Women New School Econ PhDs Hit The Big Time
Barkley Rosser notes at Econospeak:
Women New School Econ PhDs Hit The Big Time
Dr. Stephanie Bell Kelton served as the top economic adviser of Bernie Sanders. She has apparently recently returned to her old position in the economics department at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
It has now been announced that Dr. Heather Boushey will serve as Chief Economist for the Hillary Clinton transition team, assuming that she wins the forthcoming presidential election. She has been the Director of the Center for Equitable Growth in Washington.
I note that both of them received their economics PhDs from the New School economics department. Looks like women coming out of that department have been hitting the poliltical big time recently. Congratulations to both of them as well as the New School economics department..
Hillary must really be getting desperate; finally someone who might actually represent policies that she has espoused too progressives; or perhaps just a token to keep the left from bolting.
Perhaps the worm is at last turning.
In my inbox last night was an interview with Joe Stiglitz, saying neoliberal economics is dead, alongside an Evonomics piece by Amna Silim, along the same lines.
I don’t expect the Paul Ryans of the world to tuck their tails and slink away, but I hope, and I believe, their days are truly numbered.
“Makers and Takers”, by Rana Foroohar, has been such a depressing, though informative read, I was beginning to fear I wouldn’t live long enough to see the seismic shift happen.
Is that the New School for Social Research in Manhattan?
Is that the New School for Social Research in Manhattan?
Yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Kelton, “She obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from The New School in 2001 with her dissertation, “Public Policy and Government Finance: A Comparative Analysis Under Different Monetary Systems.””
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Boushey, “She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research from Hampshire College.”
“She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research and her B.A. from Hampshire College.”
Sorry
Someday I will pay attention to Kelton and the MMTers as soon as they can convince me that our government can make tax increases an automatic stabilizer.
I don’t waste a lot of time thinking about it.