YSI Day @ EPOG 2022 is a chance to introduce YSI to the community of EPOG alumni at the annual EPOG masters program conference in Syros, Greece from July 3-7. The event will consist of a presentation of both YSI and of a number of YSI working groups followed by a project-building session to create …
Despite claims that COVID-19 is “the great equalizer”, a growing strand of the literature points to the heterogeneity of its effects across countries, population subgroups, and socioeconomic classes. This warrants a closer examination how governments managed the pandemic and provided legal and economic relief to those affected. Despite an increase in social spending in most …
The Latin America Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is supporting the Program for Advanced Studies on Latin American Economies (ELADES, in Spanish) and will organize activities during the School, which include: (1) An Alumni Seminar, (2) Feedback activities on Students' final work, (3) a post-ELADES workshop in which students from the current …
ECLAC School of Latin American Development Studies (ELADES) Read More »
This full-day workshop on the Geography of Innovation for the Green Economy takes place on January 25th 2022 as a pre-conference event of the Geography of Innovation Conference at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. This workshop aims to bring together young scholars active in the area of geography of innovation with experienced mentors, who are …
Dear YSI members, The YSI Economic Development Working Group (EDWG) and the Gender and Economics Working Group (G&E) invite young scholars to submit papers for presentation at the YSI panel on "Re-framing economic crises: Towards a more radical approach" at the 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE). Conference theme: Crises in …
Crises in capitalism or crises of capitalism – Current issues and transform Read More »
Dear all, The YSI Development Working Group happily announces a special session to be held during the 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) ("Crises in capitalism or crises of capitalism: Current issues and transformative solutions"). The session will focus on ''The role of heterodox economists in achieving a People's Vaccine''. We …
CfP Development WG Session @ 24rd Annual Conference of the AHE Read More »
The second YSI-Sant'Anna workshop will take place in hybrid format, and it will feature selected presentations on the future of global production from senior and young scholars. For those willing to participate in person, the event will be held at the Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa (see details on the full programme). …
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This we discuss the remaining chapters of Stephen Clarke's monograph. Access it here: https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/meltzer/clacen67.pdf?utm_source=direct_download 6. The Defense of a Key Currency:1926-28 108Introduction 108Payments Surpluses ComplicateMonetary Policy 109Germany 109France 110The Shift toward Gold 112Germany 112France 115British-French Accommodation 119The Central Bankers' Meeting ofJuly 1927 123The Easing of Federal ReservePolicy 124The Payments Balance Shifts inFavor of Europe 127The …
Central Bank Cooperation 1924-31 | Stephen Clarke | Part 2 Read More »
This session covers Lecture 9: The World That Bagehot Knew From the nineteenth-century international gold standard, we can draw insights that apply to the globally financialized world of today. We learn about the origins of monetary policy in the discount mechanism and the manipulation of the discount rate. This lecture connects up with the Walter …
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This session of the webinar series will feature Prof. K V Subramanian. He is Professor of Finance at Indian School of Business. He was the Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India (2018-21). Abstract The separation of religion and state—a foundational feature of the protestant ethic—has been central to the western conception of liberalism. The …
The Young Scholars Initiative’s Financial Stability and States and Markets Working Groups invite young scholars to submit abstracts to our sessions within the Central Banks and its Discontents: The Role of Monetary Policy in Contemporary Capitalism Conference to take place in Berlin, on July 11-13. More information about the conference here. We welcome submissions on …
The economy is a complex evolving system, thus its analysis requires tools that can take into account all dimensions relevant for such a complex world. As young researchers, we often question ourselves how to take into account heterogeneity, interactions, non-linearities, path-dependency, tipping points to name a few. In this project, we will learn and discuss …
YSI @ Agent-Based Models in Economics Seasonal School 2022 | Sant’Anna Read More »