To wrap up this run-through of the MOOC, we'll we'll review any remaining questions and thoughts people, including comments and replies from the Reddit discussions. Ahead of this discussion we'll read Perry Mehrling's new intro for the Japanese edition of The New Lombard Street that he wrote in May. Did we get what wanted out …
This is the third of three sessions to discuss the 1960 book Money in a Theory of Finance by John Gurley and Edward Shaw. For this session, we will discuss chapters 4 and 5. Book Description from Perry Mehrling's Money & Banking MOOC: "This book was significant for bringing money back into economics in 1960, …
Today we'll recap our session from the previous week and deepen our discussion of the Zimbabwean hyperinflation.
The Latin America and Economics of Innovation Working Groups (LAWG-EIWG) invites you to the VI International Meeting of Economics (VI Encuentro de EconomÃa), organized by the Department of Quantitative Economics (DEC) of the National Polytechnic School (EPN) of Quito, Ecuador. The Meeting is a biannual event that seeks to contribute to the economic debate through …
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From the book description:"In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global financial markets: panic, the power of contagion, and importance of hegemony." This week's reading: Chapter 1 - IntroductionChapter 2 - Recovery from the First World WarChapter 3 - The BoomChapter 4 - …
The World in Depression, 1929-1939 by Charles P. Kindleberger | Session 1 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, 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 …
We are delighted to have Aqdas Afzal, the Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Social Development and Policy Program at Habib University in Karachi, Pakistan, who will be speaking on Reimaging the IMF for a New Economic World Order. We also extremely lucky to have Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics at UMass Amherst as …
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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 …
From the book description:"In this magisterial account of the Great Depression, MIT economist Charles Kindleberger emphasizes three factors that continue to shape global financial markets: panic, the power of contagion, and importance of hegemony." This week's reading: Chapter 6 - The Slide to the AbyssChapter 7 - 1931Chapter 8 - More DeflationChapter 9 - The …
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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 …
Hicks — “A Suggestion for Simplifying the Theory of Money” Read More »
Rafael Galvão will present the paper "Mythopoeia of the entrepreneur: narrative of a capitalist myth."
In the third webinar of the YSI IUC Web-Seminars in Law, Economics & Finance, Professor Pier Giuseppe Monateri from the University of Turin will reflect on his book, "Dominus Mundi" and apply it to the (post) pandemic framework. Originally published in 2018, "Dominus Mundi" is a monograph that elaborates on the importance of Roman law …
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