This session we are reading and discussing George Selgin's The Menace of Fiscal QE. "So far, QE has been a weapon for combating recession. But if certain politicians have their way, the Fed may be forced to use it not for macroeconomic purposes but to finance backdoor spending. That’s The Menace of Fiscal QE. In …
Discussion by members on relevant research areas for future projects and collaborations to be included in the Working Group mandate.We would love to have greater representation from other South Asian Countries in our Project Organizing Team. If you have new ideas to contribute towards what, how and with whom to organize our events do consider …
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 working group members, its the time of the year, where we have the chance to update the mandate of our working group! In the mandate we set clear priorities and strategies for the upcoming year in order to create transparency for everyone involved in the working group and enables the development of different collaborations. …
This session will discuss the recent paper written by Rahul Lahoti, Rosa Abraham and Hema Swaminathan, titled, "Does marriage and motherhood impact women's participation in labour markets in India?". The speaker for the Session: Rosa Abraham Abstract The impact of childbirth on women’s labour market participation has been discussed extensively in the context of developed …
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Dear Members of the Philosophy of Economics WG, Do you have an idea that you could realize with our WG?Would you like to organize an event or a reading group?Now it’s the time! On the 1st of March, the Philosophy of Economics WG will renew its mandate for 2022. For this, we are organizing a …
Call for Projects & Contributions – 2022 Working Group Mandate Meeting Read More »
Dear working group members, its the time of the year, where we have the chance to update the mandate of our working group! In the mandate we set clear priorities and strategies for the upcoming year in order to create transparency for everyone involved in the working group and enables the development of different collaborations. …
The YSI Financial Stability Working Group welcomes young scholars and early career researchers using Perry Mehrling's Money View to present their work at the second annual Money View Symposium, held virtually from 11-13 February 2022. View the Program PDF: HERE The symposium is free and open to all: Register here with your name, email address …
The YSI Gender and Economics Working Group is currently working on its mandate for 2022 and deciding on what projects to undertake this year. We are eager to hear your ideas and to have more people joining the organizing team! So, come join us on Monday, February 14th at 10am ET/4 pm CET to brainstorm …
Gender and Economics Working Group Annual Mandate Meeting: Come join us! Read More »
We will discuss the following topics for our group's mandate: Which research themes are of interest for the Financial Stability Working Group? Which questions from the 100 Plenary Questions are of interest for the Financial Stability Working Group? What projects should we do? Webinars, webinar series, etc. What partnership and cooperations do we hold? How …
Let's make our 2022 plans for the Behavior & Society Working Group! Please join us for an informal chat this evening at 6pm UK time, 7pm CET, 1pm Eastern, to talk about what ideas and topics we would like to cover this year.
A meeting for the coordinators of the AFRICA working group on the way forward for the group from the plenary.
Dear FLE Members, Join us on 22 February 2022 at 17:00 CET to collaborate on the 2022 Mandate of our working group! The Mandate comprises projects, questions and topics we want to focus on for this year. So bring your ideas and be part of shaping the direction of the FLE Working Group! We look …
This is the first of three sessions on Perry Mehrling's 2011 book The New Lombard Street: How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort https://www.amazon.com/Money-Interest-Public-American-1920-1970/dp/0674584309/ In this book, Mehrling applies his Money View framework to interpret the history of the Fed and to make sense of the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Walter Bagehot's …
In order to continue the process of creating the YSI UK hub we will meet to discuss the content of the next workshop
Speaker: Dr. Sridhar Venkatapuram Abstract: In this talk, I aim to introduce an audience of economists, particularly health economists, about the relevance and practicability of a moral right to the capability to be healthy. I will start with summarizing two publications from the late 1990s- the 1998 World Bank report called Confronting AIDS-public priorities in …
Pandemics and economics, what’s different this time? Read More »
POSTPONED New dates will be announced shortly. On 28 January after 19 months of tense negotiations, Argentina and the IMF agreed to restructure $44.5bn of sovereign debt. In this webinar we will analyze the recent breakthrough agreement between Argentina and the IMF and its implications for the international sovereign debt restructuring process. In a major …
Martin Guzman and Rob Johnson | Argentina’s Debt Resolution Read More »
Today’s economies reproduce, and often worsen, vast and harmful inequalities between people and countries. These inequalities are often inextricably bound up with historical violence and oppression. Human economic activity is also unsustainable, fuelling global heating and destruction of the living world, which will make large parts of the earth uninhabitable, and already causes untold damage …
How might we co-create Economics curriculum reform in an African context? Read More »
