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L. Randall Wray

Affiliation: University of Missouri

L. Randall Wray, Ph.D. is Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Research Director with the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability and Senior Research Scholar at The Levy Economics Institute.

His research expertise is in: financial instability, macroeconomics, and full employment policy.

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L. Randall Wray's Latest Articles | 57

Memo to Dodd: Elizabeth Warren is Worth the Fight

Aug 9, 2010| 

Outgoing Senator Dodd just weighed in on the possibility that Elizabeth Warren might get the top spot heading the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection at... Read »

May the Biggest Loser Win: Euroland’s Race to the Bottom

Jul 27, 2010| 2

As part of the EU/IMF plan to resolve Greece’s debt crisis and to make its economy more competitive, the government announced a couple of weeks ago plans... Read »

Goldman Vampire Squid Gets Bitch Slapped: JP Morgan Bitch Slaps the Dow; and Geithner Tries to Bitch Slap Elizabeth Warren

Jul 16, 2010| 1

Ok here were three pieces of news today. First, Goldman Sachs was fined $550 Million for duping customers. We do not need to recap the charges in detail. Goldman... Read »

Goldman Sachs Vampire Squid Gets Handcuffed

Apr 17, 2010| 1

In a startling turn of events, the SEC announced a civil fraud lawsuit against Goldman Sachs. (GS) I use the word startling because a) the SEC has done virtually... Read »

The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming! Oh My!

Mar 28, 2010| 

One of the scare tactics in the toolbox of the deficit hawks is the argument that Chinese ownership of U.S. government bonds is dangerous, economically and politically.... Read »

Tell Your Representative to Leave Social Security Alone

Mar 26, 2010| 2

Ok, here is the dumbest headline the NYTimes has run in recent days: Social Security Payouts to Exceed Revenue This Year By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH The system is expected... Read »

Health Insurance “Reform”: Is a Bad Bill Better than Nothing?

Mar 25, 2010| 4

Many who supported health care reform are celebrating passage of the Health Insurers Bail Out Bill (HIBOB) and the argument that something–no matter how fundamentally... Read »

Neoliberal Deficit Hysteria Strikes Again

Mar 22, 2010| 3

ADVICE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRIME MINISTER BROWN: Tell the IMF, the European Commission, and the Ratings Agencies to Take a Hike. In recent days, articles in Der... Read »

Health Care Reform: A Bailout for Insurers and Cuts to Medicare

Mar 18, 2010| 

It is beginning to look like Congress is going to vote to pass health care legislation on Sunday. According to the NYTimes, Democrats are practically celebrating... Read »

Did Geithner Help Lehman Hide Accounting Tricks?

Mar 15, 2010| 

Just when you thought that nothing could stink more than Timothy Geithner’s handling of the AIG bailout, a new report details how Geithner’s New York... Read »

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