April 7 - Guilherme Morlin: "Growth and debt stability in a supermultiplier model with public expenditures and foreign trade" May 6 - Ana Bottega: "Kalecki meets Schumpeter: the decline of competition in a demand-led dynamic model" June 2 - Gustavo Pereira Serra: "The First Harrod Problem and Human Capital Formation" July 1 - Vinicius Curti …
This is the first of three sessions to discuss Christine Desan's book Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism. For this session, we will begin by discussing the introduction and chapters 1-3. Book Description: "Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like …
WEBINAR INFORMATIONCustodians play a key but discrete role in the global financial market infrastructure. They are licensed as “credit institutions”, a legal requirement for European deposit-taking institutions, and therefore they face the same prudential requirements as “traditional” banks. However, their business model and risk profile are different from those of traditional banks since the core …
LPFMI – (Custodian) Bank Supervision 2/2 – Custodian supervision deep-dive Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 3: Lecture 4: The Money View, Micro and Macro Lecture NotesSources and Uses. Flow of funds. Every use of funds has a corresponding source on its own balance sheet (micro) and on someone else's (macro). Assets and liabilities represent commitments of future cashflows. Lecture 5: The Central Bank as …
As with the Great Depression, there are many theories and stories—some of them contradictory—about what caused the German inflation. Did it depend on a combination of multiple factors? Was it overdetermined? What was the role of Germany's financial policy? At what point did hyperinflation become inevitable? What insights can we draw from the German experience …
Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich on The German Inflation 1914-1923 Read More »
Dr. Ramani Gunatilaka talks about the low number of female employment in Sri Lanka, discussing the factors behind it.
“In this 3rd session of the series, Sattwick Dey Biswas (Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University) will present some of his work and will invite us for a critical discussion on utilitarianism and quantification. Come join us in this challenge! Title:** "Reflections on utilitarianism and quantification" ** Abstract” There are inherent …
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André Lanza, doctoral candidate from the University of São Paulo will present his paper: FROM “ARMS TO THE FARM” TO LANDOWNERS? IMMIGRATION AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL (1886-1905). Registration form to attend the webinar: here. Abstract: During the age of mass migration, São Paulo state, Brazil, received over 2,5 million immigrants. Attracting …
YSI-EHES Economic History Graduate Webinar: André Lanza Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 4: Lecture 6: Federal Funds, Final Settlement Lecture NotesThis lecture describes a stylized version of the US payment system, and how the Fed Funds market (interbank lending) used to allocate reserves among the banks before 2008. Lots of great balance-sheet practice for understanding how a credit-based payment system can …
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 …
Dear all, our journey is coming to and end and the next session will conclude the book as well as prepare us for our meeting with Melanie. For this we would love all of you to prepare some questions you would lime to ask her. We will make a battle plan together! It was a …
Welcome to our special session co-organised by South Asia WG, and Urban and Regional Economics WG! We are delighted to have Simone Maria Grabner, Urban and Regional Economics WG as the co-organiser of this session within our larger project! For this special session, we are excited to have Dr. Sai Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Global …
The Inequality and the Political Economy of Europe working groups are happy to announce the final program for the YSI Pre-conference@ STOREP 2021 ("Law and Economics: History, Institutions, Public Policies”). We invite you to join us at the pre-conference organized by the Young Scholars Initiative. The Pre-conference will take place online on June 16. The …
YSI Pre-Conference @ STOREP 2021 “Law and Economics” Read More »
This is the second of three sessions to discuss Christine Desan's book Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism. For this session, we will discuss chapters 4-7. Book Description: "Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like gold or a medium like …
Zhihao Xu, doctoral candidate from the University of California, Los Angeles will present his paper: “Price Convergence Through a Financial Network: Does Financial Integration Impact Price Integration in Real Sectors?” Live on Zoom on June 17, 2021 09:00 Paris | 08:00 London15:00 Hong Kong/Beijing/Singapore00:00 Los Angeles | 16:00 Tokyo | 17:00 Sydney Registration form to …
YSI-EHES Economic History Graduate Webinar: Zhihao Xu Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 5: Lecture 8: Eurodollars, Parallel Settlement Lecture NotesEurodollar time deposits help us think about using balance sheets to line up cash inflows and cash commitments. The forward rate agreement (FRA) and the forward exchange contract give us some practice using implicit balance sheet arrangements to describe derivatives. The failure …
Daniel Zarama (Universidad de los Andes) will present the paper "Evolutionism and Politics: Hayek’s Turn Towards Individual Experience."
Link for today's sessionhttps://youngscholarsinitiative.zoom.us/j/97963474358?pwd=THJmVFN6OFExbFJrdW4ybkhFZ0JuUT09 19 July, 2 pm ETWilliam I. Robinson (University of California)"The Global Police State" https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786806666/the-global-police-state/ DESCRIPTION The Covid-19 pandemic made the huge divide between capitalism’s winners and losers all the more apparent. Winners reflect the growing concentration and centralization of capital that is making certain corporations more powerful. We see their effects …
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We are glad to invite you to our sixth event of the Webinar series in 18th-Century History of Political Economy. In this webinar, we will have the pleasure to have Prof. Arnault Skornicki talking about The Physiocratic Rhetoric of bienfaisance and the making of a social program in 18th Century France. The webinar is open …
Physiocratic Rhetoric of bienfaisance and the making of a social program Read More »
In this 4th session of the series, Lukas Fuchs (University College London) will present some of his work and will invite us for a critical discussion on 'shaping the market.' Come join us in this challenge! Title: "Shaping the Market: Enablement, Responsibility and Climate Change" Abstract:Contemporary societies create and shape markets. The range of products …
The 4th PE-DPS: Lukas Fuchs on Shaping the Market Read More »
As it is widely recognized, developing countries are still struggling to close the gap with developed countries and have also suffered the consequences of premature deindustrialization. Therefore, an open question that needs to be tackled is whether Industry 4.0 provides any opportunities for leapfrogging; or, by contrast, it will keep expanding the gap. Besides, will …
Patterns of adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in developing countries Read More »
We're discussing the following for week 6: Lecture 10: Dealers and Liquid Security Markets Lecture NotesIntroduction to the Treynor model of the economics of the dealer function. Inventories absorb order flow mismatches. Market liquidity vs. funding liquidity. Matched book vs. gross exposure. Arbitrage and brings liquidity. Lecture 11: Banks and the Market for Liquidity Lecture …
25 June, 11 am ETIsabella M. Weber (University of Massachusetts Amherst)"How China Escaped Shock Therapy. The Market Reform Debate" https://www.routledge.com/How-China-Escaped-Shock-Therapy-The-Market-Reform-Debate/Weber/p/book/9781032008493
Click above to register and attend online! A two-day workshop on the determinants and sources of economic development hosted by the Institute of Economics (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies) and the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI). The event is intended to discuss established and new perspectives on the overall development process among young and senior scholars. …
The development black box: capabilities, structural change and innovation Read More »
This is the third of three sessions to discuss Christine Desan's book Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism. For this session, we will discuss chapters 8-11 and the conclusion. Book Description: "Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like gold or …
Dear all, The YSI Inequality Working Group happily announces a special session to be held during the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) (“Structural Inequalities Uncovered - the Contributions of HeterodoxEconomics in Tackling Racial and Gender Inequality”). We invite young scholars (PhD and MSc students) to submit working papers for discussion. …
CfP Inequality WG Session @ 23rd Annual Conference of the AHE Read More »
Dear all, The Economic Development Working Group (EDWG) invites young scholars to submit papers for presentation at the YSI EDWG panel on "Chaning World of Labour and Work" at the 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE), and receive feedback from a senior mentor in the area. Theme: The changing world of …
Economic Development WG Session at the 23rd Annual AHE conference Read More »
Welcome to our special session co-organised by South Asia WG, History of Economic Thought WG and Economic History WG! We are delighted to have Julia Marchevsky, History of Economic Thought, and Sergio Castellanos-Gamboa, Economic History as co-organisers of this session within our larger project! The special session will discuss the core thesis of Chinmay Tumbe's …
The Age of Pandemics, 1817-1920: How they shaped India and the world Read More »
From lockdowns to lockups, viruses to vaccination, the movement of people to the movement of bowels, from rats to cats, and more, The Age of Pandemics chronicles the many facets of the cholera, plague and influenza pandemics, which claimed over 70 million lives between 1817 and 1920, with India being the epicentre in all these …
Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How they shaped India and the World Read More »