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Sandra A. Jones's avatar

Excellent explanations of monetary sovereignty. Looking forward to learning more. I am a huge believer in Modern Monetary economics and their descriptions of the actual mechanics of our money system. I get quite worked up about politicians and even educated professionals talking endlessly about how our taxpayer money is being spent and how it is revenue for the federal reserve. I am a fan of Stephanie Kelton, Steve Keen, Randall Wray and all the others in the MMT economic community.

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Jim Byrne - MMT101.ORG's avatar

Yeah, I totally agree with you. Thanks for the positive comment. :-)

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Rafael's avatar

Dear Jim,

Thank you very much for sharing this great article. I wonder, when you talk about external debt, are you only referring to government debt? If external debt is held by private entities, how does that affect a country's monetary sovereignty?

Best regards

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