The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory -
the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades - delivers a
radically different, bold, new understanding for how to build a just and
prosperous society.
Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT)
dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial
issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs, expanding health
care coverage, climate change, and building resilient infrastructure. Any
ambitious proposal, however, inevitably runs into the buzz saw of how to find
the money to pay for it, rooted in myths about deficits that are