project Series Economics in Search of a Soul

Reading Group: Spiritual Democracy

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Join us on 7 September 2023 at 11:00ET for our next reading group session. In this session we will be reflecting on Steven Herrmann's book Spiritual Democracy: The Wisdom of Early American Visionaries for the Journey Forward by answering the following questions: 1. What is the synopsis of the book? 2. What are the main …

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Money in open economies

University of Leeds Woodhouse, England, United Kingdom

Critical traditions within economics have a distinctive focus on monetary theory and its relation with effective demand and income distribution. Although these approaches have traditionally focused on domestic economic issues, there have been efforts to extend its insights to the study of open economies and international finance. This event, organized by the YSI Financial Stability …

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YSI @ EAEPE Annual Conference Political Economy and Law Research Stream

Leeds Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Join us! We are inaugurating a new Political Economy and Law research stream within the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) at its 35th Annual Conference ''Power and Empowerment in Times of Multiple Crises" at Leeds (UK) from 13-15 September. The YSI Finance, Law and Economics Working Group, in the spirit of furthering its …

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WINIR Young Scholars Pre-Conference on Technology & Institutional Change

Monastero dei Benedettini Piazza Dante Alighieri, Catania, Sicilia, Italy

Technological development has become a driving force in shaping and transforming societies, revolutionizing their structures, processes, and governance mechanisms. The complex dynamics between technology and institutional change, and the socioeconomic, legal, political, and ethical challenges and opportunities associated with the transformative power of technology, today constitute vital areas of interdisciplinary research, involving economics, geography, law, …

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YSI@ Global Futures 2023

Nest Climate Campus New York, New York, United States

About the event The aims to unite diverse stakeholders worldwide, including public and private sectors, academia, Indigenous communities, and youth, to drive transformative actions for the planet's salvation. Building upon the outcomes of the previous GF22 conference, which established the "10 Must Haves Initiative" outlining crucial areas and actions for global betterment, GF23 seeks to …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance | Session 3

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the last of three sessions on Perry Mehrling's 2005 book Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance. https://www.amazon.com/Fischer-Black-Revolutionary-Idea-Finance/dp/1118203569/ From Mehrling's Amazon Author Page: My second book, Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance (Wiley 2005), tells the story of the rise of modern finance, both as a set of ideas and …

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Crisis and Transformation

Witten/Herdecke University Witten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Annual Conference of the Political Economy Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), together with the International Center for Sustainable and Just Transformation and the Young Scholars Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI-INET) 21-22 September 2023, Witten/Herdecke University The Political Economy Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), the In- …

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Macroeconomic challenges of the green transition

University of Pisa Via Cosimo Ridolfi, Pisa, Toscana, Italy

The Keynesian Working Group is happy to announce a call for papers to the YSI Workshop on the Macroeconomic challenges of the green transition. We invite you to submit your abstract and, later, a paper, for the Workshop hosted by the University of Pisa, Italy, on September 21-22nd. The transition towards a sustainable and low-carbon …

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Contemplations of an alternative democratic vision for Rural India

Abstract of the Talk: "Contemplations of an alternative democratic vision for Rural India through local bodies" Dr B. R. Ambedkar's reservations about empowering rural local bodies during the constituent assembly debates carried merit: Panchayats were then hotbeds of ignorance and feudal influence. Granting more power to local governments risked reinforcing elite control. However, circumstances have …

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Alternative democratic vision for Rural India through local bodies

Abstract: Dr B. R. Ambedkar's reservations about empowering rural local bodies during the constituent assembly debates carried merit: Panchayats were then hotbeds of ignorance and feudal influence. Granting more power to local governments risked reinforcing elite control. However, circumstances have evolved. While villages retain some aspects of the more traditional modes of life, urbanization alone …

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