This is the first of three sessions to discuss Christine Desan's book Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism. For this session, we will begin by discussing the introduction and chapters 1-3. Book Description: "Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like …
WEBINAR INFORMATIONCustodians play a key but discrete role in the global financial market infrastructure. They are licensed as “credit institutions”, a legal requirement for European deposit-taking institutions, and therefore they face the same prudential requirements as “traditional” banks. However, their business model and risk profile are different from those of traditional banks since the core …
LPFMI – (Custodian) Bank Supervision 2/2 – Custodian supervision deep-dive Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 3: Lecture 4: The Money View, Micro and Macro Lecture NotesSources and Uses. Flow of funds. Every use of funds has a corresponding source on its own balance sheet (micro) and on someone else's (macro). Assets and liabilities represent commitments of future cashflows. Lecture 5: The Central Bank as …
As with the Great Depression, there are many theories and stories—some of them contradictory—about what caused the German inflation. Did it depend on a combination of multiple factors? Was it overdetermined? What was the role of Germany's financial policy? At what point did hyperinflation become inevitable? What insights can we draw from the German experience …
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich on The German Inflation 1914-1923 Read More »
Dr. Ramani Gunatilaka talks about the low number of female employment in Sri Lanka, discussing the factors behind it.
“In this 3rd session of the series, Sattwick Dey Biswas (Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University) will present some of his work and will invite us for a critical discussion on utilitarianism and quantification. Come join us in this challenge! Title:** "Reflections on utilitarianism and quantification" ** Abstract” There are inherent …
The 3rd PE-DPS: Sattwick Dey Biswas on Utilitarianism and Quantification Read More »
André Lanza, doctoral candidate from the University of São Paulo will present his paper: FROM “ARMS TO THE FARM” TO LANDOWNERS? IMMIGRATION AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL (1886-1905). Registration form to attend the webinar: here. Abstract: During the age of mass migration, São Paulo state, Brazil, received over 2,5 million immigrants. Attracting …
YSI-EHES Economic History Graduate Webinar: André Lanza Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 4: Lecture 6: Federal Funds, Final Settlement Lecture NotesThis lecture describes a stylized version of the US payment system, and how the Fed Funds market (interbank lending) used to allocate reserves among the banks before 2008. Lots of great balance-sheet practice for understanding how a credit-based payment system can …
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 …
Dear all, our journey is coming to and end and the next session will conclude the book as well as prepare us for our meeting with Melanie. For this we would love all of you to prepare some questions you would lime to ask her. We will make a battle plan together! It was a …
Welcome to our special session co-organised by South Asia WG, and Urban and Regional Economics WG! We are delighted to have Simone Maria Grabner, Urban and Regional Economics WG as the co-organiser of this session within our larger project! For this special session, we are excited to have Dr. Sai Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Global …
The Inequality and the Political Economy of Europe working groups are happy to announce the final program for the YSI Pre-conference@ STOREP 2021 ("Law and Economics: History, Institutions, Public Policies”). We invite you to join us at the pre-conference organized by the Young Scholars Initiative. The Pre-conference will take place online on June 16. The …
YSI Pre-Conference @ STOREP 2021 “Law and Economics” Read More »