Spring 2021 - Reassessing Central Bank Independence
G. Epstein, Democratic Money: Central Bank Independence vs. Contested Control (Part 2)

August 17, 2021

Gerald Epstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst

As I argued in Part One, with both its monetary and regulatory policy, the Federal Reserve has often been biased toward helping the financial sector.
More Spring 2021 - Reassessing Central Bank Independence
G. Epstein, Democratic Money: Central Bank Independence vs. Contested Control (Part 2)

Spring 2021 - Reassessing Central Bank Independence
G. Epstein, Democratic Money: Central Bank Independence vs. Contested Control (Part 1)

August 10, 2021

Gerald Epstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst

The US Constitution calls for three branches of government that are independent from one another and that can act as “checks and balances” on each other: The Executive, Congress and the Judiciary.
More Spring 2021 - Reassessing Central Bank Independence
G. Epstein, Democratic Money: Central Bank Independence vs. Contested Control (Part 1)

Money in the Time of Coronavirus
G. Epstein, Human Capital Bonds and Federal Reserve Support for Public Education: The Public Education Emergency Finance Facility (PEEFF)

May 21, 2020

Gerald Epstein, University of Massachusetts Amherts

Public education - K-12 and public higher education - have been hit hard financially by the Covid-19 Crisis.
More Money in the Time of Coronavirus
G. Epstein, Human Capital Bonds and Federal Reserve Support for Public Education: The Public Education Emergency Finance Facility (PEEFF)