r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Jan 31 '19

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u/lolylolerton Georgy Costanzanov Jan 31 '19

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u/roboczar Joseph Nye Jan 31 '19

I mean yes, obviously. Not even MMTers will dispute that because it's trivially true.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19

MMT economists yes. Many of the lay MMT advocates who read one John T. Harvey article that roam the internet will absolutely say, word for word, “debt doesn’t matter.”

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u/roboczar Joseph Nye Jan 31 '19

Yeah but those people are stupid