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Most mainstream economists seem to think the idea behind Modern Monetary Theory is something new that some wild heterodox economic cranks have come up with. New? Cranks? How about reading one of the great founders of neoclassical economics — Knut Wicksell. This is what Wicksell wrote in 1898 on ‘pure credit systems’ in Interest and Prices (Geldzins und Güterpreise): Lars P. Syll’s BlogMMT — the Wicksell connectionLars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo University
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: credit theory of money, Knut Wicksell, MMT
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Most mainstream economists seem to think the idea behind Modern Monetary Theory is something new that some wild heterodox economic cranks have come up with. New? Cranks? How about reading one of the great founders of neoclassical economics — Knut Wicksell. This is what Wicksell wrote in 1898 on ‘pure credit systems’ in Interest and Prices (Geldzins und Güterpreise): Lars P. Syll’s BlogMMT — the Wicksell connectionLars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo University
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Mike Norman considers the following as important: credit theory of money, Knut Wicksell, MMT
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Most mainstream economists seem to think the idea behind Modern Monetary Theory is something new that some wild heterodox economic cranks have come up with.
New? Cranks? How about reading one of the great founders of neoclassical economics — Knut Wicksell. This is what Wicksell wrote in 1898 on ‘pure credit systems’ in Interest and Prices (Geldzins und Güterpreise):Lars P. Syll’s Blog
MMT — the Wicksell connection
Lars P. Syll | Professor, Malmo University