Featuring Per Bylund, Lucas Engelhardt, Joshua Mawhorter, Jonathan Newman, Patrick Newman, and Joseph T. Salerno, this panel exposes flawed assumptions of Modern Monetary Theory, including the origins of money, government spending, job guarantees, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. The presenters critique MMT’s reliance on state-driven monetary policy, its neglect of entrepreneurship and capital formation, and its unrealistic view of labor and job guarantees. 

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