The US is somehow the richest nation on earth yet is plagued with massive rates of poverty, healthcare debt, income inequality, and poor infrastructure. Kelton shows us how our Gold Standard logic leftover from the 1950s and 1960s continues to hold us back needlessly. She explains how modern monetary theory can help us reimagine the way in which currency owning governments can fund development and grow themselves out of hardship. This is the antidote to the senseless class war our nation is fighting and we need lawmakers to pay attention.
