08 May 2014

Ann Pettifor: Central Banking, State Capitalism, and the Future of the Monetary System (Video)

Posted In: Economics, News

Ann Pettifor, director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME), spoke about the fallacy of easy money and limits of credit expansion at the 67th CFA Institute Annual Conference. Pettifor also addressed the question of whether structural imbalances in global economics can be reduced without triggering a monetary crisis. Pettifor’s presentation starts at 12:30 in the video below.

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Tags: central banks, economics, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, video

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