Free is good. Karl Widerquist specializes in basic income. The MMT position on basic income is that it should be in addition to a universal job guarantee since they address fundamentally different issues. Moreover, basic income should be means-tested rather than universal, which MMT economists argue is inflationary instead of stabilizing as purported. Since this is shaping up as a policy debate going forward as fiscal rises relative to monetary policy, it is useful to know both sides...
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