RAW DATA: (MSU IRB-2025-1) How to uncouple scarcity from caring: Can MMT lead to social change?

This is a CSV file containing survey response data for the related study. An abstract follows:<br><b>ABSTRACT</b><br>This study addresses the gap between public understanding and the way governments spend, as demonstrated through the principles of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). MMT, a science-based framework, asserts that monetarily sovereign governments, like the U.S., cannot run out of their own currency, Most MMT economists and academics (MMTers) are in agreement that the upper limit on government spending is a resource constraint, not a numerical constraint. Activist work by groups including Real Progressives claims that the U.S. can provide a dignified quality of life for its all residents if the necessary real resources are available. Despite this, mainstream discourse often claims, falsely, that taxpayer dollars fund federal spending. To explore public support for federal policy programs under MMT framing, this study conducted a survey with 318 U.S. eligible voters. The survey included "policy tests" asking participants if they would support specific universal services (housing, healthcare, sustainability, jobs, transportation, utilities) assuming MMT principles were true. Results showed broad support across ideological lines, with no policy test receiving less than 50% cumulative agreement. The survey was distributed via relevant social media groups over six weeks, with recruitment sites carefully selected to have a random sample from diverse political and economic perspectives. Put simply, if the so-called noble lie of taxpayer dollars were debunked, large portions of the U.S. population would very likely demand a better socioeconomic condition through universal basic services.