A Closer Look at MMT: An Interview with Rohan Grey
I met Rohan Grey on Twitter. He responded to a tweet of mine claiming that increased government spending would eventually scare investors in treasuries- crowding the government's spending capacity. Grey answered in this thread which I found incredibly interesting- it's worth a read. At any rate, I was so taken with the conversation that I reached out to see if we could talk more. Grey was kind enough to grant me a full interview on the somewhat infamous Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) For context, Rohan Grey is a scholar and assistant professor of law at Willamette University in Oregon. He has published several academic articles, whitepapers, and opinion editorials on inflation, bond markets, finance, debt crises, and fiscal policy. His writing has been featured in magazines like The Nation and The Financial Times and he has a forthcoming book entitled, Digitizing the Dollar: The Battle for the Soul of Public Money in the Age of Cryptocurrency . He is prolific and knowledge
