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Guaranteed Income or Employment: Economic Rights for the 21st Century

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Pavlina Tcherneva | 1 comment

Video from the Modern Money and Public Purpose series. This is Lecture 8 on economic rights and features Pavlina Tcherneva and Philip T. Harvey

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Modern Money and Public Purpose Seminar 6

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Scott Fullwiler | 4 comments

The latest in the MMPP Seminars at Columbia feature NEP’s Scott Fullwiler. The topic of this seminar is Interactions Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy. You can watch below or visit MMPP’s site.

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Modern Money and Public Purpose 5 – Money, Democracy and the Constitution

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Devin Smith | 43 comments

The latest installment of Modern Money and Public Purpose is now online. This seminar explores the relationship between money and the legal formation of the modern liberal capitalist state, with a particular emphasis on the pre-Revolutionary and early United States. In contrast to conventional economic narratives that cast money as lubrication for existing forms of exchange, this event highlights the legal and political origins of our modern monetary system, and traces the influence of those forces on the shape of the modern economy.

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Modern Money and Public Purpose 2: Governments Are Not Households

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Devin Smith | 39 comments

Presentation by Warren Mosler and Stephanie Kelton. Presented at Columbia Law School on September 25, 2012 as part of the Modern Money and Public Purpose series.

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Modern Money and Public Purpose

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Devin Smith | Comments Off

Randall Wray and Michael Hudson both presented at the inaugural session of Modern Money and Public Purpose. This seminar series is held at Columbia University’s Law School and is organized by the Workers’ Rights Student Coalition. Over the coming months, several MMT proponents will be presenting as part of the series including Stephanie Kelton and Warren Mosler on September 25th. Continue reading →

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Preview of Modern Money and Public Purpose

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Devin Smith | 11 comments

Modern Money and Public Purpose is an eight-part, interdisciplinary seminar series held at Columbia Law School over the 2012-2013 academic year. The series aims to present new perspectives and progressive policy proposals on a range of contemporary issues facing the U.S. and global macroeconomy.

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