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Stephanie Kelton is a professor of economics and public policy at Stony Brook University. She is a leading expert on Modern Monetary Theory and a former Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee (Democratic staff).

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Should Governments Just Print More Money?

Should Governments Just Print More Money?

Sep 10, 2019 Stephanie Kelton & Elmira Bayrasli discuss the potential benefits and dangers of financing public spending with unlimited debt.

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Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration
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Strengthening Land Rights Will Curb Migration

Chris Jochnick blames poor farmers' weak claims to their most productive asset for persistent poverty and growing food insecurity.

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Islands of Climate Ambition
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Islands of Climate Ambition

Andrew Holness & Frank Bainimarama urge developed countries to increase support for small island states struggling to adapt to global warming.

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Brexit House of Cards
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Brexit House of Cards

Mark Malloch-Brown thinks UK politics have become gripped by a frenzy that rules out rational decision-making.

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Could Ultra-Low Interest Rates Be Contractionary?
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Could Ultra-Low Interest Rates Be Contractionary?

Ernest Liu, et al.

Although low interest rates have traditionally been viewed as positive for economic growth because they encourage businesses to invest in enhancing productivity, this may not be the case. Instead, Ernest Liu, Amir Sufi, and Atif Mian contend, extremely low rates may lead to slower growth by increasing market concentration and thus weakening firms' incentive to boost productivity.

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Back to Little England?
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Back to Little England?

Edoardo Campanella shows how Brexit, far from embodying resurgent British nationalism, could unravel the United Kingdom.

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Energy, Employment, and Migration in Africa
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Energy, Employment, and Migration in Africa

Kandeh K. Yumkella argues that investment in distributed renewables could fill a lage part of the continent's jobs deficit.

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An Innovation Agenda for Europe
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An Innovation Agenda for Europe

Manuel Muñiz & Marietje Schaake present a three-point plan to help the European Union close the digital gap with the United States and China.

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The ECB’s Beggar-thy-Trump Strategy
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The ECB’s Beggar-thy-Trump Strategy

Hans-Werner Sinn worries that the European Central Bank's de facto policy of currency devaluation could trigger US retaliation.

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