Whatever it takes: The macroeconomic response to COVID-19

Stephanie Kelton is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Stony Brook University. She is a leading expert on Modern Monetary Theory and a former Chief Economist on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee (Democratic staff). She holds Visiting Professorships at The New School for Social Research, the University of Ljubljana, and the University of Adelaide. POLITICO called her one of the 50 Most Influential Thinkers in 2016, Bloomberg listed her as one of the 50 people who defined 2019, and Barron’s named her one of the 100 most influential women in finance in 2020. Professor Kelton advises policymakers and consults with investment banks, and portfolio managers across the globe. She is also a member of IIPP's Advisory Board and is a regular commentator on national radio and broadcast television. Her highly-anticipated book, The Deficit Myth, will be published June 9, 2020.

Jan Kregel is director of research at the Levy Economics Institute, director of the Levy Institute master’s program in economic theory and policy, and head of the Institute’s Monetary Policy and Financial Structure program. He also holds the position of professor of development finance at Tallinn University of Technology. In 2009, Kregel served as Rapporteur of the President of the UN General Assembly’s Commission on Reform of the International Financial System. He previously directed the Policy Analysis and Development Branch of the UN Financing for Development Office. In 2010 he received the  Veblen–Commons Award by the Association for Evolutionary Economics and in  2011 elected to the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. A Life Fellow of the Royal Economic Society and Elected member of the Societa Italiana degli Economisti.

Josh Ryan-Collins is Senior Research Fellow in Economics and Finance at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). His research focuses on the interaction between finance and the macroeconomy with a particular interest in the land market and environmental sustainability.  He is the author of three books, two co-authored: Where Does Money Come From? (2011), Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing (2017) and Why Can’t you Afford a Home (2018, Polity). He was previously Senior Economist and Head of the Finance program with the New Economics Foundation (NEF), one of the UK’s leading progressive think tanks.