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Research Project Report
April 17, 2018
Public Service Employment
AbstractDespite reports of a healthy US labor market, millions of Americans remain unemployed and underemployed, or have simply given up looking for work. It is a problem that plagues our economy in good times and in bad—there are never enough jobs available for all who want to work. L. Randall Wray, Flavia Dantas, Scott Fullwiler, […]
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Policy Notes No. 2
March 19, 2018
Guaranteed Jobs through a Public Service Employment Program
AbstractAmid a recent upsurge in support for a national job guarantee program, L. Randall Wray, Stephanie A. Kelton, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Scott Fullwiler, and Flavia Dantas outline a new proposal for a federally funded program with decentralized administration. Their Public Service Employment (PSE) program would offer a job—paying a uniform living wage with a basic […]
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Research Project Report
February 06, 2018
The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation
AbstractAmong the more ambitious policies that have been proposed to address the problem of escalating student loan debt are various forms of debt cancellation. In this report, Scott Fullwiler, Research Associate Stephanie Kelton, Catherine Ruetschlin, and Marshall Steinbaum examine the likely macroeconomic impacts of a one-time, federally funded cancellation of all outstanding student debt. The […]
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Public Policy Brief No. 106
November 17, 2009
Can Euroland Survive?
AbstractSocial unrest across Europe is growing as Euroland’s economy collapses faster than the United States’, the result of falling exports and a weaker fiscal response. The controversial title of this brief is based on a belief that the nature of the euro itself limits Euroland’s fiscal policy space. The nations that have adopted the euro […]
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Public Policy Brief No. 78
June 03, 2004
The War on Poverty after 40 Years
AbstractTwenty to 25 years ago, a debate was under way in academe and in the popular press over the War on Poverty. One group of scholars argued that the war, initiated by Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, had been lost, owing to the inherent ineffectiveness of government welfare programs. Charles Murray and other scholars argued that […]
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Working Paper No. 287
November 01, 1999
Functional Finance
AbstractThe purpose of this paper is threefold. First, the theory of functional finance, as explicated by its originator, Abba Ptachya Lerner, is put forward; second, the reader is introduced to the use, standard in money and banking texts, of T-account balance sheet entries. Although no important conclusions will rest solely on the reader’s ability to […]
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Working Paper No. 244
July 01, 1998
Can Taxes and Bonds Finance Government Spending?
AbstractThis paper investigates the commonly held belief that government spending is normally financed through a combination of taxes and bond sales. The argument is a technical one and requires a detailed analysis of reserve accounting at the central bank. After carefully considering the complexities of reserve accounting, it is argued that the proceeds from taxation […]
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Working Paper No. 231
April 01, 1998
The Hierarchy of Money
AbstractThis paper attempts to bring together several of Hyman P. Minsky’s insights in order to suggest a relationship between the state’s ability to tax and the money of the economy. Minsky recognized that money represents an IOU or promise to pay and that “acceptability” is its important feature. He further recognized that the State can […]
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