Readings: Walter W. Powell, "Neither Market nor Hierarchy: Network Forms of Organization" (1989) Lyon, F. Trust, Networks and Norms: The Creation of Social Capital in Agricultural Economies in Ghana. World Development 28, 663–681 (2000). Discussion questions: In developing parts of the world, what does "the market" actually look like? Is it different for different goods? …
Second International Workshop on Demand-led Growth: Structural Change and Income Distribution The Research Group in Political Economy at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro follows the Sraffian project proposed by Garegnani to make the Keynesian-Kaleckian principle of effective demand compatible with the classical surplus approach. For our group, growth …
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Readings: Penny Mealy, J. Doyne Farmer and Alexander Teytelboym "Interpreting Economic Complexity" Science Advances (2019) Discussion questions: Why do we see more "complexity" as defined in the article in richer countries? From a network perspective, what does economic growth mean? Paper presentations by young scholars of the Complexity Economics Working group
The YSI/ECLAC Workshop traditionally marks the beginning of the ECLAC Summer School on the Latin American Economies. The call for papers for the YSI @ ECLAC Workshop 2019 invites contributions (theoretical or empirical) on any subject relevant for the discussion of economic development in the region. Possible topics include problems of debt and development, finances …
Dear all, We are excited to announce the YSI Liquidity Project organized by the YSI Financial Stability and Finance, Law and Economics Working Groups. The project brings liquidity questions across the entire financial sector into focus with a first focus on financial market infrastructure (FMI). In the near future, we will be focusing on issues …
Dear all, We are excited to announce the YSI Liquidity Project organized by the YSI Financial Stability and Finance, Law and Economics Working Groups. The project brings liquidity questions across the entire financial sector into focus with a first focus on financial market infrastructure (FMI). In the near future, we will be focusing on issues …
The presentation aims to go through the elements of the political economy that explain the Brazilian crisis and the rise of alt-right Bolsonaro. We will analyze the current crisis of Brazilian capitalism in three interdependent dimensions: the accumulation, the political scene and the relationship between the power block and the State.We will show how the …
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I. “Consideraciones sobre el estructuralismo y el neoestructuralismo Latinoamericano” by Prof. Monika Meireles (UNAM-México)Wednesday, August 7th, 10:00 AM (EST)Document available in:
I. “Consideraciones sobre el estructuralismo y el neoestructuralismo Latinoamericano” by Prof. Monika Meireles (UNAM-México)Wednesday, August 7th, 10:00 AM (EST)Document available in:
Hundreds of young scholars from all over Asia are coming together in Hanoi to discuss new economic thinking, present their research, and work with over 30 senior scholars. Join us there and become a part of YSI's global community! Keynote speakers *Jayati Ghosh *is a development economist and Professor of Economics at the Centre for …
II. "La ley general de la acumulación capitalista: una reinterpretación" by Prof. John Cajas (FLACSO-Ecuador)Friday, August 16th, 10:00 AM (EST)Document available in: hhtp://bit.ly/2CkFFi0
Context YSI recognises the importance of the philosophical analysis of economic questions and actively works towards bridging the extant gap between the discipline of philosophy and economics. In fact, according to the YSI guiding principles a main objective of YSI is to: “foster a deeper understanding of the philosophy of economics and the history of …