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<DIV><SPAN>Michel, and Tadit, et al,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>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.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>If Tadit has an issue on this he could go to the Wikipdia discussion section of Chartalism, and/<VAR id=yiv783795907yui-ie-cursor></VAR>or alternatively edit the existing page text.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv783795907>I have created an entry on chartalism,<BR><BR>but it would be nice to have one specifically on MMT as well,<BR><BR>Michel<BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv783795907gmail_quote>On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:01 AM, <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:ideasinc@ee.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:ideasinc@ee.net">ideasinc@ee.net</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv783795907gmail_quote>Robert,<BR><BR>what you are describing as chartalism is more correctly a description of<BR>the MMT discourse, of which I am an advocate. Chartalism more accurately<BR>refers to the origin of currency as a "chartal" or token of value. The MMT<BR>is not just another discourse regarding economics. It integrates<BR>macro-economics, monetary issues, and functional fiscal policies.<BR>Functional fiscal polices include setting full employment as a functional<BR>goal, rather than a political slogan to be abandoned after the count. MMT<BR>advocates are sometimes described as chartalists, due to recognizing<BR>currency as tokens of value.<BR><BR>Tadit<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:20:52 -0400, robert searle <<A href="mailto:dharao4@yahoo.co.uk" rel=nofollow target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:dharao4@yahoo.co.uk">dharao4@yahoo.co.uk</A>><BR>wrote:<BR>
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<DIV class=yiv783795907h5><BR>> Michel, et al,<BR>> I have done a check on the p2pfoundation site, and it<BR>> appears that Chartalism is not present yet it is an important form of<BR>> monetary reform. It is often known nowadays as Mondern Monetary Theory,<BR>> or MMT. There has been some data on it already on the discussion group,<BR>> but the wikipedia entry could in full, or in part go on the<BR>> p2pfoundation site if desired....<BR>> <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartalism" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartalism</A><BR>> Essentially, it believes that governments should create "enough" new<BR>> non-repayable money to fund social, economic, and political concerns.<BR>> Taxation is seen as a means of reducing inflation as opposed to raising<BR>> revenues in the conventional manner.<BR>>
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