This is the second of two sessions for reading and discussing Morgan Ricks' book The Money Problem. In this session we will cover the Part 2 and Part 3. From the jacket:"Years have passed since the world experienced one of the worst financial crises in history, and while countless experts have analyzed it, many central …
This session covers Reading 6: The Economics of the Dealer Function by Jack Treynor We already understand the Treynor model fairly well from the last few lectures. This article provides a more formal description of the securities market version of the model introduced in Lecture 10. In Lecture 11, Perry generalized the Treynor model for …
This session of the webinar series will feature Prof. Prabhat Patnaik. He is is former professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, India and currently Professor Emeritus of the same. Abstract Neo-liberalism entails the coexistence of globalized capital, including finance, with a nation-state. In such a scenario the nation-state is compelled to accede …
The aim of the Globelics Academy PhD School on Innovation and Development (GA) is to support the training of PhD-students writing theses on issues related to innovation systems, economics of innovation, and technological change.The Academy brings together frontier researchers within innovation studies with PhD-students from around the world, both to inspire and qualify their work …
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YSI Special Session - UNICAMP International School on Development ChallengesAugust 15th to 19 th, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil. The YSI Latin America Working Group happily announces a special session to be held during the 3rd Unicamp International School on Development Challenges – Money, Finance and Development. We invite students of previous editions of Unicamp International School …
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YSI Community Call Whether you're brand new to the community, or a long-time YSI'er, the monthly community call is a chance to (re)connect with other members, and let yourself be inspired by your peers. This month's alumni highlight: Alain Naef Alain Naef is a research Economist at the Bank of France and former Coordinator of …
After reading Morgan Ricks' The Money Problem, Professor Ricks will join us to discuss the book. Morgan Ricks is a Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University where he studies financial regulation. He is the author of The Money Problem: Rethinking Financial Regulation (University of Chicago Press, 2016), which offers a blueprint for a modernized system …
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This session is a Review of Part 1 NOTE: The videos are not available on the BU site or the ColumbiaLearn YouTube playlist, but you can access them directly through the Coursera site or through the playlist linked above. After a brief overview of the origin of the Fed and and central bank operations during …
Young scholars in and around Harare are invited to gather and celebrate YSI's 10th
Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) Young Scholars Workshop at The 2022 Annual Conference of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL) Conference, University of Namibia, Windhoek. August 24 – 26, 2022 Working Groups: (a) Africa, (b) Cooperatives and (c) Finance, Law & Economics. Constitutions are the foundation and the apex of all legal frameworks in countries …
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This is the first out of three sessions devoted to Stafano Ugolini's book "The Evolution of Central Banking: Theory and History". We will be discussing the introduction and Chapter 1: The Payment System. Book's description: This book is the first complete survey of the evolution of monetary institutions and practices in Western countries from the …
This session covers Lecture 13: Chartallism, Metallism, and Key Currencies In the first half of the course, we focused on two prices of money: par and interest rates. With the next four lectures, we explore a third price of money: foreign exchange. This allows us to revisit fundamental questions about the nature of money. How …
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