While people are dying of a pandemic and economic consequences, the smart people are talking about how Martians might repo Earth.
While people are dying of a pandemic and economic consequences, the smart people are talking about how Martians might repo Earth.
He explicitly disagrees with MMT, actually, so it wouldn't help even if I managed to convince him to read it.
In theory it could address whatever criticisms he has of MMT, but yeah, he might just be a lost cause on this issue.
Even via orthodox modern neoclassical economics debt/deficit hawkery isn't necessary, you might want to use Japan's debt to GDP ratio for example. Don't need MMT, and MMT has its own flaws.