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The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, founded in 1986 through the generous support of Bard College trustee Leon Levy, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization.

09/04/2026

In today’s Policy Note, “Treasury Buybacks: Much Ado About Nothing: How Central Bank Policy, Not Bond Markets, Sets Government Borrowing Costs”, Levy Scholars Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray argue that it is the Fed that holds sway over interest rates, while Treasury buybacks have limited power to move the needle.

In other words, the market may set the price, but the Fed sets the tone.

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09/03/2026

In today’s Policy Note, “Treasury Buybacks: Much Ado About Nothing: How Central Bank Policy, Not Bond Markets, Sets Government Borrowing Costs”, Levy Scholars Yeva Nersisyan and L. Randall Wray argue that it is the Fed that holds sway over interest rates, while Treasury buybacks have limited power to move the needle. In other words, the market may set the price, but the Fed sets the tone.

09/01/2026

Pavlina Tcherneva checked in with Ian Masters of Background Briefing for a far ranging conversation that begins with Fed Chair Warsh’s keynote at Jackson Hole and Treasury Secretary Bessent’s recent intervention in the bond market, touches on from the AI bubble and its echoes of the Roaring ’20s, and finishes with the growing risks posed by the plutocratic excesses of our current era.

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08/29/2026

In response to the recent CAP report, "Why the National Debt Matters More than It Used to…," James K. Galbraith revisits his 2011 essay, "Is the Federal Debt Unsustainable," to remind us that cries of wolf over the federal debt remain just that. Congress, thankfully, seems to be listening.

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08/25/2026

"By force of preset agendas, conservatives and liberals react to debt headlines like Pavlov’s dogs. For one side, it’s about Social Security and Medicare. For the other, it’s about making the wealthy pay... Neither has to do with the so-called problem of the federal debt."

Levy Scholar, James Galbraith, explains why the $40 trillion federal debt may not be as unsustainable as it sounds.

08/21/2026

Jörg Bibow reflects on climate challenge as the most existential global challenge facing humanity — with AI and changing demographics substantially complicating the situation. While a looming climate crisis was clearly not on Keynes's radar, his work may still provide guidance to countries coping with this triad of challenges as they unfold.

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08/17/2026

Authors Sameh Hallaq, Rabeh Morrar, and Yousef Daas explore how prolonged political instability and economic restructuring have shaped the informal sector in Palestine.

“The results show the informal economy’s role as both a structural byproduct of insufficient formal opportunities and a buffer during turmoil, offering insights for theory and policy on labor informality in conflict-affected developing economies.”

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08/14/2026

Jörg Bibow reviews two recently published books on globalization and continues with further reflections on the future path of globalization and European integration.

Rodrik, Dani. Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Planet. Princeton University Press. 2025

Lili Yan Ing and Dani Rodrik (Eds.). The New Global Economic Order. Routledge. 2025

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https://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/globalization-quo-vadis/

08/06/2026

Levy President, Pavlina Tcherneva, examines how public finance was captured by private interests during the 2008 bailouts, pandemic-era fiscal transfers, and the shift towards industrial policy that followed.

The paper traces how and why this “whatever it takes” commitment to capital became possible, and argues that the same logic must be extended to financing democratic priorities.

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08/05/2026

Hiring ticked up slightly in June, according to the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and overall the number of job openings has been trending up since the beginning of this year. But, that's only one factor to consider. Levy President Pavlina Tcherneval looks at the bigger picture on NPR Marketplace, August 4, 2026.

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