Modern Monetary Theory: wrong ideas, real limits and blind spots. An overview of the critics
[La Théorie Monétaire Moderne : idées fausses, vraies limites et angles morts. Un tour d’horizon des critiques]
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DOI: 10.3917/ecofi.148.0249
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Keywords
Modern Monetary Theory; Fiscal dominance; Monetary economics; Political Economy; Théorie Monétaire Moderne; Dominance budgétaire; Monnaie; Economie politique;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2023-03-27 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HME-2023-03-27 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
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