Finding the Money (2024)
There's another side to the national debt.
FINDING THE MONEY follows economist Stephanie Kelton on a journey through Modern Money Theory or “MMT”. Kelton provocatively asserts the National Debt Clock that ticks ominously upwards in New York City is not actually a debt for us taxpayers at all, nor a burden for our grandchildren to pay back. Instead, Kelton describes the national debt as simply a historical record of the number of dollars created by the US federal government currently being held in pockets, as assets, by the rest of us. MMT bursts into the media with journalists asking, “Have we been thinking about how the government spends money, all wrong?” But top economists from across the political spectrum condemn the theory as “voodoo economics”, “crazy” and “a crackpot theory”. FINDING THE MONEY traces the conflict all the way back to the story we tell about money, injecting new hope and empowering countries around the world to tackle the biggest challenges of the 21st century: from climate change to inequality.
Cast
- Stephanie Kelton - Self
- Lua K. Yuille - Self
- Mathew Forstater - Self
- Fadhel Kaboub - Self
- Delman Coates - Self
- Jason Furman - Self
- Warren Mosler - Self
- Pavlina Tcherneva - Self
- Randall Wray - Self
Keywords
climate change, money, economics, inequality, national debt, finance, mmt, modern monetary theory, stephanie kelton
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Finding the Money about?
- FINDING THE MONEY follows economist Stephanie Kelton on a journey through Modern Money Theory or “MMT”. Kelton provocatively asserts the National Debt Clock that ticks ominously upwards in New York City is not actually a debt for us taxpayers at all, nor a burden for our grandchildren to pay back. Instead, Kelton describes the national debt as simply a historical record of the number of dollars created by the US federal government currently being held in pockets, as assets, by the rest of us. MMT bursts into the media with journalists asking, “Have we been thinking about how the government spends money, all wrong?” But top economists from across the political spectrum condemn the theory as “voodoo economics”, “crazy” and “a crackpot theory”. FINDING THE MONEY traces the conflict all the way back to the story we tell about money, injecting new hope and empowering countries around the world to tackle the biggest challenges of the 21st century: from climate change to inequality.
- Who directed Finding the Money?
- Finding the Money was directed by Maren Poitras.
- Who stars in Finding the Money?
- Finding the Money stars Stephanie Kelton, Lua K. Yuille, Mathew Forstater, Fadhel Kaboub, Delman Coates, Jason Furman.
- How long is Finding the Money?
- Finding the Money has a runtime of 1h 35m (95 minutes).
- What genre is Finding the Money?
- Finding the Money is a Documentary film.
- Where was Finding the Money produced?
- Finding the Money was produced in United States of America.