Stephanie Kelton née Bell is an American economist and an associate professor, currently chairing the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
Education
Kelton studied Business Finance and Economics at the California State University, Sacramento, earning a Bachelor of Surgery and a Bachelor of Arts in 1995. She received a Rotary scholarship to study Economics at the University of Cambridge, receiving her Master in 1997. On a fellowship from Christ"s College, Cambridge, Kelton then spent a year at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
She obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from The New School in 2001 with her dissertation, "Public Policy and Government Finance: A Comparative Analysis Under Different Monetary Systems.".
Career
She is a leading proponent of Modern Monetary Theory. Kelton teaches Economics as an associate professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City since 1999. She"s a research scholar at the UMKC Center for Full and Price Stability and the Levy Economics Institute in upstate New New York
Kelton is editor-in-chief of the New Economic Perspectives blog.
On December 26, 2014, Kelton was designated as Chief Economist for the Democratic Minority Staff of the Senate Budget Committee Kelton"s primary research interests include monetary theory, employment policy, history of economic monetary thought, social security, public finance, fiscal policy, financial accounting, international finance, and European monetary integration. She has been a notable proponent of and researcher in Modern Monetary Theory, publishing several papers and editing books in the field, and a supporter of the proposal for a Job Guarantee.
Kelton publishes formally as well as in the popular press and appears on mass media. She has been a frequent guest on television and radio, including Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company"s Up with Chris Hayes and National Public Radio"s On Point.
