We're discussing the following for week 11: Lecture 19: Interest Rate Swaps NOTE: Part 4 of this lecture is missing from Perry Mehrling's site and the YouTube playlist. Here's a direct link.Part 4: What is a Swap Lecture Notes Selling an IRS is like borrowing in the repo market to finance the holding of a …
The State and geopolitics in a post-pandemic world Speakers: *Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Victor Ramiro Fernández (Universidad Nacional del Litoral/CONICET) Adam Tooze (Columbia University)* Chair: **Pablo Bortz (Universidad Nacional del Oeste/CONICET)
Emerging scholars submit papers, which will be peer reviewed by two es-tablished academics. The respective author and reviewers will meet in sep-arate breakout rooms. The session will be run based on the Institute for Global and Policy (IGLP) general workshop format and will follow 2-3 minutes for author to situate the work, 15 minutes from …
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The Keynesian Economics Working Group is glad to announce the III YSI Alumni Workshop at the V Summer School on Keynesian Theory and the IXX Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual Meeting. Our Workshop will take place on August 2nd, 2021, and will be followed by the School and the Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual Meeting. Due to …
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This is the second of three sessions to discuss the 1960 book Money in a Theory of Finance by John Gurley and Edward Shaw. For this session, we will discuss chapters 4 and 5. Book Description from Perry Mehrling's Money & Banking MOOC: "This book was significant for bringing money back into economics in 1960, …
What to do in face of the new paradigm? Industrial policies for developing countries in times of Industry 4.0 The two previous meetings of this webinar aim to provide an overview of what is understood by Industry 4.0 and its implications for developing countries. This meeting will focus on which the available policy options are …
This our weekly discussion of the price level as it relates to Perry Mehrling's money view. The price level is the average price of goods in terms of money or, equivalently, the price of money in terms of goods. But what determines the price level? Why is the price level important? And how does it …
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We're discussing the following for week 12: Lecture 21 Shadow Banking, Central Banking, and Global Finance Lecture SlidesEverything in the shadow-banking system is a market price. Derivative dealers and their swap books are central to the modern market-based shadow-banking system. It's the derivative dealers who need a backstop. Lecture 22: Touching the Elephant: Three Views …
The YSI Latin America Working Group happily announces a special session to be held during the 2nd Unicamp International School on Development Challenges – Different Dimension of Inequality. We invite students of the 1st Unicamp International School on Development Challenges to submit their work (paper or thesis chapter - work in progress are allowed) to …
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Daniel Zarama (Universidad de los Andes) will present the paper "Evolutionism and Politics: Hayek’s Turn Towards Individual Experience". The discussion will be in English. You can download Daniel's paper here.
This session will discuss the recent paper written by Suborna Barua, Rubaiyat Shaimom Chowdhury and Sonia Rezina, titled, "One year of fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic: An analysis of policy plurality and response performance of emerging economies". The speaker for the Session: Suborna Barua Abstract Emerging economies face resource availability and allocation constraints in responding to …
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In this session we will discuss the Zimbabwean experience with hyperinflation which began in the 2000s. Introducing us to the topic are Ushehwedu Kufakurinani's working papers, which you can find here. From hyperinflation to liquidity crunch: Money Doctors and the Zimbabwean Economic Experience, 2008 to 2015AbstractThis paper examines Zimbabwe’s journey from hyperinflation to liquidity crunch …
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