Warren Mosler | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Manchester, Connecticut, U.S. | September 18, 1949
Political party | Independent |
Education | University of Connecticut, Storrs (BA) |
Academic career | |
Field | Modern Monetary Theory Macroeconomics Monetary policy |
School or tradition | Modern Monetary Theory |
Warren Mosler (born September 18, 1949) is an American hedge fund executive[1][2] and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of the Center for Full Employment And Price Stability at University of Missouri-Kansas City[1] and the founder of Mosler Automotive.[3]
Mosler is a proponent and research financier[4] of post-Keynesian Modern Monetary Theory. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Franklin University Switzerland,[5] and in 2014 was appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Bergamo, Italy.[6]
Mosler has run as an independent for multiple offices including: United States president,[7] a delegate to Congress three times,[8] and lieutenant governor.[9][10] In 2018, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands as an independent.[11]