Fourth reading session: Philip Mirowski (2007) Markets come to bits

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Last time due to some unknown technical problems we could not run the reading session. That is why, we reorganize a reading session on the same paper to discuss Philip Mirowski to explore the Ontology of Markets from a critical perspective. Mirowski (2007) raises various questions concerning the nature of markets within Economics that illuminates …

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On Sraffa’s Challenge to Causality in Economics

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The Keynesian Economics Working Group is pleased to announce that we will live-stream Maria Cristina Marcuzzo’s seminar “On Sraffa’s Challenge to Causality in Economics” to be held at the INET office in New York on 27 January, 10am ET. We invite you to join online! Maria Cristina Marcuzzo will discuss her current research based on …

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Presenter: Cristian Frasser

Universidad de los Andes Bogota, Bogota, Colombia

The Functional Unity of ‘Liquid Assets’ Liquidity is a property that opens the possibility to devise a taxonomy of assets (e.g., ‘liquid assets’ versus ‘illiquid assets,’ or ‘money’ versus ‘non-money’). The aim of the paper is to philosophically discuss the legitimacy of liquidity-based asset classification. There is a type of classification that is scientifically precious …

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Fifth reading session: Christopher Sims (1980) Macroeconomics and reality

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During the last four reading sessions, we covered certain discussions within the Ontology of Economics. Now it is time to move to the analysis of causality within economic, more specifically Econometrics. In the upcoming four sessions, we will dive into the causality's inquiry within Economics. In the first part of the analysis of Econometrics, we …

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Identifying and Remedying Deferential Norms in Prudential Cultures

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The Finance, Law, and Economics and Political Economy of Europe working groups are thrilled to announce the first webinar in our series in preparation for our meeting with Dr Andrea Enria, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB. This kick off session is entitled "Identifying and Remedying Deferential Norms in the Prudential Cultures for …

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Solve Climate by 2030 – Information Webinar

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YSI is delighted to support the Solve Climate by 2030. We opened a call for YSI members to organizer webinars in their own University (on April 7, 2020) discussing ambitious solutions to fight climate change.The goal is to make them in a simultaneous fashion, then increasing the reach of this action. We invited Prof Eban …

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Sixth reading session: Angrist & Pischke (2010) The Credibility Revolution

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The second reading session on the causality and econometrics. Paper: Angrist, J., Pischke, J.-S.(2010). "The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design Is Taking the Con out of Econometrics." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24 (2): 3-30.Key words: econometrics; macroeconomics; reality; causalityLink to the paper: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZJXrUvNOQqSLWrgNcuZ84frqtEN6TMLDDate: 19. February 2020, 21:00 (CET, Berlin) Besides, it …

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