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Brett Richards's avatar

MMT is the process by which government prints money, buys all the stuff, and when there’s no stuff left to buy takes away everyone else’s money to avoid any consequences ….. to the government.

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Daniel Milosevich's avatar

I finally understand MMT - thanks.

"But if people overspending causes inflation, why does government overspending cause inflation?"

Makes better sense to me this way:

But if people overspending causes inflation, why does government overspending NOT cause inflation?

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