Inflation? It’s Import Prices and the Labor Share!

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In their recent Working Paper Inflation? It’s Import Prices and the Labor Share! Lance Taylor and Nelson Barbosa argue that inflation should be analyzed as a dynamical macroeconomic process instead of the micro-oriented approach used by monetarist analysis. After a critical presentation of the Phillips Curve and inflation targeting history, the authors build on contemporary …

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India’s Vaccine Crisis and the Need for Free Vaccines

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Amidst the second wave of Covid-19 in India, Prof.R. Ramakumar discusses on India's vaccine crisis and why Covid vaccines should be free. Are vaccines a public good? Is the different vaccine pricing for Centre and State governments in line with the principle of universal vaccination?

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The Art of Central Banking – Ralph Hawtrey (1933) | Session 2

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Welcome to our discussion of Chapter IV - The Art of Central Banking (from Ralph Hawtrey's book with the same title). For this session, we will be focusing on the following sub-chapters (pages 174 - 302): The Gold StandardExternal InvestmentInternational Short-term InvestmentThe Financing of International TradeThe Value of GoldGold ReservesLondon and the Trade CycleStabilisation in …

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YSI-EHES Economic History Graduate Webinar: Karolin Süß

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Karolin Süß, doctoral candidate from Ruhr Graduate School in Economics will present her paper: *On the origins of historical inheritance customs,gender norms and economic performance∗ Registration form to attend the webinar: here. Abstract: Equal inheritance customs in agriculture have been found to contribute to the persistence of more egalitarian gender norms and higher average incomes. …

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KEDG 2021.1 – 2nd meeting

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April 7 - Guilherme Morlin: "Growth and debt stability in a supermultiplier model with public expenditures and foreign trade" **May 6 - Ana Bottega: "Kalecki meets Schumpeter: the decline of competition in a demand-led dynamic model" June 2 - Gustavo Pereira Serra: "The First Harrod Problem and Human Capital Formation" July 1 - Vinicius Curti …

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Reading Group Recurring Meeting

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The price level is the average price of goods in terms of money. As Perry Mehrling's money view emphasizes, the price level also implies a price of money in terms of goods. But what determines the price level? Why is the price level important? And how does the price level fit into the rest of …

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Chapter 11- 12 – Computing with particles and Information Processing in Liv

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We meet again this week to discuss computation in living systems. Mary Kaltenberg will be rescheduled to a later date due to personal issues.Looking forward to continue our discussion :) Please fill this doodle about what dates would work for you to have our session with Melanie Mitchell: https://doodle.com/poll/8gqnvc9akvw5zdee?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link All the best, Oindrilla & Valentin

The 1st PE-DPS: Intro & Juan Melo on Statistical Explanation

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During this first session of the Series, we will first present the series and provide guidelines for submissions. Then, Juan will kick off the series by presenting some of his research. Come join! "Statistical Explanation in Political Economy"by Juan Melo (U. Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne)Abstract: In this short presentation, I will address a subsection of my …

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YSI-EHES Economic History Graduate Webinar: Viktor Malein

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Viktor Malein, doctoral candidate from the University of Southern Denmark will present his paper: Human Capital and Industrialization: the Case of German Colonists in the Late Imperial Russia. Registration form to attend the webinar: here. Abstract: Between 1890 and 1913, Russian Empire experienced a rapid transition to an advanced industrial economy, catching up with Western …

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