[P2P-F] Fw: Chartalism, a new P2P Entry?

[ideasinc at ee.net]

Sorry I am way behind on my issues right now. I will look it over and  
provide any suggestions which seem appropriate. At this point an entry is  
way better than no entry. I still have my six intro level pieces to  
produce.

for now, Tadit



On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:11:55 -0400, robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk>  
wrote:

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> From: robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>
> Sent: Thursday, 22 September 2011, 11:11
> Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Chartalism, a new P2P Entry?
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> Michel, and Tadit, et al,
>  You may have both noticed that MMT is featured in most of the text if I  
> recall correctly.....There is no separate entry on MMT on Wikipedia  
> because I did a check. It is just rolled into the Chartalism entry.
>  If Tadit has an issue on this he could go to the Wikipdia discussion  
> section of Chartalism, and/or alternatively edit the existing page text.
>   RS.
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> From: Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>
> To: P2P Foundation mailing list <p2p-foundation at lists.ourproject.org>
> Cc: robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 21:25
> Subject: Re: [P2P-F] Chartalism, a new P2P Entry?
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> I have created an entry on chartalism,
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> but it would be nice to have one specifically on MMT as well,
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> Michel
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> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:01 AM, <ideasinc at ee.net> wrote:
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> Robert,
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>> what you are describing as chartalism is more correctly a description of
>> the MMT discourse, of which I am an advocate. Chartalism more accurately
>> refers to the origin of currency as a "chartal" or token of value. The  
>> MMT
>> is not just another discourse regarding economics. It integrates
>> macro-economics, monetary issues, and functional fiscal policies.
>> Functional fiscal polices include setting full employment as a  
>> functional
>> goal, rather than a political slogan to be abandoned after the count.  
>> MMT
>> advocates are sometimes described as chartalists, due to recognizing
>> currency as tokens of value.
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>> Tadit
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>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:20:52 -0400, robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk>
>> wrote:
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>>> Michel, et al,
>>>             I have done a check on the p2pfoundation site, and it
>>> appears that Chartalism is not present yet it is an important form of
>>> monetary reform. It is often known nowadays as Mondern Monetary Theory,
>>> or MMT. There has been some data on it already on the discussion group,
>>> but the wikipedia entry could in full, or in part go on the
>>> p2pfoundation site if desired....
>>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartalism
>>>  Essentially, it believes that governments should create "enough" new
>>> non-repayable money to fund social, economic, and political concerns.
>>> Taxation is seen as a means of reducing inflation as opposed to raising
>>> revenues in the conventional manner.
>>>   R.S.
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