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project Series Expanding the frontiers of economics: Evidence from South Asia

Fighting the Pandemic: Policy Plurality and Response Performance

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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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project Series The 4th Price of Money and Theories of Inflation

The hyperinflation in Zimbabwe | Ushehwedu Kufakurinani

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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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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC

Week 13 — Review and What’s Next

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To wrap up this run-through of the MOOC, we'll we'll review any remaining questions and thoughts people, including comments and replies from the Reddit discussions. Ahead of this discussion we'll read Perry Mehrling's new intro for the Japanese edition of The New Lombard Street that he wrote in May. Did we get what wanted out …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

Money in a Theory of Finance | Session 3

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This is the third 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, …

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VI International Meeting of Economics DEC-EPN Ecuador (ONLINE)

Department of Quantitative Economics (DEC) of the National Polytechnic School (EPN) Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

The Latin America and Economics of Innovation Working Groups (LAWG-EIWG) invites you to the VI International Meeting of Economics (VI Encuentro de Economía), organized by the Department of Quantitative Economics (DEC) of the National Polytechnic School (EPN) of Quito, Ecuador. The Meeting is a biannual event that seeks to contribute to the economic debate through …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The World in Depression, 1929-1939 by Charles P. Kindleberger | Session 1

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From the book description:"In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global financial markets: panic, the power of contagion, and importance of hegemony." This week's reading: Chapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - Recovery from the First World WarChapter 3 - The BoomChapter 4 - …

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project Series The 4th Price of Money and Theories of Inflation

James Tobin Nobel Lecture

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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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project Series Expanding the frontiers of economics: Evidence from South Asia

Reimaging the IMF for a New Economic World Order

Virtual Project Virtual Project

We are delighted to have Aqdas Afzal, the Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Social Development and Policy Program at Habib University in Karachi, Pakistan, who will be speaking on Reimaging the IMF for a New Economic World Order. We also extremely lucky to have Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at UMass Amherst as …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The World in Depression, 1929-1939 by Charles P. Kindleberger | Session 2

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From the book description:"In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global financial markets: panic, the power of contagion, and importance of hegemony." This week's reading: Chapter 6 - The Slide to the AbyssChapter 7 - 1931Chapter 8 - More DeflationChapter 9 - The …

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project Series The 4th Price of Money and Theories of Inflation

Hicks — “A Suggestion for Simplifying the Theory of Money”

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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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