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DESCRIPTION:***>> EMAIL STRIKE.DEBT.BAY.AREA@GMAIL.COM FOR ZOOM INFO A FEW DAYS BEFORE 
 THE MEETING. <<***\n\nStrike Debt Bay Area hosts a non-technical book group 
 discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings 
 have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital 
 and Its Discontents, and How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st 
 Century.\n\nFor our July, August and September discussions we will be 
 reading  'The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the 
 People's Economy' by Stephanie Kelton. (Find it at your local bookstore or 
 through this site.)\n\nFor July, we will have read the first two 
 chapters.\n\nFor August, we will have read chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6,\n\nFor 
 September, chapters 7 and 8.\n\nThe book is easy reading, and it would be 
 easy to catch up.  Join us - all are welcome!\n\nStephanie Kelton's 
 brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes 
 our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from 
 poverty and inequality to creating jobs, expanding health care coverage, 
 climate change, and building resilient infrastructure. Any ambitious 
 proposal, however, inevitably runs into the buzz saw of how to find the 
 money to pay for it, rooted in myths about deficits that are hobbling us as 
 a country.\n\nKelton was chief economist on the U.S. Senate Budget 
 Committee (minority staff) and an advisor to the Bernie2016 presidential 
 campaign. Kelton is a regular commentator on national radio and television 
 and speaks across the world at large gatherings of people interested in 
 global finance, political economy and public policy. She has superb 
 connections in all areas of print and broadcast national media. Her op-eds 
 have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los 
 Angeles Times and Bloomberg.\n\nFor July, we will also have read two 
 shorter pieces, following up on themes we have taken up in previous 
 readings:\n\n 	The Neoliberal Era is Ending - What Comes Next? by Rutger 
 Bregman\n 	From Banks and Tanks to Cooperation and Caring.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835026.php
SUMMARY:Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group - The Deficit Myth
LOCATION:Online via zoom.\nEMAIL STRIKE.DEBT.BAY.AREA@GMAIL.COM FOR ZOOM INFO A FEW 
 DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835026.php
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