"The opposition to [Modern Monetary Theory] is not about theory: it is about control, and who controls what. MMT recognizes that money is a creature, and monopoly of the state - not the private sector.

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MMT is a different, and arguably more accurate way of modelling the economy and financial system we have right now. It is “we should try seeing the economy this way, and when you do, you’ll see that we have different options.”"

https://dougaldlamont.substack.com/p/if-mmt-is-wrong-why-is-it-so-much