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project Series Philosophy of Economics Discussion and Presentation Series (PE-DPS)

The 4th PE-DPS: Lukas Fuchs on Shaping the Market

Virtual Project Virtual Project

In this 4th session of the series, Lukas Fuchs (University College London) will present some of his work and will invite us for a critical discussion on 'shaping the market.' Come join us in this challenge! Title: "Shaping the Market: Enablement, Responsibility and Climate Change" Abstract:Contemporary societies create and shape markets. The range of products …

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project Series Webinar Series on Industry 4.0 and Developing Countries

Patterns of adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in developing countries

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As it is widely recognized, developing countries are still struggling to close the gap with developed countries and have also suffered the consequences of premature deindustrialization. Therefore, an open question that needs to be tackled is whether Industry 4.0 provides any opportunities for leapfrogging; or, by contrast, it will keep expanding the gap. Besides, will …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC

Week 6 — Lectures 10 & 11, Reading 5

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We're discussing the following for week 6: Lecture 10: Dealers and Liquid Security Markets Lecture NotesIntroduction to the Treynor model of the economics of the dealer function. Inventories absorb order flow mismatches. Market liquidity vs. funding liquidity. Matched book vs. gross exposure. Arbitrage and brings liquidity. Lecture 11: Banks and the Market for Liquidity Lecture …

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The development black box: capabilities, structural change and innovation

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Click above to register and attend online! A two-day workshop on the determinants and sources of economic development hosted by the Institute of Economics (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies) and the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI). The event is intended to discuss established and new perspectives on the overall development process among young and senior scholars. …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

Christine Desan – Making Money | Session 3

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This is the third of three sessions to discuss Christine Desan's book Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism. For this session, we will discuss chapters 8-11 and the conclusion. Book Description: "Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like gold or …

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CfP Inequality WG Session @ 23rd Annual Conference of the AHE

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Dear all, The YSI Inequality Working Group happily announces a special session to be held during the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) (“Structural Inequalities Uncovered - the Contributions of HeterodoxEconomics in Tackling Racial and Gender Inequality”). We invite young scholars (PhD and MSc students) to submit working papers for discussion. …

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Economic Development WG Session at the 23rd Annual AHE conference

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Dear all, The Economic Development Working Group (EDWG) invites young scholars to submit papers for presentation at the YSI EDWG panel on "Chaning World of Labour and Work" at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE), and receive feedback from a senior mentor in the area. Theme: The changing world of …

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project Series Expanding the frontiers of economics: Evidence from South Asia

Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How they shaped India and the World

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From lockdowns to lockups, viruses to vaccination, the movement of people to the movement of bowels, from rats to cats, and more, The Age of Pandemics chronicles the many facets of the cholera, plague and influenza pandemics, which claimed over 70 million lives between 1817 and 1920, with India being the epicentre in all these …

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project Series Expanding the frontiers of economics: Evidence from South Asia

The Age of Pandemics, 1817-1920: How they shaped India and the world

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Welcome to our special session co-organised by South Asia WG, History of Economic Thought WG and Economic History WG! We are delighted to have Julia Marchevsky, History of Economic Thought, and Sergio Castellanos-Gamboa, Economic History as co-organisers of this session within our larger project! The special session will discuss the core thesis of Chinmay Tumbe's …

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Introduction to Complexity Economics – Conclusion with Dr. Melanie Mitchell

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Hello everybody! As some of you know we have been exploring the book "Complexity: a Guided Tour" by Dr. Melanie Mitchell throughout the last weeks. To conclude our exciting quest to understand complexity economics, we are extremely excited to have Dr. Melanie Mitchell with us on July 1st 2021, to shed light on our discussions …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC

Week 7 — Lecture 12, Midterm Review, Reading 6

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We're discussing the following for week 7: Lecture 12: Lender/Dealer of Last Resort Lecture NotesIn 2008, the shadow banking system collapsed onto the conventional banking system, which was ultimately backstopped by the Fed. A central bank can go from being a lender of last resort (funding liquidity) to a dealer of last resort (market liquidity) …

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