Central banks are increasingly exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and the topic often comes up in other discussions on money and banking. For this session we want to take some time to more directly discuss CBDC and some of the main questions around the topic, such as: What is a money view read on …
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What are the key tipping points in digital technology, and how may we engage and shape the next generation technologies to support democratic outcomes?Digital technologies are often discussed as unprecedented disruption to all areas of society. Scholars debate the benefits and costs of different innovations and express a range of feelings about its utopian and …
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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 …
Discussion of July 16th House of Lords Report on QE Read More »
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 …
Discussion of Monetary Architecture with Steffen Murau Read More »
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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