All central bankers doing monetary operations know they can't conduct a reserve drain without a prior reserve add- the CB has to credit accounts (spend first) before taxes can be paid/securities purchased as per MMT.
— Warren B. Mosler (@wbmosler) August 29, 2026
Yet all mainstream economists have this sequence backwards.
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Saturday, August 29, 2026
The economists get it backward
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