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project Series INET Future of Work Series | Follow-up Discussions

Follow-up discussion | What is Technology? Accelerator, Enabler, Displacer?

Virtual Project Virtual Project

What is Technology? Accelerator, Enabler, or Displacer?29 September, 11am ETLong Chen, Anton Korinek and John Van Reenen Discussants in follow-up session: Cecilia Rikap (CONICET, Argentina & Université de Paris and Université de Technologie de Compiègne,France), Veronica Robert (CONICET-UNSAM) Session detailsHuman societies have always coevolved with technology, but how can we think of technology? Is it …

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project Series INET Future of Work Series | Follow-up Discussions

Follow-up discussion | Is this Time Different? AI & Robots

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Is this Time Different? Artificial Intelligence & Robots06 October, 12pm ETSidarth Suri, Jed Kolko, Fei-fei Li, Rob Johnson Discussant in follow-up session: Thomas Herndon, Shu Li Session detailsAre there aspects of modern technology, made possible by unprecedented computing power and connectivity, that make them distinctively different from previous eras? If so, what are the implications? …

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A ‘misguided’ judgment? The German Const. Court Ruling against the ECB

Virtual Project Virtual Project

While the Recovery Fund seem to have given new impetus to the creation of EU-level policies to fight the pandemic, the German Constitutional Court ruling on the ECB actions during the Eurozone crisis has casted doubts on the capacity of the central bank to support the single currency.On May 5 the judges in Karlsruhe ruled …

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Industrial Strategy for the 21st century

Inter American Development Bank Washington, District of Columbia, United States

This workshop will include lectures by and discussion with senior level experts in the field. Overview In past decades, industrial strategy has received only marginal attention from academics and policy-makers in most advanced nations. But recently, interest has revived! The imminent climate crisis is forcing nation states to determine how they may respond, and collaborate, …

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project Series YSI Economic History Graduate Webinars – Fall 2020

YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar: Alejandro Ayuso

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Alejandro Ayuso, PhD Candidate at the University Carlos III University will present his work: *Winners of Japanese colonization in Manchuria 1907-1945 * Abstract:This paper studies the Sate and business cooperation during the Japanese colonization in Manchuria 1907-1945. We use business information of the main Japanese companies operating in Manchuria and we debate on the mechanisms …

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project Series INET Future of Work Series | Follow-up Discussions

Follow-up discussion | Bad Timing – Offshoring Meets Automation

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Bad Timing - Offshoring Meets Automation13 October, 12pm ETDamon Silvers, Brad DeLong Discussant in follow-up session: Danilo Spinola, Mary Kaltenberg Session detailsThe combination of technological disruption and economic globalization have resulted in stagnating wages, middle class job losses, and declining labor power in many developed countries. How did this happen? Find more details here. Please …

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project Series YSI @ Keynesian Economics Debate Group (KEDG)

KEDG – 2nd Meeting

Virtual Project Virtual Project

23/Sep - Emanuele Citera: The network origins of aggregate fluctuations: a demand-side approach 13/Oct - Gustavo Pereira Serra: Household borrowing for Consumption and Investment in Human Capital: a neo-Kaleckian approach 4/Nov - Vinicius Curti Cícero: Three essays on FDI and uneven development 25/Nov - Guilherme Spinato Morlin: Inflation and conflicting claims in the open economy …

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Understanding Economic Theory and Development in a Sraffian Framework

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India Hyderabad, Telangana, India

*YSI-lead two days workshop in collaboration with Azim Premji University, Bengaluru and University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad* Title: Understanding Economic Theory and Development in a Sraffian Framework Theme: Engaging with Piero Sraffa’s Contributions to Economic Theory and Development: On the Occasion of the 60th anniversary of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities ### Neoclassical economics …

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