U.S. Senate. However, the probability of such legislation passing would require a Democrat figure in the White House, but it outlines what key party members feel about capitalism, Modern Monetary Theory (MMT),...

"Socialism."While Iain Murray presents an ideologically biased argument agains the GND and MMT, he brings up points that need to be addressed for popular consumption, since it is likely that many people think this way. The GND is not a proposal but an idea for a proposal. A lot of things need to be spelled out that aren't yet. In fact, it is probably not possible to do so at this point, at least comprehensively, since significant pieces are lacking and need to be modeled, developed,...