During the first edition of the YSI-IUC web-seminar series held in April 2019, Professor Jan Toporowski (SOAS) presented a lecture titled “Can Mark Carney/Mario Draghi/Jay Powell do it? The scope …
Central Banking in times of Pestilence – Prof. Jan Toporowski Read More »
In this opening session we begin with the foundation of all things financial: money. While money has provided an excellent means of expediting trade, there are many flaws in its …
Currency Plurality, is it possible? – Dr. Georgina M. Gomez Read More »
Professor Desan joins us for a discussion about her book Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism. After reading Making Money, we look forward to discussing some of …
Making Money Book Discussion with Christine Desan Read More »
This session will discuss the main issues raised by Alex M Thomas in his most recent book Macroeconomics: An Introduction (2021), Cambridge University Press: UK. The book takes you through …
Macroeconomics: Histories, Theories and Policies Read More »
This our weekly discussion of the price level as it relates to Perry Mehrling's money view. The price level is the average price of goods in terms of money or, …
John Hicks Discussion — What is Bad About Inflation? Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 9: Lecture 15: Banks and Global Liquidity Lecture NotesApply the Treynor model to foreign exchange in a gold-standard world, with the gold points setting …
Technological trends and effects on the future of work and income distribution Speakers: - Ursula Huws (University of Hertfordshire) - Maria Savona (University of Sussex) Chair: Juan MartÃn Graña (Universidad …
Session 1: Future of work and income distribution Read More »
Just before the COVID Pandemic outbreak and its effects on the world economy, developed and developing countries were still struggling with high unemployment and sluggish growth rates. Nominal and real …
International Workshop on Demand-Led Growth (Virtual) July 19-21, 2021 Read More »
19 July, 2 pm ETWilliam I. Robinson (University of California)"The Global Police State" https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786806666/the-global-police-state/
19 July, 2 pm ETWilliam I. Robinson (University of California)"The Global Police State" https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786806666/the-global-police-state/
19 July, 2 pm ETWilliam I. Robinson (University of California)"The Global Police State" https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786806666/the-global-police-state/
Despite growth spurts covering over two decades across Africa, the economic structures of many African countries remain largely commodity based, without successful industrialisation. As a result, African countries continue to …
First Young Scholars Conference on Structural Change and Industrial Policy Read More »