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Peter Bofinger: Europe’s Economic Crisis and What Needs to Be Done

May 7, 2020

Peter Bofinger, an economist and former member of Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, talks to Rob about the economic crisis now facing Europe, how Modern Monetary Theory could address it, and how it differs from the Great Recession of 2008. Mentioned in the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNgQRs8nY4c https://www.socialeurope.eu/coronavirus-crisis-now-is-the-hour-of-modern-monetary-theory

Peter Bofinger: Europe’s Economic Crisis and What Needs to Be Done

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