Mike Norman Economics

In the November/December 2021 issue of Intereconomics, Françoise Drumetz and Christian Pfister examine Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and approach it from the policy consequences that would follow. This paper is a reply to Drumetz and Pfister. It restates the core of MMT and offers some suggestions for central banks. Theories are explanations of what we see, and MMT describes money creation and destruction. Hence, MMT cannot be and is not a political manifesto. In contrast to most other...

“As the sole issuer of euro-denominated central bank money, the Eurosystem will always be able to generate additional liquidity as needed,” [ECB President Christine] Lagarde said in response to a question by an Italian member of the European Parliament.“So, by the definition, it will neither go bankrupt nor run out of money. In addition to that, any financial losses, should they occur, would not impair our ability to seek and maintain price stability.…"ReutersECB can't go bankrupt...

 Through my work at the Global University for Sustainability, I have come to know Professor Wen Tiejun. He provides a key analysis of the ten crises China has endured. I highly recommend his book to you (PDF), kindly donated to the reform community as an open access book. There are 10 lectures that accompany the book (below). Professor Tiejun and I also participated in a joint discussion you may enjoy. Michael Hudson — On Finance, Real Estate And The Powers Of NeoliberalismIntroducing...

Some surprises.ShepherdThe best books to help you understand how money really worksL. Randall Wray | Professor of Economics, Bard College

I was "debating" economist Joe Lavorgna regarding MMT. Lots of things we didn't have time to get into, but that's TV.Click the link to watch the clip.https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6323472385112#sp=show-clips

Moscow-based company Sistemma has created its own competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which runs entirely on domestic servers and in the Russian language. The project was unveiled on Sunday on the IT company’s official site. The AI is called SistemmaGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) and is based on the company’s own developments, along with Stanford University research. The chatbot is intended for Russian businesses and government agencies.…The chatbot is currently in a work-in-progress...

The panel I am on is shifting its topic a bit to include some discussion of the latest crisis. Although this is more topical, it is not exactly moving in a direction that fits my knowledge of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). I see two broad issues. The first is the discussion of bank failures (so far!) which I have a limited ability to comment on. The second is more useful for a MMT debate: interest rate policy is not exactly as costless as neoclassical arguments suggest....Bond Economics...

Cathie and Laffer with a pretty good breakdown… but it’s still tainted by their monetarism… you have to filter that part out..[embedded content]

I have read an interesting reports in the last months that demonstrate there is a shift in thinking about inflation – away from the tired narratives that attempt to implicate excessive government spending, poorly contrived monetary policies (particularly quantitative easing) or drag in the usual suspect – excessive wage demands from workers. All of the usual narratives are very convenient frames in which those with economic power can extract more real income at the expense of the rest of us,...

Earlier this month, little known Silicon Valley Bank – the bank for tech startups and Midwestern identitarians alike – collapsed in spectacular fashion after a good ol’ fashion run on deposits. Within 72 hours, the Fed, Treasury, and FDIC announced that they would make whole all SVB depositors, whether or not their accounts exceeded the $250,000 insurance limit. Beyond revealing that many tech wizards were less financially sophisticated than NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo, the collapse and...