UPDATE: Levy Summer Seminar

Today, I’m busy writing up my answer to the second (of seven) questions that were put to me at a recent conference in Brussels. The first question focused on whether we should be actively working to reduce the deficit in order to bring down inflation. I answered that here. Today’s question focuses on whether independent central banks are best-equipped to tackle the problem of inflation. I hope to finish it up and have it in your inbox before heading to the airport (for this event) later today.

In the meantime, I wanted to let you know that the Levy Economics Institute has just announced that it will livestream many of the sessions at its upcoming summer seminar. I’m delighted they have decided to make the event accessible to a broader audience.

It’s a weeklong (June 11-18) conference that will feature many of the world’s most prominent MMT economists, brilliant scholars working in other fields, well-regarded financial journalists, professional investors, and more. I’ll be kicking off the event with a keynote on the morning of June 11th.

A current version of the program is available here. The highlighted sessions are the ones that will be offered for public viewing via Zoom. Please use passcode 083828 for access.

While I’m at the conference, I’m also going to make use of Substack’s new podcast feature, so you can expect short interviews with some of the conference participants. I’m looking forward to that!