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project Series Expanding the frontiers of economics: Evidence from South Asia

Social Identity, Behaviour and Aspiration: Evidence from India

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This special season will host two briliant scholars who is going discuss about social identity, behavirous and aspirations. Speaker 1: Dr. Sudipa Sarkar, Warwick University Title of the presentation: Social Identity and Aspiration – Double Jeopardy or Intersectionality? Evidence from Rural India Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between individuals’ social identity and their future …

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project Series The 4th Price of Money and Theories of Inflation

Rapid Money Supply Growth Does Not Cause Inflation

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Monetarists say that inflation is caused by a growth in the money supply—or money stock—by which they mean the amount of money "out there." For his 2016 article, Rapid Money Supply Growth Does Not Cause Inflation, Richard Vague compiled some data that suggest otherwise. He further challenges the idea that inflation is caused either by …

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project Series Introduction to Complexity: “Complexity a Guided Tour” by Melanie Mitchell

Chapter 13-14 – How to make analogies and Prospects of Computer Modelling

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Dear all, this week we are talking about the way in which we make analogies and the connected issue of the computer modeling.For this reason we want you to compare the presented process of the program Copycat to what we have been doing throughout the last weeks: In what way have we simplified complex issues …

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project Series Introduction to Complexity: “Complexity a Guided Tour” by Melanie Mitchell

Making Analogies and computer models

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Dear all, this week we are talking about the way in which we make analogies and the connected issue of the computer modeling.For this reason we want you to compare the presented process of the program Copycat to what we have been doing throughout the last weeks: In what way have we simplified complex issues …

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project Series 18th-Century History of Political Economy Webinar Series

Enlightenment, political economy, and modernity

Virtual Project Virtual Project

We are glad to announce the fifth event of the Webinar Series in 18th-Century History of Political Economy. Professor John Robertson will be talking about the relationship between Enlightenment and the idea of modernity. He will explore how the recent historiography has dealed with this relationship. The Webinar is open to everyone interested in the …

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project Series Yuan at the Crossroads: Past Developments and Future Trends

Evolution of China’s Economic Development and the West’s/Global Response

Virtual Project Virtual Project

“History and Theory in the Evolution of China’s Economic Development and the West’s/Global Response.” How do “we” – and who gets to define “we”? – frame China’s rise or socio-economic trajectory since 1949, and especially since, say, the last decade? This type of inquiry often begins -- and stays -- at an empirical level: the …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

BIS Working Paper: Breaking free of the triple coincidence in int. finance

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This week we will discuss the 2015 BIS Working Paper 'Breaking free of the triple coincidence in international finance'. Abstract The traditional approach to international finance is to view capital flows as the financial counterpart to savings and investment decisions, assuming further that the GDP boundary defines both the decision-making unit and the currency area. …

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project Series YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar – Spring 2021

YSI-EHES Economic History Graduate Webinar: Gan Jin

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Gan Jin, doctoral candidate from the University of Freiburg will present his paper: Circle of Fortune: The Long-Term Impact of Western Customs Institution in China. Registration form to attend the webinar: here. Abstract: How did colonial institutions affect modern economic outcomes? This paper studies the long-run effect of the customs institution founded by the Chinese …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC

Week 1 — Lecture 1, Introductions

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Welcome to Money and Banking! In addition to introducing ourselves, introducing the course, and sharing our intentions for working through the material (again), we will discuss: Lecture 1: The Four Prices of Money Lecture NotesThis lecture provides motivation, context, and themes for the Money and Banking MOOC. Money and Banking Summer 2021 Reddit Master Thread

project Series The 4th Price of Money and Theories of Inflation

Kindleberger — A Structural View of the German Inflation

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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 …

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