Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) has gained mainstream popularity in recent years with Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York sharing their support of ...

Few words spark more anxiety in public debate than "national debt" and "government deficit." National debt is the total amount of money the government owes, accumulated over years of running deficits.

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) says countries that spend, tax and borrow in their own currency shouldn’t worry about government deficits because they can print as much money as they need. Traditional ...

The economist known as the godfather of Modern Monetary Theory is sounding an alarm on the rising fiscal deficit, saying that America is spending like a “drunken sailor.” American economist Warren ...

Good ideas don’t always outcompete bad ones. But willful foolishness usually has a cost. So it is with modern monetary theory ...

Arthur Laffer’s and Stephen Moore’s “Bidenomics, Also Known as MMT” (op-ed, June 24) warns that President Biden’s perpetual stimulus policies rest atop a house of Modern Monetary Theory cards that ...

Good ideas don’t always outcompete bad ones. But willful foolishness usually has a cost. So it is with modern monetary theory. Ironically, this basket of economic fallacies, embraced by policymakers ...