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Listen to Senior Scholar L. Randall Wray on Demystify Sci Podcast #288. L. Randall Wray is a long-term proponent of Modern Monetary Theory, a heterodox macroeconomic theory that teaches that the government should not worry about accruing debt, because it is always able to print more money to service that debt.

Be sure to check out Institute President Pavlina R. Tcherneva‘s interview with Marketplace Morning Report, where she discusses the recent job openings and labor turnover data on the episode “Automation…more

Now available worldwide, Finding the Money explores ideas and principles of MMT, following Scholar Stephanie Kelton. The documentary features other Levy Scholars, including L. Randall Wray, Matthew Forstater, Fadhel Kaboub, Pavlina R….more

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today’s panelists are Aaron Pacitti is Professor of Economics at Siena College, Pavlina Tcherneva is an…more

On September 27, Levy Scholar Stephanie Kelton appeared on The Weekly Show Podcast with Jon Stewart to discuss government spending and deficits.  

The Scholarship in Institutional Economics, established in memory of John F. Henry, is awarded to a student interested in research in political economy, historical and evolutionary analysis of modern market economies, and…more

The Scholarship in Gender Studies is awarded to a student showing academic promise and interest in incorporating gender awareness in the study of the macroeconomy. Awarded in memory of Nilüfer A. Cagatay.

On September 11–13, the Levy Institute, with generous support from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, convened A Path to Inclusive Development: Unpacking Gender Inequalities in Economic Theory and Policies. This was…more