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Stephanie Kelton in Bloomberg responds to Krugman in the NY Times. One final point. Krugman says there is an inherent tradeoff between fiscal and monetary policy. I agree, but not with the tradeoff he describes. Deficits don’t automatically drive interest rates higher, and higher interest rates don’t automatically translate into lower private spending. That tradeoff is disputed, and not just by MMTers. The tradeoff that matters is the one that Hyman Minsky and James K. Galbraith have highlighted. Monetary policy “works” by driving people into debt. Fiscal policy works by driving income into people’s pockets. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-01/paul-krugman-s-four-questions-about-mmt
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Stephanie Kelton in Bloomberg responds to Krugman in the NY Times.Stephanie Kelton in Bloomberg responds to Krugman in the NY Times. One final point. Krugman says there is an inherent tradeoff between fiscal and monetary policy. I agree, but not with the tradeoff he describes. Deficits don’t automatically drive interest rates higher, and higher interest rates don’t automatically translate into lower private spending. That tradeoff is disputed, and not just by MMTers. The tradeoff that matters is the one that Hyman Minsky and James K. Galbraith have highlighted. Monetary policy “works” by driving people into debt. Fiscal policy works by driving income into people’s pockets. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-03-01/paul-krugman-s-four-questions-about-mmt
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One final point. Krugman says there is an inherent tradeoff between fiscal and monetary policy. I agree, but not with the tradeoff he describes. Deficits don’t automatically drive interest rates higher, and higher interest rates don’t automatically translate into lower private spending.
That tradeoff is disputed, and not just by MMTers. The tradeoff that matters is the one that Hyman Minsky and James K. Galbraith have highlighted. Monetary policy “works” by driving people into debt. Fiscal policy works by driving income into people’s pockets.