Stephanie Kelton
| Stephanie Bell Kelton | |
|---|---|
 Stephanie Kelton at Columbia University, 2012 | |
| Born | 1969 (age 46–47) |
| Institution | University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| School or tradition | Post-Keynesian economics |
| Alma mater |
California State University, Sacramento (B.S., B.A., 1995) University of Cambridge (M.Phil, 1997) The New School (Ph.D., 2001) |
| Contributions | Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) |
Stephanie Kelton née Bell (born 1969) is an American economist and an associate professor, currently chairing the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.[1] She is a leading proponent of Modern Monetary Theory.[2]
Education
Kelton studied Business Finance and Economics at the California State University, Sacramento, earning a B.S. and a B.A. in 1995. She received a Rotary scholarship to study Economics at the University of Cambridge, receiving her Master in 1997. On a fellowship from Christ's College, Cambridge, Kelton then spent a year at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. She obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from The New School in 2001 with her dissertation, "Public Policy and Government Finance: A Comparative Analysis Under Different Monetary Systems."
Employment
Kelton teaches Economics as an associate professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City since 1999. She's a research scholar at the UMKC Center for Full Employment and Price Stability[3] and the Levy Economics Institute in upstate New York.[4]
Kelton is editor-in-chief of the New Economic Perspectives blog.[5]
On December 26, 2014, Kelton was designated as Chief Economist for the Democratic Minority Staff of the Senate Budget Committee[6]
Research
Kelton's primary research interests include monetary theory, employment policy, history of economic monetary thought, social security, public finance, fiscal policy, financial accounting, international finance, and European monetary integration.[1]
She has been a notable proponent of and researcher in Modern Monetary Theory, publishing several papers and editing books in the field,[7][8] and a supporter of the proposal for a Job Guarantee.
In the media
Kelton publishes formally as well as in the popular press and appears on mass media. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio, including MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes[9] and NPR's On Point.[10]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Dr. Kelton's Biography". University of Missouri – Kansas City. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ↑ "Deflation: The Failed Macroeconomic Paradigm Plumbs New Depths of Self-Parody". The Real News., 20 January 2014
- ↑ "Stephanie A. Kelton". CFEPS research. Center for Full Employment and Price Stability. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ↑ "Stephanie A. Kelton". Scholars. Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 2013-12-30. Stephanie A. Kelton at Levy Economics Institute scholars
- ↑ "About the Economists". New Economic Perspectives. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ↑ "Watch Out, MMT's About, As Bernie Sanders Hires Stephanie Kelton" by Tim Worstall, Forbes, 12 January 2012
- ↑ Bell, Stephanie. "Can Taxes and Bonds Finance Government Spending?", Levy Economics Institute, July 1998
- ↑ Kelton, Stephanie, Edward J. Nell, editors. The State, The Market, and the Euro: Metallism versus Chartalism in the Theory of Money; Edward Elgar Pub; Reprint edition May 2003; ISBN 9781843761563
- ↑ Smith, Devin (January 11, 2013). "Stephanie Kelton appeared on UP with Chris Hayes". Retrieved 2015-08-17.
- ↑ Ashbrook, Tom (December 4, 2012). "The Liberal Take On The Fiscal Cliff". On Point. WBUR. Retrieved 2015-08-17.