YSI @ 25th FMM Conference 2021

TBC Berlin, Berlin, Germany

The 25th International FMM Conference “Macroeconomics of Socio-Ecological Transition” is scheduled from October 28th to 30th in Berlin and YSI is glad to announce a special roundtable at the event. IMPORTANT: Given international travel restrictions, grants can only be paid if students can provide the necessary documentation that they are allowed to travel to the …

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Role of Cooperatives in Crises Periods and Post Crises Recovery in Africa

Cooperative University (UNICOOP) Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

BACKGROUND During the Africa Young Scholars Workshop on Cooperatives, October 27-28, Nairobi, Kenya, the following 3 issues stood out:a) Lack of interaction between Young Scholars in French Speaking African countries and those in English Speaking.b) Few YSI members in the Cooperatives Working Group from the French Speaking countries.c) Increasing negative socio economic effects of Covid …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The Rise of Carry | Session 2

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This week we reading Chapters 7-13. From the book's description: "A groundbreaking book sure to leave its mark in the canon of investing literature, The Rise of Carry explains how carry trading has virtually shaped the global economic picture—one of decaying economic growth, recurring crises, wealth disparity, and, in too many places, social and political …

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Exchange Rates and Financial Fragility

Virtual Project Virtual Project

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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Exchange Rates and Financial Fragility

Virtual Project Virtual Project

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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project Series Seminario GIHPTE-YSI (2020-21)

Julia Marchevsky

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Julia Marchevsky (PhD student at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) will present the paper "Public Opinion and Political Economy: the controversies around the Caisse d'Escompte (1776-1789)." The discussion will be in english.

Casey Petroff

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Casey Petroff, PhD candidate from Harvard University, will present the paper jointly written with Michael-David Mangini * Conflict Technology As a Catalyst of State Formation*. Abstract:The rise of the modern European state coincided with the arrival of a new technology, artillery, that rendered previous urban fortifications obsolete. We examine the role that this shift in …

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The 8th PE-DPS David Cano on the normative analysis of growth imperative

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session features our guest David Cano (University of Sienna) The growth imperative that compels economies to expand and persons to improve seems natural and unavoidable, though awareness and discomfort are rising due to the global ecological crisis it is about to unleash. In economics, a broader understanding of the growth imperative as progress, the …

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project Series European Green Transition

Session 1: Before the European Green Deal

Virtual Project Virtual Project

In this session we will discuss the following quetsions: What was the EU policy towards the green transition before the European Green Deal? Was it successful or not? What are the consequences of the European environmental policy over the period 1990-2020? Suggested reading https://climatepolicyinfohub.eu/european-climate-policy-history-and-state-play.html https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03932720802280594 The zoom link we be made available one hour before …

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Globalization as a Threat to Democracy

Virtual Project Virtual Project

The introductory session of the webinar series will feature Professor Daniel W. Bromley, whose lecture will be based upon his latest book: Possessive Individualism: A Crisis of Capitalism Abstract The principle of comparative advantage stands as one of the most enduring theoretical claims of contemporary economics. The practical application of this claim supports a regime …

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Lukas Althoff

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Lukas Althoff PhD candidate from Princeton University will present his article: The Geography of Black Economic Progress After Slavery. If you are interested to attend in the webinar series please register using this form. If you registered for one of the previous events, you do not need to register again. Registered participants will receive a …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The Money Interest and the Public Interest | Allyn Young

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the first of three sessions to discuss Perry Mehrling's 1998 book The Money Interest and the Public Interest: American Monetary Thought 1920–1970 https://www.amazon.com/Money-Interest-Public-American-1920-1970/dp/0674584309/ Note that a hard copy of the book is hard to find right now. The book traces the development of monetary thought in the 20th century through three parts, each …

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