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Monetary economics after the global financial crisis: what has happened to the endogenous money theory?

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  • Giuseppe Fontana

    (University of Leeds, UK and University of Sannio, Italy)

  • Riccardo Realfonzo

    (University of Sannio, Italy)

  • Marco Veronese Passarella

    (University of Leeds, UK)

Abstract

The 2010s have witnessed a new shift in central banking and, partially at least, in monetary economics and macroeconomic modelling. It is a fact that the endogenous money theory has been gradually clawing back popularity at the expense of the classical theory of interest rates, the financial intermediation view of banks, the money-multiplier story and the quantity theory of money. However, the loanable funds theory and the view of banks as pure financial intermediaries (sometimes coupled with the money-multiplier story) are still sometimes invoked. In addition, the dynamic process of creation, circulation and destruction of money is usually neglected. The point is that money endogeneity is still regarded by many mainstream economists as a mere empirical fact, not a key feature of capitalist market-based economies to be properly explained by a logically consistent theory. By contrast, dissenting economists have further advanced the endogenous money view through: (a) a generalised theory of the endogenous process of money creation; (b) the increasing popularity of modern monetary theory in the public debate; and (c) the development of aggregative stock–flow consistent models and agent-based stock–flow consistent models as an alternative to dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models.

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  • Giuseppe Fontana & Riccardo Realfonzo & Marco Veronese Passarella, 2020. "Monetary economics after the global financial crisis: what has happened to the endogenous money theory?," European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Edward Elgar Publishing, vol. 17(3), pages 339-355, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:elg:ejeepi:v:17:y:2020:i:3:p339-355
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    1. Davis, Leila & de Souza, Joao & Kim, YK. & Rella, Giacomo, 2023. "What are firms borrowing for? The role of financial assets," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    2. Ostapenko, V. & Buglevsky, E., 2022. "Money supply in the history of macroeconomic thought: 50 shades of endogeneity," Journal of the New Economic Association, New Economic Association, vol. 55(3), pages 156-176.
    3. Shvets, Serhii, 2021. "How excessive endogenous money supply can contribute to global financial crises," MPRA Paper 110191, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 30 Jul 2021.
    4. Andrea Boitani & Lorenzo Di Domenico & Giorgio Ricchiuti, 2024. "Monetary policy and inequality: an heterogenous agents’ approach," DISCE - Working Papers del Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza def133, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE).
    5. Bibi, Samuele & Canelli, Rosa, 2023. "The interpretation of CBDC within an endogenous money framework," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    6. Pawe³ Œliwiñski, 2023. "Endogenous money supply, global liquidity and financial transactions: Panel evidence from OECD countries," Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 18(1), pages 121-152, March.

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    Keywords

    endogenous money; exogenous money; quantitative easing; inflation targeting; modern monetary theory; stock–flow consistent models;
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    JEL classification:

    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • E12 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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