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Stephanie Kelton

Stephanie Kelton is an American economist and academic. She is currently a professor at Stony Brook University and a Senior Fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research. She was formerly a professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
Answers from the MMTers

Answers from the MMTers

October 28, 2024May 31, 2022 by Stephanie Kelton

Jared Bernstein, longtime economic advisor to Joe Biden asked the MMT academics some questions. They answered.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags MMT
Social Security Stop Capitulating to the Left

If You Really Care About Social Security, Stop Capitulating To The Left

December 2, 2024July 17, 2021 by Stephanie Kelton

Let’s start telling the truth about Social Security. We are educators. So let’s educate people on the basic facts.

Categories Academic, New Economic Perspectives Tags Social Security
Let's Play the Pay For Game

Let’s Play the Pay For Game

November 29, 2024April 30, 2021 by Stephanie Kelton

Admit that taxes don’t “pay for” anything and that all government spending is paid for in one way and one way only—the Federal Reserve credits the appropriate bank accounts.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Deficit, Federal Reserve, MMT, Taxation

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