In this webinar of the YSI IUC Web-Seminars in Finance, Law & Economics, Nidhi Srinivas, the Associate Professor of Management at Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, will present some insights from his current research regarding mutual aid responses to the pandemic in three different cultural and economic settings (Hyderabad, India; New York City, …

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During the first edition of the YSI-IUC web-seminar series held in April 2019, Professor Jan Toporowski (SOAS) presented a lecture titled “Can Mark Carney/Mario Draghi/Jay Powell do it? The scope of the Central Bank” where he traversed the historical arguments and contemporary issues on the scope and operations of central banks. In this series, he …

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In this opening session we begin with the foundation of all things financial: money. While money has provided an excellent means of expediting trade, there are many flaws in its foundation, mainly a system of repayment that relies on the expansion of empires and wealth that can be extracted (classically national, modernly corporate). Dr. Gomez …

Currency Plurality, is it possible? – Dr. Georgina M. Gomez Read More »

In this session we examine historical examples of prosperity and ruin: what is the pattern shown here and can it be intentionally recreated or avoided? Presenting from his book “Why Nations Fail” James A. Robinson will present the key components that must be included within all political, and economic institutions for prosperity to flow. Armed …

A Note on Extractive, and Exclusive Institutions – Prof. James A. Robinson Read More »

After Host Michael Cosh has finished apologizing for the mix-up in everybody's schedule we will examine historical examples of prosperity and ruin: what is the pattern shown here and can it be intentionally recreated or avoided? Presenting from his book “Why Nations Fail” James A. Robinson will present the key components that must be included …

RESCHEDULED: Prof. James A. Robinson… Read More »

Link to the event: https://youngscholarsinitiative.zoom.us/j/97161987995?pwd=Wk9zQ3g4VldNano5Slp4WU05M0h6QT09 Political Economy is back on the agenda in law, and law shows renewed importance in finance. What lessons have we learned from past engagement and struggle? Where are we currently? In what ways is the conversation stuck? How can we transition from conversation to action? Format: Introduction (5 minutes), Panel …

Political Economy and Law: Where We Are, Where We Should Be Going Read More »

LINK TO THE SESSION: https://youngscholarsinitiative.zoom.us/j/94528735047?pwd=K3doV3drU0hNZEQzOXdXd0I0WVQrQT09Our focus on structures and power must go further to evaluate the dynamics of injustice baked into law and political economy. That includes foregrounding the ways in which capitalism is thoroughly raced and gendered, both in domestic and global politics. The ongoing legacies of colonialism, for example, are often discounted in …

How do we get to social and economic justice? How does that goal look like? Read More »

With Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Global Institute This final session will examine the needs of our modern, globally connected civilization that current, antiquated approaches to economics simply cannot meet. Examining what we have learned so far, how would money need to be changed to better serve the needs of our modern world? …

Inventing Inclusive Monetary Solutions – Mr. Andrew Sheng Read More »

How do we currently understand the dynamics of markets and workplaces, and how may we imagine restructuring them concretely for a more egalitarian and sus-tainable democratic future? What ways are most productive for understanding market institutions, market actors and workplace contexts? What is the place of finance and money in accounts of production and society? …

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What are the key tipping points in digital technology, and how may we engage and shape the next generation technologies to support democratic outcomes?Digital technologies are often discussed as unprecedented disruption to all areas of society. Scholars debate the benefits and costs of different innovations and express a range of feelings about its utopian and …

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Emerging scholars submit papers, which will be peer reviewed by two es-tablished academics. The respective author and reviewers will meet in sep-arate breakout rooms. The session will be run based on the Institute for Global and Policy (IGLP) general workshop format and will follow 2-3 minutes for author to situate the work, 15 minutes from …

Emerging Scholarship Mentorship and Writing Workshop Read More »