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project Series European Green Transition

Session 1: Before the European Green Deal

Virtual Project Virtual Project

In this session we will discuss the following quetsions: What was the EU policy towards the green transition before the European Green Deal? Was it successful or not? What are the consequences of the European environmental policy over the period 1990-2020? Suggested reading https://climatepolicyinfohub.eu/european-climate-policy-history-and-state-play.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03932720802280594 The zoom link we be made available one hour before …

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project Series Dissecting capitalism: Its past, present and future

Globalization as a Threat to Democracy

Virtual Project Virtual Project

The introductory session of the webinar series will feature Professor Daniel W. Bromley, whose lecture will be based upon his latest book: Possessive Individualism: A Crisis of Capitalism Abstract The principle of comparative advantage stands as one of the most enduring theoretical claims of contemporary economics. The practical application of this claim supports a regime …

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project Series YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar – Fall 2021

Lukas Althoff

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Lukas Althoff PhD candidate from Princeton University will present his article: The Geography of Black Economic Progress After Slavery. If you are interested to attend in the webinar series please register using this form. If you registered for one of the previous events, you do not need to register again. Registered participants will receive a …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The Money Interest and the Public Interest | Allyn Young

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the first of three sessions to discuss Perry Mehrling's 1998 book The Money Interest and the Public Interest: American Monetary Thought 1920–1970 https://www.amazon.com/Money-Interest-Public-American-1920-1970/dp/0674584309/ Note that a hard copy of the book is hard to find right now. The book traces the development of monetary thought in the 20th century through three parts, each …

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project Series Dissecting capitalism: Its past, present and future

Multidimenisonal Poverty around the world: Unmasking Disparities

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session of the webinar series will feature Dr. Sabina Alkire. She is the Director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) at the University of Oxford. The full title of her lecture is Multidimenisonal Poverty around the world: Unmasking Disparities by Ethnicity, Place Gender. Abstract ‘Multidimensional poverty indices such as the global …

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

Public Debt in Nineteenth-Century France

Virtual Project Virtual Project

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 Dissecting capitalism: Its past, present and future

Compressed Capitalism and Late Development in India

Virtual Project Virtual Project

We are delighted to announce that this session of the webinar series will feature Prof. Dr. Anthony P. D'Costa , whose lecture will draw upon his book, Changing Contexts and Shifting Roles of the Indian State, and his research article, Capitalist Progress and Moral Economy: Sustaining Employment in India’s Handloom Sector. To reduce confusion for …

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Water Privatization: Lessons and Pitfalls

Virtual Project Virtual Project

In this webinar, authors and editor, Prof. Mildred Warner, of the special issue Water Privatization: Lessons and Pitfalls, recently published in Utilities Policy, present and discuss their contributions.This special issue analyzes privatization in water. Historically, the key questions around water privatization were related to efficiency, costs, and prices, but the debate also needs to address …

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project Series YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar – Fall 2021

Pawel Charasz

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Pawel Charasz PhD candidate from Duke University will present his paper Burghers into Peasants: Political Economy of City Status in Congress Poland. If you are interested to attend in the webinar series please register using this form. If you registered for one of the previous events, you do not need to register again. Registered participants …

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

International Lender of Last Resort

Virtual Project Virtual Project

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 Dissecting capitalism: Its past, present and future

Designing a Pro-Market Social Protection System: A Literature Review

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session of the webinar series will feature Prof. Dr. Einar Øverbye, whose talk will center around his chapter in the Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State, titled Disciplinary Perspectives. Abstract A worry that public welfare may serve as a disincentive to thrift is older than the welfare state. Whether or not this worry is …

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