#150 Yeva Nersisyan: How To Pay For The Green New Deal

Edited highlights of Professor Yeva Nersisyan’s presentation on financing the Green New Deal from this year’s Levy Economics Institute Summer Seminar.

 

Video of this event: https://youtu.be/6qZNN96Ggs8

 

 

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Relevant to this presentation:

“How to Pay for the Green New Deal” by L. Randall Wray & Yeva Nersisyan: https://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_931.pdf

Episode 128 - L. Randall Wray & Yeva Nersisyan: What’s Causing Accelerating Inflation? Pandemic Or Policy Response?: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63776558

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Episode 65 - Phil Armstrong: Understanding Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40672678

Episode 104 - John T Harvey: Inflation, Stagflation & Healing The Nation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52207835

Episode 123 - Warren Mosler: Understanding The Price Level And Inflation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59856379

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