Stephanie Kelton

About Stephanie Kelton

Stephanie A. Kelton (née Bell; born October 10, 1969) is an American heterodox economist and academic, and a leading proponent of modern monetary theory. She served as an advisor to Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign and worked for the Senate Budget Committee under his chairmanship. She is also the author of The Deficit Myth, a New York Times bestseller, on the subject of modern monetary theory. Kelton is a professor at Stony Brook University and a senior fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at the New School for Social Research. She was formerly a professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Kelton is also founder and editor-in-chief of the blog New Economic Perspectives. She was named one of Politico's 50 "thinkers, doers, and visionaries transforming American politics in 2016". Fast Company later placed Kelton on its list of most creative people in business.