The YSI Economic History (EH) and YSI Africa Working Groups will lead a young scholar workshop at the occasion of the World Economic History Congress in Paris this summer. The …
Gathering 25 young economics scholars to celebrate YSI's 10th birthday and revive interest in the YSI network. Join us for an evening of networking and chatting over current issues and …
Introduction In this moment of crisis, worker cooperatives are a reliable, proven solution to address the loss of jobs and income inequality. COVID-19 has devastated the small business community, and …
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This is the first of two sessions for reading and discussing Morgan Ricks' book The Money Problem. In this session we will cover the Introduction and Part 1 (through chapter …
This session covers Lecture 11: Banks and the Market for Liquidity This lecture generalizes the Treynor model from security dealers to money dealers and explores the question of why it's …
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The outbreak of covid-19, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the slowdown of important global economies such as the USA and China have brought new economic difficulties to all countries in the …
Young scholars near Harare, unite! This is a chance to gather and cheers to YSI.
This session of the webinar series will feature Prof. Barbara Harriss-White. She is the Emeritus Professor of Development Studies, Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College , Oxford University and a Visiting …
The summer school is held fully online The 5th UNCTAD YSI Summer School provides an opportunity to explore the Challenges and Opportunities of a New International Economic Order. The school …
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" …
This session covers Lecture 12: Lender/Dealer of Last Resort We can better understand how the central bank intervenes in the markets by first understanding the markets themselves. The lecture applies …
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The YSI Writing group centers on improving writing skills through community approach and support young scholars on their writing journey.In our regularly Feedback Sessions we mainly talk about texts from …