This is the first of two sessions to discuss the 1960 book Money in a Theory of Finance by John Gurley and Edward Shaw. For this session, we will begin by discussing chapters 1-4. Book Description from Perry Mehrling's Money & Banking MOOC: This is the first of two sessions to discuss the 1960 book …
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, equivalently, the price of money in terms of goods. But what determines the price level? Why is the price level important? And how does it …
Jens Nordvig Discussion — The big myth about money and inflation Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 10: Lecture 17: Direct and Indirect Finance Lecture NotesCapital markets (direct finance) were once thought to be largely separate from money markets (indirect finance). But money-market funding helps give "shiftability" to capital assets, and liquidity to capital markets. In the 1930's the Fed refused to backstop the shadow banking …
Cambio Climático: los desafÃos ecológicos para el desarrollo económico y social Speakers: - *Inés Camilloni (Universidad de Buenos Aires/CONICET) - Luciana Ghiotto (Universidad Nacional de San MartÃn/CONICET) - Guillermo Peinado (Universidad Nacional de Rosario)** ##### Chair: Verónica Robert (Universidad Nacional de San MartÃn/CONICET)
Introduction As we emerge from the current recession caused by the novel Coronavirus and learn how to live in a post-pandemic world, climate action is one of our greatest challenge as well as an opportunity. We will be looking for a vaccine to protect ourselves, not only from Covid-19, but also from the advance effects …
Young Scholars Workshop on Co-operative Inclusion; Post-Covid-19 World Read More »
The Master's Degree in Economic Development (MDE) and the Center for Development Economic Studies (CEED) of the Institute of High Social Studies (IDAES) of the National University of San MartÃn (UNSAM), with the support of the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI), invite advanced students and recent graduates of Economics and related majors from all over the …
Winter School “Tópicos Avanzados de EconomÃa Heterodoxa” Read More »
Link to the event: https://youngscholarsinitiative.zoom.us/j/97161987995?pwd=Wk9zQ3g4VldNano5Slp4WU05M0h6QT09 Political Economy is back on the agenda in law, and law shows renewed importance in finance. What lessons have we learned from past engagement and struggle? Where are we currently? In what ways is the conversation stuck? How can we transition from conversation to action? Format: Introduction (5 minutes), Panel …
Political Economy and Law: Where We Are, Where We Should Be Going Read More »
LINK TO THE SESSION: https://youngscholarsinitiative.zoom.us/j/94528735047?pwd=K3doV3drU0hNZEQzOXdXd0I0WVQrQT09Our focus on structures and power must go further to evaluate the dynamics of injustice baked into law and political economy. That includes foregrounding the ways in which capitalism is thoroughly raced and gendered, both in domestic and global politics. The ongoing legacies of colonialism, for example, are often discounted in …
How do we get to social and economic justice? How does that goal look like? Read More »
With Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Global Institute This final session will examine the needs of our modern, globally connected civilization that current, antiquated approaches to economics simply cannot meet. Examining what we have learned so far, how would money need to be changed to better serve the needs of our modern world? …
Inventing Inclusive Monetary Solutions – Mr. Andrew Sheng Read More »
How do we currently understand the dynamics of markets and workplaces, and how may we imagine restructuring them concretely for a more egalitarian and sus-tainable democratic future? What ways are most productive for understanding market institutions, market actors and workplace contexts? What is the place of finance and money in accounts of production and society? …
How do we currently understand the dynamics of markets and workplaces? Read More »
Central banks are increasingly exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and the topic often comes up in other discussions on money and banking. For this session we want to take some time to more directly discuss CBDC and some of the main questions around the topic, such as: What is a money view read on …
A Money View Discussion on Central Bank Digital Currencies Read More »
What are the key tipping points in digital technology, and how may we engage and shape the next generation technologies to support democratic outcomes?Digital technologies are often discussed as unprecedented disruption to all areas of society. Scholars debate the benefits and costs of different innovations and express a range of feelings about its utopian and …
How may we shape the future technologies to support democratic outcomes? Read More »