Stephanie Kelton
Economist and professor
Stephanie Kelton is an American economist and professor at Stony Brook University. Her book The Deficit Myth, about modern monetary theory, made the New York Times bestseller list.
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American Born 1969 in the United States
About Stephanie Kelton
Stephanie Kelton is an American economist who teaches economics and public policy at Stony Brook University. Earlier in her career she was a professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. She has served as chief economist for the Democratic staff of the US Senate Budget Committee, and she advised Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign. Kelton founded the blog New Economic Perspectives and has written for outlets including the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. The Deficit Myth is her book on modern monetary theory.