November 23 2020 | Modern Money Theory: Week 3 | Back Next |
Monetarily sovereign government creates money by spending it into economy
Government provisions itself for public purpose
Taxes back some of that money
Taxation creates universal demand for currency
Government spending is injection of spending power into economy
Taxation is drain of spending power from economy
Especially important when production of consumer goods is limited
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