Tuesday, April 26, 2011

05 — “Policy Proposals for Fiscal Sustainability”” - L. Randall Wray & Pavlina Tcherneva, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

05 —  “Policy Proposals for Fiscal Sustainability”” - L. Randall Wray & Pavlina Tcherneva, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 5 “Policy Proposals for Fiscal Sustainability”
L. Randall Wray, Professor of Economics, Research Director of CFEPS at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, and Senior Scholar at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College;
Pavlina Tcherneva, Assistant Professor of Economics at Franklin and Marshall College, Senior Research Associate at CFEPS and Research Associate at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and bloggers at New Economic Perspectives

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04 — “Inflation and Hyper-inflation” - Marshall Auerback, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

04 —  “Inflation and Hyper-inflation” - Marshall Auerback, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 4 “Inflation and Hyper-inflation”
Marshall Auerback, International Consulting Economist, blogger at New Deal 2.0 and New Economic Perspectives

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03 — “The Deficit, the Debt, the Debt-To-GDP ratio, the Grandchildren and Government Economic Policy” - Warren Mosler, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

03 — “The Deficit, the Debt, the Debt-To-GDP ratio, the Grandchildren and Government Economic Policy” - Warren Mosler, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 3 “The Deficit, the Debt, the Debt-To-GDP ratio, the Grandchildren and Government Economic Policy”
Warren Mosler, International Consulting Economist and blogger at The Center of the Universe

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02 — “Are There Spending Constraints on Governments Sovereign in their Currency?” - Stephanie Kelton, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

02 — “Are There Spending Constraints on Governments Sovereign in their Currency?” - Stephanie Kelton, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 2 “Are There Spending Constraints on Governments Sovereign in their Currency?”
Stephanie Kelton, Associate Professor of Macroeconomics, Finance, and Money and Banking, Senior Scholar at The Center for Full Employment and Price Stability (CFEPS), University of Missouri – Kansas City, Research Associate at The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, and blogger at New Economics Perspectives

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01 — “What Is Fiscal Sustainability?” - Bill Mitchell, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

01 — “What Is Fiscal Sustainability?” - Bill Mitchell, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

SESSION 1 “What Is Fiscal Sustainability?”

Bill Mitchell, Research Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), at the University of Newcastle, NSW Australia, and blogger at billy blog

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00 — “Welcome and Introduction” - William Halal, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

00 — “Welcome and Introduction” - William Halal, Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In

William Halal, Professor, Department of Management at George Washington University, Washington DC.

1st Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter-Conference
George Washington University, Washington DC, April 28, 2010

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Pavlina Tcherneva, L. Randall Wray, Marshall Auerback, Warren Mosler, Stephanie Kelton and Bill Mitchell

To come: Pavlina Tcherneva, L. Randall Wray, Marshall Auerback, Warren Mosler, Stephanie Kelton and Bill Mitchell from the April 28, 2010 Fiscal Sustainability Teach-In and Counter Conference, as well as other lectures, debates and interviews from various other sources over the next couple of days. All credit due to Vilhelmo for the recommendation.

L. Randall Wray — The Biggest Drains On The Deficits – 03/02/2011

L. Randall Wray — The Biggest Drains On The Deficits – 03/02/2011

The Biggest Drains On The Deficit

Ross Reynolds
03/02/2011 at 12:20 p.m.

The national debt is growing. Lawmakers and experts are asking the question — what do we do about the biggest expenses of our government; Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and defense spending? 63 percent of the 2010 federal budget went to these programs. Do we have to start making sacrifices?

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Mike Tanner is senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He deals with domestic issues including budget and debt, and sees the massive deficit as a top federal concern.

L. Randall Wray is an economics professor at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He believes the deficit concerns are hysteria, and massive cuts will only worsen the problem. His focus is on growing the economy.

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L. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic Perspectives
Source: kuow.org

Aired: 3/02/11 12:00 AM

L. Randall Wray — A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis – 2/24/11

L. Randall Wray — A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis – 2/24/11

Professor of Economics, University of Missouri–Kansas City
A Minskian Explanation of the Economic Crisis

Thursday, February 24, 2011
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.

Relying upon the theories and assumptions of Hyman Minsky, Wray will explore and expound upon the factors that contributed to the current economic and financial crisis.

This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Economics.

Biography (provided by the speaker)
L. Randall Wray is a professor of economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City as well as research director, the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, and senior scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, NY. A student of Hyman P. Minsky while at Washington University in St. Louis, Wray has focused on monetary theory and policy, macroeconomics, financial instability, and employment policy. He has published widely in journals and is the author of Understanding Modern Money: The Key to Full Employment and Price Stability (Elgar, 1998) and Money and Credit in Capitalist Economies (Elgar 1990). He is the editor of Credit and State Theories of Money (Edward Elgar 2004) and the co-editor of Contemporary Post Keynesian Analysis (Edward Elgar 2005), Money, Financial Instability and Stabilization Policy (Edward Elgar 2006), and Keynes for the Twenty-First Century: The Continuing Relevance of The General Theory, Palgrave, 2008. Wray is also the author of numerous scholarly articles in edited books and academic journals, including the Journal of Economic Issues, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Review of Political Economy, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Economic and Labour Relations Review, Economie Appliquée, and the Eastern Economic Journal. Wray received a B.A. from the University of the Pacific and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. He has served as a visiting professor at the University of Rome, the University of Paris, and UNAM (Mexico City). He was the Bernardin-Haskell Professor, UMKC, Fall 1996, and joined the UMKC faculty as professor of economics, August 1999.

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L. Randall Wray's website is: New Economic Perspectives
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Aired: 2/24/11 12:00 AM

Michael Hudson — Michael Hudson on Iceland's "No!" — The Gary Null Show - 4/11/11

Michael Hudson — Michael Hudson on Iceland's "No!" — The Gary Null Show - 4/11/11
  1. Health and nutrition news.
  2. A great commentary from David Korten about how things really are.
  3. Michael Hudson discusses Iceland's rejection of the international bankers' bailout terms, as well as the likely ramifications for Iceland and the global financial system.
Today's guest is Dr. Michael Hudson and he is one of our nation’s important economists and Wall Street financial analysts. He is currently the President of The Institution for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends and was the Chief Economic Policy Advisor for the Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s 2008 presidential campaign. Dr. Hudson has served as an advisor to the White House, State and Defense departments at the Hudson Institute, in addition to the United Nations Institute where he became a specialist in global economics.

Dr. Hudson has written several books and many important papers articles, including “Super-Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of the American Empire” and “Global Fracture: The New International Economic Order”.

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Michael Hudson's website is: http://www.michael-hudson.com

Source: Progressive Radio Network

Aired: 4/11/11 12:00 AM

Stephen Zarlenga — "The Moral Necessity for Religion to Eradicate Usury" — Cleveland Society of Friends (Quakers) (4/11/11)

Stephen Zarlenga — "The Moral Necessity for Religion to Eradicate Usury" — Cleveland Society of Friends (Quakers) (4/11/11)


Zarlenga's Talk to the Cleveland Society of Friends (Quakers) 4/11/11
I argued the moral necessity for religion to eradicate usury in the real meaning of that term: whereby the strong take advantage of the weak through unfair monetary mechanisms. Chapter 20 of The Lost Science of Money describes how the private Bank of England was nationalized at the urging of the Archbishop of Canterbury; demonstrating the power of the nation's spiritual hierarchy to obtain economic justice. I tested whether the usury concept could help the Quakers join the fight for monetary reform. Listen to it here.

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Stephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/

Source: AMI

Aired: 04/11/11 12:00 AM

Stephen Zarlenga — "How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis" — EEA (2/26/11)

Stephen Zarlenga — "How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis" — EEA (2/26/11)

Stephen Zarlenga's talk at the Eastern Economic Association Annual Meeting 2/26/11. Dr Paul Krugman massaged this audience of economists. I'll summarize his talk: "Don't worry that you didn't foresee the crisis, neither did the rest of us". My talk took the opposite approach blaming the economists with the title "How the Economists Facilitated the Crisis". I said "Economists and their theories should be held accountable for the disaster".

You can listen to it here or read it here.

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Stephen Zarlenga's website is http://www.monetary.org/

Source: AMI

Aired: 02/26/11 12:00 AM