Resource Library

A curated collection of Robert Hockett's key papers, books, and policy proposals.

Books

Spread the Fed (2024)

Distributed Central Banking for Productive-Republican Finance

Synthesizes research into a unified vision of the Federal Reserve as a distributed system for productive finance.

The Citizens' Ledger (2020)

Digitizing Our Money, Democratizing Our Future

The definitive text on the "Ledgers to Tokens and Back" timeline and the case for a digital dollar.

The Citizens' Ledger

Robert Hockett discusses his book 'The Citizens' Ledger' and the future of digital money on the Macro N Cheese podcast.

Duration: 58:00

Money and How It Works (Part 1)

A deep dive into the mechanics of money, banking, and the legal structures that underpin them.

Duration: 1:12:00

The Green New Deal & Climate Action

Discussing the financial architecture of the Green New Deal with Senator Edward Markey.

Duration: 1:05:00

Fine Tuning Monetary Easing

A conversation on taming speculative finance and directing credit towards productive investment.

Duration: 45:00

A plan for building back better and democratizing investment.

Foundational theoretical paper on money as a social covenant.

Critique of rentier finance and proposal for public options.

Why Economies 'Not Busy Being Born' Are 'Busy Dying'.