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Kyle: “But Modern Monetary Theory won’t work, because creating new money to pay for the increasing debt will lead to inflation. You can’t get out of that trap.”

Chen: “Inflation can be addressed by increasing taxes to reduce spending capacity, which dampens inflation pressures.”

Kyle:" “But rich people won’t like that?”

Chen: “So? Unless the wealthy have control of the media and the government and can therefore convince enough people to act against their own economic interests, it can work.”

Kyle: “Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, Chen.”

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