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: Marc Adam Marc Adam received his PhD in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin in 2020. His research …
The session of the webinar series will feature Professor Utsa Patnaik. Abstract The theories developed by (primarily English) classical political economy were closely intertwined with the rise of capitalism and the imperialist project. The working out of this project, led in turn to the production of poverty ; the lecture seeks to draw out these …
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Peiyuan Li, PhD Candidate from the University of Colorado will present his paper "Who Lost (or Won) China? Land Reform and War Mobilization". Abstract: Land redistribution can be deliberately designed to trigger a civil war. How did the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rally millions of farmers to win in 1949? The crucial step was to …
WEBINAR REPLICATE REPLICATE: HOW YOU CAN TAKE PART Replication from a publisher's perspective March 1 (Wed), 20239 am Eau Claire (WI-US), 10am Bogotá, 3pm Lisbon and 4pm Paris(*Our apologies, due to unforseen events, this session was postponed several times. We now hope this is it! Thank you for your understanding*Feb 22 UPDATE: Due to severe …
This is the second of two sessions on Chris O'Malley's 2015 Book Bonds Without Borders: A History of the Eurobond Market. https://www.amazon.com/Bonds-without-Borders-History-Eurobond/dp/1118843886 From the Dust Jacket: Bonds Without Borders tells the extraordinary story of how the market developed into the principal source of international finance for sovereign states, supranational agencies, financial institutions and companies around …
Matteo Sestito, PhD Candidate from the Aix-Marseille School of Economics will present his paper "Crop cycles and hierarchy: the agro-ecological origins of the state" Abstract: Subject to popular flee, internal rebellions and diseases, states have historically developed only under very particular agro-ecological circumstances. This paper advances and empirically validates a new perspective on state formation, …
We are super excited to host Professor Jeffrey Sachs. He serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor. Abstract The lecture will review the flawed philosophical basis of Anglo-Saxon economics and propose a more satisfactory economic ethics for our time. Speaker's Bio …
Join us for this reading group session which will be held on 9 March 2023 at 11:00ET. Jay Pocklington will be facilitating a discussion on The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell.
Discussion of the 2023 Behavior & Society Working Group Mandate
Pablo Sánchez-Cataldo, M.A. Student from the Santiago de Chile University will present his paper "Patents and Technology Gaps during the Early Industrialization (1870–1910)"