Heterodox economist Prof Steve Keen likens the mainstream’s knowledge level to Ptolemaic astronomy (Earth as the center of the solar system). Accounting-aware economists are out there, but they struggle to break through the babel. The Deficit Myth, by Prof Stephanie Kelton, is a good starting point to learn more. (BTW, every major federal budget reduction in US history was followed by a recession or a depression.) 3/3

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The dominant economics paradigm of our time (the “mainstream”) gets many things wrong; one of the worst is that it ignores double-entry accounting. Meaning what, exactly? Well, the federal budget deficit is only the debit side of the currency-creation ledger; the asset side is the supply of US dollars! And mainstream economics doesn't understand this—or teach it! 2/3

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