Ronnie Phillips

Since 2010 Ronnie Phillips is Professor Emeritus in Economics at Colorado State University, Fort Collins and is past president of the Association for Evolutionary Economics. Phillips also taught at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He has published widely on banking issues, entrepreneurship, and public policy in books, academic journals, newspapers, magazines, and public policy briefs. His 1980 dissertation was on Global Austerity: The Evolution of the International Monetary System and World Capitalist Development: 1945-1978 and he authored in 1995 The Chicago Plan and New Deal Banking Reform, with a foreword by the legendary Hyman Minsky, next to whom he had his office when he was resident scholar at the Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. His other books are available at his website. He also has several podcasts that may be of interest on his website. Currently he serves on the recently formed Board of Advisors of the Alliance For Just Money.

His presentation is titled “Safe and Stable Banking: Lessons from US History". He recommends reading this article.