6th Annual UNCTAD YSI Summer School 2023 The Young Scholars Initiative of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (YSI) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) are hosting their 6th Annual Summer School from 28-31 August, 2023. The school will take a hybrid format this year, bringing a small group of participants together …
In the last few decades Argentina has faced a particular macroeconomic regime that has differentiated it from its neighbours. In particular, while most Latin American countries, at least before the war in Ukraine, faced relatively low inflation levels, Argentina presented a large inflationary spirals reaching levels above 100%. Moreover, unlike other Latin-American countries, Argentina has …
1st YSI workshop in Mar del Plata: how to overcome stagflation? Read More »
The Launch of the YSI Brazilian Local Hub in Rio de Janeiro aims to create a dedicated platform for young scholars in Brazil, catering to the specific needs and challenges of the country. This project seeks to foster a dynamic network where aspiring scholars can come together to collaborate and develop impactful solutions to pressing …
Introduction The economy is a complex evolving system, thus its analysis requires tools that can take into account all dimensions relevant to such a complex world. As young researchers, we often question how to take into account heterogeneity, interactions, non-linearities, path-dependency, tipping points to name a few. If that wasn't enough, reality keeps imposing to …
This is the second 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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Dates: Main Festival: Thursday 7 September and Friday 8 September 2023Post-conference event at Students' Convening: Saturday 9 September 2023Venue: University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa The annual Rethinking Economics for Africa (REFA) Festival is a public platform for exploring new forms of thinking, practice and policy proposals, to ensure that economics serves the …
YSI @ REFA: Decolonising Economics and Knowledge Production in Africa Read More »
The VII International Economics Workshop is an academic event organized by the Department of Quantitative Economics (DEC) of the National Polytechnic School (EPN) and members of YSI. It is a biannual event that seeks to promote research in economics. It seeks to contribute to the discussion of economic problems through the presentation of research papers …
VII ENCUENTRO DE ECONOMIA INTERNACIONAL – QUITO-ECUADOR Read More »
The VII International Economics Workshop is an academic event organized by the Department of Quantitative Economics (DEC) of the National Polytechnic School (EPN) and the Latin American Working group of YSI. It is a biannual event that seeks to promote research in economics. It seeks to contribute to the discussion of economic problems through the …
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Political tensions associated with rising inequality, geopolitical rivalries weakening the multilateral system, financial instability, environmental issues, and persistent technological and productive asymmetries among developing and developed countries, are the current challenges of the international economy. Different paradigms in economics are trying to explain these crises and design policy responses to move towards sustainable development in …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
YSI @ EAEPE Annual Conference Political Economy and Law Research Stream Read More »