Facts: - contributions: modern monetary theory -lrb- mmt -rrb- - caption: stephanie kelton at columbia university , 2012 - institution: university of missouri -- kansas city - school tradition: post-keynesian economics - birth date: 1969 - name: stephanie bell kelton - color: darkorange - image: stephanie kelton 2012 cropped.jpg - alma mater: california , 1995 -rrb- university of cambridge -lrb- m.phil , 1997 state -rrb- the new school -lrb- ph.d. , 2001 -rrb- university , sacramento -lrb- b.s. , b.a. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of stephanie kelton .
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stephanie kelton nee bell -lrb- born 1969 -rrb- is an american economist and an associate professor , currently chairing the department of economics at the university of missouri -- kansas city .she is a leading proponent of modern monetary theory .