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Vincent Larson
19 February 2022 - 00:50 AM
Deficit spending should be used constructively and responsibly but it by itself is neither good nor bad.
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Vincent Larson
19 February 2022 - 00:42 AM
How can one tell when deficit spending has reached the limit of expanding the productivity of the nation?
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Dave Rupe
23 November 2021 - 15:39 PM
I've read a few books by former Federal Reserve insiders. They've mentioned MMT, and they agree with the principals when it comes to how money and the monetary system works…
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Malcolm Caldwell
29 September 2021 - 05:40 AM
I'm concerned that the For side never really addressed the many historical examples the Against side brought up. Is there any evidence that this new MMT theory works? Or is…
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Feng Ouyang
6 July 2021 - 11:46 AM
I am disappointed by the debate as it fails to address many fundamental questions, such as whether a high deficit spending will cause inflation. Especially, the "for" team, especially the…
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SK Hirota
29 January 2021 - 21:17 PM
i agree for the most part, but i feel like if you use the extra money supply to ramp up goods production, then inflation can be prevented.
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SK Hirota
29 January 2021 - 21:08 PM
I started out undecided and finished as against the motion. i think stephanie kelton did a pretty good job, except I felt like she stressed the fact that we can't…
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ross arneson
1 January 2021 - 21:27 PM
I think those for the motion did better in the debate, but I think those against the motion were right. If deficits don't matter, why shouldn't the federal government stop…
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ross arneson
1 January 2021 - 14:24 PM
I think those for the motion did better in the debate, but I think those against the motion were right. If deficits don't matter, why shouldn't the federal government stop…
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Mark Summa
30 December 2020 - 18:47 PM
It is particularly foolish to worry about national deficits in a time of a pandemic and all its attendant economic downturns. Deficit moderation in times of economic boom times may…
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James Mason
15 December 2020 - 05:01 AM
I flipped from against to for. But really I think I ended up undecided. Stephanie Kelton was the only one I heard very clearly articulating ideas and explaining things, and…
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James Mason
15 December 2020 - 04:55 AM
So agreed about that interesting question that was never answered. I really perked up when I heard that question and was looking forward to hearing it answered so was similarly…
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James Mason
15 December 2020 - 04:52 AM
Well said! I flipped from against to for (or maybe more like to undecided) but I think that was almost entirely due to Stephanie Kelton being the only one able…
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Adam Misrahi
13 December 2020 - 17:48 PM
The winners did a good job here but I wish they had taken some time to spell out more of the things they understand which many don't. The economy is…
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Alexandre Millet
13 December 2020 - 15:47 PM
I much prefered the live-debates. All this editing breaks the coherence of the debate. We now only get snap answers, instead of having the process of framing and cornering the…
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Alexandre Millet
13 December 2020 - 15:44 PM
The major point hasn't been addressed: the status liabilities in the balance sheet of the Central Bank. Printing money seems painless because the extension of the liabilities doesn't seem to…
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Andrew Gentile
13 December 2020 - 13:38 PM
I think the problem is more indirect. The government prints money and thereby holds the interest rate down. The money that the government owes does have to be paid back,…
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William Peeples
13 December 2020 - 01:43 AM
The notion that our kids are on the hook for todays deficit is nonsense. The deficit will be paid with fiat currency that nation creates. It can run out of…
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Chris Hack
11 December 2020 - 20:47 PM
Ordinarily, I like both the content and the execution of the debate topics on IQ2US. This debate left MUCH to be desired. Those who argued FOR the motion seem to…
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aedelste_22950
8 December 2020 - 14:51 PM
For IQ2, this was one of the least edifying debates in awhile. Everyone seemed to agree that national deficits can be appropriate at some times and not others, but never…
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Frank Wu
7 December 2020 - 19:02 PM
I do enjoy the new edited video/process.
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Rachel Butler
3 December 2020 - 02:00 AM
Is it even reasonable to think that we (the US and other countries with big debt) will ever pay it off?
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Alan Luchetti
22 November 2020 - 00:52 AM
By “debt” are you referring to treasury debt alone (bonds etc) or to central bank debt as well (cash and reserves)?
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Joseph Ceccarelli
19 November 2020 - 21:43 PM
isn't what most important to keep track in terms of governing and printing money so to speak is the percentage of debt as a percentage of gross domestic product because…
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