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Bard Economists L. Randall Wray and Stephanie Kelton on Why We’re Not Yet Living in an MMT World
Bard economists L. Randall Wray and Stephanie Kelton weigh in on if and how principles of Modern Monetary Theory have been incorporated into the U.S. economy since the start of the pandemic. “The jobs guarantee would make a lot more sense than ramping up jobless benefits and paying airlines $300,000 per job,” or mailing checks to households that didn’t need the money, says Randall Wray, a senior scholar at the Levy Economics Institute in New York and coauthor of the first MMT textbook. More >
Bard MBA Faculty Kathy Hipple Comments on Surge in Oil Earnings Against Backdrop of Climate Change
Leading oil and gas companies are likely to report bumper second-quarter earnings in the coming days after a historic slump during the worst months of the pandemic. Kathy Hipple, faculty member of the Bard MBA in Sustainability Program, argued it was important to note that these earnings will be announced “against a backdrop of climate disasters around the globe,” from extreme heat in the Pacific Northwest to flooding in Europe and China. More >
Recent News
- President Botstein Talks to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists About the Value of Educational and Musical Collaborations in People-to-People Diplomacy
- Bard Psychologist Richard Lopez Leads New Study on Associations between Self-Regulatory Strategies and Daily Eating Patterns among College-Age Women
- Bard College Playwright in Residence Daaimah Mubashshir Wins Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting
- Asian Composers Reflect on Careers in Western Classical Music: An Interview with Tan Dun, Dean of the Bard Conservatory
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