project Series Dissecting capitalism: Season II

Neo-liberalism and the Abridgement of Freedom

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session of the webinar series will feature Prof. Prabhat Patnaik. He is is former professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, India and currently Professor Emeritus of the same. Abstract Neo-liberalism entails the coexistence of globalized capital, including finance, with a nation-state. In such a scenario the nation-state is compelled to accede …

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YSI @ 15th Globelics Academy PhD School on Innovation and Development

Tampere University Tampere, Finland

The aim of the Globelics Academy PhD School on Innovation and Development (GA) is to support the training of PhD-students writing theses on issues related to innovation systems, economics of innovation, and technological change.The Academy brings together frontier researchers within innovation studies with PhD-students from around the world, both to inspire and qualify their work …

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YSI Special Session – Unicamp International School – Development Challenges

YSI Special session - Unicamp International School on Development Challenges. Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil

YSI Special Session - UNICAMP International School on Development ChallengesAugust 15th to 19 th, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil. The YSI Latin America Working Group happily announces a special session to be held during the 3rd Unicamp International School on Development Challenges – Money, Finance and Development. We invite students of previous editions of Unicamp International School …

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project Series YSI Community Call

August Community Call | Ft. Alain Naef

Virtual Project Virtual Project

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: Alain Naef Alain Naef is a research Economist at the Bank of France and former Coordinator of …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The Money Problem | Discussion with Morgan Ricks

Virtual Project Virtual Project

After reading Morgan Ricks' The Money Problem, Professor Ricks will join us to discuss the book. Morgan Ricks is a Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University where he studies financial regulation. He is the author of The Money Problem: Rethinking Financial Regulation (University of Chicago Press, 2016), which offers a blueprint for a modernized system …

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Discussion — Midterm Review

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session is a Review of Part 1 NOTE: The videos are not available on the BU site or the ColumbiaLearn YouTube playlist, but you can access them directly through the Coursera site or through the playlist linked above. After a brief overview of the origin of the Fed and and central bank operations during …

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Constitutionalism and Sustainable Economic Development

University of Namibia Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia

Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) Young Scholars Workshop at The 2022 Annual Conference of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL) Conference, University of Namibia, Windhoek. August 24 – 26, 2022 Working Groups: (a) Africa, (b) Cooperatives and (c) Finance, Law & Economics. Constitutions are the foundation and the apex of all legal frameworks in countries …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The Evolution of Central Banking | Session 1

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the first out of three sessions devoted to Stafano Ugolini's book "The Evolution of Central Banking: Theory and History". We will be discussing the introduction and Chapter 1: The Payment System. Book's description: This book is the first complete survey of the evolution of monetary institutions and practices in Western countries from the …

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Discussion — Lecture 13: Chartallism, Metallism, and Key Currencies

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers Lecture 13: Chartallism, Metallism, and Key Currencies In the first half of the course, we focused on two prices of money: par and interest rates. With the next four lectures, we explore a third price of money: foreign exchange. This allows us to revisit fundamental questions about the nature of money. How …

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project Series YSI Writing Group

YSI Writing Group – S02.E02 Feedback Session

Virtual Project Virtual Project

The YSI Writing group centers on improving writing skills through community approach and support young scholars on their writing journey.In our regularly Feedback Sessions we mainly talk about texts from other young writer we looked at beforehand. Therefore we freely organize feedback-tandems through our Google-Spreadsheet. Feel free to insert your name for giving or receiving …

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Young Scholars Development Programme on Input and Output Analysis

Bayview Hotel Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia

Introduction Recent improvement in data availability have put input-output analysis back on the top of research agendas of economists: contemporary challenges, such as climate change, economic growth and natural resources, economic crisis and inequalities, require a systemic view and input-output (I-O) analysis represents an important tool for economists to understand the complexity of our economies. …

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