Yup, none (well, vanishingly small amount) of that nonsense at WGU and the 'go your own pace' structure worked really well for me while full-time jobbing. I did it during the pandemic though, might be more of a life imposition now that people can do things and go places 🤷♀️ IDK, I still plan to go back for m6 masters next year.
I really enjoyed WSU's online program for what it's worth. I was a college dropout for many years (and a high-school dropout before that (well, more of like the school dropped me (well, I was "home schooled" and then my mom developed a pill problem after her divorce))); felt good to finally tick that box.
I don't think Stephanie Kelton is attending Bohemian Grove, I think she just needed something to write her phd about.
MMT also dosn't propose hyperinflation as a matter of theory. Instead of congress taxing a fixed amount and the fed monkeying with the money supply on the back end to target 2% inflation, MMT wants the fed to print all the money on the front end and congress to dynamically adjust the tax rates in real time to pull cash out of the economy to target inflation.
Of course for that to work, congress would have to light all of the taxes on fire upon receipt, and when has congress ever been able to resist spending money? So it's only inherently inflationary if you subscribe to public choice theory, or generally recognized government's inability to achieve competence.
The fundamental error MMT makes is that it misunderstands the nature of money and value. MMT thinks that if you spend a dollar on something, then by definition it is worth a dollar. That is (to a nearest approximation) true for voluntary market transactions, but not for government expenditures, which can be (and often are) negative value add.
This is postmodern claptrap. The state of (iirc) Iowa once legally decreed an 'alternative' value of pi. All the wheels and circles in the state didn't magically change shape. They can write whatever they want in their little notebook, it has no more effect on reality than what you write in your diary.
So called "intellectual property" is not even in the set of things that *can* be owned. As both non-rivalrous and non-excludable, basic economic theory says piracy should be government subsidized. This is econ 101 stuff, I really don't understand how we're still even discussing IP seriously in the 21st century.
The CEOs are beholden to the shareholders. Because our money is losing value all the time, the only place we can put cash to even have a hope of our savings not evaporateling is the stock market. Vanguard and Blackrock thank you very much for giving them the capitol to amass so many voting shares on all the corporate boards from which to enforce their esg agenda. When their dumb policies don't pan out, don't worry they don't lose a dime; you and I lose our retirement accounts.