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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 | 18

4 Trust Funds, 3 Problems: Why is the Other one so “Healthy”?

Apr 7, 2011| 

Every year, the Trustees of Social Security and Medicare issue an annual report that examines the financial status of the various “trust funds” that... Read »

Yes, Deficit Spending Adds to Private Sector Assets Even With Bond Sales

Nov 18, 2010| 

In a recent blog post, I explained that government deficits increase the private sector’s holding of net financial assets. And this led to the following question... Read »

Keep the Deficit. Ditch the Doves.

Nov 16, 2010| 

I just read another disappointing piece dealing with the preliminary recommendations from President Obama’s fiscal commission, this time from a contributor... Read »

If You Really Care About Social Security, Stop Capitulating to the Left

Nov 14, 2010| 2

I woke up this morning expecting to spend the better part of the day writing letters of recommendation for Ph.D. students. Then I came across an e-mail message... Read »

A Pledge to Protect Social Security and Medicare

Jun 22, 2010| 5

It happens every few years. The Trustees of the Social Security Administration release a report projecting gloom and doom for the system’s “finances,”... Read »

A Plea to the President: Tear Up That Speech

Jan 27, 2010| 

My colleague and fellow blogger, Randy Wray, has just argued that President Obama should scrap the speech he’s planning to deliver tonight and surprise the... Read »

Gift-Wrapping the White House for the GOP

Jul 15, 2009| 

It looks like Christmas has come early for one of President Obama’s most vocal critics. Rush Limbaugh said he hoped the president would fail, and the GOP is... Read »

A Twelve-Step Program for Economic Recovery

Jul 7, 2009| 1

Admit that the real economy is powerless against a de-regulated and de-supervised financial system Recognize that the fiscal powers of the federal government... Read »

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