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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2022)

Discussion — Lecture 7: Repos, Postponing Settlement

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers Lecture 7: Repos, Postponing Settlement Repurchase agreements (repos or RP) are a form of market-based collateralized lending that can be used for interbank lending much like the Fed Funds market. Borrowers give securities as collateral to borrow money. A key difference between Fed Funds and repo markets is that anyone who can …

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project Series Local Celebrations in Honor of YSI’s 10th Birthday

Palu – 10 Years YSI

Peace Monument and Patio Terrace Cafe of Swis-belHotel Palu Central Sulawesi Indonesia Jalan Tugu Perdamaian, Kota Palu, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia

In order to participate in celebrating YSI's 10th Anniversary, on June 5, 2022, a ceremonial event will be held in Palu, Central Sulawesi Indonesia. This informal event will take place at the Palu Peace Monument and will be followed by a casual catch-up at the Patio Terrace Cafe of Swiss-bel Hotel Silae Palu. Participants who …

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project Series Keynesian Economics Debate Group

KEDG 2022 – 3rd meeting

Virtual Project Virtual Project

May 11th Nikolas Schiozer: "Price formation, income inequality and macroeconomic performance as coevolutionary phenomena in an agent-based model" May 19th Apurva Ashish Tudekar "IMPACT OF CURRENT ACCOUNT IMBALANCE ON UNEMPLOYMENT" June 8th Lilian Nogueira Rolim "The impact of international trade shocks on economic growth and income distribution in an agent-based macroeconomic model" July 6th Simon …

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Geneva YSI’s 10 years celebration!

Au Coin Mousse Rue du Fort-Barreau, Genève, Genève, Switzerland

As a part of the YSI's 10th anniversary local events, we are organizing this soirée to bring together the Geneva's YSI community.The historic city of Geneva, hub of international and humanitarian organizations, is also part of this celebration! We will celebrate this splendid milestone in Au Coin Mousse, just few steps from the Central Station.

project Series Local Celebrations in Honor of YSI’s 10th Birthday

Geneva – 10 Years YSI

Au Coin Mousse Rue du Fort-Barreau, Genève, Genève, Switzerland

As a part of the YSI's 10th anniversary local events, we are organizing this soirée to bring together the Geneva's YSI community. Professors, researchers and students are welcome to grab a drink, share some leisure time to close the 2021-22 Academic Year and exchange ideas in an easy-going environment. The historic city of Geneva, hub …

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Session on early career challenges & engaging with YSI – LPEN PhD Workshop

City, University of London Northampton Square, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

The London Political Economy Network (LPEN) was established in 2020. Its main purpose is to bring together the various research centers in the London area related to political economy. One of the main initiatives of LPEN is to organize an annual workshop for PhD students from the London area working on political economy topics. The …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2022)

Discussion — Lecture 8: Eurodollars, Parallel Settlement

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers Lecture 8: Eurodollars, Parallel Settlement In introducing the Eurodollar market, this lecture helps us map the concept of lining up cash inflows and cash commitments (from Lecture 4) onto balance sheets. Notice that in the lecture, Mehrling tends not to record the actual cashflows on the balance sheets. Instead, he leaves them …

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project Series Local Celebrations in Honor of YSI’s 10th Birthday

Addis Ababa – 10 Years YSI

Addis Ababa Ferensay Angola Street, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

As a part of the YSI's 10th years local events, we are organizing this event to bring together the Addis Ababa YSI community.The historic city of Addis Ababa, hub of regional and international organizations, is also part of this celebration! We will celebrate this splendid milestone in Addis Ababa Ferensay, just few steps from Addis …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

Money and Empire | Session 2

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the second session to discuss "Money and empire: The international gold standard, 1890-1914" by Marcello De Cecco. We will cover chapters 5-7 this session. From a published review: "The author, a Professor of International Economics at the University of Siena, Italy, finds highly abstract theoretical explanations of the international gold standard to be …

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project Series His Holiness Pope Francis’ Three New Economic Questions Webinar Series

Pope Francis’ 3 New Economic Questions Webinar: The Value of Uselessness

Virtual Project Virtual Project

In this webinar session the panel discusses their view on the third new economic question posed by His Holiness Pope Francis:*"What place does the current economic system give to uselessness, that is, to beauty?"* The panel will include:Rob Johnson is the President of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which he co-founded with George …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2022)

Discussion — Reading 4: Walter Bagehot

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers Reading 4: Chapter VII of Lombard Street by Walter Bagehot This chapter describes the workings of the Bank of England's reserve system in the second half of the 19th century. Though divided into an Issue Department and a Banking Department starting midway through the 19th century, the Bank of England managed the …

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2nd Young Scholars Conf. on Structural Change & Industrial Policy (Virtual)

Virtual Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

** Submission Deadline Extended to the 17th of May** The economic structures of many African countries remain largely commodity based, without successful industrialisation. As a result, African countries continue to record significant balance of payment deficits as they import manufactured consumer and capital goods. The 2008 global financial crisis, and more recently the global economic …

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