Episode 2: Pavlina R. Tcherneva

John Harvey, Professor and Hal Wright Chair of Economics at Texas Christian University talks with Levy Research Scholar and Director of the Bard Economic Democracy Inititiative, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, regarding Modern Monetary Theory and the case for a job guarantee. 

Recommended readings: 

• The Case for a Job Guarantee, Pavlina Tcherneva
• "Seismic shifts in economic theory and policy: From the Bernanke Doctrine to Modern Money Theory," Pavlina Tcherneva and Eric Tymoigne
• "Unemployment: The Silent Epidemic," Pavlina Tcherneva
• The Lost Cause, Cory Doctorow
• “Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?” Ben Bernanke