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Mamdani balanced the NYC budget (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago by favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This seems to be an MMT critique rather than a leftist one.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

MMT is simply saying "public expenditure isn't bounded by arbitrary balances". I made it leftist when I argued for welfare, social housing and infrastructure.