Category Archives: Teaching models

Simple models of how the modern monetary system works

Mainstream macroeconomics textbooks do not impart knowledge

Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 by bill

I have spent most of today working on a Chapter for the upcoming macroeconomics textbook that I am writing with Randy Wray (UMKC). It is a difficult task getting the balance between the content and the pedagogy more or less … Read the rest of this entry »

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The full employment budget deficit condition

Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by bill

Many readers ask me to provide a Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) rule for sound fiscal management. I had done this often but apparently not concisely enough. It is important to understand what the limits on budget deficits are in term … Read the rest of this entry »

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What is the balanced-budget multiplier?

Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2010 by bill

I have been working today on the modern monetary theory text-book that Randy Wray and I are planning to complete in the coming year (earlier than later hopefully). It just happens that I was up to a section on what … Read the rest of this entry »

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In austerity land, thinking about fiscal rules

Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2010 by bill

I am now in Maastricht, The Netherlands where I have a regular position as visiting professor. It is like a second home to me. The University hosts CofFEE-Europe, which we started some years ago as a sibling of my research … Read the rest of this entry »

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Some neighbours arrive

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2010 by bill

The other day I introduced a simple model of how a monetary economy works. The model was centred on the payments of my business cards to elicit labour from the kids that live in my house. All the basic national … Read the rest of this entry »

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Barnaby, better to walk before we run

Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 by bill

Today I have been thinking about the macroeconomics textbook that Randy Wray and I are writing at present. We hope to complete it in the coming year. I also get many E-mails from readers expressing confusion with some of the … Read the rest of this entry »

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A simple business card economy

Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 by bill

Some readers have asked me to provide a simplified explanation of how the modern monetary economy works which is devoid of all the jargon that economists hide within. As part of another earlier blog, I did present a simple budget … Read the rest of this entry »

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