The Working Group “Finance, Law and Economics” welcomes you to participate in the Webinar on the “Economics of Demonetization – The Indian Experience” which will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 11:30 AM (IST) / 7:00 AM CET. It will last an hour. The talk will be given by Prof. Jayati Ghosh (PhD Cambridge). She is a Development Economist and a Professor at Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi. This will be our last event of the year. We hope you have a good holiday and will join us.
"Economics of Demonetization – The Indian Experience on Wednesday, December 28, 11:30 AM (IST) / 7:00 AM (CET)
Please follow this link to attend our GoToMeeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/193839485
On 8th November, 2016, in a televised address the Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, declared that the hereto prevalent high value denomination notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 would cease to be legal tender with effect from midnight. These notes were to be replaced with new notes of 500 and 2000 denominations. The three-fold objectives stated in the government notification are to put an end to cash hoarding, flush out fake currency notes and, in effect, also bring an end to the "financing [of] subversive activities such as drug trafficking and terrorism." This webinar will consider issues around demonetization – the currency experiment that has drastically affected the Indian society and economy.
Some of the following issues will be discussed:
1. The stated purpose of demonetization, its logic and the fallacies of the argument
2. Implementation issues
3. The immediate effects on citizens
4. Economic impacts, short term and medium term, including fiscal implications
5. The effect on banking
6. What can be done to stem corruption and "black money"?
Please find details on our speaker, Prof. Jayati Ghosh (PhD Cambridge) here:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayati_Ghosh
We look forward to seeing you online! Jasmine, Christopher, and Maria