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Political economist, author and public speaker

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Credit Creation

If Japan Can Address Her Crises, Then the U.S. Can Address Job and Energy Insecurity

July 18, 2011 / Central Banks, Credit Creation, Economic Orthodoxy, Interest Rates

Posted on the Huffington Post today: The disaster in Japan is almost beyond comprehension. Without minimizing the scale of the humanitarian tragedy, it is already possible to discern the emerging economic debate. Stock markets immediately anticipated the potential benefits to Japan’s construction industries and their suppliers. Policy makers in the U.K. and Europe, who are …

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Women talking macro-economics

July 4, 2011 / Bank Bail-outs, Banking Crisis, Credit, Credit Creation, Democracy, Financial Crisis, Keynes, Money, US Financial Crisis

5th February 2010 My conversation earlier this week with Elena Sisti – of Italy’s Altreconomia on macro-economics, reform of the finance sector, money, and yes, how we women have left the all-important matter of finance to the boys. Big mistake. It’s time to get in there, and exercise influence. Too much is at stake.

York Minster EBOR lecture

July 4, 2011 / Anglo-American Financial Crisis, Bank Bail-outs, Bank of England, British Chancellor, Credit, Credit Creation, Debt, Economic Orthodoxy, Financial Crisis, Fiscal Deficit, Government Borrowing, Green New Deal, UK Financial Crisis, Usury

12th December 2009 At the end of last month I delivered the prestigious EBOR lecture at York. My address was entitled: “Credit, usury and political power: chasing the moneylenders from the temple that is our democracy” Click on the link below to read a PDF version of the full lecture: EBOR Lecture November 25th (PDF)