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Modern Monetary Theory Academic Gatekeeping

An analysis of the communication dynamics and defensive mechanisms within the MMT research community regarding core fiscal assertions.

MMT is evaluated here for its defensive posture regarding its primary fiscal tenets, which often mirror the defensive inheritance of dogmatic economic models.

Modern Monetary TheoryChartalismFiscal PolicyIdeological Gatekeeping

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