Uploaded December 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Stephanie Kelton is a professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University. She served as chief economist for the Democrats on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee in 2015, and as a senior economic adviser to Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign. In 2016, POLITICO named her one of the 50 people most influencing the public public debate in America.
Doctor Stephanie Kelton toured Australia with Becky Bond in November this year to promote a raft of bold economic policies to meet the serious challenges our society is facing.
In this talk, she discusses the problems with how progressives discuss government expenditure, dispels myths about currency, deficits, and tax, and encourages a new conversation about economics that focuses on public good and outcomes for real people.
Dr. Stephanie Kelton is a professor of public policy and economics at Stony Brook University. She served as chief economist for the Democrats on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee in 2015, and as a senior economic adviser to Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign. In 2016, POLITICO named her one of the 50 people most influencing the public public debate in America.
Doctor Stephanie Kelton toured Australia with Becky Bond in November this year to promote a raft of bold economic policies to meet the serious challenges our society is facing.
In this talk, she discusses the problems with how progressives discuss government expenditure, dispels myths about currency, deficits, and tax, and encourages a new conversation about economics that focuses on public good and outcomes for real people.
