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The basic propositions of MMT are broadly consistent with the process of money creation in a modern economy
and the associated role of fiscal policy. Also, the theory reiterates the important point that there is much more
financial space for proactive fiscal stances than is generally perceived. Indeed, Keynesian economists have
been arguing for a very long time that government deficits can and should be used to fight recessions, finance
infrastructure, and even pay for some ongoing current expenditures that are
Therefore there is clearly a case for implementing such a functional finance programme in the United States,
where it has been strongly advocated (Bell, 1998; Wray, 1998, 2015; Mosler, 2004; Tymoigne, 2014; Mitchell,
2016; Nersisyan and Wray, 2019). Such a strategy is particularly suited to the United States as its Government
is also the issuer of the global reserve currency; obviously, therefore, this requires that the United States dollar
continues to be accepted as such so that the additional import demand created by domestic expansion can be
easily met. There are additional concerns in the United States that would need to be addressed, such as the
self-imposed limits on government debt, claims of central bank independence and the distributional tensions
between labour and capital that can arise from the pattern of additional public spending. Some concerns that
have been raised about MMT (López-Gallardo and Reyes-Ortiz, 2011; Lavoie, 2013; Taylor, 2019) point to
issues of institutional and real resource constraints, including the possibilities of supply bottlenecks arising
in particular sectors that could have inflationary consequences. Even after recognizing these issues, it is clear
that, in the United States, there can be a successful functional finance strategy for full employment or a "Green
New Deal". To the extent that this then contributes significantly to global demand, it would also assist global
reflation, while if the focus of public spending is on the transformation towards a green economy, there will
be meaningful spillovers in terms of technology transfers and economies of scale to other countries.
seen to be socially valuable.
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