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.

MMT for Toddlers

The must-have MMT coloring book!

June 6, 2023

Answers from the MMTers

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

May 31, 2022

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

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

July 17, 2021

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Let’s Play the Pay For Game

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.

April 30, 2021

Keeping Score

I promise to stop when the battle is won. Until then, here’s another attempt to improve understanding and shift our broken thinking about government “deficits.”

October 27, 2020