Content Tagged With:Fiscal Policy

Speakers: Warren Lovely, Managing Director, National Bank of Canada and Christopher Ragan, Founding Director, Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University

This session will take a step back and explore some of the medium- and longer-term strategic and structural challenges that can arise from the use of sustained QE, ultra-low interest rates and/or other alternative monetary tools.

As a leading authority on “Modern Monetary Theory”, and author of The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy, Dr. Kelton will discuss conventional and alternative economic approaches to monetary policy and the role of taxes, debt and deficits in fiscal policy.