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Commentary

Hiking Interest Rates Protects Financial Assets of the 1% at Workers’ Expense

Truthout, Interview, July 2022 

 

Comment on "Raising Keynes": Central Banks, Uncertainty and the Socialization of Investment

Just Money, Research Review, April 2022 

 

Inflation and Its Effect on Our Day-to-Day Lives

WWLP's Mass Appeal, Interview, March 2022 

 

Biden Shouldn’t Reappoint Powell to Federal Reserve. He’s Soft on Wall Street.

Truthout, Commentary, September 2021 

 

Public Banking Can Improve the Lives of U.S. Workers While Helping Save the Planet

Truthout, Interview, June 2021 

 

The Global Economy in the Age of the Pandemic and Beyond

with Robert Pollin, Global Policy, Interview, April 2021  

 

Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Is a Vital Beginning for a New New Deal

with Robert Pollin, Truthout, Interview, January 2021

 

Are Bankers Essential Workers Doing “God’s Work?”

Interview, November 2020 

 

Understanding the Presidential Election’s Impact on the Domestic and International Economy

WWLP's Mass Appeal, Interview, September 2020 

 

If the Fed Can Bail Out Wall Street, It Can Rescue Public Education

Truthout, Interview, August 2020 

 

Make the Fed Publicly Owned and the Foundation of a Public Banking System

Interview, July 2020 

 

What's Wrong with Modern Money Theory?

New Books, Podcast, July 2020 

Human Capital Bonds and Federal Reserve Support for Public Education
Just Money
Debts and Deficits: What Are the Limits, and Why?
American Prospect, April 2020
The Fed and the Coronavirus
Dollars & Sense, April 2020
The Coronavirus Consensus: "Spend, Spend, Spend"
March 2020 
Central Bank Independence Is a Myth. They Need to Be Democratized.

The Real News Network, Interview, November 2019 

Modern Monetary Theory: A Debate Between Gerald Epstein and Randall Wray

The Real News Network, Interview, April 2019 

Unemployment Is Down - Why Aren't Wages Up?

The Real News Network, Interview, April 2019 

Trump’s 2020 Budget Rewards the Wealthiest Individuals

Truthout, Interview, March 2019 

Is MMT "America First" Economics?

Institute for New Economic Thinking, Commentary, January 2019

Trump’s Trade Policy Towards China: A Distraction to Benefit the Rich

The Real News Network, Interview, December 2018 

U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 50-Year Low: What Does the Number Reveal and Conceal?

The Real News Network, Interview, October 2018 

Will Trump's Policies Wreak Havoc on the U.S. and Global Economics?

with C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout, Interview, October 2018

Is a New Global Financial Crisis Imminent?

The Real News Network, Interview, September 2018

The Economy Under Trump: Business Optimism Combined with Inequality

The Real News Network, Interview, September 2018

Rapid GDP Growth: Does Trump Deserve the Credit?

The Real News Network, Interview, August 2018

Is There Another Financial Crisis in the Works?

The Real News Network, Interview, July 2018

 
Goodbye Regulations, Hello Impending Global Financial Crisis

Truthout, Commentary, July 2018

Defiant Trump Ignites Trade War with Canada and G-7 Allies

The Real News Network, Interview, June 2018

Does Iron Fist Imperialism Benefit U.S. Workers?

The Real News Network, Interview, May 2018

The Finance Curse

Tax Justice Network, Presentation, March 2018

 
Trump's Tax Plan Won't Boost Economy or Create Jobs

The Real News Network, Interview, October 2017

 
Bannon Fired from White House

The Real News Network, Interview, August 2017

 
Trump and the Infrastructure of Fascism

TripleCrisis Blog, Commentary, August 2017

 
Financial Globalization Can Wreck Societies and the World Economy

Rozenberg Quarterly, Truthout, and ZNet, Commentary, July 2017

If Yellen Is Out, What's Next for the Fed?

The Real News Network, Interview, July 2017

Resistance in the Age of Trumpism: An Interview with Gerald Epstein

Truthout, Interview, May 2017

Trump's New Glass-Steagall Act May Deregulate Finance Sector Even More - Interview

The Real News Network, Interview, May 2017

 
A Letter from France on the French Election: Interview with Dominique Plihon

Interview, May 2017

 
"The Greatest Jobs Producer God Ever Created"

with Peter Rugh, The Indypendent, March 2017

U.S. Finance Sector Serves as Net Drag on Economy

Tax Justice Network, Interview, March 2017

Trumponomics: Total resistance or selective engagement? 

Salon, Interview, February 2017

 
Trumponomics: Empowering Proto-Fascists 

The Real News Network, Interview, February 2017

Trumponomics: Should We Just Say "No"? 

TripleCrisis Blog, Interview, February 2017

 
Why Rolling Back Dodd-Frank Won't Benefit Small Businesses

The Real News Network, Interview, February 2017

Why the Federal Reserve Needs to Go Beyond Interest Rate Policy

The Real News Network, Interview, September 2016

 
Italian Bank Failures Could Disintegrate the EU

The Real News Network, Interview, July 2016

 
Why Bankers and Financiers Benefit from Low Inflation Policy

The Real News Network, Interview, July 2016

 
Poll: Most Americans Believe the Economy Is Rigged Against Them

The Real News Network, Interview, July 2016

 
Inflation Targeting Neoliberalism

TripleCrisis Blog, Interview, May 2016

Paul Krugman Crosses the Line

TripleCrisis Blog, Commentary, April 2016

From Boring Banking to Roaring Banking: How the financial sector grew out of control, and how we can change it

Dollars & Sense, Interview, July 2015

Volcker Rule: Swiss-Cheesed or Beefed Up?

Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Journal Article, April 2014

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Busting the Bankers' Club
Finance for the Rest of Us

"Epstein...explains our complex, captured financial system to the lay reader. In simple, clear prose, he outlines why we are still fighting financial fires, and what we can do to bridge the Wall Street-Main Street divide." 

Rana Foroohar, Associate Editor, Financial Times

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