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Stephanie Kelton

Affiliation: University of Missouri

Stephanie Kelton, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Research Scholar at The Levy Economics Institute and Director of Graduate Student Research at the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability.

Her research expertise is in: Federal Reserve operations, fiscal policy, social security, health care, international finance and employment policy.

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Stephanie Kelton's Latest Articles | 24

The Layman’s Case Against Austerity

May 4, 2013| 

Steve Kraske of The Kansas City Star recently interviewed me for a piece about austerity.  The story ran in today’s paper. It doesn’t provide much depth (unlike... Read »

What is it About Money that Scares the Bejesus Out of People?

Jan 10, 2013| 

Knock-Knock. Who’s there? Money. Anyone who writes about money (or for that matter debt or finance) knows what I’m about to say.  Money scares the bejesus out... Read »

How the “Takers” Voted

Nov 21, 2012| 1

In any fiscal union, some states will benefit disproportionately from the way federal dollars are collected and allocated. In the US, roughly half of all states... Read »

Will the Real Alan Greenspan Please Stand Up (for America)

Nov 17, 2012| 

What’s gotten into Alan Greenspan? Is he schizophrenic? Has he gone senile? Or is he simply shilling for Wall Street? Whatever the explanation, something doesn’t... Read »

We’re Not Broke and the Clinton Surpluses Destroyed the US Economy

Sep 5, 2012| 

Two of our nation’s most influential progressive journalists — Slate’s Matt Yglesias and Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal —  just took on two powerful... Read »

Why do Keynesians Think More Spending will Stimulate the Economy?

Aug 30, 2012| 14

My Twitter followers are constantly asking me if I think more spending would really help the economy recover. I understand their skepticism. Many are probably struggling... Read »

Can the Fed Really do More?

Jun 27, 2012| 

I’ve grown increasingly frustrated by the near universal cry for more action from the Fed.  My friend and fellow blogger Marshall Auerback has quipped that it’s... Read »

The World Needs 600 Million New Jobs

Jan 24, 2012| 

The International Labor Office (ILO) has just released a sobering report on the growing crisis in world labor markets. We began the year with 1.1 billion people... Read »

FDR’s Second Bill of Rights: An Unrealized Dream

Jan 12, 2012| 1

Sixty-eight years ago today, Franklin Delano Roosevelt laid out what he referred to as a “Second Bill of Rights” in his State of the Union address to... Read »

Should Congress Raise the Payroll Tax When the Economy Recovers?

Sep 23, 2011| 

Dean Baker has just written another piece on Social Security. Dean and I have always disagreed at some fundamental level on the best way to run opposition against... Read »

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