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Topic: Deficit Spending

The plates used to print the new Series 2001 one dollar bill notes are stored November 21, 2001 at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC. The new dollar bills contain the signatures of U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O''Neill and U.S. Treasurer Rosario Marin. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Modern Monetary Theory: Why it matters

Andrew Kordik
Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP: Boom coming — but not from stimulus

Ramsey Touchberry
(Getty/Salon)

Borrowing as the future burns

Bob Hennelly
(AP/Ron Edmonds/Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com/Photo montage by Salon)

Paul Ryan blew up the deficit

David T. S. Jonas

Rand Paul is mocking GOP now

Amanda Marcotte
(Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

America blows a huge chance

David Dayen