I encourage everyone in this thread to read about Modern Monetary Theory, an economic framework becoming more and more popular among professional economists tha

I encourage everyone in this thread to read about Modern Monetary Theory, an economic framework becoming more and more popular among professional economists that provides the clearest way to understand the nature and purpose of the national debt — which by the most sensible measure is much too small. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/opinion/deficit-tax-cuts-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/opinion/deficit-tax-cuts-...