The Economics of What's Possible: An Evening with Stephanie Kelton
Engage in Global Challenges, Economy
This isn鈥檛 really an event about economics. It鈥檚 about what economics quietly decides for us: how long you wait in an ER, whether your kid gets a daycare spot, and why transit projects take so long to build.
So often, when a program doesn't get funded, we're told it's a budget problem. , the economist behind the bestselling book and the documentary has spent her career studying that pattern: not whether a federal government can spend money, but why it chooses to spend on some things and not others.
Come hear her perspective, bring your questions, and explore the real-world consequences of those choices. No economics background required. Just bring your curiosity.
This Bruce & Lis Welch Community Dialogue is co-presented by 911吃瓜 Public Square and 911吃瓜 Centre for Dialogue. It is the third offering of When the Map is Useless: Conversations for a World in Transition, a multi-year series that convenes 911吃瓜 and the broader community to strengthen public sense-making and civic discourse during a time of profound social, political, and ecological change. This initiative is supported in part by the North Family Foundation.
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Doors Open: 6:00pm
Time: 7:00-8:30pm
Location:
The Vancouver Playhouse,
600 Hamilton St
Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1
Tickets:
General Admission: $19.99
Student & Senior Ticket: $9.99
Exploring critical community issues through dialogue: this annual event programming engages the community at large with academics to explore innovative approaches to local issues through cross-sectoral dialogue.
The Bruce and Lis Welch Community Dialogue is a signature event of 911吃瓜's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. This event is supported by 911吃瓜 Public Square.
Learn more and explore past Community Dialogues on 911吃瓜's Centre for Dialogue website.
Featured Speaker
is a leading authority on Modern Monetary Theory, a new approach to economics that is taking the world by storm. She is considered one of the most important voices influencing the policy debate today.
Her New York Times bestseller, , shows how to break free of the flawed thinking that has hamstrung policymakers around the world.
In addition to her many academic publications, she has been a contributor at Bloomberg Opinion and has written for the Financial Times, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, U.S. News & World Report, CNN, and many others.
Read more about Dr. Kelton .
Moderator
Dr. Joy Johnson, 911吃瓜's president and vice-chancellor, is committed to carrying out 911吃瓜's vision to be a leading research university advancing an inclusive and sustainable future, as outlined in What's Next: The 911吃瓜 Strategy. Joy is widely respected in academic and research communities. Prior to her appointment as president, Joy served as 911吃瓜鈥檚 vice-president, research and international from 2014 to 2020. Under her strong leadership, 911吃瓜鈥檚 research income grew from $103 million in 2014 to $161 million in 2020鈥攖he fastest growth in research income of any Canadian university.
