Paying for the Green New Deal
A 1-day workshop on May 24, 2019, at Harvard Law School, exploring the budgetary and macroeconomic aspects of the Green New Deal from a Modern Monetary Theory (“MMT”) perspective.
Program
Session 1: The State of the Green New Deal “Pay For” Debate
- Simon Metcalf – Training & Welcoming Leader, Sunrise Movement: Boston Chapter
- Andrés Bernal – Doctoral Student, The New School & Advisor to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Session 2: The Federal Budget
- Stephanie Kelton – Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Stonybrook University & Senior Economic Advisor, Bernie 2020
- Fadhel Kaboub – Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University & President, the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
- Rohan Grey – Doctoral Fellow, Cornell Law School & Research Director, Digital Fiat Currency Institute
Keynote
- Sara Nelson – President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
Session 3: Managing Inflation
- Pavlina Tcherneva – Program Director & Associate Professor of Economics, Bard College & Research Scholar, Levy Economics Institute
- Scott Fullwiler – Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City & Research Scholar, the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
- Nathan Tankus – Research Fellow, Clarke Business Law Institute at Cornell Law School & Research Director, the Modern Money Network
Session 4: Transforming Investment
- Kate Aronoff – Writing Fellow, Type Media Center & M.A. (Economics) Student, John Jay College
- Robert Hockett – Edward Cornell Professor of Law, Cornell Law School & Advisor to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Rohan Grey – Doctoral Fellow, Cornell Law School & Research Director, Digital Fiat Currency Institute
