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Ann Pettifor
Finance & Economics
British economist and author advising governments and organisations, specializing in global finance, sovereign debt restructuring, international finance and sustainable development.
Biography
Ann Pettifor is a British economist who directs Policy Research In Macroeconomics (PRIME), a network of economists researching Keynesian monetary theory and policies. She is an honorary research fellow at the Political Economy Research Centre at City, University of London (CITYPERC) and chairs the Political Economy Research Centre's Advisory Board at Goldsmiths. Pettifor is a fellow of the New Economics Foundation, a director of Advocacy International, a trustee of the PREP Foundation for pluralist economics and a member of the Green New Deal Group of economists, environmentalists and entrepreneurs.
She has published several books and advises governments and organisations. Pettifor's work focuses on the global financial system, sovereign debt restructuring, international finance and sustainable development. She was one of the leaders of the Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation campaign.
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Books by Ann Pettifor
The production of money
The Production of Money explains the money system and argues that democracies should reclaim control over money production and restrain the finance sector. Pettifor assesses alternatives such as "green QE" and "helicopter money" and considers linking the money people hold to environmental and social improvements.