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Marxism and MMT: How Modern Monetary Theory Can Enrich the Debate among Marxists
     Release time: 2023-01-10

Abstract: As of now, there has been a relatively insufficient amount of scholarship tying Marxist theory to Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). This article argues that Marxists should take a closer look at the economic theory. MMT is a normative theory and could be used to promote any worldview or theory. Marxists should use it to argue for and, if implemented, manage non-reformist reforms such as a Job Guarantee and publicly funded elections. These reforms could raise the material and working conditions of the working class, strengthen class consciousness, and condition society for a post-capitalist economic system.

 

Keywords: Modern Monetary Theory; Marxism; Job Guarantee; publicly funded elections; non-reformist reforms

 

From: World Review of Political Economy 2021 12 (4)

Editor: Wang Yi

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