Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about economic policy for the 21st century. There is a very long history of this in economics. Much of Keynesianism since ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly elected representative from the Bronx, told Business Insider recently that modern monetary theory, or MMT, should “be a larger part of our conversation” when it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I wrote the book on vulture investing. This article is more than 5 years old. Trillion-dollar deficits and constant expansion of ...

There is a new brand of economic theory floating around, supported by left-leaning politicians and economists, and actually put into practice by the Trump administration and formerly conservative ...

Deborah D'Souza is the former news editor at Investopedia. She also writes articles that bring together information from across different financial fields. Yarilet Perez is an experienced multimedia ...

The economic ideas that once fueled deficit mythbusters and provided hope for a pandemic recovery have spawned a vibrant political subculture. At the close of 2020, it’s hard to think of another year ...

Despite James Mackintosh’s suggestion in “Streetwise: Modern Monetary Theory Isn’t Coming in the Future. It’s Here Now” (Markets, Nov. 22), MMT remains a niche theory endorsed by only a small but ...

We’ve seen this movie before. There is widespread frustration with the performance of the economy. Traditional policy approaches are not delivering hoped-for results. A relatively unpopular president ...

Good ideas don’t always outcompete bad ones. But willful foolishness usually has a cost. So it is with modern monetary theory. Ironically, this basket of economic fallacies, embraced by policymakers ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly elected representative from the Bronx, told Business Insider recently that modern monetary theory, or MMT, should “be a larger part of our conversation” when it ...