The “Thing” with Job Guarantee Programs…
In a February 18th front page article in the business section of the New York Times, Eduardo Porter surveys the potential for a job guarantee program. After starting with the caveat issued by...
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Direct Job Creation in Greece
Senior Scholar Rania Antonopoulos recently participated in a webinar for the European Trade Union Institute, during which she discussed the rationale behind and experience with the implementation of...
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The Minsky Conference Returns
After pausing last spring due to the pandemic, the Minsky Conference is back. Join us next week, May 5-6. It would be an understatement to say this has been an eventful year in world economies and...
View ArticlePodcast on Gender Budgeting
Research Associate Lekha Chakraborty, recently chosen to join the governing council of the International Institute for Public Finance, was interviewed for an Onmanorama podcast on the question of...
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Women’s Economic Empowerment and Control over Time in Sub-Saharan Africa (Nov...
November 1–November 2, 2021 The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent losses in lives and livelihoods are looming over Sub-Saharan Africa. As in the rest of the world, the pandemic has...
View ArticleIs Climate Change a Fiscal or Monetary Policy Challenge?
Lekha Chakraborty (Professor, NIPFP, and Member of Governing Board, International Institute of Public Finance, Munich) Climate change is about risks and uncertainty. How well the monetary policy stance...
View ArticleAre Concerns over Growing Federal Government Debt Misplaced?
If the global financial crisis (GFC) of the mid-to-late 2000s and the COVID crisis of the past couple of years have taught us anything, it is that Uncle Sam cannot run out of money. During the GFC, the...
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Join Us for the 2022 Levy Institute Summer Seminar
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is pleased to announce it will be holding a summer seminar June 11–18, 2022. Through lectures, hands-on workshops, and breakout groups, the seminar will...
View ArticleAn Accommodative Fiscal Stance Is Crucial for India
by Lekha Chakraborty and Harikrishnan S. Omicron is a reminder that the COVID-19 pandemic is still not over. This ongoing health crisis should act as a trigger for greater investments in public health...
View ArticleOtmar Issing Is Still Living in His Monetary Fantasy World
Otmar Issing can look back on a long and consequential central banking career. Even in his retirement he is still living the part, evaluating whether his successors at the European Central Bank are...
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