What modern monetary theory is and what MMT could mean for Canada's budget deficits

Just what is modern monetary theory, anyway?

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You may have heard the letters MMT tossed around as government deficits increase in the wake of the COVID-19 economic fallout.

Paul Haavardsrud tells you more about what it means, without having to set foot in an economics classroom.

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