Hedge Fund Guy Trashes Economics And Becomes A Left-Wing Guru

Caution tape blocks the entrance to a dock damaged from Hurricane Maria in Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, U.S., on Friday, July 20, 2018. The U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic candidate for governor Warren Mosler's unorthodox take on fiscal policy is catching on with progressive Democrats. Several candidates in the midterm elections, and a few who have an eye on 2020, are coming out with plans that draw on his ideaseven if they've never heard of Mosler or the doctrine, known as Modern Monetary Theory, that he once promoted in early internet chat rooms. Photographer: Scott McIntyre/Bloomberg via Getty Images