New Book by Steve Keen: Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
From Polity (to be released April 2017): The Financial Crash that convulsed the world in 2008 had cataclysmic effects o
New Paper by Carlos Schönerwald & Matías Vernengo: Microfinance, Financial Inclusion, & Rhetoric of Reaction – Evolution & Limitations of Microfinance in Brazil
From the abstract: Several political and academic circles have considered microfinance to be an important tool to pro
Brazil’s Enormous Interest Rate Tax: Can Brazilians Afford It?
By Mark Weisbrot, Jake Johnston, and Julia Villarruel Carrillo This paper looks at Brazil’s unusually high interest
Demonetisation Paradox: Lack of Popular Opposition to a Move That Has Caused Widespread Havoc
By Deepankar Basu & Ramaa Vasudevan Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move was projected as being pa
J.W. Mason: Socialize Finance
From Jacobin Magazine: […] The development of finance reveals the progressive displacement of market coordin
New Working Paper by José Antonio Ocampo: A brief history of the international monetary system since Bretton Woods
From the abstract: This paper provides a historical background to contemporary debates on the international monetar
CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue on 'Monetary policy and negative interest rates' Review of Keynesian Economics
In light of increased unemployment, the absence of strong economic growth and the threat of deflation in many countrie
New Book by Dirk H. Ehnts: Modern Monetary Theory and European Macroeconomics
From Routledge: This book provides a new methodological approach to money and macroeconomics. Realizing that the abs
New Work by Eric Tymoigne: Towards a Heterodox Perspective on Money, Banking, & Macroeconomics
By Eric Tymoigne This work covers banking, central banking, macroeconomic topics, and money in a completely differen