DEADLINE EXTENDED (new deadline: April 18th) The YSI Gender and Economics Working Group (G&E) would like to invite young scholars to submit their ideas for the YSI session at the 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). This year we wanted to keep it as broad as possible, so instead of …
YSI'ers in and around Palu, come together! Let's cheers to YSI's birthday.
This is the last session of the Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND USE PLANNING AND POLICY, organized by the Philosophy of Economics WG. SESSION 4 will focus on two articles on urban sustainability. Ghost cities are one of the most visible negative effects of property-led urban development. What can be done better in the future? …
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YSI Panel @ I Congresso do Desajuste - “Prospects for economic growth and redistribution in Brazil and Latin America: can heterodox economics lead the recovery?” In the 2000s, Brazil and other Latin American countries experienced a period of economic growth and income redistribution resulting from favorable external conditions and policies to foster aggregate demand. In …
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 »