Conventions, Money Creation and Public Debt to Face the Covid-19 Crisis and its Aftermath: A Post-Keynesian View

Convenções e Emissão de Moeda e de Dívida Pública para Combater a Crise Econômica da Covid-19: uma perspectiva Pós-Keynesiana

ABSTRACT

The aim of this article is, on the one hand, to analyze, based on Keynes’s ideas, the relevance of money creation and public debt to mitigate the Covid-19 economic crisis, and, on the other hand, it analyses the role of conventions in this context.

KEYWORDS:
Covid-19 crisis; Keynes; economic policies; money creation; public debt