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Debunking deficit myths (with Stephanie Kelton)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

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The Deficit Doesn't Matter, Is It?

MMT says that federal debts and deficits don't really matter in and of themselves. The deficit doesn't matter, it's inflation we should be looking at,. Are we maxing out the resources and the economy rather than these fictional numbers about dollars in the deficit? And right now, Nick, we are just racking up huge deficits all of a sudden, and nobody seems to care.

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