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May 08, 2026

An Open Letter to the Indian Government in Support of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

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October 30, 2025

President Pavlina R. Tcherneva Delivers Keynote at CIRIEC International and Bordeaux GSEF 2025 Conferences

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September 19, 2025

Watch Former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer’s First Public Address Since Dismissal

Erika McEntarfer ’95. ©Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. Photo by Karl Rabe

Policy Note No. 2025/7

September 19, 2025

No, the Fed Is NOT Independent—It Is a Creature of Congress

Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray

Working Paper No. 1084

July 09, 2025

MMT: Heuristics versus Paradigm Shift?

L. Randall Wray

Public Policy Brief No. 158

March 04, 2025

That “Vision Thing”: Formulating a Winning Policy Agenda

Pavlina R. Tcherneva and L. Randall Wray

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August 19, 2025

Watch President Pavlina Tcherneva on C-SPAN: “Labor Market Dislocations and the Impact of Climate Change”

Latest Publications

Working Paper No. 1117
June 08, 2026
Money Manager Capitalism and the Growth and Spread of Ponzi Finance, Private Market Version
Éric Tymoigne
Public Policy Brief No. 159
June 02, 2026
How Poor Are Employed People in the United States?
Ajit Zacharias, Fernando Rios-Avila, Thomas Masterson, and Aashima Sinha
Working Paper No. 1116
May 14, 2026
Decent Work in the West Bank: Assessing Youth and Women’s Employment Under Fragility and Conflict
Fadi Daraghmeh and Sameh Hallaq
Working Paper No. 1115
May 14, 2026
Paying a High Premium: How Climate Change Is Crippling Homeowner’s Insurance and Fueling a Housing Crisis
Alla Semenova
Working Paper No. 1114
May 13, 2026
Macroeconomic Fragility Effects of Financial Innovation: Behavioral and Decentralized Finance and Artificial Intelligence
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou

Featured Commentary

Blog
June 16, 2026

The End of Hegemony and the Ends of Economics
James K. Galbraith, Introduction by Yanis Varoufakis
Policy Note No. 2026/3
April 22, 2026

The Real Cost of War
L. Randall Wray
Working Paper No. 1112
April 23, 2026

After the Wreckage: The Job Guarantee as a New Labor Standard
Pavlina R. Tcherneva
Blog
June 02, 2026

With Oil Prices Sky-Rocketing … Should the Fed Raise Interest Rates?
L. Randall Wray

News & Events

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June 16, 2026

Senior Scholar James K. Galbraith Awarded Honorary Doctorate at the University of Athens

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June 10, 2026

Tcherneva on Marketplace: “Workers are going to be squeezed on both sides”

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June 03, 2026

New Podcast Episode Out: The Life and Legacy of Wynne Godley

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June 02, 2026

Levy Scholar Giuliano T. Yajima Awarded Joan Robinson Prize, Review of Political Economy

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June 02, 2026

James K. Galbraith: “A Professor Should Work Hard and Grade Easy,” for Project Syndicate

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May 18, 2026

Inaugural Levy Impact Award Presented to Alumnus Oscar Valdés Viera

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April 27, 2026

In Memoriam: Lord Robert Skidelsky

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April 07, 2026

Tcherneva weighs in on new memo to investors from JP Morgan Chase CEO on Marketplace

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Levy Economics Institute Anniversary Conference

Levy Economics Institute Anniversary Conference

Inaugural Levy Impact Award Presented to Alumnus Oscar Valdés Viera

An Open Letter to the Indian Government in Support of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

President Pavlina R. Tcherneva Delivers Keynote at CIRIEC International and Bordeaux GSEF 2025 Conferences

Watch Former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer’s First Public Address Since Dismissal

No, the Fed Is NOT Independent—It Is a Creature of Congress

MMT: Heuristics versus Paradigm Shift?

That “Vision Thing”: Formulating a Winning Policy Agenda

Watch President Pavlina Tcherneva on C-SPAN: “Labor Market Dislocations and the Impact of Climate Change”

Latest Publications

Money Manager Capitalism and the Growth and Spread of Ponzi Finance, Private Market Version

How Poor Are Employed People in the United States?

Decent Work in the West Bank: Assessing Youth and Women’s Employment Under Fragility and Conflict

Paying a High Premium: How Climate Change Is Crippling Homeowner’s Insurance and Fueling a Housing Crisis

Macroeconomic Fragility Effects of Financial Innovation: Behavioral and Decentralized Finance and Artificial Intelligence

Featured Commentary

The End of Hegemony and the Ends of Economics

The Real Cost of War

After the Wreckage: The Job Guarantee as a New Labor Standard

With Oil Prices Sky-Rocketing … Should the Fed Raise Interest Rates?

News & Events

Senior Scholar James K. Galbraith Awarded Honorary Doctorate at the University of Athens

Tcherneva on Marketplace: “Workers are going to be squeezed on both sides”

New Podcast Episode Out: The Life and Legacy of Wynne Godley

Levy Scholar Giuliano T. Yajima Awarded Joan Robinson Prize, Review of Political Economy

James K. Galbraith: “A Professor Should Work Hard and Grade Easy,” for Project Syndicate

Inaugural Levy Impact Award Presented to Alumnus Oscar Valdés Viera

In Memoriam: Lord Robert Skidelsky

Tcherneva weighs in on new memo to investors from JP Morgan Chase CEO on Marketplace

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