MMT until Bill started using it, and it's caught on a bit since we really don't have another name and Chartalism has some baggage. And though I'm not opposed to being called a Chartalist, I do think there's a lot more to what we're talking about than what most normally think of as Chartalism. I agree with Warren . . .it's probably from Randy's book. I remember when Randy was writing the book, the original title was "Money in the Modern Era" without a subtitle. In fact, I still have a pre-published manuscript with that title . . . . virtually nothing else is changed. I remember being a bit disappointed when the title was changed . . . I thought the original was a bit better (in terms of sounding scholarly and serious). But I'm not the one trying to sell books. winterspeak Reply: December 10th, 2009 at 7:51 pm SCOTT: We totally failed over at Nick's didn't we? At least I did, despite truly heroic efforts by you and JKH. Nick is a gracious host nonetheless. I think we'll need more than a better name to make any progress ; ) I suppose it depends on what failure means. Perhaps Nick's the one that failed. We understand his paradigm and worked through his exampples, but he clearly understood virtually nothing we were saying and couldn't bring himself to see any significance to it. He was very gracious, though, to his credit, which explains why we stuck around so