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What is a monetary sovereign? Why does Stephanie Kelton, the author of The Deficit Myth, <\/em>believe monetary sovereigns can print unlimited amounts of money?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A monetary sovereign is a country that is the sole issuer of its own currency, and its currency isn’t tied to a finite object or another country’s currency. Believers of modern monetary theory such as Kelton argue this means they can never be in debt because they can always print more money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading to learn more about monetary sovereignty and for criticism of their arguments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Federal Government Is Not Like a Household<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kelton objects to the way politicians often compare the federal government\u2019s finances to that of a household. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These politicians claim that just as a family must be careful of how much it earns in income and how much it spends, so must the government keep careful watch over how much money it takes in in taxes against how much money it spends on social programs, military expenditures, and other programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to this line of reasoning, the government can\u2019t consistently spend more than it earns in taxes, or else it will wind up in the same financial straits as a household would\u2014an endless cycle of debt, escalating borrowing costs, cash shortages, and ultimate financial ruin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelton writes that while this argument <\/strong>sounds <\/em><\/strong>intuitive, practical, and reasonable, it is based on an entirely false premise. <\/strong>In reality, the federal government\u2019s finances are nothing <\/em>like those of a household and operate under an entirely different set of rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some commentators go a step further and note that the \u201cgovernment as a household\u201d metaphor fails even on its own terms because having a negative net worth isn\u2019t necessarily bad even for most households<\/em><\/a>. 

For example, most households that have a home mortgage are technically underwater, financially speaking\u2014their net debt outweighs their net assets. Yet, few would think of having a mortgage as an irresponsible or reckless thing to do, because owning a home is, in the long run, a net gain for your financial position\u2014it is an asset that you can leverage and it builds wealth for you and your family. Similarly, some argue that public debt should be looked at as an investment or down payment on things that will ultimately make our society richer and happier, like health care, education, energy, and infrastructure.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Power of Monetary Sovereignty<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Why doesn\u2019t the U.S. federal government have to balance its budget like a private household? Why doesn\u2019t it have to worry about its debt load and spending decisions the way an individual or business does?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Kelton and other proponents of MMT, this is because the United States is a monetary sovereign. A monetary sovereign is a country that is the sole issuer of its own currency<\/strong> and that does not borrow excessively in foreign currency or peg the value of its currency to something that it doesn\u2019t directly control\u2014like gold or another <\/em>country\u2019s currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because these countries can just create money whenever they need it, they are generally unconstrained in their spending decisions,<\/strong> and they don\u2019t need<\/em> to balance their budgets and keep debts and deficits low\u2014they can simply create more money and wipe the debt clean or balance the budget anytime they choose to. Thus, anytime the federal government needs more dollars to meet some obligation\u2014like to finance a new spending bill passed by Congress or to pay the interest on the national debt\u2014it can simply create the money at will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monetary sovereignty is a power that no private business, household, or individual has (nor do state or local governments). <\/strong>Therefore, according to Kelton, the \u201cgovernment as a household\u201d analogy has no grounding in reality. Any purely fiscal constraints the federal government faces are entirely political and self-imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyperinflation: The Danger of Money Printing<\/strong>

Kelton\u2019s arguments are contested by other economists. They point to the historical examples of Zimbabwe during the 2000s and Germany during the 1920s to demonstrate that governments creating too much money with no actual economic activity to support it<\/a> leads to hyperinflation\u2014unsustainable rises in prices caused by too much money chasing too few goods. Eventually, the hyperinflation problem can spiral out of control, with prices rising astronomically within days or even hours\u2014such that money ceases to lose all value and becomes entirely unreliable, with people reduced to bartering for basic goods. If a currency becomes too undervalued, foreign investors will refuse to deal in it, causing its value to fall even further and making it impossible for people to exchange it for other currencies\u2014in effect, making it impossible for people to purchase goods and services from abroad.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Some argue that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum could potentially undermine monetary sovereignty<\/a>. Without proper oversight and regulation, the free flow of non-state-issued digital currencies would put Bitcoin miners in the currency-creation role that central bankers currently occupy. As the ratio of cryptocurrency to traditional currencies grows, state actors like central bankers and treasuries would lose the ability to exert control over the total volume of money in circulation. The problem is compounded when one considers the fact that cryptocurrencies are uniquely vulnerable to wild value fluctuations, cyber attacks, and speculative bubbles, all of which could spill over into the non-crypto, \u201creal\u201d economy\u2014with central banks having little ability to exert control.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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