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 …
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 …
Session on early career challenges & engaging with YSI – LPEN PhD Workshop Read More »
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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
** 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 …
2nd Young Scholars Conf. on Structural Change & Industrial Policy (Virtual) Read More »
Agent-based models (ABM) have recently gained space in economic research. They provide a useful tool for dealing with heterogeneity, non-linearities, interactions, etc, and offer important insights into policy decisions. This widespread use of ABM has been accompanied by a growing debate on how it should be related to mainstream economics. While some scholars believe that …
What is the future of macro ABM? | YSI Side Event @ WEHIA 2022 Read More »
This week, we will discuss the first 5 chapters of the 1967 monograph by Stephen Clarke. Access it here:https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/meltzer/clacen67.pdf?utm_source=direct_download Dramatis Personae 10 1- Introduction 15 2. The Problems of 1924-31 18Economic Difficulties 18Political Tensions 21Temporary Solutions 22Trouble Spots 23The Economic Breakdown 24 3. The Role of Central BankCooperation 27Introduction 27The Gold Standard Conception ofCentral Bank …
Central Bank Cooperation 1924-31 | Stephen Clarke | Part 1 Read More »
This reading group aims at exploring how the perspective of the postcolonial scholarship could open up new approaches to philosophy of economics/economic methodology. Our endeavor is inspired by the vibrant discussion on the need, possibility and promise of decolonizing economics. Once a month we will read and meet online to discuss a selection of chapters …
Session-4: Decolonizing Economic Methodology Reading Group Read More »
YSI members everywhere are coming together throughout the year to celebrate our collective 10th birthday. Join us in Warsaw!