Finding the Money

Can a new economic theory revolutionize our ability to tackle the climate crisis? An underdog group of economists is on a mission to instigate a paradigm shift by flipping our understanding of the national debt — and the nature of money — upside down. Finding the Money follows former chief economist to the Senate Budget Committee, Stephanie Kelton, on a journey through the controversial Modern Money Theory or ““MMT”.  Top economists and politicians from across the political spectrum condemn the theory as “voodoo economics,”” “crazy,” and “a crackpot theory.” As MMT bursts into the mainstream media, journalists ask, “Have we been thinking about how the government spends money, all wrong? (Big Sky Documentary Film Festival)