Organized by Bureau for Developmen
t Policy\, United Nations Development Programme\, in partnership with the L
evy Economics Institute of Bard College
Levy Economic
s Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
October 1–3\, 2005
The purpose of convening this conference was t o share views\, research\, and methodologies from around the world\, on wom en’s unpaid work and its relationship to the economy within the context of pro-poor development policies\, an issue that is critical in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s unpaid work consists of time s pent on unpaid care for members of their families and communities. It also consists of time spent to make up for deficiencies in public infrastructure \, including in the energy\, health\, and sanitation sectors. Such activiti es range from providing long term care to the chronically ill to fetching w ater and firewood.
During the last decade\, an increasing number of c ountries have collected time-use data\, and some have developed satellite a ccounts in order to measure the economic contributions of unpaid work. Thes e efforts notwithstanding\, unpaid work\, which is disproportionately carri ed out by women and children\, has not been sufficiently integrated in the formulation of public investment policies and pro-poor alternative macroeco nomic strategies. In most developing countries\, efforts to reduce poverty and reach the MDGs provide a timely opportunity to draw attention to the li nkages between unpaid work and economic and social development. During the conference\, several presenters focused on unpaid work and its connection t o employment generation policies\, inequality and poverty\, deterioration o f economic well being\, and trade impact assessment. Other researchers pres ented up to date assessments of the state of the art in the areas of conduc ting time-use surveys\, constructing satellite accounts\, and developing ec onomic models that include unpaid work.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/undp-bdp-levy-conf erence-unpaid-work-and-the-economy-gender-poverty-and-the-millennium-develo pment-goals/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7208-EO-7233-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T111401Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20051028T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20051029T000000 SUMMARY: Time Use and Economic Well-Being DESCRIPTION: This conference was part of the Levy Institute’s research and policy program of the distribution of income and wealth. Its purpose was to cover issues and topics related to time...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This conference was part of the Levy Insti tute's research and policy program of the distribution of income and wealth . Its purpose was to cover issues and topics related to time allocation. Pr esentations focused on utilizing time-use data in investigating the determi nants of time allocation by gender and other demographic and economic chara cteristics (for example\, family-type or employment status)\, valuing unpai d household work\, developing measures of individual or household economic well-being that include unpaid household production\, and analyzing the dis tribution of household production and augmented measures of household well- being. The papers also addressed problems of statistical methodology and da ta in dealing with these topics.
The conference was held October 28-2 9\, 2005 at the Levy Institute conference center located at Bard College\, Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/time-use-and-econo mic-well-being/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7247-EO-7234-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T111358Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20060428T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20060429T000000 SUMMARY: Government Spending on the Elderly DESCRIPTION: The aging of the American population will be a primary domesti c public policy issue during the next decades. According to Census Bureau p rojections\, the proportion of the elderly in the...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The aging of the American population will be a primary domestic public policy issue during the next decades. Accordin g to Census Bureau projections\, the proportion of the elderly in the total population will increase from its 2002 level of under 13 percent to slight ly more than 16 percent by 2020. Concomitantly\, the proportion of the work ing-age population (20-64) is projected to decline from its current level o f about 59 percent to 57.2 percent in 2020. These demographic changes imply a significant growth in the number of beneficiaries in major federal entit lement programs. Apart from this growth\, existing program rules and rapidl y escalating health care costs are expected to lead to fiscal pressures and to pose challenges for economic growth.
The United States is not alo ne in facing these challenges\; in fact\, in most countries with advanced e conomies\, the problem is far more severe. The challenges of coping with an aging population require action in the near term to forestall more difficu lt choices in the long term. This conference will provide an assessment of the forces that currently drive\, and will continue to drive\, government s pending on retirees. Papers will examine how the retirement and health care of older citizens might be financed and the potential impact of different reform proposals.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/government-spendin g-on-the-elderly/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7297-EO-7235-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T111356Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20060517T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20060518T000000 SUMMARY: Gender Equality\, Tax Policies\, and Tax Reform in Comparative Per spective DESCRIPTION: This symposium focused on the gender dimensions of tax policy and tax reforms in countries at different levels of development. Topics inc luded gender biases in direct taxation (including biases in...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This symposium focused on the gender dimen sions of tax policy and tax reforms in countries at different levels of dev elopment. Topics included gender biases in direct taxation (including biase s in individual and joint filing) and the structure of exemptions\, deducti ons\, and allowances\; gender biases in indirect taxation\, including VAT a nd excise or sales taxes\; the impact of personal income taxation on labor supply\, household production\, and time use\; gender issues in tax reform and fiscal centralization\; and methodological issues in tax-burden and tax -incidence analysis from a gender perspective.
The symposium was conv ened as part of the Gender Equality and the Economy (GEE) program at The Le vy Economics Institute. The program considers how economic processes and po licies affect gender equality\, and how existing gender inequalities influe nce economic outcomes. GEE stimulates reexamination of key economic concept s\, models\, and indicators—with a particular view to reformulating policy— and offers a broader view of what an economy is and how it functions. The p urpose of the program is to contribute knowledge that improves women's stat us and helps them realize their rights in the United States and other count ries.
“Gender Equality\, Tax Policies\, and Tax Reform in Comparative Perspective” was held May 17–18\, 2006\, at the Levy Institute’s research and conference center at Blithewood on the campus of Bard College\, Annanda le-on-Hudson\, N.Y.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/gender-equality-ta x-policies-and-tax-reform-in-comparative-perspective/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7333-EO-7232-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T200636Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20061013T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20061014T000000 SUMMARY: Employment Guarantee Policies: Theory and Practice DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York October 13–14\, 2006 This conference focused on those government policy initiatives that can create a safety net through public service empl oyment...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute of Bard C
ollege
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
October 13–14\, 2 006
This conference focused on those government policy initiatives th at can create a safety net through public service employment for individual s who are ready\, willing\, and able to work but find themselves in an econ omic environment that does not offer employment opportunities.
Unempl oyment and involuntary "inactivity" are structural macroeconomic problems o f both developed and developing economies. The negative effects of unemploy ment reach beyond the immediate economic losses to individuals and their fa milies. The effects extend to the potential growth of the economy. Protract ed periods of unemployment lead to multidimensional poverty\, deterioration of communities\, erosion of decent job conditions\, and intolerance along racial and gender divides. There appears a connection\, then\, between the right to work and the role of government in guaranteeing employment. This c onnection ought to be part of the public policy dialogue.
The Interna tional Working Group on Gender\, Macroeconomics\, and International Economi cs (GEM-IWG)\, a global knowledge-sharing and capacity-building network\, g enerously provided support for the conference by securing the participation and contributions of several GEM-IWG members.
The conference proceed ings include edited transcripts of the keynote speakers’ remarks\, summarie s of session participants’ presentations\, and biographies of all participa nts.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/employment-guarant ee-policies-theory-and-practice/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7381-EO-7236-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T202032Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070419T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20070420T000000 SUMMARY: 16th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Global Imbalances Prospect s for the U.S. and World Economies DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York April 19–20\, 2007 The 2007 Hyman P. Minsky Conference drew upon public discussions on the United States and world economies in...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute of Bard C
ollege
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
April 19–20\, 200 7
The 2007 Hyman P. Minsky Conference drew upon public discussions on the United States and world economies in the context of prevailing economi c trends and their implications. The presenters—top policymakers\, economis ts\, and analysts—addressed such topics as fiscal and monetary policies for continued growth and employment\; currency market fluctuations and the con sequent exchange-rate misalignments\, as well as possible cures\; and the U S household and trade deficits\, their implications for growth and employme nt\, and their effect on the conduct of monetary and fiscal policy. The Uni ted States' role in the global marketplace was examined in view of the curr ent international economic landscape.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/16th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference-global-imbalancesaeprospects-for-the-u-s-and-world-econ omies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7441-EO-7237-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T202140Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20080417T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20080418T000000 SUMMARY: 17th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Credit\, Markets\, and the Real Economy Is the Financial System Working? DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York April 17–18\, 2008 The focus of this year’s conference was the cu rrent economic and financial crisis in the United States and...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute of Bard C
ollege
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
April 17–18\, 200 8
The focus of this year's conference was the current economic and fi nancial crisis in the United States and its effects on the world economy. T opics included the causes and consequences of the “Minsky moment”\; the imp act of the credit crunch on the economic and financial market outlook\; dis locations and policy options\; the rehabilitation of fiscal policy\; margin s of safety\, systemic risk\, and the US subprime mortgage market\; lessons from earlier times to rehabilitate mortgage financing and the banks\; fina ncial markets regulation-reregulation\; the inefficiency of computer-driven markets\; currency markets fluctuations\; and exchange rate misalignment.< /p> LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/17th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference-credit-markets-and-the-real-economy-is-the-financial-sy stem-working/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7492-EO-7243-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T185835Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081114T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081114T000000 SUMMARY: The Financial Crisis\, the U.S. Economy\, and International Securi ty in the New Administration DESCRIPTION: The current crisis of subprime mortgages\, mortgage-backed sec urities\, credit derivatives\, and failing investment banks is deeper and m ore severe than any since the New Deal. This is a crisis originating...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The current crisis of subprime mortgages\, mortgage-backed securities\, credit derivatives\, and failing investment b anks is deeper and more severe than any since the New Deal. This is a crisi s originating in the United States—from the center of the global financial system. Cascading problems emerge when the world loses confidence in the sy stem that supports the valuation of the global reserve currency because of a perception of instability\, mismanagement\, and corruption\, leading to a breakdown in regulatory authority and market order.
Minor remedies s uch as increasing transparency or imposing some new regulations have been p roposed\, but they are plainly insufficient. This conference will consider the larger implications for U.S economic policy\, and for the international financial and monetary system (IFMS) as a whole. It will take into explici t account the deep political nature of the IFMS and its effect on internati onal security relations and the global prospects for peace.
The confe rence will take up four specific themes: the nature of the current crisis\; economic policy challenges facing the United States\; the design of a new domestic financial architecture\; and the design of a new international fin ancial architecture\, if and as it becomes needed. This conference will bri ng together an exceptional group of close observers of the financial system \, including James K. Galbraith of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public A ffairs\; Nobel Prize–winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz\; hedge fund mana ger Warren B. Mosler\; Allen Sinai of the consulting group Decision Economi cs\, Inc.\; Jeff Madrick\, director of policy research at the Schwartz Cent er\; and many others.
Although there is no cost to attend\, p reregistration is requested. To register\, e-mail EPS Director The a Harvey\, at theaharvey@epsusa.org.
LOCATION:Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-financial-cris is-the-u-s-economy-and-international-security-in-the-new-administration/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7539-EO-7238-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T191046Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090417T000000 SUMMARY: 18th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Meeting the Challenges of Financial Crisis DESCRIPTION: A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Ford Foundation New York Cit y April 16–17\, 2009 On April 16 and 17\,...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation< br />
Ford Foundation
New York City
April 16–17\, 2009
On April 16 and 17\, top policymakers\, econom
ists\, and analysts gathered at the Ford Foundation’s headquarters in New Y
ork City to offer their insights and policy guidelines on the extraordinary
challenges posed by the global financial crisis. Topics included: current
conditions and forecasts\; macro policy proposals by the Obama administrati
on and others\; the rehabilitation of mortgage financing and the banks\; fi
nancial market reregulation\; proposals to limit foreclosures and modify se
rvicing agreements\; regulation of alternative financial products (derivati
ves and credit default swaps)\; the institutional shape of the future finan
cial system\; and international responses to the crisis.
PowerPoints (PDF format):
Welcome and Introduction
Speaker: Bruce Kasman
Session 1: William Kurt Black
Session 2: Alan
S. Blinder
Sessi
on 3: Jan Kregel
Session 3: C. P. Chandrasekhar
Session 3: Mario Tonveronachi
Session 3: Éric Tymoigne
Session 5: Dean Maki
Session 5: James W. Pa
ulsen
Session 5
: Lakshman Achuthan
Session 6: Warren Mosler
Session 6: Robert W. Parenteau
Session 6: L. Randall Wray
A Collaborative Project of the Uni ted Nations Development Programme\, Regional Bureau for Latin America and t he Caribbean (RBLAC)\, and the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP)\, in Par tnership with Levy Economics Institute
Levy Economic
s Institute of Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
June 22–23\, 2009
With poverty\, inequality\, and unemployment trending upward worldw ide\, job creation\, especially for marginalized populations\, is urgently needed. By mobilizing unused domestic labor resources\, direct job creation can become an engine of pro-poor growth while also promoting gender equali ty and meeting social inclusion targets—key international development goals . Public works projects\, employment guarantees\, and employment of last re sort strategies can play a crucial role in reducing unemployment and povert y\, ameliorating distress migration and delivering physical infrastructure and social services in ways that particularly benefit underserved communiti es.
On June 22 and 23\, Levy Economics Institute\, in partnership wit h the United Nations Development Programme\, convened an international conf erence to present the merits and challenges of public job creation programs as a constitutive component of an economic recovery strategy. Titled “Empl oyment Guarantee Policies: Responding to the Current Economic Crisis and Co ntributing to Long-Term Development\,” the conference was held at Blithewoo d\, the Institute’s main research and conference facility\, on the campus o f Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York. More than 30 top policy a dvisers\, members of government organizations\, academics\, and internation al development specialists met to analyze and exchange views on various pub lic employment initiatives\, drawing on existing research and the outcomes of country-level programs in South Africa\, Argentina\, India\, Iran\, and Chile. Among the speakers were Selim Jahan of the United Nations Developmen t Programme\; Marc Van Imschoot\, International Labour Organization\; and J osé Carlos de Assis\, National Development Bank of Brazil.
Co-organized by the Government of Mexico\, GEM-IWG\, UNDESA/UNDAW\, UNDP\, UNIFEM\, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\, and IDRC (Canada)\, with additional support from the Ford Foundation (U.S.A.)\, and with the participation of the Government of Cana da
ECOSOC Chamber\, United Nations Headquarters
New York City
July 13–14\, 2009
On July 13 and 14\, the 9th GEM-IWG international conference was convened
at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. During this two day e
vent\, academics\, policy makers and members of government gathered to exc
hange views and share research findings on the timely topic of “Gender and
the Global Economic Crisis.” In addition to theoretical papers\, presentati
ons included empirical contributions with regional and country-level emphas
is\; evaluations of government responses to the crisis\, and policy recomme
ndations\; and comparisons of the current crisis with earlier ones. The con
ference was co-organized by the Government of Mexico\, GEM-IWG\, UNDESA/UND
AW\, UNDP\, UNIFEM\, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\, and IDRC (C
anada) with additional support from the Ford Foundation (U.S.A.)\, and with
the participation of the Government of Canada. This event immediately foll
owed the 2009 GEM-IWG two-week intensive workshop which took place on June 29 –
July 10 at the Levy Economics Institute’s main research and conference faci
lity in Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York. Both events were part of the Knowle
dge Networking Program\, established by GEM-IWG in 2003 to strengthen intel
lectual links among economists whose work focuses on the interface of gende
r\, globalization\, and macroeconomic policy.
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Ford Foundation
New York City
Ap ril 14–16\, 2010
From his extensive research\, Hyman Minsky was convi nced that economic systems are prone to financial instability and crisis\, and urged that lessons be learned from the crisis of 1929–1933 so that “it” —the Great Depression—could not happen again. This year’s conference drew u pon many Minskyan themes\, including reconstituting the financial structure \; the reregulation and supervision of financial institutions\; the relevan ce of the Glass-Steagall Act\; the roles of the Federal Reserve\, FDIC\, an d the Treasury\; the moral hazard of the “too big to fail” doctrine\; debt deflation\; and the economics of the “big bank” and “big government.” Speak ers compared the European and Latin American responses to the global financ ial crisis and proposals for reforming the international financial architec ture. Moreover\, central bank exit strategies\, both national and internati onal\, were considered.
The full conference proceedings\, inc luding transcripts of the audio files as well as participants' bios\, are a vailable here.
The Levy Economics Institute gath ered top policymakers\, economists\, and analysts at the 19th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the US and World Economies to discuss efforts to reconstitute and reregulate the US and international financial s ystem in the wake of the global financial crisis.
LOCATION:Ford Foundation New York City GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/19th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference-after-the-crisisaeplanning-a-new-financial-structure/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.782-EO-7241-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T212236Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20100619T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20100629T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar and Conference DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hu dson\, New York June 19–29\, 2010 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard...mo re X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Organized by the Levy Economics In stitute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
< p>Levy InstituteJune 19–29\, 2010
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is ple ased to announce that it will hold a Minsky summer seminar in June 2010. Th e Seminar will provide a rigorous discussion of both theoretical and applie d aspects of Minsky’s economics\, with an examination of meani ngful prescriptive policies relevant to the current economic and financial crisis. The Seminar will consist of a Summer School from June 19 to 26\, 2010\, followed by an International Conference on June 27–29 \, both to be held at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College.
T he Summer School will be of particular interest to graduate students\, rece nt graduates and those at the beginning of their academic or professional c areers. The teaching staff will include well-known economists concentrating on and expanding Minsky’s work.
Applications may be made to Susan Ho ward at the Levy Institute (howard@levy.or g)\, and should include a current curriculum vitae. Admission to the Su mmer School will include provision of room and board on the Bard campus. Sm all travel reimbursements of $100 for US fellows and $300 for foreign fello ws will be available for a limited number of participants. Participants in the Summer School will be able to attend the Conference without charge.
The Conference will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of papers and work in progress dealing with Minskyan themes. Preference wil l be given to applicants presenting contributions in the following areas: s tock-flow modeling and policy simulations\; financial fragility\; reconstit uting the financial structure\; modern money\, endogeneity\, and functional finance\; asset bubbles\; and employment of last resort (ELR) and macroeco nomic stability.
Applications to attend the Conference may be made to Susan Howard (howard@levy.org) \, and should include an abstract of the proposed presentation. A registrat ion fee of $200 covering meals and materials will be required for attendanc e and participation in the Conference program. Bookings for hotel lodging a t a preferential rate will be available to those who attend.
Summer s chool and conference programs will be organized by Jan Kregel\, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou and L. Randall Wray.
A user name and password a re required for the Summer Seminar webpage.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-and-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7959-EO-7247-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T201000Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20101202T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20101203T000000 SUMMARY: International Comparisons in Economic Well-Being among Advanced In dustrialized Countries DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York December 2–3\, 2010 The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the work on the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colleg
e
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
December 2–3\, 2010
< img src="http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/dec_workshop.jpg" alt="Workshop on International Comparisons" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="5" />The pur pose of the workshop is to discuss the work on the Levy Institute Measure o f Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) for five countries: Canada\, France\, Germany \, the United Kingdom\, and the United States. Participants will present th e estimates for individual countries\; provide bilateral comparisons betwee n the United States and each of the other countries\; discuss the role of g overnment expenditures and taxation as well as wealth in shaping the level and distribution of economic well-being\; provide a technical overview of t he quality of the statistical matching technique used in creating the core synthetic microdata files\; and plan for the dissemination of the methodolo gy and results from the project.
Participation in the workshop is by invitation only.
The workshop program is available her e to registered participants only. A user name and password are require d.
This workshop is made possible by a generous grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Levy Institute is grateful to the Sloan Foundatio n for its support of the LIMEW project.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/international-comp arisons-in-economic-well-being-among-advanced-industrialized-countries/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.7993-EO-7248-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T201142Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110217T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110218T000000 SUMMARY: Why Time Deficits Matter: Policy Implications for Poverty Eradicat ion Strategies DESCRIPTION: A Levy Institute Research Project undertaken with the generous support of the UNDP and ILO Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York Febr uary 17–18\, 2011 The purpose of the workshop is to discuss...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A Levy Institute Research Project undertaken with the generous support of the UNDP and ILO
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
February 17–18\, 2011
The purpose of the workshop is to disc uss the ongoing work on developing estimates of time poverty and time-adjus ted income poverty for three countries: Argentina\, Chile\, and Mexico. Par ticipants will discuss data and methods\; issues in the cross-country compa risons of income-poverty estimates\; alternative approaches to the estimati on of thresholds for time poverty\; alternative approaches to the valuation of household production\; and methods of statistical matching. Participant s will also be sharing country-specific background information regarding th e (changing) nature of household composition structures\; data that summari ze the evolution of social sector spending\; and the nature of the care reg ime in each country.It is expected that the work plan for the remaining tas ks for each country will be finalized by the conclusion of the workshop.
This workshop is the first in a series. The second\, upcoming in August 2011\, is outlined here.
| 8:15−9:15 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:15−9:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remar
ks Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, President\, Levy Institute |
| 9:30−10:30 a.m. | Time and Income Poverty: Conceptual Overview and Measurement Issues Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Institute |
| 10:30−11:00 a.m. | Break | 11:00 a.m. − 12:00 p.m. | Time Poverty\, Income Poverty\, and Unpaid Work: Policy Consider
ations Rania Antonopoulos\, Levy Institute |
| 12:00−1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30−2:45 p.m. | Argentina Valeria Esquivel\, Instituto de Ciencias\, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento |
| 2:45−3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3: 15 p.m.−4:30 p.m. | Chile María Elena Valenzuela\, International Labour Orga nization |
| 4:30−4:45 p.m. | Break |
| < b>4:45−6:00 p.m. | Mexico Mónica E. Oroz co Corona\, INMUJERES Armando Sanchez Vargas\, Universidad Nacional Au tónoma de México |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 7:30 p.m. | Transportation from Blithewood to hotel |
| 8:15−9:00 a.m. | Breakfa st |
| 9:00−9:15 a.m. | Carmen de la Cruz\, Gender Cluster Leader\, UNDP Region al Center–LAC |
| 9:15−10:00 a .m. | Statistical Matching and Imputation of Miss
ing Data Thomas Masterson\, Levy Institute |
| 10:00−11:00 a.m. | Roundtab
le All participants |
| 1 1:00−11:30 a.m. | Break |
| 11:30 a.m. − 12:30 p.m. | Meeting with Country Specialists\, Mexico |
| 12:30−2:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:00−3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Country Specialist\, Chile |
| 3:00−4:00 p.m. | Meeting w ith Country Specialist\, Argentina |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation< /strong>
Ford Foundation
New York City
April 13–15\ , 2011
The 20th Annual Minsky Conference addressed the ongoing effect s of the global financial crisis on the real economy\, and examined propose d and recently enacted policy responses: Should ending too-big-to-fail be t he cornerstone of reform? Do the markets’ pursuit of self-interest generate real societal benefits? Is financial sector growth actually good for the r eal economy? Will the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill make the entire fina ncial system\, not only the banks\, safer?
For the events pro gram visit the conference website.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/20th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference-financial-reform-and-the-real-economy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8085-EO-7249-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133329Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110525T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110526T000000 SUMMARY: The Wynne Godley Memorial Conference: Contributions in Stock-flow Modeling DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale- on-Hudson\, NY May 25–26\, 2011 Wynne Godley’s work focused on the strategi c prospects for the US\, UK\, and world economies\, and the use...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colleg
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Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY
May 25–26\, 2011
Wynne Godley’s work focused on the strategic pro spects for the US\, UK\, and world economies\, and the use of accounting ma croeconomic models to reveal structural imbalances. This conference will pr ovide scholars profoundly influenced by his work the opportunity to celebra te his contributions to the field of economics. Topics will include fiscal policy and stock-flow consistent models\; unsustainable processes and the r ole of the dollar in fostering global imbalances\; stability and convergenc e programs\; trade and current account imbalances and international currenc ies\; financial integration\, intrazone credit\, and stabilization in a mon etary union\; debt-deflation traps within small open economies\; and the UK and US private expenditure function.
| 2:00−2:15 p.m. | Welcome and Introductory Remarks SPEAKER : Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, President\, Levy Institute |
| 2:15−4:00 p.m. | Session 1 MODERATOR: Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Institute SPEAKERS: Marc Lavoie\, Professor\, University o f Ottawa “From Macroeconomics to Monetary Economics: Some Persisten t Themes in the Theory” (PDF) (PowerPoint presentation in PDF< /a>) Anwar Shaikh\, Professor\, New School for Social Research< br />“Three Balances and Twin Deficits: Godley versus Ruggles and Ruggle s” (PDF) Slide presentation (PDF) Gennaro Zezza\, Research Scholar\, Levy Institute\, and Professor\, University of Cassino< br />“Stock-flow Consistent Monetary Circuits” (PowerPoint presentation in PDF) |
| 4:00−4:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 4:30−5:45 p.m. | Session 2 MODERATOR: Taun Toa y\, Research Analyst\, Levy Institute SPEAKERS: Tiago Mata\ , Research Fellow\, Duke University “Godley Works in Mysterious Way s: The Craft of Economic Judgment in Postwar Britain” (PDF) Slide presentation (PDF) L. Randall Wray\, Senior Scholar\, Levy Ins titute\, and Professor\, University of Missouri–Kansas City “Godley Got It Right” (PDF) (PowerPoint presentation in PDF) |
| 5:45 p.m. |
Reception and Dinner SPEAKER: Jan Kregel\, Senior Scholar\, Levy Institute “Opening for the Wynne Godley Show” |
| 9:00−9:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:30−11:00 a.m. | Session 3 MODERATOR: Ajit Zacharias\, Senior Scholar\, Lev y Institute SPEAKERS: Jacques Mazier\, Professor\, University o f Paris North\, CEPN-CNRS “Financial Integration and Stabilization in a Monetary Union without or with Bank Rationing” (PDF) (PowerPoint presentation in PDF) Malcolm Sawyer\, Prof essor\, University of Leeds “The Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in the Stock-flow Levy Model” (PDF) (PowerPoint presenta tion in PDF) |
| 11:00−11:30 a .m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 a.m. − 12:45 p.m. | Se
ssion 4 MODERATOR: Thomas Masterson\, Research Scholar\, Le vy Institute SPEAKERS: Stephen Kinsella\, Lecturer\, University of Limerick “Debt-deflation Traps within Small Open Economies: A Stock-flow Consistent Perspective” (PDF ) Slide presentation (PDF) Jan Toporowski\, Reader in Economics\, University of London “The Stock-flow Consistent Approach with Active Financial M arkets” (PDF) (PowerPoint presentation in PDF< /a>) |
| 12:45−2:45 p.m. | < td valign="top">Lunch
Stephen
Kinsella
University of Limerick
Jan Kregel
Levy
Economics Institute and Tallinn Technical University
Marc Lavoie<
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University of Ottawa
Edwin Le Heron
Bordeaux Ins
titute of Political Studies and CED (Centre Émile Durkheim)
Tiago
Mata
Center for the History of Political Economy\, Duke University
Jacques Mazier
University of Paris North\, CEPN-CNRS
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou
Levy Economics Institute
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alcolm Sawyer
University of Leeds
Anwar Shaikh
N
ew School for Social Research
Jan Toporowski
School of Or
iental and African Studies\, University of London
L. Randall Wray<
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Levy Economics Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City
Gennaro Zezza
Levy Economics Institute and University of Ca
ssino
Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
Levy Ins
titute
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
June 18–26\, 2011
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The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College held its s econd annual Minsky Summer Seminar June 18–26\, 2011\, with 48 students att ending. The Seminar provided a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s economics\, with an examination of meaningf ul prescriptive policies relevant to the current economic and financial cri sis.
The Summer Seminar is of particular interest to graduate student s\, recent graduates\, and those at the beginning of their academic or prof essional careers. The program is organized by Jan Kregel\, Dimitri B. Papad imitriou\, and L. Randall Wray\, and the teaching staff includes well-known economists concentrating on and expanding Minsky's work.
A u ser name and password are required for the Summer Seminar webpage.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8194-EO-7250-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133327Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110823T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110824T000000 SUMMARY: Why Time Deficits Matter: Policy Implications for Poverty Eradicat ion Strategies DESCRIPTION: A Levy Institute Research Project undertaken with the generous support of the UNDP and ILO Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York Augu st 23–24\, 2011 The purpose of this workshop was to discuss...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A Levy Institute Research Project undertaken with the generous support of the UNDP and ILO
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
August 23–24\, 2011
The purpose of this workshop was to disc uss the estimates of time poverty and time-adjusted income poverty for Arge ntina\, Chile\, and Mexico. Participants discussed data and methods\; issue s in the cross-country comparisons of poverty estimates\; major findings\, emphasizing the ways in which the time-income poverty measure diverges from the standard income-poverty measure for the overall population and for spe cific population subgroups\; policy implications of the findings\; planning for the finalization of the country reports\; and dissemination of the stu dy's findings.
This workshop was the second in an ongoing series. The first\, held in February 2011\, is outlined here.
| 7:30−9:0 0 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel |
| 9:00 a.m. | Picku p from hotel and transportation to Blithewood |
| 9:30−10:30 a.m. | Time and In
come Poverty: Conceptual Overview and Comparison of Major Findings across A
rgentina\, Chile\, and Mexico Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Institute |
| 10:30−11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m . − 12:00 p.m. | Data Issues\, Quality of Statist
ical Matching\, and Employment Simulation in the Measurement of Time and In
come Poverty Thomas Masterson\, Levy Institute |
| 12:00−1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30−2:45 p.m. | |
| 2:45−3:15 p.m. | Break | < /tr>
| 3:15 p.m.−4:30 p.m. | Chile Sarah Gammage and María Elena Valenzuela\, Inte rnational Labour Organization |
| 4:30−4:45 p.m. | Break |
| 4:45−6:00 p.m. | Mexico Mónica E. Orozco Corona\, INMUJERES Armando Sanchez Vargas\, Un iversidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| 6:15 p.m. − | Transportation from Blithew ood to restaurant for dinner |
| 9:00 a.m. | Pickup from hotel and transportation to Blithewood |
| 9:15−10:15 a.m. | Income Poverty\, Time Poverty\, and Unpaid Work: Social Protectio
n Regimes in Argentina\, Chile\, and Mexico Rania Antonopoulos\, L evy Institute |
| 10: 15−11:15 a.m. | Roundtable All participa nts |
| 11:15−11:30 a.m. | < td valign="top">Break|
| 1 1:30 a.m. − 12:30 p.m. | Meeting with Country Spe cialist I |
| 12:30−2:00 p.m.< /b> | Lunch |
| 2:00−3:00 p.m. | Meeting with Country Spe cialist II |
| 3:00−4:00 p.m.< /b> | Meeting with Country Specialist III |
| 4:15 p.m. − | Departure for New York (for those returning to NYC) |
| Dinner (for those returning to NYC the next morning) |
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation< /strong>
Ford Foundation
New York City
April 11–12\ , 2012
In April 2012\, leading policymakers\, economists\, and analys ts gathered at the New York headquarters of the Ford Foundation to take par t in the Levy Institute’s 21st Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference. This conf erence addressed\, among other issues\, the challenge to global growth repr esented by the eurozone debt crisis\; the impact of the credit crunch on th e economic and financial markets outlook\; the sustainability of the US eco nomic recovery in the absence of support from monetary and fiscal policy\; reregulation of the financial system and the design of a new financial arch itecture\; and the larger implications of the debt crisis for US economic p olicy\, and for the international financial and monetary system as a whole.
For the events program and participants list\, visit the conference website.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/21st-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference-debt-deficits-and-financial-instability/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8279-EO-7253-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T203722Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120609T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120610T000000 SUMMARY: Minsky: Global Financial Fragility and the Development of Capitali st Finance\,Tianjin\, China DESCRIPTION: A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\, The Institute of Economics of Nankai University (NKIE)\, and The Center for Political Economics Studies of Nankai University Tianjin\,...mo re X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A conference organized by the Levy Econ omics Institute of Bard College\, The Institute of Economics of Nankai Univ ersity (NKIE)\, and The Center for Political Economics Studies of Nankai Un iversity
Tianjin\, China
June 9–10\, 2012
We are pleas ed to announce an international conference sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute\, the Institute of Economics of Nankai University\, and the Cente r for Political Economics Studies of Nankai University\, to be held at Nank ai University in Tianjin\, China\, June 9 and 10\, 2012. The objective of t he conference is to increase the understanding of financial crisis from the points of view of Hyman P. Minsky and Post Keynesian theory\, and to asses s the impact of the recent financial crisis in the United States and Europe on China and the global economy. The following topics will be the focus of discussion\, but other areas of research are also welcome:
For those intere sted in presenting a paper at the seminar\, please submit a draft paper (pr eferred) or an abstract\, in English or in Chinese\, to the appropriate e-m ail address below by May 10\, 2012.
For inquiries and submissions in Chinese\, contact our local organizer\, Dr. Jinxing Guo (guojinxing2008@gmail.com\; tel: +86-138-2012-77 90). Submissions in English and questions regarding academic affairs should be directed to Ms. Kathleen Mullaly (mul laly@levy.org).
LOCATION:Nankai Institute Of Economics GEO:0.000000;0.000000 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/minsky-global-fina ncial-fragility-and-the-development-of-capitalist-financetianjin-china/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8312-EO-7252-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250328T204014Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20120616T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20120624T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hu dson\, New York June 16–24\, 2012 The Levy Economics Institute held its...m ore X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
Levy Ins
titute
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
June 16–24\, 2012
 |
The Summer Seminar is of particular interest to graduate students\, recent graduates\, and those at the beginning of their academic or professional career. The program is org anized by Jan Kregel\, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, and L. Randall Wray\, and the teaching staff includes well-known economists concentrating on and exp anding Minsky’s work.
A user name and password are required f or the Summer Seminar webpage. Participating students may log in by clicking here .
| 10:15–11:45 a.m. | Registration |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30–2:45 p.m. | Welcome and Introduction: Minsky and the Levy InstituteDimitri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Institute |
| 2:45–3:15 p.m. | Br eak |
| 3:15–4:30 p.m. | General Introduction to Minsky and Financial Fragility < strong>L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri –Kansas City |
| 4:30 p.m. – | Welcome Reception |
| Until 7:00 p.m. | Dinner: Kline Commons |
| < b>8:30−9:45 a.m. | General Introduction to Minsky an
d Financial Reform Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn Tech nical University |
| 9:45−10:15 a. m. | Break |
| 10:15−11:45 a.m. | New Fiscalism Mario S eccareccia\, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and University of Ottawa |
| 11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m.< /b> | Lunch |
| 1:30−2:45 p.m. | Functional Finance: Old and New Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, Levy Institute |
| 2:45−3:15 p.m. | Break | 3:15−4:30 p.m. | H
einz 57 Varieties: Money Manager Capitalism L. Randall Wray\, L evy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| 4:30p.m. − | Student Activiti es |
| Until 7:00 p.m. | Dinner: Kline Commons |
| 8:30–9:45 a.m. | Minsky and Modern Money Stephanie A. Kelton\, Levy Insti tute and University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| 9:45–10:15 a.m. | Break |
| In
ternational Dimensions of Financial Fragility Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn Technical University | |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30–2:45 p.m. | Minsky and Employment Guarantee Fadhel Kaboub\, Levy Institu te and Denison University |
| 2:45 −3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15−4:30 p.m. | Green Jobs and Guarante
ed Employment Mathew Forstater\, Levy Institute and Center for Full Employment and Price Stability\, University of Missouri–Kansas Ci ty |
| 4:30 p.m. − | Student Activities |
| U ntil 7:00 p.m. | Dinner: Kline Commons |
| 8:30–9 :45 a.m. | War on Poverty Stephanie A. Kelto n\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| 9:45–10:15 a.m. | Br eak |
| 10:15–11:45 a.m. | < td valign="top">Minsky and EU Financial Reform|
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30–2:45 p.m. | Veblen\, Minsky\
, and Evolutionary Economics John F. Henry\, University of Miss ouri–Kansas City |
| 2:45−3:15 p.m . | Break |
| 3:15−4:30 p.m. | Panel: Designing ELR Programs Fadhel Kaboub\, Levy Institute and Denison University | 4:30 p.m. − | Stud ent Activities |
| Until 7:00 p.m. | Dinner: Kline Commons |
| 8:30–9:45 a.m. | Minsky and the Theory of Asset Market Speculation Frank Veneroso\, Veneroso Associates\, LLC |
| 9:45–10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15–11:45 a.m. | Costing ELR Scott T. Fullwiler\, Wartburg College |
| 11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00–6:30 p.m.< /b> | Trip to the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the FDR Presidential Library and Museum\, Hyde Park |
| 6:30 p.m. – | Picnic Supper: Blith ewood |
| 8:30–9:45 a.m. | Minsky’s Big Bank – B
ig Government Interpretation of Postwar Stability Éric Tymoigne \, Levy Institute and Lewis and Clark College |
| 9:45–10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15–11:45 a.m. |
Stock-flow Consistent Economic Models Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Inst itute and Università di Cassino |
| < b>11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30−2:45 p.m. | Minsky–Go
dley and the Financial Balances Approach Robert W. Parenteau\, Levy Institute and MacroStrategy Edge |
| 2:45−3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15−4:30 p.m. | Minsky’s “T
wo Price” Theory Éric Tymoigne\, Levy Institute and Lewis and C lark College |
| 4:30 p.m. − | Stock-flow Lab |
| Until 7:00 p.m. | Dinner: Kline Commons |
| 8 :30–9:45 a.m. | Special Lecture |
| 9:45−10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15−11:45 a.m. | Minsky’s Theory of Consumption Steven M. Fazzari\, Lev y Institute and Washington University–St. Louis |
| 11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30−2:45 p.m. | Minsky–Godley and the Levy Model |
| 2:45−3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15−4:30 p.m. | Central B
ank Operations Scott T. Fullwiler\, Wartburg College | 4:30 p.m. − | Sto ck-flow Lab |
| Until 7:00 p.m. | Dinner: Kline Commons |
| 8:30–9:45 a.m. | Levy Forecast Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Institute |
| 9:45−10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10 :15–11:45 a.m. | Low-cost Housing and the Mortgage C
risis Gary A. Dymski\, University of California\, Riverside |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | |
| 1:30–2:45 p.m. | Minsky and the Theory of Investment Steven M. Fazzari\, Levy Institute and Washington University–St. Louis< /td> |
| 2:45–3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15–4:30 p.m. | Panel: Minsky and Systemic Reform Jan Kre gel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn Technical University Mario Ton veronachi\, Universitá de Siena Éric Tymoigne\, Levy Instit ute and Lewis and Clark College Gary A. Dymski\, University of California\, Riverside |
| 4:30 p. m. – | Stock-flow Lab |
| Until 7:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 8:30–9 :45 a.m. | Community Development Banks Gary A. Dymski\, University of California\, Riverside |
| 9:45−10:15 a.m. | Break | < /tr>
| 10:15−11:45 a.m. | Instability and the Single Currency Robert W. Parenteau\ , Levy Institute and MacroStrategy Edge |
| 11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | 1:30−2:45 p.m. | C
anadian Bank Regulation: More Lucky than Good? Marshall Auerback\, Levy Institute and Economists for Peace and Security |
| 2:45−3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15−4:30 p.m. | Panel: Global Economic Outlook Frank Veneroso\, Veneros o Associates\, LLC Marshall Auerback\, Levy Institute and Econo mists for Peace and Security Robert W. Parenteau\, Levy Institu te and MacroStrategy Edge Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Insti tute |
| 4:30 p.m. − | Closure |
| 7:00 p.m.< /b> | Closing Dinner: Blithewood Speaker: Paul A . McCulley\, Society of Fellows\, Global Interdependence Center\; forme rly\, PIMCO |
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8352-EO-7255-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133317Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20121126T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20121127T000000 SUMMARY: Hyman P. Minsky Conference on Financial Instability\,Berlin\, Germ any DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute and ECLA of Bard wit h support from the Ford Foundation\, The German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and Deutsche Bank AG Deutsche Bank...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te and ECLA of Bard with support from the Ford Foundation\, The German Mars hall Fund of the United States\, and Deutsche Bank AG
Deutsche Bank AG
November 26–27\, 2012
The purpose of this conferen ce is to gain a better understanding of the causes of financial instability and its implications for the global economy. A key motivation is the chall enge to global growth affected by the eurozone debt crisis\; the impact of the credit crunch on economic and financial markets\; the larger implicatio ns of government deficits and the debt crisis for US\, European\, and Asian economic policy\; and central bank independence and financial reform.
< p>Click here for the events program\, and here for the conference proceedings. ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/hyman-p-minsky-con ference-on-financial-instabilityberlin-germany/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.839-EO-7257-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133309Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130308T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130309T000000 SUMMARY: Exiting the Crisis: The Challenge of an Alternative Policy Road Ma p DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Athens Development and Governance Institute a nd the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Athinais Cultural Centre At hens\, Greece March 8–9\, 2013 This two-day forum drew academics\, journali sts\,...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Athens Development and Governance Institute and the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College< /p>
Athinais Cultural Centre
Athens\, Greece
March 8–9\, 2013< /p>
This two-day forum drew academics\, journalists\, and policymake rs from throughout the United States and the European Union (EU). Topics in cluded postcrisis challenges and policy choices in the EU\; national strate gic and security challenges in southeast Europe and the eastern Mediterrane an\; democratic governance\, accountability\, and social oversight\; sustai nable development\; social cohesion\; and prerequisites and priorities for social change.
To view the events program\, click her e.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/exiting-the-crisis -the-challenge-of-an-alternative-policy-road-map/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8433-EO-7258-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133307Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130411T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130411T000000 SUMMARY: Lecture by Nicos Christodoulakis\, Former Greek Economics and Fina nce Minister DESCRIPTION: Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy E conomics Institute Weis Cinema\, Bard College April 11\, 2013\, 4 p.m. Nico s Christodoulakis was the Greek Minister of the Economy and Finance...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute
Weis Cinema\, Bard College
April 11\ , 2013\, 4 p.m.
Nicos Christ odoulakis was the Greek Minister of the Economy and Finance from 2001 to 20 04 and a member of the Greek Parliament from 1999 to 2007. He is currently professor of economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business\, and a research associate at LSE\, Hellenic Observatory.
While Minister of the Economy and Finance\, Chri stodoulakis was chairman of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECO FIN) during Greece’s presidency of the Council of the European Union. He al so chaired Eurogroup\, where he particpated in international meetings with the G7\, IMF\, and World Bank. He was previously Minister for Development\, with responsibility for Greece’s energy\, industry\, trade\, tourism\, and research sectors. He is a regular speaker at international economic and fi nancial conferences.
T his talk is part of the ongoing Economics Seminar Series\, which is dedicat ed to facilitating the exchange of economic ideas within the greater Bard c ommunity.
A conference organized by the Levy Econ omics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
New York City
April 17–19\, 2013
In 2 008–09\, the world experienced its worst financial and economic crisis sinc e the Great Depression. Global employment and output collapsed\, and an est imated 84 million people fell into extreme poverty. Given the fragility and uneven progress of the economic recovery\, social conditions are expected to improve only slowly. Meanwhile\, austerity measures in response to high government debt in some of the advanced economies are making the recovery e ven more uncertain.
It’s time to put global finance back in its prope r place as a tool to achieving sustainable development. This means substant ial downsizing\, careful reregulation\, universal social protections\, and an active\, permanent employment-creation program. Therefore\, the 2013 Min sky Conference will address both financial reform and poverty in the contex t of Minsky’s work on financial instability and his proposal for a public j ob guarantee. Panels will focus on the design of a new\, more robust\, and stable financial architecture\; fiscal austerity and the sustainability of the US economic recovery\; central bank independence and financial reform\; the larger implications of the eurozone debt crisis for the global economi c system\; improving governance of the social safety net\; the institutiona l shape of the future financial system\; strategies for promoting poverty e radication and an inclusive economy\; sustainable development and market tr ansformation\; time poverty and the gender pay gap\; and policy and regulat ory challenges for emerging-market economies.
For the event's participants list and program\, visit the confe rence website.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/22nd-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference-building-a-financial-structure-for-a-more-stable-and-eq uitable-economy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.85-EO-7259-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133305Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130505T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130505T000000 SUMMARY: What Economists Can Learn from Human Rights Law DESCRIPTION: Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy E conomics Institute Room 102\, Hegeman Hall\, Bard College May 5\, 2013\, 4: 45 p.m. Philip L. Harvey is professor of law and...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/what-economists-ca n-learn-from-human-rights-law/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8531-EO-7254-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133318Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130614T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130622T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hu dson\, New York June 14–22\, 2013 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard...mo re X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
Levy
Institute
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
Jun e 14–22\, 2013
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard Co llege held its fourth annual Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar in June\, with 55 students participating. The Seminar provided a rigorous discussion of bo th the theoretical and the applied aspects of Minsky’s economics\, with an examination of meaningful prescriptive policies relevant to the current eco nomic and financial crisis.
The Summer Seminar is of particular inter est to graduate students\, recent graduates\, and those at the beginning of their academic or professional career. The program is organized by Jan Kr egel\, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, and L. Randall Wray\, and the teaching st aff includes well-known economists concentrating on and expanding Minsky’s work.
The 2013 Seminar schedule is available here.
A user name and password are requir ed for the Summer Seminar webpage. Participating students may log in to the Summer Seminar webpage by clicking here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-4/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8559-EO-7260-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133303Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20130926T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20130927T000000 SUMMARY: Financial Governance after the Crisis\,Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil DESCRIPTION: Cosponsored by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College an d MINDS – Multidisciplinary Institute for Development and Strategies\, with support from the Ford Foundation Everest Rio Hotel Rio de Janeiro\,...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Cosponsored by the Levy Economics Insti tute of Bard College and MINDS – Multidisciplinary Institute for Developmen t and Strategies\, with support from the Ford Foundation
Evere
st Rio Hotel
Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil
September 26–27\, 2013
This conference is organized as part of the Levy Institute’s global re search agenda and in conjunction with the Ford Foundation Project on Financ ial Instability\, which draws on Hyman Minsky's extensive work on the struc ture of financial governance and the role of the state.
Among the key topics the conference will address are: designing a financial structure to promote investment in emerging markets\; the challenges to global growth p osed by continuing austerity measures\; the impact of the credit crunch on economic and financial markets\; and the larger effects of tight fiscal pol icy as it relates to the United States\, the eurozone\, and the BRIC countr ies.
For the events program and participants list visit the conference website.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/financial-governan ce-after-the-crisisrio-de-janeiro-brazil/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8594-EO-7261-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251021T203532Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131108T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131109T000000 SUMMARY: The Eurozone Crisis\, Greece\, and the Experience of Austerity\,At hens\, Greece DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation November 8–9\, 2013 Megaron Athens Intern ational Conference Centre This conference was organized as part of...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Levy Economics Institu
te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
November 8–9\, 2013
Megaron Athens International Conference Centre
This conference was organized as part of the Levy Institute’s intern ational research agenda and in conjunction with the Ford Foundation Project on Financial Instability\, which draws on Hyman Minsky's extensive work on the structure of financial systems to ensure stability and the role of gov ernment in achieving a growing and equitable economy.
Among the key t opics addressed: the challenges to global growth and employment posed by th e continuing eurozone debt crisis\; the impact of austerity on output and e mployment\; the ramifications of the credit crunch for economic and financi al markets\; the larger implications of government deficits and debt crises for US and European economic policies\; and central bank independence and financial reform.
For the events program\, participants list\ , and selected presentations\, visit the conference web site. For video\, click here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-eurozone-crisi s-greece-and-the-experience-of-austerityathens-greece/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8624-EO-7271-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133607Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20131125T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20131125T000000 SUMMARY: Rania Antonopoulos: Responding to the Unemployment Crisis in Greec e DESCRIPTION: Presented as part of the MMx seminar “The Disparate Impact of Unemployment: Macroeconomic Policy as a Tool for Race\, Gender\, and Age Di scrimination\,” hosted by the Modern Money Network Columbia...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Presented as part of the MMx
seminar “The Disparate Impact of Unemployment: Macroeconomic Policy as a To
ol for Race\, Gender\, and Age Discrimination\,” hosted by the Modern Money
Network
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/rania-antonopoulos -responding-to-the-unemployment-crisis-in-greece/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8661-EO-7265-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133248Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140311T000000 SUMMARY: Employer of Last Resort: Growth and Fiscal Effects DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Observatory on Economic and Social Developmen ts\, Labour Institute\, Greek General Confederation of Labour\, Athens (INE -GSEE) Park Hotel Athens\, Greece March 11\, 2014 For the event program\, ...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Organized by the Observatory on Economi c and Social Developments\, Labour Institute\, Greek General Confederation of Labour\, Athens (INE-GSEE)
Park Hotel
Athens\,
Greece
March 11\, 2014
For the event program\, click here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/employer-of-last-r esort-growth-and-fiscal-effects/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8695-EO-7263-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133256Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140409T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140410T000000 SUMMARY: 23rd Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: The National Press Club Washington\, D.C. April 9–10\, 2014 Or ganized by the Levy Economics Institute with support from the Ford Foundati on Click here for video. Despite the appearance of greater...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The National Press Club
Washi
ngton\, D.C.
April 9–10\, 2014Organized by the Levy Economics Institute with support from the Ford
Foundation
Click here for video.
Despite the appearance of greater stability in the US f inancial system since the 2008–09 global recession\, the economic recovery remains fragile and uneven\, and social conditions are expected to improve even more slowly. In Europe\, the introduction of fiscal austerity to deal with the high government debt produced by crisis response measures has wors ened the prospects for recovery in many countries—prospects that are unlike ly to improve for years to come. Further\, decoupling of the Asian and emer ging-market economies has failed to materialize\; these countries are also suffering from the sluggish recovery in the developed economies.
In t his context of global uncertainty\, with growth and employment well below n ormal levels\, the 2014 Minsky Conference addressed both financial reform a nd prosperity\, drawing from Minsky’s work on financial instability and his proposal for achieving full employment. Panels focused on the design of a new\, more robust\, and stable financial architecture\; fiscal austerity an d the sustainability of the US and European economic recovery\; central ban k independence and financial reform\; the larger implications of the eurozo ne debt crisis for the global economic system\; the impact of the return to more traditional US monetary policy on emerging markets and developing eco nomies\; improving governance of the social safety net\; the institutional shape of the future financial system\; strategies for promoting an inclusiv e economy and more equitable income distribution\; and regulatory challenge s for emerging-market economies.
Some of the issues addressed by the conference's keynote speakers included the longer-term challenges for the A merican economy\, US monetary policy and goals\, the financial cycle and re al convergence in the euro area\, the return of the Great Moderation\, refo rm of the financial system\, and policies aimed at achieving sustainable gr owth and full employment.
For the events program as well as l inks to speakers' remarks and slide presentations\, visit the conference website.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/23rd-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8732-EO-7266-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133246Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140416T000000 SUMMARY: Lecture by Nicos Christodoulakis\, Former Greek Economics and Fina nce Minister DESCRIPTION: Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy E conomics Institute Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito ’60 Auditorium\, Bard College April 16\, 2014\, 4:30 p.m. From 1996 to 2004\,...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute
Reem-Kayden Center Lasz
lo Z. Bito ’60 Auditorium\, Bard College
April 16\, 2014\, 4:30 p.m.
From 1996 to 2004\, Nicos Christodoulakis was successively deputy mini ster of finance\, minister for industry and energy\, and minister of the ec onomy and finance in Greece. He was chairman of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) during Greece’s presidency of the Council of the E uropean Union in 2002–03 and also chaired the Eurogroup\, where he particpa ted in international meetings with the G7\, International Monetary Fund\, a nd World Bank. From 1999 to 2007\, Christodoulakis served as a member of th e Greek Parliament with the PASOK party. He is currently professor of econo mic analysis at the Athens University of Economics and Business and a resea rch associate at LSE\, Hellenic Observatory\, having previously taught at t he University of Cyprus and Charles University\, Prague.
During his l ong and distinguished career in academia and public service\, Christodoulak is has published a number of books and articles on economic policy and econ omic crises during his long and distinguished career. His most recent books include Can the Titanic Be Saved? From the Memorandum\, Back to Growth (2011) and Economic Theories and Crises: The Cycle of Rationality and Folly (2012).
This talk is part of the ongoing Economics Seminar Series\, which is dedicated to facilitating the exchange of econom ic ideas within the greater Bard community.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/lecture-by-nicos-c hristodoulakis-former-greek-economics-and-finance-minister-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8775-EO-7262-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133300Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140613T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140621T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hu dson\, New York June 13–21\, 2014 The fifth annual Minsky Summer Seminar... more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
Levy
Institute
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
Jun e 13–21\, 2014
The fifth annual Minsky Summer Se minar was held at the Levy Economics Institute in June\, with 59 students p articipating. The Summer Seminar provides a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and the applied aspects of Minsky’s economics\, with an examin ation of meaningful prescriptive policies relevant to the current economic and financial crisis. Organized by Jan Kregel\, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, and L. Randall Wray\, the Seminar program is geared toward graduate student s and those at the beginning of their academic or professional careers. The teaching staff includes well-known economists concentrating on and expandi ng Minsky’s work.
The 2014 Seminar schedule is available here.
A user name and password are required for the Summer Seminar web page. Participating students may log in to the Summer Seminar webpage by cl icking here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-5/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8808-EO-7264-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133250Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140925T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140928T000000 SUMMARY: The 12th International Post Keynesian Conference DESCRIPTION: Kansas City\, Missouri September 25–28\, 2014 Cosponsored by t he University of Missouri–Kansas City\, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics \, and Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\, with support from the For d...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Kansas City\, Missouri
Septem
ber 25–28\, 2014
Cosponsored by the University of Missouri–K ansas City\, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics\, and Levy Economic s Institute of Bard College\, with support from the Ford Foundation
T he 2014 Post Keynesian Conference will address many of the traditional area s of research covered by Post-Keynesian and other heterodox approaches to e conomics\, with keynotes by Lord Robert Skidelsky\, James K. Galbraith\, an d Bruce Greenwald. Special panels will incl ude “Money and the Real World\,” in honor of Paul Davidson\; “Connecting Ap proaches in Heterodox Economics”\; “Reflections on Frederic Lee's Contribut ions to Heterodox Economics”\; and “Heterodox Microeconomics and Social Pro visioning: A Session in Honor of Fred Lee.”
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, N
ew York
October 23\, 2014
Jan A. Kregel’s multifaceted resea rch agenda has included macroeconomic theory and policy\, methodology\, gro wth and capital theory\, unemployment\, development and trade\, uncertainty \, formulation of risk\, the role of the state\, finance\, the financial st ructure and instability\, central banking\, macroprudential supervision\, g lobalization\, the Economic and Monetary Union\, and the European sovereign debt crisis. His contributions to any one of these areas would manifest a truly distinguished career. This Festschrift Conference provided an opportu nity for scholars from many parts of the world who have been influenced by Jan’s research to celebrate his contributions to the field of economics. Th e conference addressed issues of economic theory\, employment policy\, econ omic development\, financial instability and crises\, and financial regulat ion. The complete essays form the chapters of a volume specially commission ed for this occasion.
By invitation only.
| 8:45−9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Introductory Remarks SPEAKER: Dimitri B. Papad imitriou\, President\, Levy Institute |
| 9:15−11:00 a.m. | Session 1.
Aspects of Post-Keynesian Economics MODERATOR: Dimitri B. Papa dimitriou\, President\, Levy Institute SPEAKERS: Mathe w Forstater\, Research Associate\, Levy Institute\, and Pr ofessor\, University of Missouri–Kansas City “The Reconstruction of Political Economy: Alternative\, Parallel Paths to Rediscovering the Dis tinctively Classical Surplus Approach” Mario Tonveronachi\, Professor\, University of Siena “Post-Keynesian\, Post-Sraffian Economics: An Outline” L. Randall Wray\, Senior Scholar\, L evy Institute\, and Professor\, University of Missouri–Kansas City “Money in The General Theory: The Contributions of Jan Kregel” |
| 11:00−11:15 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 a.m. − 12:30 p.m. | Session 2. De
velopment Theory and Finance MODERATOR: L. Randall Wray\, < em>Senior Scholar\, Levy Institute\, and Professor\, University of Missouri–Kansas City SPEAKERS: Leonardo Burlamaqui\, Research Scholar\, Levy Institute\, and Professor\, State Universi ty of Rio de Janeiro\; and Rainer Kattel\, Professor\, Tall inn University of Technology “Development Theory: Convergence\, C atch-up\, or Leapfrogging? A Schumpeter-Minsky-Kregel Approach” C. P. Chandrasekhar\, Professor\, Jawaharlal Nehru University “Development Finance in the Era of Financial Liberalization” |
| 12:30−1:30 p.m. | < b>Lunch |
| 1:30−2:45 p.m. | Session 3. Development Policy MODERATOR: Mathew Forstater\, Research Associate\, Levy Institute\, an d Professor\, University of Missouri–Kansas City SPEAKERS: Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira\, Emeritus Professor\, Getulio Vargas Foundation “The Access to Demand” Roberto Frenkel\, < em>Senior Researcher\, Center for the Study of the State and Society (CEDES ) “The New Millennium Argentine Saga: From Crisis to Success and from Success to Failure” |
| 2:45− 4:00 p.m. | Session 4. Employment Policy MODERATOR: C. P. Chandrasekhar\, Professor\, Jawaharlal Nehru U niversity SPEAKERS: Jayati Ghosh\, Professor\, Jawahar lal Nehru University “Can Employment Schemes Work? The Case of th e Rural Employment Guarantee in India” Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, < em>Research Associate\, Levy Institute\, and Professor\, Bard Coll ege “Full Employment\, Inflation\, and Income Distribution: Evalu ating the Impact of Alternative Fiscal Policies” |
| 4:00−4:15 p.m. | Coffee Break< /b> |
| 4:15 p.m.−5:30 p.m. | Session 5. Financial Reform MODERATOR: Pa vlina R. Tcherneva\, Research Associate\, Levy Institute\, and Professor\, Bard College SPEAKERS: José Antonio Ocampo\, Professor\, School of International and Public Affairs\, Columbia U niversity “Global Governance for Financial Stability” Fer nando J. Cardim de Carvalho\, Emeritus Professor\, Federal Universi ty of Rio de Janeiro “Can Basel III Work When Basel II Didn’t?” |
| 5:30−8:00 p.m. | Reception and Dinner |
Coorganized by the Levy Economics Insti tute of Bard College and Economia Civile with support from the Ford Foundat ion\, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung\, and Marinopoulos AE
Megar
on Athens International Conference Centre
Athens\, Greece
Novembe
r 21–22\, 2014
On November 21 and 22\, the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College held its second annual conference at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre in Athens\, Greece. Co-organized by the Lev y Institute and Economia Civile\, the conference focused on the continuing debate surrounding the eurozone’s systemic instability\; proposals for bank ing union\; regulation and supervision of financial institutions\; monetary \, fiscal\, and trade policy in Europe\, and the spillover effects for the US and the global economy\; the impact of austerity policies on US and Euro pean markets\; and the sustainability of government deficits and debt.
< p>For the events program and participants list\, visit the conference website. ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/europe-at-the-cros sroads-a-union-of-austerity-or-growth-convergence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8921-EO-7270-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150416T000000 SUMMARY: 24th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation The National Press Club Washington\, D.C. April 15–16\, 2015 The 2015 Minsky Conference addressed\,...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
The N
ational Press Club
Washington\, D.C.
April 15–16\, 2015
The 2015 Minsky Conference addressed\, among other issues\, the de sign\, flaws\, and current status of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act\ , including implementation of the operating procedures necessary to curtail systemic risk and prevent future crises\; the insistence on fiscal austeri ty exemplified by the recent pronouncements of the new Congress\; the susta inability of the US economic recovery\; monetary policy revisions and centr al bank independence\; the deflationary pressures associated with the ongoi ng eurozone debt crisis and their implications for the global economy\; str ategies for promoting an inclusive economy and a more equitable income dist ribution\; and regulatory challenges for emerging market economies.
< b>For the events program and participants list\, visit the conference website.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/24th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.8956-EO-7272-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133604Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150420T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150420T000000 SUMMARY: Bard Labor Workshop DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson\, N.Y. April 20\, 2015 Cosponsored by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colleg e and SEIU 775 This daylong workshop will address three primary themes: the ...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute
Blit
hewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, N.Y.
April 20\, 2015
Cosponsored by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and SEIU 775
This daylong workshop will address three primary themes: the sta te of the American labor movement\, the future of work\, and new models of organizing and worker power. An expert panel will address each topic\, foll owed by a Q&A session.
The workshop is free and open to the public . For further information\, contact Azfar Khan: akhan@bard.edu\; 845-758-7776. To download the workshop flyer\ , click here.
| 10:00−10:15 a.m. | Intro
duction David Kettler\, Bard College |
| 10:15−10:50 a.m. | <
b>Keynote David Rolf\, SEIU 775 |
| 10:50 a.m. − 12:00 p.m. | <
b>Panel 1: State of the Unions Labor experts from academia\, nonpr ofits\, and the private sector will take a deep dive into the state of the American labor movement and explore where it may be headed. MODERATOR: Ruth Milkman\, City University of New York PANELISTS: < b>Keith Mestrich\, Amalgamated Bank Teresa Ghilarducci\, The New School Haeyoung Yoon\, National Employme nt Law Project Stephanie Luce\, City University of New Y ork |
| 12:00−1:10 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:10−2:20 p.m. | Panel 2: The Future of W
ork This panel features thinkers from diverse fields investigating the future of work\, including the changing nature of jobs\, the workplace \, and attitudes toward work. MODERATOR: Dorian Warren\, Col umbia University PANELISTS: Andy Stern\, Columbia Univer sity Larry Mishel\, Economic Policy Institute < b>Felicia Wong\, Roosevelt Institute Tom Kochan\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2:20−2:40 p.m. | Break |
| 2:40−3:50 p.m. | Panel 3: New Models of Organizing and Worker Power The worker organizers\, philanthropists\, academics\, and activists on this panel will discuss new models for building worker power\, examples of successful expe riments\, what we have learned\, and where the movement should go from here . MODERATOR: Janice Fine\, Rutgers University PANEL ISTS: Carmen Rojas\, The Workers Lab Dan Cantor\, Working Families Party Rick McGahey\, The New School Dan Beckmann\, IB5K |
| 3:50−4:00 p.m. | Closing Remar ks |
| 4:00 p.m. | Reception |
Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute
Room 202\, Olin Hall\,
Bard College
May 4\, 2015\, 5:00 p.m.
Sophie Mitra is associate professor in the department of economics at Fordham University\, with resea rch interests in disability\, development\, and applied microeconomics. She holds an MA in development economics and a doctorate in economics from the University of Paris I Panthéon–Sorbonne. Before doing her doctorate\, she was a development practitioner and worked for the Overseas Development Inst itute\, London\, as a fellow in Fiji. Mitra has recently studied the associ ation between disability and poverty\, the economic impact of disability on set\, multidimensional poverty and disability in the United States\, social protection programs\, and the effects of mental health problems on employm ent and poverty. She has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals\, inc luding the American Economic Review\, Health Economics\, Social Science and Medicine\, and World Development\, and has also served as editor and reviewer.
This talk is part of the ongoing Economics Seminar Series\, which is dedicated to facilitating the e xchange of economic ideas within the greater Bard community.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-many-faces-of- poverty-in-the-united-states/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9033-EO-7268-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133242Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150612T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150620T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hu dson\, New York June 12–20\, 2015 The sixth Minsky Summer Seminar...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
Levy
Institute
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
June 12–20\, 2015
The sixth Minsky Summe r Seminar was held at the Levy Economics Institute in June 2015\, with 53 s tudents participating. The annual Seminar provides a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s economics\, and is of particular interest to graduate students and those at the beginning of the ir academic or professional careers. The Summer Seminar program is organize d by Jan Kregel\, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, and L. Randall Wray\, and the teaching staff includes well-known economists concentrating on and expandin g Minsky's work.
The 2015 Seminar schedule is available here.
< p>A user name and password are required for the Summer Seminar webp age\; participating students may log in by clicking h ere. ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.907-EO-7275-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150911T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150911T000000 SUMMARY: Distributional Impacts of Climate Policy: A Comprehensive Approach DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York September 11\, 2015 The purpose of the workshop is to present the Inequality Impact Assessment (IIA) model as well as preliminary...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute of B
ard College
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
September 11\, 2015
The purpose of th
e workshop is to present the Inequality Impact Assessment (IIA) model as we
ll as preliminary findings of the model’s application to cap-and-trade carb
on dioxide emission reduction policies\, and to discuss revisions\, modific
ations\, and future additions to the model.
This research is supported by a grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET).
Presented by the Bard College Econ
omics Department and Economics Club\, and the Levy Economics Institute
Weis Cinema\, Bard College
October 6\, 2015\, 4:4
5 p.m.
Cristina Marcuzzo is a full professor of political ec
onomy at the Sapienza University of Rome\, with research interests in Keyne
sian economics and the history of thought. She earned a diploma in the phil
osophy of science from the University of Milan in 1974 and a master of scie
nce in economics from the London School of Economics in 1977. She has held
academic positions in universities across Italy\, as well as had fellowship
s and other academic posts at US institutions such as UCLA\, UC Berkeley\,
and Harvard University.
Marcuzzo is president of the Association for
the History of Political Economy and has served as the head of various univ
ersity research projects on speculation and instability in financial market
s. She has published numerous books across a variety of subjects\, from the
history of Keynesian thought to her recent book on the development of the
Latin American economy. She has served as a referee for many peer-reviewed
journals\, including the American Economic Review\, Cambridge Jou
rnal of Economics\, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought\, H
istory of Political Economy\, and Economica Politica\, and has a
lso been published in many top journals.
This talk is part of
the ongoing Economics Seminar Series\, which is dedicated to furthering th
e exchange of economic ideas in the greater Bard community.
A workshop organized by the Levy Econom ics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Convene Conference Center
101 Park Avenue\, New York City
March 9–11\, 2016
Parti
cipation by invitation only
The goal of this workshop was to
advance the current framework that integrates gender and unpaid work into
macroeconomic analysis and enables the development of gender-aware and equi
table economic policies. Both theoretical and empirical studies employing i
nnovative methodologies and new datasets were presented\, as well as papers
that provided a comprehensive picture of the state of the art\, identify g
aps\, and indicate directions for future research.
Topics included th e relationships between economic structure\, growth regime\, and gender ine quities\; mechanisms and the extent to which unpaid work constrains women’s participation in paid work and access to economic opportunities\; the impl ications of women’s labor market participation for their well-being and for intrahousehold allocation of time\; structural\, macroeconomic\, and micro economic aspects of women’s employment in the informal sector\; formulation and analysis of gender-aware policy interventions\; and frameworks for int egrating the role of unpaid work in measures of well-being.
A user name and password are required for the workshop webpage\, which includes t he program\, speakers’ presentations\, papers\, and audio of the proceeding s\; invitees may log in by clicking here.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/gender-and-macroec onomics/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9173-EO-7276-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133553Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160412T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160413T000000 SUMMARY: 25th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York 12504 April 12–13\, 2016 The...mo re X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Levy Economics In stitute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
< p>Levy Economics Institute of Bard CollegeApril 12–13\, 2016
The 2016 Minsky Conference will address whether what appear s to be a global economic slowdown will jeopardize the implementation and e fficiency of Dodd-Frank regulatory reforms\, the transition of monetary pol icy away from zero interest rates\, and the “new” normal of fiscal policy\, as well as the use of fiscal policies aimed at achieving sustainable growt h and full employment. Is economic policy leading to another Minsky moment?
For the participants list and program\, visit the conference website.
Click here for video coverage of the individual speakers and
panels.
Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute
Levy Economics Insti
tute
Blithewood\, Bard College
May 9\, 2016\, 5:00 p.m.
One of the world’s leading heterodox economists\, Anwar Shaikh is professor of economics at The New School for Social Research and an associa te editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics. From 2000 to 2005 he was a senior scholar and member of the Macro Modeling Team at the Levy Economics Institute. He has written widely on international trade\, finance theory\, political economy\, econophysics\, US macroeconomic policy\, the welfare state\, growth theory\, inflation theory\, crisis theory\, national and global inequality\, and past and current global economic crises. His m ost recent book\, Capital ism: Competition\, Conflict\, Crises (Oxford University Press\, 20 16)\, takes a unique approach in developing an economic analysis of modern capitalism without any reliance on conventional assumptions of either perfe ct or imperfect competition\, and offers an alternative framework for under standing modern economies.
Shaikh’s intellectual biography is include d in the most recent edition of Eminent Economists II (Cambridge U niversity Press\, 2014)\, a compendium of essays on the personal philosophi es and theoretical approaches of influential living economists. (The bio is available for download here.)
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/capitalism-competi tion-conflict-crisis/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9236-EO-7277-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133549Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160610T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160618T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on- Hudson\, New York June 10–18\, 2016 The seventh Minsky Summer...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Organized by the Levy Economics Institu te of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation
Levy Institute
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York
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June 10–18\, 2016
The seventh Minsky Su mmer Seminar was held at the Levy Economics Institute in June 2016\, with 6 1 students from 25 countries attending. The annual Summer Seminar provides a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky ’s economics\, with an examination of meaningful prescriptive policies rele vant to the current economic and financial crisis. Organized by Jan Kregel\ , Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, and L. Randall Wray\, the Seminar program is g eared toward graduate students and those at the beginning of their academic or professional careers. The teaching staff includes well-known economists concentrating on and expanding Minsky’s work.
The 2016 Semin ar schedule is available here.
A user name and password are requir ed for the Summer Seminar webpage\; participating students may log in by cl icking here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9284-EO-7281-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133530Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161104T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161104T000000 SUMMARY: The Financial Regulation Conundrum: Why We Should Discriminate in Favor of Long-Term Finance DESCRIPTION: Presented by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and the Bard Economics Program Levy Institute November 4\, 2016\, at 11:00 a.m. Anemic growth rates\, rent-seeking financialization\, the liquidity trap\, ...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Presented by the Levy Economics In stitute of Bard College and the Bard Economics Program
Levy
Institute
November 4\, 2016\, at 11:00 a.m.
Anemic growth rates\ , rent-seeking financialization\, the liquidity trap\, and rising inequalit y are not unrelated phenomena. Financialization and excessive leverage due to uncontrolled liquidity have made markets less rather than more efficient . But the solution to market woes lies in devising incentives to foster inv estment for growth and innovation rather than the anticapitalist rhetoric o f “occupy.” Modern financial regulation\, in its perennial quest for the un attainable ideal of financial stability in an ecosystem that is inherently unstable and evolving\, has achieved levels of unfathomable complexity—a sy stemic risk in itself. Further\, financialization and short-termism have re duced the level of long-term funding for investment\, thus hampering the al locative efficiency of markets. The speaker argues that\, in addition to fi scal incentives and sanctions\, the current regulatory system should be sim plified\, and should accept an increased financial instability risk in exch ange for higher funding allocations to long-term investment projects\, whic h would reheat growth and create jobs.
Emilios Avgouleas is the inaug ural holder of the International Banking Law and Finance Chair at the Unive rsity of Edinburgh\, director of the Edinburgh LLM in International Banking Law and Finance\, and a research associate at the Levy Institute. An exper t on financial market regulation\, banking law and finance\, and global eco nomic governance\, he has advised governments\, development organizations\, and central banks on issues ranging from sovereign debt restructuring and financial stability to economic development and market integrity. He is the author of Governance of Global Financial Markets: The Law\, the Econom ics\, the Politics (Cambridge\, 2012) and The Mechanics and Regula tion of Market Abuse: A Legal and Economic Analysis (Oxford\, 2005) an d a coauthor of the forthcoming Principles of Banking Law (3rd ed. \; Oxford).
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-financial-regu lation-conundrum-why-we-should-discriminate-in-favor-of-long-term-finance/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9318-EO-7282-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133527Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170418T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170419T000000 SUMMARY: 26th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-H udson\, New York 12504 April 18–19\, 2017 The 2017 Minsky Conference addres sed...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Levy Economics Institut
e of Bard College
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York 12504
April 18–19\, 2017
The 2017 Minsky Conference addressed the implications of the new administration’s “America First” pol icies\, focusing on the outlook for trade\, taxation\, fiscal\, and financi al regulation measures to generate domestic investments capable of moving t he growth rate beyond the “new normal” established in the aftermath of the Great Recession\, without jeopardizing financial stability. It also assesse d the impact of different financing schemes on both infrastructure investme nt and the return of central bank monetary policies to more neutral interes t rates\, as well as the new policy proposals' implications for the perform ance of European and Latin American economies.
For the events program \, participants list\, and audio files\, visit the confe rence website.
Click here for video coverage of the individual speakers and panel
s.
Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colleg
e
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, N.Y.
June 10–16\, 20 17
The eighth Minsky Summer Seminar was held at the Levy Economics Institute in June 2017\, with 29 students from 18 countr ies attending. The annual Summer Seminar provides a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s economics\, with an ex amination of meaningful prescriptive policies relevant to the current econo mic and financial crisis. Organized by Jan Kregel\, Dimitri B. Papadimitrio u\, and L. Randall Wray\, the Seminar program is geared toward graduate stu dents and those at the beginning of their academic or professional careers. The teaching staff includes well-known economists concentrating on and exp anding Minsky’s work.
The 2017 Seminar schedule is available here.
A user name and password are required for the Summer Seminar webpage\; participating students may log in by clicking here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9396-EO-7283-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133524Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170913T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170915T000000 SUMMARY: Gender and Macroeconomics DESCRIPTION: Convene Conference Center 101 Park Avenue\, New York City Sept ember 13–15\, 2017 A workshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of The William...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Convene Conference Center
101
Park Avenue\, New York City
September 13–15\, 2017
A w orkshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The goal of this workshop was to advance the current framework that integrates gend er and unpaid work into macroeconomic analysis and enables the development of gender-aware and equitable economic policies.
The types of gender inequalities modeled encompass inequalities in care and unpaid work\, labor force participation\, employment composition (by sector and/or type of emp loyment\, such as formal or informal)\, education\, and access to and utili zation of social and financial services.
Theoretical contributions ut ilized existing and novel macroeconomic modeling approaches as well as empi rical studies\, in particular those focusing on the dimensions of gender in equalities relevant to the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and other low-in come economies\, providing a comprehensive picture of the state of the art\ , identifying gaps\, and indicating directions for future research.
T he workshop was organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College w ith the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
A user name and password are required for the workshop webpage\; invite es may log in by clicking here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/gender-and-macroec onomics-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9428-EO-7284-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133522Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170921T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170924T000000 SUMMARY: First International Conference on Modern Monetary Theory DESCRIPTION: University of Missouri–Kansas City September 21–24\, 2017 Orga nized with support from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\, Robe rt Skidelsky and Morton Sosland\, UMKC Economics Club\, Binzagr Institute f or Sustainable...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:University of Missouri–Kansas City
September 21–24\, 2017
Organized with support from the Levy E conomics Institute of Bard College\, Robert Skidelsky and Morton Sosland\, UMKC Economics Club\, Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity\, Jo urnal of Post Keynesian Economics\, and Evonomics
<
b>CALL FOR PAPERS
Modern Monetary Theory has transformed the econo
mics discipline. Its influence extends beyond economics\, reaching deep int
o the fields of law\, history\, finance\, banking\, public policy\, and phi
losophy. Join the world’s leading MMT practitioners—including featured spea
kers Warren Mosler\, Robert Skidelsky\, James K. Galbraith\, Jan Kregel\, a
nd L. Randall Wray—and explore the cutting edge of modern economic thinking
.
Submissions are welcome on any aspect of Modern Monetary Theory\, s uch as fiscal policy\, economic development\, employment policy\, the frami ng and marketing of MMT\, taxation\, inflation\, and reforming the financia l system. Please send your individual abstract (200 words maximum) or panel submission with a short description before June 15 to mmtconference@umkc.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/first-internationa l-conference-on-modern-monetary-theory/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9463-EO-7286-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133517Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180417T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180418T000000 SUMMARY: 27th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-H udson\, New York 12504 April 17–18\, 2018 As the annual growth rate...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Levy Economics Institut
e of Bard College
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York 12504
April 17–18\, 2018
As the annual growth rate of the US economy continues to rise with stable prices and falling unemployment\, the global financial system faces a series of historic challenges. Congress seems det ermined to introduce tax-reform measures designed to provide an additional impulse to the record postcrisis expansion and historically low unemploymen t rate. At the same time\, the administration has launched a series of exec utive orders rescinding postcrisis financial regulations as Congress debate s reform or replacement of the Dodd-Frank legislation that has provided fin ancial stability over the last decade\, while the Federal Reserve will be e xperimenting with the deleveraging of its balance sheet as well as appointi ng a new chairman of the board in an environment of rising policy interest rates. Finally\, the “America First” policy seeks fundamental changes in th e current rules-based multilateral framework for international trade\, whic h\, if successful\, would imply important changes in international financia l flows and the position of US financial institutions in global financial m arkets in the context of China’s strategy of global expansion and structura l changes in European and developing-country political and financial system s.
This year’s Minsky conference will thus seek to examine the implic ations of this unprecedented constellation of policy changes. It is a scena rio that Hy Minsky would have considered as providing exposure of risky fin ancial positions entered into during the period of the zero-interest-rate p olicy and the basis for rising financial fragility.
For the events pr
ogram and participants list\, as well links to the presentations\, please v
isit the conference website.
Click here for video coverage of the individual speakers and panels.
Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colleg
e
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, N.Y.
June 17–23\, 20 18
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colleg e hosted the ninth Minsky Summer Seminar from June 17–23\, 2018. The Semina r provides a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspect s of Minsky’s economics\, with an examination of meaningful prescriptive po licies relevant to the current economic and financial outlook\, as well as an introduction to Wynne Godley’s stock-flow consistent modeling methods vi a hands-on workshops.
The Summer Seminar is of particular interest to graduate students\, recent graduates\, and those at the beginning of their academic or professional careers. The teaching staff includes well-known e conomists working in the theory and policy tradition of Hyman Minsky and Wy nne Godley.
The Summer Seminar program is organized by Jan Kregel\, D imitri B. Papadimitriou\, and L. Randall Wray.
The 2018 Seminar sched ule is available here.
Students who participated in the 2018 Summer Seminar may log in to view PDFs of the seminar presentations by clicking here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-9/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9542-EO-7288-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133511Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T000000 SUMMARY: 28th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-H udson\, New York 12504 April 17\, 2019 As the US economy enters...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Levy Economics Institut
e of Bard College
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York 12504
April 17\, 2019
As the US economy enters what appears to be a historically long postcrisis expansion\, there are increasing signs of dece leration against the backdrop of a looming global recession. Marking the 10 0-year anniversary of Hyman Minsky's birth\, the 28th Annual Minsky Confere nce highlighted the possibility of increasing financial instability and the challenge of developing policies to meet the rising risk of recession. Spe akers from government regulatory bodies\, the private sector\, and academia shed light on conditions in the US and Europe\, with special emphasis on t he impact of the Trump administration’s policies with regards to a possible repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. The highlights of the conference incl uded presentations by the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Loui s and the First Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis\; European conditions were the focus of the former Governor of the Central B ank of Cyprus\, while private sector analysts from hedge funds and policy t hink-tanks assessed the potential for current economic policies to confront the challenge of prolonging the recovery. Particular emphasis was given to the analysis of the increasing stock of private corporate debt and rising house prices\, which in both the US and Europe have reached levels similar to or higher than those seen before the Great Recession.
To view the program\, as well as access conference audio and PowerPoint presentations\, please visit the conference website.
Click here for video coverage of the individual speakers and panels.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/28th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9578-EO-7290-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133508Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T000000 SUMMARY: Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Aspects of Policy Interventions to Reduce the Burden of Unpaid Activities DESCRIPTION: Accra\, Ghana May 7\, 2019 The Levy Institute\, with the gener ous support of the Hewlett Foundation\, is organizing a workshop titled “Ma croeconomic and Microeconomic Aspects of Policy Interventions to Reduce...m ore X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Accra\, Ghana
May 7\, 2019
The Levy Institute\, with the generous support of the Hewlett Foundation\, is organizing a workshop titled “Macroeconomic and Microeconom ic Aspects of Policy Interventions to Reduce the Burden of Unpaid Activitie s.” The workshop will take place on Tuesday\, May 7\, 2019\, at the Ministr y of Finance in Accra. Ghana Statistical Service is collaborating with the Levy Institute in organizing the event\, which is to be cohosted by the Uni ted Nations Development Programme office in Ghana.
The primary purpos e of the workshop is to present the study undertaken by the Levy Institute with support from the Hewlett Foundation on the costs and benefits of expan ding early childhood education and road improvements in Ghana and Tanzania. Our workshop aims to elicit responses to our study from experts as well as a select group of senior government officials\, academics\, and representa tives of civil society. Additionally\, we are convening a session that expl ores the linkages between infrastructure deficits\, household economic well -being\, and gender disparities in both countries from a policy perspective . A panel discussion on emerging trends and problems of social and economic development in the two countries will be led by a diverse group that repre sents views from the spheres of economics\, human and gender rights\, and p ublic action.
*Attendance is by invitation only
For further inf ormation regarding the workshop\, please contact Ajit Zacharias via email a t: zacharia@levy.org
To view the conference program\, click here.
LOCATION:Cedi Conference Centre University of Ghana Accra GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/macroeconomic-and- microeconomic-aspects-of-policy-interventions-to-reduce-the-burden-of-unpai d-activities/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9617-EO-7287-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133513Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190616T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190622T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale- on-Hudson\, N.Y. June 16–22\, 2019 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard Col lege hosted the tenth Minsky Summer Seminar from June 16–22\, 2019\, provid ing...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute of Bard C
ollege
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, N.Y.
June 16–22\, 2019
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College hos ted the tenth Minsky Summer Seminar from June 16–22\, 2019\, providing a ri gorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s e conomics\, with an examination of meaningful prescriptive policies relevant to the current economic and financial outlook\, as well as an introduction to Wynne Godley’s stock-flow consistent modeling methods via hands-on work shops.
The Summer Seminar participants included graduate students\, r ecent graduates\, and those at the beginning of their academic or professio nal careers. The event was organized by Jan Kregel\, Dimitri B. Papadimitri ou\, and L. Randall Wray\, with teaching staff that include well-known econ omists working in the theory and policy tradition of Hyman Minsky and Wynne Godley.
The 2019 Summer Seminar schedule is available here.
Students can access the schedule and presentations here.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9647-EO-7289-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240416T120444Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190926T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190927T000000 SUMMARY: Gender and Macroeconomics DESCRIPTION: New York City September 26–27\, 2019 A workshop organized by t he Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of Th e William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The goal...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:New York City
September 26–27
\, 2019
A workshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The goal of this workshop was to explore ways to advance the integration of gender and unpaid activities into macroeconomic analyses . Macroeconomic processes\, outcomes\, and policies involve multiple dimens ions of gender inequalities. The latter\, in turn\, are intertwined with ot her forms of social inequalities (e.g.\, class\, race\, and ethnicity). Con tributions to the worksop included those that address these interconnection s\, especially from angles that are relevant for public policies and public action to transform the existing inequalities.
The types of gender i nequalities analyzed encompassed inequalities in care and unpaid work\, lab or force participation\, employment composition (by sector and type of empl oyment\, such as formal or informal)\, education\, and access to and utiliz ation of social and financial services.
Theoretical contributions uti lized existing and novel macroeconomic modeling approaches as well as empir ical studies\, in particular\, those focusing on the dimensions of gender i nequalities relevant to the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and other low-i ncome economies. Presenters provided a comprehensive picture of state of th e art\, identified gaps\, and indicated directions for future research\, an d included young scholars and scholars from the Global South.
The Lev y Economics Institute of Bard College organized the workshop with the gener ous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Participants can access the workshop program and presentations on the password-protected site.< /p> ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/gender-and-macroec onomics-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9692-EO-7292-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133501Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T000000 SUMMARY: 29th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale- on-Hudson\, New York 12504 April 16\, 2020 After careful consideration and consultation\, this year’s April 16th Minsky conference has been canceled i n light...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Levy Economics Institute of Bard CollegeBlithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, New York 12504
April 16\, 2 020
After careful considerati on and consultation\, this year’s April 16th Minsky conference has been can celed in light of ongoing concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus).
We apologize for any inconveniences caused and thank you for yo ur understanding.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/29th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9732-EO-7294-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133457Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T000000 SUMMARY: The Legacy of Wynne Godley DESCRIPTION: He has been considered “the most insightful macroeconomic fo recaster of his generation\,” gaining this reputation through his research on the British economy during his time as head of Cambridge’s...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
He has been considered "the most insightful macroeconomic forecaster of his generation \," gaining this reputation through his research on the British economy during his time as head of Cambridge’s Department of Applied Economics\, a nd later on for his work on the US and world economy when he moved to the < a style="color: #474747\; font-weight: bold\; text-decoration: none\;" href ="http://www.levyinstitute.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Levy Economi cs Institute. He provided a prescient a lert to both the 2001 recession and the Great Reces sion of 2007\, and gave warnings on the consequences of adopting the euro under the rules of the Maastric ht Treaty. His books with Francis Cripps (Macroeconomics\, OUP 1983) and Marc Lavoie (Monetary Economics\, Palgrave Macmillan 2007 ) laid the foundations for the "stock-flow consistent approach" to macroeco nomics\, which is being embraced by a growing number of scholars and practi tioners to analyze the interactions of real and financial markets\, and is providing a robust alternative to the mainstream approach based on microfou ndations and market clearing. On the 10th anniversary of his departur e\, we brought together some of the people who worked with him to offer mem ories or provide insights based on his work. This virtual conference took place on the Google Meet platform at Universita' degli Studi di Cassin o e del Lazio Meridionale and was recorded. Individual videos are now avail able. To view the event schedule and links to the session videos\, please visit the conference webs ite. |
Levy Economics Institute of Bard C
ollege
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, N.Y.
June 7–13\, 2020
After careful consideration and consultation\, the 11th M insky Summer Seminar\, scheduled from June 7–13\, 2020\, has been canceled in light of ongoing concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus).
We apologi ze for any inconveniences caused and thank you for your understanding.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hyman-p-minsky -summer-seminar-11/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9807-EO-7293-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133459Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200708T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T000000 SUMMARY: Intensive Course in Gender-Sensitive Macroeconomic Modeling for Po licy Analysis DESCRIPTION: July 8–14\, 2020 Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY Update\, April 21\, 2020 We regret to inform the applicants that we have decided to postpone the course until July 2021. We are forced...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Update\, April 21\, 2020 We will be making the announc ement regarding the July 2021 course later this year. Please do sign up for the electronic newsletters of the Levy Institute and Care Work and Economy Project at the American Universit y to keep yourself informed about the workshop as well as other activities and research that may be of interest to you. *** We are especially interested in participants who either wou ld like to be or are currently involved in research aimed at influencing po licymaking in order to address care needs in their countries. We particular ly seek applications from the following countries: Colombia\, Ghana\, Mexic o\, Mongolia\, Morocco\, Senegal\, Ethiopia\, Tanzania\, Thailand\, Sri Lan ka\, South Africa\, Uruguay\, and Vietnam. Women\, minorities (ethnic\, rac ial\, and other)\, and teams of country researchers are encouraged to apply . We will cover the travel and accommodation costs of successful applicants . We encourage economists in academia\, research institutions\, gover nment\, and civil society organizations to apply. The applicants must have completed at least two years of study in a graduate economics program\, or have received a masters or PhD in economics. We also expect that participan ts have the ability to analyze data using Excel. We also consider the abili ty to analyze data with STATA or other similar statistical software (such a s R) highly desirable. These requirements may be waived under exceptional c ircumstances. The program will be conducted in English\; therefore\, applic ants are expected to be fluent in written and spoken English. The cou rse has three components. The self-study module of the course will require the students to complete a set of assigned readings before they ar rive at the Levy Institute. These readings will help the students acquaint themselves with the conceptual and technical aspects of the material to be covered in the course. The second component of the course is the set of lec tures and hands-on training to be conducted at the Levy Institute. There wi ll be some degree of overlap between the readings for the self-study module and the readings assigned for the lectures. The goal of the lectures is to deepen the participants’ understanding regarding the topics discussed in t he self-study module and introduce the participants to recent research in g ender-aware economic analysis with a focus on policy issues. We will also p rovide hands-on training in developing participants’ the modeling skills\, including training in analysis using packages such as STATA. Finally\, the mentoring component of the course will enable the participant to make progr ess toward formulating a research project along with other participants and mentors. The application period is now closed. We will communicate t he decision on participation before March 30\, 2020. If you require further information regarding the course\, please contact the Care Work and the Economy program. This course is organized by Maria Floro\, Professor\, Department of Economics\, American University and Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) Principal Inve stigator\; Paula Herrera Idárraga\, Associate Professor and Chair\, Departm ent of Economics\, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana\; Thomas Masterson\, Re search Scholar and Director of Applied Micromodeling\, Levy Institute\; Ana Maria Tribin\, Senior Researcher\, Central Bank\, Colombia\; and Ajit Zach arias\, Senior Scholar and Program Director\, Distribution of Income and We alth program\, Levy Institute. The course is made possible by the gen erous support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. |
A virtual conference organized by
the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
May 5–6\, 2021
This year the Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of US a nd World Economies was a two-day\, virtual event featuring speakers from go vernment\, academia\, financial institutions\, and the media\, as well as L evy Institute scholars.
Presenters included Robert Kaplan\, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas\; Charles Evans\, F
ederal Reserve Bank of Chicago\; Patricia McCoy\, Boston C
ollege\; Kathryn Judge\, Columbia University School of Law
\; James Paulsen\, The Leuthold Group\; Bruce Gree
nwald\, Columbia Business School\; Charles Goodhart\, London School of Economics\; Jan Hatzius\, Goldman Sa
chs\; Jason Furman\, Harvard University\; Frank Ve
neroso\, Veneroso Associates\; Lakshman Achuthan\
, Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI)\; Robert Barbera\, Johns Hopkins University\; Paolo Savona\, CONSOB\;
Th e conference program and more details are available here .
Click here for video coverage of the individual speakers and panels.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/29th-annual-hyman- p-minsky-conference-on-the-state-of-the-us-and-world-economies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9898-EO-7295-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133455Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210701T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210702T000000 SUMMARY: Intensive Course in Gender-Sensitive Macroeconomic Modeling for Po licy Analysis DESCRIPTION: An Intensive Virtual Course in Gender-Sensitive Macroeconomic Modeling for Policy Analysis June 28–July 16\, 2021 Organized by the Americ an University’s Care Work and the Economy Project and Levy Economics Instit ute...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
June 28–July 16\, 2021 Organized by the American University's Care Work an d the Economy Project and Levy Economics Institute of Bard College The purpose of this course is to engage with fellow economists to en hance capacity building in research and teaching of gender-sensitive econom ic analysis\, with a focus on care and macroeconomic policy aspects. The co urse will be built on four pillars: a) understanding and measuring the care economy\; b) adapting social accounting matrices to account for paid and u npaid care activities\; c) integrating the information from time-use survey s on unpaid care activities with other relevant sources of information such as national income accounts\, labor force surveys\, and household or speci al surveys\; and d) performing policy-relevant economic analyses that take systematic account of the interlinkages between care\, macroeconomic proces ses\, and distribution. Our goal is to guide the participants toward the fo rmulation of viable research projects focused on addressing care needs in d eveloping countries through a better understanding of the care economy and the formulation of gender-sensitive macroeconomic policies. Hence\, the pro gram will comprise lectures by experts and hands-on training in analytics.< /p> We are especially interested in participants who either would like to or are currently involved in research aimed at influencing policymaking to address care needs in their countries. We particularly seek applications f rom the following countries: Colombia\, Ghana\, Kenya\, Mexico\, Mongolia\, Senegal\, Morocco\, Ethiopia\, Tanzania\, Thailand\, Sri Lanka\, South Afr ica\, Costa Rica\, Uruguay\, and Vietnam. Women and minorities (ethnic\, ra cial\, and other) are encouraged to apply. The course has two compone nts. The course’s self-study preparatory module will require the s tudents to complete a set of assigned readings before the start of the virt ual intensive course. These readings will help the students acquaint themse lves with the conceptual and technical aspects of the material to be covere d. The second component of the course is the set of lectures and hands- on training to be conducted virtually. There will be some degree of ov erlap between the readings for the self-study module and the required readi ngs assigned for the lectures. The goal of the online lectures and group ex ercises/discussions is to deepen the participant’s understanding of the top ics discussed in the self-study module and introduce them to recent researc h in gender-aware economic analysis with a focus on policy issues. We will also provide hands-on training for developing participant’s modeling skills \, including training in gender-sensitive analysis using packages such as S TATA. The course will be conducted over three weeks. Five days a week \, students are expected to do the required reading and then meet virtually with instructors and fellow students. We estimate that the required readin g will take at least an hour for most participants. Each meeting consists o f an hour of lecture followed by an hour of group discussion or exercises g uided by instructors. Sessions will be held daily over three weeks between 10 am and 12:15 pm (EDT\, GMT\, and ICT). Given the format and time require ments of the course\, applicants are expected to make this time commitment for the entire duration of the course. Accepted applicants will be provided a modest stipend to help meet such needs as childcare\, internet\, and sof tware purchases upon completion of the course. We are offering the co urse in three time zones: Eastern Time (EDT: UTC–05:00)\, Greenwich Mean Ti me (GMT: UTC+0)\, and Indochina Time (ICT: UTC+8:00). The curriculum is uni form across time zones. Applications are now closed. If you require f urther information regarding the course\, please contact: the AU-Levy Inten sive Course Administrator\, Thomas Masterson (masterso@levy.org)\, and cc: Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) Project Manager\, Shirin Arslan (sars lan@american.edu). This course is made possible by the generous s upport of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Accepted students can access course materials here. |
Women’s Economic Empowerment and C ontrol over Time in Sub-Saharan Africa
November 1–No vember 2\, 2021
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the s ubsequent losses in lives and livelihoods are looming over Sub-Saharan Afri ca. As in the rest of the world\, the pandemic has exposed the enduring ine qualities and injustices in stark terms\, including those based on gender a nd those intersecting with gender\, such as economic deprivation. There is a growing realization that collective action to overcome the long-term and ongoing challenges requires greater engagements between researchers\, civil society organizations\, and policymakers. Accordingly\, we are organizing a two-day virtual workshop that will feature research and policy discussion s that address economic aspects of gender inequalities in Sub-Saharan Afric a from various angles. Part of the research to be presented is work conduct ed by scholars at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College in collabora tion with scholars from Sub-Saharan Africa with the generous support of the Hewlett Foundation. The workshop will also highlight recent research by le ading scholars in the region. The presentation of research will be accompan ied by a free-wheeling exchange of ideas between scholars and participants. A policy roundtable with a select group of prominent members of the academ ic\, policymaking\, and civil society communities will conclude the worksho p.
The workshop will be held between 13:00 and 15:30 (GMT) on Novembe r 1\, 2021 and between 13:00 and 16:00 (GMT) on November 2\, 2021.
Th is event is free and open to the public.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/womens-economic-em powerment-and-control-over-time-in-sub-saharan-africa/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.998-EO-7298-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133448Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220611T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220618T000000 SUMMARY: 2022 Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale- on-Hudson\, N.Y. June 11–18\, 2022 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard Col lege held its summer seminar\, June 11–18\, 2022. Through lectures\, hands- on workshops\,...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Levy Economics Institute of Bard C
ollege
Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson\, N.Y.
June
11–18\, 2022
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College held i ts summer seminar\, June 11–18\, 2022. Through lectures\, hands-on workshop s\, and breakout groups\, the seminar provided an opportunity to engage wit h the theory and policy of Modern Money Theory (M MT) and the work of Institute Distinguished Scholars H yman Minsky and Wynne Godley.
Topics include d the history and theory of money\, central bank and treasury operations\, inequality and austerity\, the job guarantee\, MMT and developing economies \, current debates over inflation\, the Green New Deal\, the stock-flow con sistent approach to macroeconomic analysis and modeling\, financial innovat ion and the financialization of the economy\, cryptocurrency and central ba nk digital currencies\, and more.
Faculty included: Rania Antonopoulo s\, Eric Breon\, Leonardo Burlamaqui\, Raul Carrillo\, William Darity\, Sim one Deos\, Christine Desan\, Dirk Ehnts\, Steven Fazzari\, Mathew Forstater \, James K. Galbraith\, Rohan Grey\, Farley Grubb\, Darrick Hamilton\, John Harvey\, John Haskell\, Geoffrey Ingham\, Fadhel Kaboub\, Stephanie Kelton \, Matthew Klein\, Yan Liang\, Bill Mitchell\, Richard Murphy\, Yeva Nersis yan\, Michalis Nikiforos\, Dimitri Papadimitriou\, Paul Sheard\, Ndongo Sam ba Sylla\, Pavlina Tcherneva\, Eric Tymoigne\, L. Randall Wray\, and Gennar o Zezza.
Students who attended the 2022 seminar can access the confer ence information and presentations here.
V ideos of select conference sessions are available on the Institute's YouTube channel.
ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/2022-summer-semina r/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0015-EO-7299-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133446Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220921T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220923T000000 SUMMARY: Gender Inequalities and Economic Theory and Policies for a Post-Pa ndemic World DESCRIPTION: Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY September 21–23\, 2022 A w orkshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The goal...mor e X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Blithewood A wo rkshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the g enerous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The goal of this workshop is to explore ways to advance the integration of gender an d unpaid activities into economic analyses. Economic processes\, outcomes\, and policies involve multiple dimensions of gender inequalities that inter sect with other forms of inequality such as social class or ethnicity. We a re seeking contributions with strong theoretical\, modeling\, or empirical components to address these interconnections. These may include but are not limited to:
The types of gender inequalities to be analyzed may potenti ally encompass inequalities in care and unpaid work\, labor force participa tion\, employment composition (by sector and type of employment\, such as f ormal or informal)\, education\, and access to and utilization of social an d financial services. We invite theoretical contributions that utiliz e existing and novel economic modeling approaches as well as empirical stud ies\, in particular\, those focusing on the dimensions of gender inequaliti es relevant to the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income eco nomies. We are also interested in papers that provide a comprehensive pictu re of state of the art\, identify gaps\, and indicate directions for future research. We encourage submissions from young scholars and scholars from t he Global South. The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is orga nizing this event with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlet t Foundation. The organizers will cover accommodation and travel-related ex penses. Applications are now closed. For questions\, please contact Emily U ngvary at eungvary@levy.org. Participants can access additional information on the |
10:00–10:15 a.m.<
/strong> | Welcome & Introduction Dimitri Papadimitriou | Levy Institute |
10:15–11:45 p.m .
| Session I: Economic Prospects for the U.S. Economy MODERATOR: Harriet Torry | Wall Street Jou
rnal |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m. | Break |
12:00–1:30 p.m.
| Session II: The Revival of Industrial Poli cy MODERATOR: Matthew Klein | The Overshoot |
| 1:30–1:45 p.m. | Break |
1:45–3:15 p.m. < /td> | Session III: Causes and Measurement of Inequality MODERATOR: Peter Coy | The New York Times |
| 3:15–3:30 p.m. | B reak |
3:30–5:00 p.m.
| Session IV: Aging and Public Policy: Debunking Myths\, Pr oviding Solutions MODERATOR: Pavlina Tcherneva | Levy Instit
ute & Bard College Economic Democracy Initiative |
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/31st-annual-levy-e conomics-institute-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250318T0513Z-1742274791.5739-EO-15547-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20240801T135947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T140417Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240909T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240909T180000 SUMMARY: Racial\, Gender\, and Regional Inequalities in Brazil’s Care Provi sion and the Evolving Role of the State DESCRIPTION: Join us for our first session of the 2024 Fall Semester\, with Luiza Nassif Pires\, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Economics at Unicamp and the Director of the Research...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join us for our first session of the 2024 Fall Semester\, with Luiza Nassif Pires\, Assistant Profes sor at the Institute of Economics at Unicamp and the Director of the Resear ch Center on Macroeconomics of Inequalities (MADE) at FEA/USP\, on Monday\, September 9th\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room at Bli thewood\, or on Zoom. Dr. Nassif Pires' presentat ion will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—both thos e in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Light refreshme nts will be served.
This presentation explores the multifaceted chall enges and implications of care work in Brazil\, drawing from several compre hensive studies conducted as part of the Made Research Center on Macroecono mics of Inequalities. I will introduce the Social Infrastructure Care Indic ator (IISC)\, developed to assess the availability and inequality of paid c are services across Brazil using data from the Continuous National Househol d Sample Survey (PNADc) for the 4th quarter of 2023. The findings reveal si gnificant regional disparities\, and a contrast between the dominance of th e private sector in care provision and the public's reliance on state servi ces. Additionally\, I will examine results and insights from a study on the "cost of motherhood\," and other studies on care in Brazil\, which shed li ght on the complex interplay of gender\, race\, and socioeconomic status in shaping care dynamics. Collectively\, these studies underscore the urgent need for policies that redistribute care responsibilities\, enhance public care infrastructure\, and support women’s economic participation. I aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of care work in Brazil and its broade r social implications\, advocating for systemic changes to address these en trenched inequalities.
Luiza Nassif Pires is Ass istant Professor at the Institute of Economics at Unicamp and the Director of the Research Center on Macroeconomics of Inequalities (MADE) at FEA/USP. She holds a PhD in Economics from The New School for Social Research. She was a research scholar in the Gender Equality and the Economy program at th e Levy Economics Institute at Bard College\, where she lectured in the grad uate programs in Economic Theory and Public Policy. Her main research topic s are feminist economics\, intersectional political economy\, care economic s\, and social reproduction theory and the main research methods are microe conometrics\, game theory\, and input-output methods.
To receive updates on this speaker series\, please fill out this form or visit the Speaker Series page which will be updated as new events in the series are sche duled.
ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/racial-gender-and- regional-inequalities-in-brazils-care-provision-and-the-evolving-role-of-th e-state/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0506-EO-7311-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T163404Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T000000 SUMMARY: Free to Choose? The Gendered Impacts of Flexible Working Hours in Brazil DESCRIPTION: Join us for our sixth session with Lygia Sabbag Fares\, Econom ics Professor at John Jay College (City University of New York - CUNY)\, on Monday\, April 29\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\, or on Zo om. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for our sixth session with Lygia Sabbag Fares\, Economics Professor at John Jay Coll ege (City University of New York - CUNY)\, on Monday\, April 29\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\, or on Zoom. Dr. Fares's prese ntation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Light refre shments will be served.
This event is cosponsored by The Glob al and International Studies Program (GISP).
This art icle examines the effects of the flexibilization of working time in terms o f gender segmentation in the labor market. It proposes and analyzes eight c ategories of women’s participation in the labor market and the effects of f lexibilization on each of them. By using household survey data and case stu dies\, the research shows that some forms of flexibilization reinforce the sexual division of labor\, for example\, low pay for precarious\, part-time homebased work\, and low social status that perpetuate caregiving roles fo r women in the private realm. Concurrently\, forms of flexibilization assoc iated with better pay do not consider the existing sexual division of labor \, in that they demand women’s total availability for work\, thus impacting their careers and lives negatively.
Lygia Sabbag Fares is an Economics Professor at John Jay College (City University of N ew York - CUNY). She is a member of the Core Faculty at the Brooklyn Instit ute for Social Research specializing in Political Economy and Economics. Sh e has her PhD in Development Economics: Social and Labor Economics\, UNICAM P\, and was previously a visiting scholar at York University\, Toronto\, Ca nada. Her research focuses on capitalism and its particularities in underde veloped countries\, and labor and gender. She held positions as Director of the Department of Alternative Income at the Municipal Secretary’s Office f or Policies for Women for the City of São Paulo and Administrative Coordina tor for the International Master’s Program of the Global Labour University at the University of Campinas\, Brazil (UNICAMP).
To receive upd ates on this speaker series\, please fil l out this form or visit the Speaker Ser ies page which will be updated as new events in the series are schedule d.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/free-to-choose-the -gendered-impacts-of-flexible-working-hours-in-brazil/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250318T0513Z-1742274791.5844-EO-15548-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250317T140741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T201244Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240914 SUMMARY: A Path to Inclusive Development: Unpacking Gender Inequalities in Economic Theory and Policies DESCRIPTION: A workshop organized by the Levy E conomics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A workshop organ ized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous supp ort of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
The workshop i s organized in loving memory of Professor Nilüfer Çağatay (1955-2022). Professo r Çağatay was a distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of U tah and a Research Associate with the Levy Economics Institute. She was a p ioneer in gender-aware macroeconomics and co-founded GEM-IWG\, an internati onal network dedicated to knowledge sharing and capacity building among fem inist macroeconomists. Inspired by her outstanding contributions to the fie ld of gender and economics\, we dedicate this gender workshop to her.< /span>
REGISTER NOW TO VIEW THE LIVESTREAM ON ZO OM
September 11th–13th\, 2024
Blithewood\,
Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY
The goal of this workshop is to exp lore ways to advance the integration of gender into economic analyses in or der to promote inclusive development and policymaking. This workshop will p rovide a forum for scholars\, academics\, and policymakers to debate\, disc uss\, and integrate the role of gender inequality in evaluating labor marke t dynamics\, macroeconomic outcomes\, and economic policies\, with an overa rching objective of discussing the methodological pluralism of feminist eco nomics. There are multiple dimensions of gender inequality that intersect w ith other forms of inequality—such as social class\, ethnicity\, race\, and nationality—to affect economic processes\, outcomes\, and policies. We are seeking contributions with strong theoretical\, modeling\, and/or empirica l components to address these interconnections and we welcome research that applies a feminist lens to a broad range of topics in micro- and macroecon omics\, cutting across local and global geographies. We invite research pap ers engaging but not limited to the following topics:
This workshop will bring together diverse visions of how and why gender and intersectional ine qualities need to be integrated in assessing economic wellbeing and formula ting development policy agendas. The workshop will facilitate deliberations on alternative theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence regarding str ategies explored by feminist economists.
We invite theoretical contri butions that utilize existing and novel economic modeling approaches\, as w ell as empirical studies\, in particular\, those focusing on the dimensions of gender inequalities relevant to low- and middle-income countries. We en courage interdisciplinary research\, submissions from young scholars and sc holars from the global south. We are also interested in papers that provide a comprehensive picture of state of the art\, identify gaps\, and indicate directions for future research. The Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colle ge is organizing this event with the generous support of The William and Fl ora Hewlett Foundation. The organizers will cover accommodation and travel expenses.
For questions\, please contact Aashima Sinha at asinha@levy.org.
S CHEDULE
| We dnesday\, September 11 | ||
| 9:00–9:10 a.m. | Welcome | |
| Pavlina R. Tcherneva\,< /strong> President\, Levy Economics Institute | ||
| 9:10–9:20 a.m. | Dedication: Nilüfer Çağatay< /strong> | |
| Rania Antonopou los\, Levy Economics Institute (remote)< /td> | ||
| 9:20–10:50 a.m. | SESSION 1: Gender and Macroeconomics: Modeling and Macro-Micro Linkages | |
| Chair: Marcella Corsi\, Sapienza University of Rome | ||
| Present ers: | ||
| Ajit Zacharias (pre
senter)\, Levy Economics Institute\; Gennaro Zezz
a\, Levy Economics Institute\; and Thomas Ma sterson\, Levy Economics Institute
| ||
Mark Setterfield\, New School for Social Research
| Discussants: Mark Setterfield \, New School For Social Research Valeria Es quivel\, International Labour Organization | |
| 10:50–11:15 a.m | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | SESSION 2: Income and Time P overty: Gender- and Care-Sensitive Metrics/Assessment | |
| Chair: Ipek Ilkkaracan\, | ||
| Presenters: | ||
| T
homas Masterson (presenter)\, Levy Economics Institute\;
Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Economics Institute\, Fernando Rios-Avila\, Levy Economics Institute\; and Aashima Sinha\, Levy Economics Institute< ul> | ||
| Aashima Sinha (pr
esenter)\, Levy Economics Institute\; Thomas Mast
erson\, Levy Economics Institute\; Ajit Zach arias\, Levy Economics Institute\; Fernando Rios- Avila\, Levy Economics Institute
| ||
| < td style="width: 745px\; height: 21px\;">Claudia Liceth Fajardo Hoy os (presenter)\, Universidad del Cauca\, Colombia and | ||
| Discussants: Claudia Liceth Fajardo Hoyos\, < em>Universidad del Cauca Oriel Sullivan\, University College London (UCL) Fernando Rios-Avil a\, Levy Economics Institute | ||
| 12:45–2:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 2:00–3:30 p.m. | SESSION 3: Gender (In)sensitive Data and Theory | |
| < td style="width: 745px\; height: 21px\;">Chair: Aashima Sinha\, Levy Economics Institute | ||
| Presenters: | ||
Indi
ra Hirway\, Centre for Development Alternatives\, Ahm
edabad\, India
| ||
Oriel Sullivan (presenter)\, University Colle
ge London (UCL)\; Jonathan Gershuny\, University<
br />College London (UCL) and Juana Lamote de Grignon Perez\, University College London (UCL)
example of child care" | ||
Marlene Kim\, University of Massachusetts Bos
ton
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| Discussa
nts: Luiza Nassif Pires\, Universidade estadual d e Campinas (Unicamp) Indira Hirway\, Centre for Development Alternatives\, Ahmedabad\, India Ipek Il kkaracan\, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) | ||
| 3:30–4:00 p.m. | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | ||
| Chair: Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Economics I nstitute | ||
| Presenters: | ||
Thi Minh Tam Bui\,
of formal/informal employment and sectoral heterogeneity through a gender lens" | ||
Ruth Badru<
/strong>\, University of Bristol\, UK
| ||
| Gustavo Canavire-Bacar
reza\, World Bank and Universidad Privada Boliviana and <
strong>Gunnar Poppe Yanez (presenter)\, Johns Hopkins Uni versity
| ||
| Discussants: Pavlina Tcherneva\, Levy Economic s Institute Thi Minh Tam Bui\, Srinakharinwi rot University\, Thailand Emily Ikhide\, Nat ional Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies | ||
| Thursday\, September 12 | ||
| 9:00–10:30 a.m. | SESSION 5: Policy Simulations: Input-Output and Computable General Equilibrium models | |
| Chair: Thomas Masterson\, Levy Economics Institute | ||
| Presenters: | ||
Asiya Maskaeva\, The Uni
versity of Dodoma (Tanzania) (remote)
empowerment in Tanzania" | ||
Luiza Nassif Pires\, Universidade estadual de
Campinas (Unicamp)
| ||
| Oluwasola Emmanuel Omoju\, N
ational Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies and E
mily Ikhide (presenter)\, National Institute for Legislat ive and Democratic Studies
| ||
| Discussants: Emel Memis\, A nkara University Mina Baliamoune-Lutz\, Univ ersity of North Florida Asiya Maskaeva\, The University of Dodoma (Tanzania) (remote) | ||
| 10:30–11:00 a.m. | Coffee/Tea Break< /strong> | |
| 11 :00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | SESSION 6: Gender Gaps in Wages\, Productivity and Employment | |
| Chair: Luiza Nassif Pires\, Universidade estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) | ||
| Presenters: | ||
| Abou Kane (presenter)\, University
Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar and Mamaye Thiongane\,
University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
| ||
A. Haroon Akram-L
odhi\, Trent University
reproduction in Malawi" | ||
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz\, University of Nort
h Florida
do to reduce the gender gap in the labor market?" | ||
| Discussants: Jacqueline Streni o\, Norwich University Thomas Masterson\, Levy Economics Institute Nthabiseng Moleko\, < /strong>Stellenbosch University | ||
| 12:30–2:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 2:00–3:30 p.m. | SESSION 7: Care Policies\, Child D evelopment and Well-being | |
| Chair: Nthabiseng Moleko\, Stellenbosch University< /em> | ||
| Presenters: | ||
| Myagmarsuren Boldbaatar\,
National University of Mongolia\; Otgontugs Banzragch (present
er)\, National University of Mongoli\; Khish igt Dandarchuluun\, National University of Mongolia | ||
Ebru Kongar (present
er)\, Dickinson College\, and Günseli Berik\, University of Utah
| ||
Emel Memis (presenter)\, Ankara Univers
ity and Ozge Izdes\, Istanbul University
| ||
| Discussants: Mary Borrowman\, Center for Global Development Ana Maria Tribin\, The World Bank | ||
| 3:30–4:00 p.m. | Coffee/Tea break< /td> | |
| 4:00–5:30 p.m. | SESSION 8: Patriarchy\, Social Norms\, and Gender Inequality | |
| Chair: Nurgul Ukueva\, Bard College | ||
| Presenters: | ||
| Erica Aloè\, Sapienza University of Rom
e\; Marcella Corsi (presenter)\, Sapienza University
of Rome and Giulia Zacchia\, Sapienza University of R ome
| ||
| Amit Basole\, Azim Premji Uni
versity\, Bengaluruand\; MK Shravan\, Azim Premji
University\, Bengaluruand\; and Vijayamba. R. (presenter )\, National Law School of India
| ||
| Sarah F. Sm
all (presenter)\, Department of Economics\, University of Utah
and Bhavya Sinha\, Colorado State Universit y
| ||
| Discussants: A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi\, Trent University Vedavati Patwardhan\, U niversity of California\, San Diego Vijayamba. R \, National Law School of India University | ||
| Friday\, September 13 | ||
| 9:45 –11:15 a.m. | ||
| Chair: Anuradha Seth\, (former) UN Women | ||
| Presenters: | ||
Panelists:
| ||
| 11:15–11:45 a.m.< /strong> | ||
| < /tr> | ||
| 1 1:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Keynote\, Jayati Ghosh\, University of Massachusetts\ , Amherst | |
| Lunch | ||
| 2:00–3:30 p.m. | SESSION 9: Gende red Disparities in Employment Security and Old-age Security & Intersection< br />of Gender\, work status and Political Ideology | |
| Chair: Emel Memis\, Ankar a University | ||
| Presenters: | ||
| Beth Almeida\, <
em>Center for American Progress and Christian Weller (presente
r)\, University of Massachusetts Boston
| ||
Abena Odura\, <
em>University of Ghana\; Nthabiseng Moleko (presenter)\, Stellenbosch University\; and Aashima Sinha\,
Levy Economics Institute
| ||
| Ipek Ilkkaracan (presenter)\
, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and Izaskun Zuazu\, University of Duisberg-Essen
| ||
| Discussants: Giulia Zacchia\, Sapienza Unive rsity of Rome Ruth Badru\, University of Bri stol\, UK Sarah F. Small\, Department of Eco nomics\, University of Utah | ||
| 3:30–4:00 p.m. | Coffee/Tea Break | |
| 4:00–5:30 p.m. | SESSION 10: Sustainability\, Climate Change\, and Gender | |
| Chair: Sarah F. Small\, Department of Economics\, University of Utah | ||
| Presenters: | ||
Jheelum Sarkar\, American Universit
y
| ||
| Hossein Azad
i (presenter)\, University of Liège\, Belgium and | ||
| ||
| Discussants: Jheelum Sarkar\, American University Hossein Azadi\, University of Liège\, Belgium< /span> |
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/a-path-to-inclusiv e-development-unpacking-gender-inequalities-in-economic-theory-and-policies -2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250318T0513Z-1742274791.6266-EO-15552-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250317T143613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T143650Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T180000 SUMMARY: The Machine Age and the Human Condition: Possible Futures DESCRIPTION: The Economics Democracy Initiative presents its Fall ’24 keyno te\, co-sponsored by the Levy Economics institute. Lord Robert Skidelsky is giving a talk centered on his new book\, The Machine Age:...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Economics Democracy Initia tive presents its Fall '24 keynote\, co-sponsored by the Levy Economics ins titute.
Lord Robert Skidelsky is givin g a talk centered on his new book\, The Machine Age: An Idea\, a History\, a Warning on November 19\, 5 P M EST.
Nearly a century ago\, in the essay “Economic Possib ilities for Our Grandchildren” (1930)\, John Maynard Keynes predicted that his grandchildren’s generation would only need to be laboring a mere three hours a day\, given the projected pace of technological change.
Skide lsky\, Keynes’s biographer\, explores why that has not come to pass. This l eads him to a broader examination of how\, with the intrusion of machines i nto our lives\, “every increase in our own freedom to choose our circumstan ces seems to increase the power of technology to control those circumstance s.”
The Machine Age is an ambitious survey of the impact of machines on humanity in its various aspects\, peaceful and warlike\, democr atic and Orwellian\, yesterday\, today\, and tomorrow.
[UPDATE: EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED]< /strong>
CO-SPONSORED BY THE BARD COLLEGE PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
Join us for the next session of the Gender Equality and the Economy Speaker Series\, with A . Zarina Kraal\, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Diseas e and the Aging Brain & Columbia University Irving Medical Center\, Despart ment of Neurology\, on Tuesday\, November 19th\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room at Blithewood\, or on Zoom. Dr. Kraal's presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questi ons.
Approximately one in nine U.S. adults age 65 and older (nearly s even million) has Alzheimer’s disease. Health and long-term care costs for people living with Alzheimer’s are projected to reach $360 billion in 2024 and nearly $1 trillion in 2050. Racial\, ethnic\, and sex/gender disparitie s in Alzheimer’s and related dementias (ADRD) are notable: almost two-third s of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women. Black and Latinx adults are almo st twice as likely than non-Latinx White adults to develop ADRD.
Desp ite these stark disparities\, most prior research on risk and resilience fa ctors associated with ADRD has been conducted in non-Latinx white adults. T his presentation will discuss empirical findings on cardiometabolic and psy chosocial factors that heighten risk for and confer resilience against ADRD \, emphasizing racial\, ethnic\, and sex/gender disparities in observed ass ociations. This presentation will draw on findings from two U.S.-based long itudinal cohorts of middle-aged and older adults\, the Health and Retiremen t Study and the Offspring Study of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in AD.
Dr. A. Zarina Kraal is a postdoctoral research scie ntist at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Agi ng Brain and the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medi cal Center. She obtained her PhD in clinical psychology\, specializing in n europsychology\, from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on i dentifying biopsychosocial factors across the life course that drive the im pact of cardiometabolic diseases on accelerated cognitive and brain aging a nd Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in racially and ethnically div erse groups.
To receive updates on this speaker series\, please fill out this form or visit the Speaker Series page which will be updated as new events in the series are scheduled.
ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/canceled-racial-et hnic-and-sex-gender-disparities-in-alzheimers-disease-and-related-dementias / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250319T2307Z-1742425620.8851-EO-15605-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250118T162848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T153456Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T180000 SUMMARY: Discussing Labors of Love: Gender\, Capitalism\, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought DESCRIPTION: An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the E conomy Speaker Series. Monday\, February 3rd\, 5pm Blithewood Conference Room or on Zoom Join us for our first session...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Monday\, February 3rd\, 5pm< br />Blithewood Conference Room or on Zoom
Join us for our first session of the 2025 Spring Semester\, with Susanna Fergus on\, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Smith College\, on Monday\, February 3rd\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room at Blithewood\, or on Zoom. Dr. Ferguson's presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—both those in person and on Zoom ar e welcome to ask questions. This event is co-sponsored by Levy and the Glob al and International Studies (GIS) Program.
Light refreshments will b e served.
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Join the Levy Institute's Program on Gender Equality and the Economy and Bard's Global and Inter national (GIS) Program as we host Susanna Ferguson to discuss her recent bo ok\, Labors of Love: Gender\, Capitalism\, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought\, which traces the political power of motherhood and childrea ring in Arabic thought. Ferguson will sit down with Levy's Belle Cheves and Bard's Middle Eastern Studies' Ziad Dallal to discuss her work. In Lab ors of Love\, Ferguson reveals how debates around raising children bec ame foundational to feminist\, Islamist\, and nationalist politics alike—op ening up conversations about civilization\, society\, freedom\, temporality \, labor\, and democracy. While these debates led to expansions in girls' e ducation and women writers' authority\, they also attached the fate of nati ons to women's unwaged labor in the home. Ferguson thus reveals why women a nd the family have been stumbling blocks for representative regimes around the world. She shows how Arab women's writing speaks to global questions—th e devaluation of social reproduction under capitalism\, the stubborn malene ss of the liberal subject\, and why the naturalization of embodied\, binary gender difference has proven so difficult to overcome.
S usanna Ferguson is a historian of women\, gender\, and intellectua l life in the Eastern Mediterranean at Smith College. Her research focuses on how questions about gender\, sex\, and science shaped political imaginar ies in the 19th- and 20-century Arab world. Ferguson's first book\, Labors of Love: Gender\, Capitalism\, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought was pub lished by Stanford University Press in September 2024.
ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/discussing-labors- of-love-gender-capitalism-and-democracy-in-modern-arab-thought/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250319T2307Z-1742425620.894-EO-15604-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250210T162452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T153552Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T180000 SUMMARY: Towards a European Job Guarantee DESCRIPTION: An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the E conomy Speaker Series. Join us for this session of the 2025 Spring Semest er\, with Rania Antonopoulos\, Senior Scholar and...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join us for this session of the 2025 Spring Semester\, wit h Rania Antonopoulos\, Senior Scholar and Program Director at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\, on Wednesday\, February 19\ , 5-6pm in the Levy Conference Room at Blithewood\, or on Zoom. Dr. Antonop oulos' presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience m embers—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions. This event is moderated by Levy Institute President Pavlina R. Tcherneva and co- sponsored by the Economic Democracy Initiative.
Long-term unemploymen t affects not only those seeking but unable to find jobs\, but their househ olds and communities\, as well\, and\, if widespread\, it also has negative impacts on the growth and stability prospects of an economy. This is recog nized by policy makers as a stubborn challenge\, confronting many countries around the world\, including the Member States of the European Union. In t he search for remedial action\, the idea of an EU-wide Job Guarantee (EU-JG ) has gained currency in recent times among a wide range of European consti tuencies as an important policy innovation\, including the European Trade U nion Confederation.
In this presentation\, Dr. Antonopoulos will firs t explore\, through facts and statistical evidence\, the state of play with regard to long-term unemployment in the EU context. Subsequently\, she wil l discuss what a job guarantee policy is\; the EU's experience with job gua rantee initiatives and other direct job creation programs that are currentl y being implemented\; the principles that ought to be observed should a JG be adopted at the EU level\; and how an EU-JG might be financed. In the fin al section of her talk\, Antonopoulos will highlight several dimensions of JG which are particularly important from a gender perspective.
The pr esentation is based on a recently published report (January 2025) by the Eu ropean Trade Union Institute (ETUI) so as to provide further support in del iberations and debate about the efficacy\, if not the imperative\, of a Eur opean-wide Job Guarantee (see https://www.etui.org/publications/towards-eur opean-job-guarantee)\; and on previously undertaken work for the United Nations\, “Employment Guarantee Policies: A Gender Per spective”\, Poverty Reduction and Gender Equality series\, Pol icy Brief #2\, UNDP Series\, April 2010 as well as on the findings of a res earch project “The Impact of Public Employment Guarantee Strategies on Gend er Equality and pro-poor economic development: South Africa\, Scaling up the Expanded Public Works Pro gramme- A Social Sector Intervention Proposal\,” collaborative ly by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Levy Economics Institute\, 2008.
Beginning in 2015\, Senior Scholar Rania Anton opoulos served as alternate minister of labour in Greece\, mem ber of parliament\, and\, more recently\, ambassador for Greece at the Orga nisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Her professional experience includes appointments at the UN-Women’s headquarters as a macro economic policy advisor\; expert advisor to various United Nations organiza tions\; senior scholar and director of the Institute’s Gender Equality and the Economy program\; and professor of economics at New York University amo ngst other academic appointments. Her policy-oriented research and advocacy has focused on the macroeconomic results of job guarantee policies and the ir implications for economic recovery\, gender equality\, and poverty reduc tion\, and on the construction of a new poverty indicator that highlights t he importance of time-use in estimates of poverty and inequality. She has p ublished extensively on these topics.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/towards-a-european -job-guarantee/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250319T2307Z-1742425620.8979-EO-15603-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250218T162237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T153423Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T180000 SUMMARY: Macroeconomic Policies and Care: Exploring Intersections DESCRIPTION: Join us for our third session of the 2025 Spring Semester\, wi th Raquel Coello Cremades\, UN Women Policy Advisor on Macroeconomics and G lobal Care Economy Officer\, on Tuesday\, March 4th\, from 5pm to 6pm in th e Levy Conference Room at Blithewood\, or on Zoom. Dr. Coello-Cremades' pre sentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—bot h those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tuesday\, March 4\, 5pm
Blithewood
Conference Room or on Zoom
Join us for our third session of the 2025 Spring Semester\, with Raquel Coello Cremades\, U N Women Policy Advisor on Macroeconomics and Global Care Economy Officer\, on Tuesday\, March 4th\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Roo m at Blithewood\, or on Zoom. Dr. Coello-Cremades' presentation wi ll be followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—both those in p erson and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Care work requires a new conceptualization of the economic system to appropriately integrate its scope and quality. Qualitatively\, given its fundamental functions\, care work remains central to the social reproduction of the population. It inter acts with public services and the production of market goods and services e ssential for the population’s subsistence (Picchio\, 2001). This inadequate conceptualization extends to the design of macroeconomic policies\, which fail to account for or reflect the contributions of care work to the macroe conomy. These contributions include the reproduction and maintenance of the workforce\, the expansion of monetary income\, the enhancement of living s tandards\, and the strengthening of fiscal policy through the promotion of inclusive growth\, the reduction of inequality\, and the improvement of spe nding and investment efficiency in other social protection pillars. This re lationship with fiscal policy is reciprocal\, as the strengthening and expa nsion of fiscal space are crucial for adequately financing policies and sys tems.
Raquel Coello Cremades\, UN Women Policy A dvisor on Macroeconomics and Global Care Economy Officer\, has a PhD in Int ernational Economy and Development and a Master’s Degree in Gender and Deve lopment. Between August 2017 and April 2024 she worked as Regional Policy S pecialist on Economic Empowerment at the UN Women Regional office for the A mericas and the Caribbean. Previously she worked for the organization as re gional coordinator of the UN Women/Unifem ‘s Latin-American Gender Responsi ve Budgeting Programme and programme specialist on economic and social righ ts. She has over 23 years of experience working as an advisor\, researcher and trainer in the area of women's economic empowerment and gender responsi ve economic policies and budgets in more than 20 countries of Latin America \, Africa\, Arab States\, and Europe. In the academic filed\, she coordinat ed the Specialized Course in Fiscal Policy and Gender Responsive Budgeting of the PRIGEPP for FLACSO-Argentina and teaches regularly in several Postgr aduate courses. She is also part of the International Working Group of Gend er\, Macroeconomics and Internacional Economy (GEM-IWG).
ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/macroeconomic-poli cies-and-care-exploring-intersections/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250319T2307Z-1742425620.9008-EO-15607-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250318T165406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T165451Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T130000 SUMMARY: Info Session: Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy DESCRIPTION: This special information session and application workshop prov ides an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Applicants who attend a virtual i nformation session will have their application fees waived. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Our final spring 2025 session - Ap ril 4th at 12pm EST (UTC-4)
With Thomas Masterson\, Director of t he Levy MS and MA in Economic Theo ry and Policy\, and Tyler Emerson\, Recruitment and Outreach Liaison.
This special information session and application workshop provides an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission requireme nts\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration require ments for international students. Applicants who attend a virtual informati on session will have their application fees waived.
Contact us for mo re information at 845-758-7776 or levygr ad@bard.edu.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/graduate-programs- info-session/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250318T0513Z-1742274791.6352-EO-15583-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250317T191515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T153224Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T180000 SUMMARY: The Hindu Home Kitchen and the Internet of Landlords DESCRIPTION: An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the E conomy: Interdisciplinary Approaches Speaker Series. Tuesday\, April 8\, 5p m Blithewood Conference Room or on Zoom Join us for the fourth session...mo re X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tuesday\, April 8
\, 5pm
Blithewood Conference Room or on Zoom
Join us fo r the fourth session of the 2025 Spring Semester\, with Sucharita Kanjilal\ , Assistant Professor of Anthropology\, Bard\, on Tuesday\, April 8th\, fro m 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room at Blithewood\, or on Zoom. Kanjil al's presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session with audience mem bers—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
T he emergence of the “creator economy”\, the $100-billion global industry of monetized online content creation\, raises critical questions about how pl atform economies articulate with social life. Some Marxist scholars argue t hat platforms act as rent-seeking landlords\, inserting themselves as indis pensable digital intermediaries between producers and consumers of services . Bringing a feminist\, ethnographic lens to ‘the Internet of Landlords’\, this paper follows Indian creators who make food content on YouTube and Ins tagram in order to theorize creator labor as household industry\, re-fashio ned as the ‘household start-up’. It describes how creators perform home-bas ed piecework\, while their household infrastructures subsidize platforms’ p roduction costs. How are situated relations of reproduction transmuted into the means of global content production? Why is the Hindu home kitchen\, on ce a stubbornly guarded space of heterosexual caste-making\, now open for b usiness? I posit\, consequently\, that reproductive relations of gender\, c aste and race are constitutive of the material relations of production with in platforms’ rentier arrangements.
Sucharita Kanjilal is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Bard College. Her resea rch focuses on feminist theories of global capitalism\, shifting regimes of social reproduction\, critical food studies\, and contemporary caste-class relations in South Asia. She draws connections between feminist economic a nthropology\, anthropology of media\, gender studies\, the anthropology of food\, and anti-caste epistemologies. Her current book manuscript\, titled Home Chefs: Indian Households Produce for the Global Creator Economy\, is a n ethnographic study of Indian food media producers engaged in global platf orm-based industries of online content creation.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-hindu-home-kit chen-and-the-internet-of-landlords/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250425T0145Z-1745545554.3997-EO-16082-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250424T193354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250501T133451Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T113000 SUMMARY: Side Event at UN Women 2025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Developm ent & FfD4 Conference DESCRIPTION: The Levy Economics Institute is proud to co-sponsor the side e vent\, “Engendering Fiscal Space: The Role of Macro-Level Economic Policies \, External Debt\, Concessional Finance\, Special Drawing Rights\, and Econ omic Modelling\,”...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Levy Economics Institute is proud to c o-sponsor the side event\, "Engendering Fiscal Space: The Role of M acro-Level Economic Policies\, External Debt\, Concessional Finance\, Speci al Drawing Rights\, and Economic Modelling\," during the 2 025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development & 4th PrepCom for the Fourth Financing for Development Conference).
Join April 30–May 1\, 2025\, at the United Nations Headquarters\, New York. The event will launc h a toolkit and research papers—including closing remarks from Levy Preside nt Pavl ina R. Tcherneva and work by Levy Scholars Ajit Zacharias\, Thomas Masterson\, and Gennaro Zezza—on engendering fiscal space. Levy Scholar Luiza Nass if Pires will also be leading an interactive dialogue that follows the panel.
Registration is required for in-person or online viewing. Even t takes place Wednesday 30th April 2025\, 10:00-11:30 AM.< /p>
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Organized by UN Women with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation a nd Development and the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Five years removed from the onset of t he outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic\, countries around the world continue to grapple with the economic fallout. As the crises unfolded\, many governm ents in advanced and emerging economies around the world rightfully respond ed by implementing expansionary monetary and fiscal policies. After a stron g initial rebound from deep recessions\, the pace of recovery of the global economy has slowed significantly.
Today\, the reversal of early pand emic fiscal expansion and monetary tightening by central banks around the w orld to combat inflation are putting enormous strains on economies\, and la bour markets. According to recent forecast Global growth is projected at 3. 3 percent both in 2025 and 2026\, below the historical (2000–19) average of 3.7 percent. High interest rates and quantitative tightening in advanced e conomies continue to pose a massive challenge for developing countries\, th reatening to push a growing number of them into debt default. As a result\, in many developing countries\, growth prospects have deteriorated amid ris ing external borrowing costs. In Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America and t he Caribbean\, per capita GDP is expected to increase marginally in 2025 (1 .56 per cent and 1.75 per cent respectively)\, reinforcing a longer-term tr end of stagnating economic performance. Emerging market and developing econ omies are projected to grow by 4.21 per cent in 2025 and 4.35 per cent in 2 026\, significantly below the 7 per cent growth target set under the 2030 A genda to achieve the SDGs.
Against this backdrop\, no meaningful prog ress on gender equality can be achieved without adequate financing to enabl e Member States to fulfil their commitments to human rights and the empower ment of women and girls. This would mean expanding fiscal space under chall enging debt constraints for many low- and middle-income countries and using counter-cyclical fiscal and monetary policies to accelerate economic recov ery.
Yet\, recent evidence shows that 3.3 billion people live in coun tries that spend more on interest payments on debt than on either education or health\, and more than half of developing countries allocate at least 8 per cent of government revenues to interest payments\, a figure that has d oubled over the past decade.
Furthermore\, declining global commitmen ts to international aid continue to hamper progress on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. For the first time in a decade\, the sh are of official development assistance (ODA) with gender equality objective s has declined\, dropping from 45% in 2019-20 to 42% in 2021-22\, while dev elopment finance often lacks a gender perspective limiting its effectivenes s.
Despite significant progress in the past few decades\, gender disp arities persist in many areas\, including access to education\, healthcare\ , economic opportunities\, and political participation. Financing gender eq uality is crucial to address these disparities and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, particularly SDG 5: Gender Equality.
Again st this backdrop\, the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Dev elopment (FfD4) presents a pivotal moment to address the critical intersect ion of gender equality\, macroeconomics\, and public finance. While progres s has been made in recognizing the importance of gender equality\, signific ant gaps remain in translating commitments into concrete financing actions. Current financing models often fail to adequately address the specific nee ds and priorities of women and girls\, perpetuating existing inequalities a nd hindering progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs).
This side event aims to p rovide a platform for gender equality advocates to put financing for gender equality at the forefront of the discussions during FfD4. The event will h elp shape the broader discourse on public finance and the importance of pri oritizing gender equality as a goal in itself. Ultimately\, we aim to explo re how to leverage alternative financing mechanisms to promote gender equal ity. Specifically\, we’ll explore what it will take to expand fiscal space for greater investment to promote gender equality and expand women’s econom ic and social rights.
Importantly\, the event aims to highlight the u rgent need for gender-responsive financing strategies within the broader Ff D4 framework. It will provide a platform for dialogue and knowledge sharing \, showcasing innovative approaches and best practices for mobilizing and a llocating resources to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. By emphasizing the economic and social benefits of investing in women\, this e vent will advocate for a fundamental shift in financing paradigms to ensure sustainable and inclusive development for all. The discussion will focus o n the following key areas:
The event will include p resentations by several feminist economists\, followed by an interactive se ssion to facilitate dialogue and exchanges. Participants will have the oppo rtunity to engage with experts\, share their experiences\, and contribute t o the development of actionable recommendations.
Provisional Agenda:
| 10h00-10h15 | Opening remarks • Jemimah Njuki\, Chief of Economic Empowerment Section\, UN Women |
| 10h15-10h45 | Pa nel - Engendering Fiscal Space: The Role of Macro-Level Economic Policies\ , External Debt\, Concessional Finance\, Special Drawing Rights\, and Econ omic Modelling: A set of policy tools • Anuradha Seth\, International consultant and former Senior Policy Advisor on Macroeconomics at UN Women. • Stephanie Seguino\, Professor of Economics\, University of Vermont • Ilene Grabel\, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Den ver and co-director of the graduate program in Global Economic Affairs (GE A) at the Korbel School. • < /span>Ajit Zacharias\, se nior scholar and director of the Institute's Distribution of Income and We alth program\, Levy Institute Moderated by Bobo Diallo\, Economics Specialist\, Economic Empowerment Section\, UN Women< /span> |
| 10h45-11h25 | In teractive dialogue (Panelists to be confirmed) • Ms. Luiza Nassif\, Made - Research Center on Macroeconomics of Inequa lities\, FEA/USP • Moderated by Raquel Coello Cremades\, Policy advisor macroeconomics and global lead on care\ , UN Women |
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/side-event-at-un-w omen-2025-ecosoc-forum-on-financing-for-development-ffd4-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250318T0513Z-1742274791.6423-EO-15579-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250317T185423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T202131Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250621 SUMMARY: Levy Institute Summer Seminar on Money\, Finance\, and Public Poli cy DESCRIPTION: 2025 Summer Seminar on Money\, Finance\, and Public Policy\, c o-sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute and Economic Democracy Initiati ve of Bard College. June 16-20\, 2025 Bard College\, Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY The...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
2025 Summer Seminar on Money\, Finance\, a nd Public Policy\, co-sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute and Economi c Democracy Initiative of Bard College.
June 16-20\, 2025
Bard College\, Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY
The 2025 Levy Institute Summer Seminar is geared toward graduate students and those at the beginning of their academic or professional careers.* Through lectur es\, hands-on workshops\, and breakout groups\, the seminar\, organized by Pavlina R. Tcherneva and L. Randall Wray\, is designed to give participants an opportunity to engage with the theory and methods of the Levy Economics Institute—particularly the work of Institute Distinguished Scholars Hyman Minsky and Wynne Godley\, alongside new developments and research direction s in Modern Money Theory (MMT)—and to apply them to critical emerging polic y questions.
This year\, seminar participants will have an opportunit y to workshop their research during breakout sessions with fellow participa nts and seminar faculty. (Those wishing to present a paper related to any o f the seminar themes are invited to submit an abstract for consideration. A pplicants are not required to submit abstracts or present papers t o attend the seminar.) Participants will also attend the 32nd Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference\, whic h is taking place June 16th (Day 1 of the seminar).
A preliminary lis t of seminar faculty includes: James K. Galbraith\, L. Randall Wray\, Rogerio Studart\, Pavlina R. T cherneva\, Scott Fullwiler\, Yan Liang\, Ndongo Samba Sylla\, Yeva Nersisyan\, Fadhel Kaboub\, Éric Tymoigne\, Gennaro Zezza\, Giuliano Toshiro Yajima\, Rohan Grey\, and Raúl Carrillo.
Seminar the mes include: Minskyan analyses of financial instability and financializatio n\; endogenous credit and state theories of money\; climate finance\; monet ary sovereignty in the global south\; fiscal policy and monetary operations \; balance of payments constraints\; industrial policy and development\; th e job guarantee and economic security\; stock-flow consistent analysis\; fi ntech. (A full seminar program is forthcoming.)
The following is an outline of the seminar schedule:
June 15th: arrival day
Day 1 (June 16th): day-long 32nd Annual Levy Economics I nstitute Conference
Days 2-4: (June 17th-19th) seminar lectures and s tudent breakout panels/research presentations
Day 5 (June 20th): semi nar lectures and Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum trip/t our
June 21st: departure day
For all accepted app licants\, meals\, dormitory accommodations\, and a shuttle from JFK Airport are covered by a $500 seminar fee. Fee waiver scholarship s are available (if you are applying for a fee waiver\, please ind icate this in your statement of interest). Any other travel-related cos ts are the responsibility of the participant\, including but not limited to : airfare\; visa fees\; ground transportation to/from your departing/return ing airport\; ground transportation from the airport if you miss the free s huttle bus to campus.
The application period for the Jun e 2025 Summer Seminar has closed.
*A limited number of highl y motivated undergraduate students interested in public policy may be admit ted.
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-institute-sum mer-seminar-on-money-finance-and-public-policy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250318T0513Z-1742274791.639-EO-15535-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250116T212549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250707T141736Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T174500 SUMMARY: Money\, Finance\, and Economic Strategies in Fractured Times | 32n d Annual Conference DESCRIPTION: We are excited to announce that the 32nd Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference\, Money\, Finance\, and Economic Strategies in Fractu red Times\, will be returning as an in-person event on Monday\, June...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This year’s annua l conference will feature panels on Minskyan analyses of current sources of financial fragility\; new directions in public finance\; visions for the n ext progressive policy agenda\; climate finance\, balance of payments const raints\, and the global economy\; and more.
Keynote Speaker:< /strong> US House Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17)
< strong>THE FULL CONFER ENCE PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND HERE
LOCATION:Levy Economic Institute of Bard College GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/32nd-annual-levy-e conomics-institute-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250724T1708Z-1753376903.8799-EO-16415-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250724T153735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250724T153903Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Information Session August 6th DESCRIPTION: Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institut e programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative exp erience you’re looking for. Learn more\, August 6th at our...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Thinking about graduate school in economic s? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just th e transformative experience you're looking for.
Learn more\, August 6 th at our first information session of the 2025 application cycle.
Fi nd out more about our graduate pro grams at our website\, or register to attend the session virtually at t he link below.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-information-session-august-6th/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250814T1557Z-1755187078.2655-EO-16477-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250814T153407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T153504Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250822T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250822T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Information Session August 22nd DESCRIPTION: Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institut e programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative exp erience you’re looking for. Our info sessions provide an overview...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Thinking about graduate school in economic s? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just th e transformative experience you're looking for.
Our info sessions pro vide an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Learn more\, August 22nd at 12 PM EST.
Find out more about ou r graduate programs at our website\, or register to attend the session virtually at the link below.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-information-session-august-22nd/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250919T0938Z-1758274691.0108-EO-16501-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250825T172148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T094600Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T123000 SUMMARY: Welcome to Levy Economics: What It Is and Why It Matters | James K . Galbraith DESCRIPTION: In this virtual discussion\, Senior Scholar James K. Galbraith (University of Texas at Austin & Levy Economics Institute) will explore a powerful idea: how the tools of economics shape the economic world itself.. ..more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In this virtual discussion\, Senior Schola r James K . Galbraith (University of Texas at Austin & Levy Economics Institute) will explore a powerful idea: how the tools of economics shape the economic world itself. He will introduce the Institute’s distinctive approach to pr oviding and shaping a critical alternative to the mainstream. Drawing on de cades of work with the Institute\, Galbraith will explore why mainstream ec onomics has reached a dead end\, how the Institute has provided a home for transformative ideas—from Minsky and Godley to Modern Money Theory—and why its approach matters for understanding and addressing inequality\, instabil ity\, and the economic policy of tomorrow.
Open to the public via liv estream\, this event kicks off the Levy Institute's Fall Seminar Series and offers a glimpse into what makes it a singular place to study and practice economics.
Register to save your spot.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/welcome-to-levy-ec onomics-james-k-galbraith/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250814T1557Z-1755187078.2702-EO-16480-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20250814T155321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T094536Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T183000 SUMMARY: The Importance of Official Data in Assessing Economic Conditions | Erika McEntarfer DESCRIPTION: Following the events of August 1\, 2025\, when the world saw P resident Trump question the integrity of one of the most widely used govern ment data sources\, the Levy Institute was...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Following the events of August 1\, 2025\, when the world saw President Trump question the integrity of one of the mos t widely used government data sources\, the Levy Institute was pleased to w elcome the recently removed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer (and Bard Col lege alumna ’95)\, to a conversation about why data—and measurement in part icular—matter for policy\, markets\, and our daily lives. McEntarfer spoke to an audience of Bard students\, faculty\, staff\, and community members\, recounting the day of her abrupt dismissal following the release of the Ju ly jobs report\, and discussed the ways that nonpartisan statisticians affe ct our everyday lives as Americans.
Many of the Institute's scholars rely on BLS data daily. Their frequency and methods are indispensable for o ur work. The Levy Economics Institute itself has contributed to BLS-commi ssioned research on measurement.
While the public may have learne d of Dr. McEntarfer from the recent BLS shakeup\, among economists she is k nown for her wide ranging expertise and contributions as a professional eco nomist who has worked particularly on issues related to economic measuremen t\, data methodology\, and workforce analytics. She has had a distinguished career\, having worked under both Republican and Democratic administration s\, from the Census Bureau and the Department of the Treasury to the Counci l of Economic Advisers and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Thinking about graduate school in economic s? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just th e transformative experience you’re looking for.
Our info sessions pro vide an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Learn more\, October 10th at 9 AM EST.
Find out more about ou r graduate programs at our website\, or register to attend the session virtually at the link below.
Application fee wi ll be waived for all attendees.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-information-session-october-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251015T1408Z-1760537287.0132-EO-16615-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20251015T133551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T211546Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251114T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Information Session November 14 DESCRIPTION: Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institut e programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative exp erience you’re looking for. Our info sessions provide an overview...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Thinking about graduate school in economic s? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just th e transformative experience you’re looking for.
Our info sessions pro vide an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Learn more\, November 14th at 12 PM EST.
Find out more about our graduate programs at our website\, or register to attend the sessio n virtually at the link below.
Application fee will be waived for all attendees.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-information-session-november-14/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251006T2002Z-1759780959.0603-EO-16574-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20251006T165759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251223T201712Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T153000 SUMMARY: Rethinking the Federal Reserve’s Policy Framework and Independence DESCRIPTION: Part of the Levy Economics Institute Capitol Hill Series The L evy Economics Institute is proud to launch our Capitol Hill Series. In this series of talks\, we will be hosting...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Levy Economics Institute i s proud to launch our Capitol Hill Series. In this series of talks\, we wil l be hosting financial experts\, academics\, and policymakers in Washington \, DC to discuss the most pressing issues facing our economy. Registration is free to attend in person at the Rayburn House Office Building. R efreshments and catering will be available after the discussions.
Moderated by Claire Jones\, Financial Times
Speakers include:
William Bergman is a semi-retired independent scholar with four decades of financia l market and related educational experience\, in private and public sector roles. From 1990 to 2004\, he served as an economist and financial markets policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He earned an MBA (Fi nance) and an MA (Public Policy) from the University of Chicago in 1990. He is married\, with three grown and successful kids.
Senior Scholar
Claudia Sahm is t he chief economist at New Century Advisors. She is a highly regarded expert on monetary and fiscal policy with many years of experience advising key d ecision-makers at the Federal Reserve\, White House\, and Congress. She dev eloped the Sahm rule\, a closely followed indicator of recessions. Sahm hol ds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan (2007)\, and a bach elor’s degree in economics\, political science\, and German from Denison Un iversity (1998).
Institute President Pavlina R. Tcherneva is a professor of economics at Bard College and founding dir ector of the Bard Economic Democracy Initiative. She specializes in modern money and public policy. Tcherneva’s book The Case for a Job Guarantee (Pol ity 2020) is a timely guide to the benefits of one of the most transformati ve public policies being discussed today\, recognized by the Financial Time s in 2020 and published in nine languages. Her early work assessed Argentin a’s adoption of a similar large-scale job creation proposal she had develop ed with colleagues in the United States. Tcherneva has collaborated with ex perts from the United Nations Human Rights Council\, the International Labo r Organization\, members of the European Parliament\, as well as policy mak ers from the United States and abroad on designing and evaluating employmen t programs. She also worked with the Sanders 2016 Presidential campaign aft er her research on inequality had garnered national attention. In 2020\, sh e was invited to serve on the Biden-Harris economic policy volunteer commit tee\, during their Presidential run.Her areas of research include monetary and fiscal policy coordination\, the Bernanke doctrine\, and policy respons es during the 2008 and 2020 COVID-induced economic crises. She is the coedi tor of Full Employment and Price Stability: The Macroeconomic Vision of Wil liam S. Vickrey (Edward Elgar 2004)\, a rare collection of writings on empl oyment and inflation by the Nobel Prize–winning economist\, adapted for the modern day. In 2006\, she was a visiting scholar at the University of Cam bridge\, U.K.\, where she immersed herself in J.M. Keynes’s collected writi ngs. She developed an interpretation of Keynes’s policy approach to full em ployment for which she was recognized by the Association for Social Economi cs with the Helen Potter Prize (2012).
Senior Scholar L. Randall Wray is a Professor of Economics at the Levy Economic s Institute of Bard College and Emeritus Professor at University of Missour i-Kansas City. He is one of the developers of Modern Money Theory and his n ewest book on the topic is Understanding Modern Money Theory: Money and Cre dit in Capitalist Economies (Elgar).Recent books include: A Great Leap Forw ard: Heterodox Economic Policy for the 21st Century\; Academic Press\; 2020 \; Making Money Work for Us (Polity\, November 2022)\, a companion illustra ted guide\, Money For Beginners (Polity\, May 2023\, with Levy Institute gr aduate Heske Van Doornen)\, and the third edition of Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems (Springer\, 2024). He is also the author of Why Minsky Matters (Princeton\, 2015). He is the editor (or co-editor) of many books\, including most recently: Modern Monet ary Theory: Key Insights\, Leading Thinkers\, edited by L. R. Wray\, P. Arm strong\, S. Holland\, C. Jackson-Prior\, P. Plumridge\, N. Wilson\, Edward Elgar\, 2023\; and Handbook of Economic Stagnation (with F. Dantas)\, Acade mic Press\, Elsevier\, 2022.Forthcoming books include The Vision of Hyman M insky\, Princeton University Press (forthcoming 2026)\; Why Democrats Lose and How a Progressive Vision Can Win\, with Pavlina R. Tcherneva (in progre ss). He is the 2022 Veblen-Commons Award winner for lifetime contributions to Institutionalist Thought. He has been a Fulbright Scholar to Italy (twic e) and to Estonia\, and a visiting professor at the Universities of Paris\, Bologna\, Bergamo\, Rome\, UNAM in Mexico City\, UNICAMP in Brazil\, Talli nn University in Estonia\, Nankai University\, China\, and a visiting profe ssor on a continuing basis at Masaryk University\, Czech Republic. He was t he Distinguished Visiting Professor\, Willamette University\, Oregon 2022-2 3.
LOCATION:Rayburn House Office Building\, Rm 2045 GEO:38.887107;-77.010523 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/rethinking-the-fed eral-reserves-policy-framework-and-independence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251107T2129Z-1762550991.9374-EO-16665-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20251107T211803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251223T201529Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T113000 SUMMARY: Advancing the Landscape of Research\, Methodology\, and Data on th e Care Economy – A Feminist Economics Lens DESCRIPTION: We are pleased to announce that the Online Events Committee of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) is co-hosting an event with the Levy Economics Institute on Friday\, November...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:We are pleased to announce that the Online Events Committee of the International Association for Feminist Economics ( IAFFE) is co-hosting an event with the Levy Economics Institute on Friday\, November 21\, 2025.
This 90-minute\, moderated panel will explore th e evolving global research and data landscape on care work from a feminist economics perspective\, with a goal of highlighting resources for researche rs and advocates. Though care work has advanced markedly in research\, nati onal policymaking\, and multilateral agendas\, the feminist economic theore tical and methodological roots of this work continue to be essential for en suring technical rigor to support the greatest impact. This event will aim to advance the dialogue on where there has been progress in terms of resear ch\, methodology\, and data\, from a feminist economic perspective\, as wel l as discuss where our collective efforts could be best utilized moving for ward. The panel will be structured around two key themes:
The panel features leadin g experts whose research and contributions are advancing the fields of gend er\, care\, and macroeconomics.
Panelists:
We are excited to have you join us. S tay tuned for the next related session on Care Policy Tools and Initiatives .
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/advancing-the-land scape-care-economy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251031T2058Z-1761944291.6931-EO-16654-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20251031T201454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251218T154122Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T130000 SUMMARY: Money & Payments: Evolution or Revolution? DESCRIPTION: On Friday\, November 21 at 12 PM\, Professor and Chair of Econ omics at Skidmore College Joerg Bibow will be presenting his recent Levy Wo rking Paper\, “Banking on Payments?” Professor Joerg...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On Friday\, November 21 at 12 PM\, Professor and Chair of Economics at Skidmore College Joerg Bibow will be presenting his recent Levy Working Paper\, "Banking on Payments ?"
Professor Joerg Bibow grew up in Hamburg\ , northern Germany\, and has studied and worked in six countries\, includin g South Africa\, Italy\, Switzerland\, and the United Kingdom. Before and d uring his studies of economics at three different universities he gathered a number of years of work experience in the financial services industry (in surance\, pension fund\, and banking). He has also worked\, as researcher a nd consultant\, with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)\, Geneva\, Switzerland\, is a research associate at the Levy Econ omics Institute of Bard College\, Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY\, and is a fello w at the Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM).
ABSTRACT
For the past hundred years or more\, payments have been p
rimarily associated with banking\, and banking as we know it today—being th
e result of many centuries of evolution—features a bundling of (at least) t
hree main lines of business: lending\, deposit-taking\, and payment service
s. In the past 15 years or so\, banks have come under severe competition as
providers of payment services. Will “banking on payments” become outmoded
and payments untethered from banking\, or will payments still have a place
in the future of banking?
Join us Thursday\, December 4 at 5 PM for a discussion at Blithewood with Professor Aina Puig.
This discussion explores a paper estimating the causal effects of monetary policy shocks on household consumption\, with additional analysis of labor market and incom e responses\, disaggregated by gender and race. Puig finds that contraction ary monetary policy reduces consumption more for black than white household s\, with the largest declines among households headed by black women. These gaps persist after accounting for differences in household education\, deb t\, and income\, but are partly explained by differences in marital status and spousal insurance against shocks. These shocks also lead households to shift expenditures from non-essential and durable goods toward essential no n-durable goods and services. The analysis provides estimates of marginal p ropensities to consume across groups and shows that contractionary\, rather than expansionary\, shocks drive aggregate consumption responses. These fi ndings highlight the importance of accounting for intersectional demographi c heterogeneity in evaluating the distributional effects of monetary policy .
Aina Puig is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Economics at Pace University. She is an applied macroeconomist\, researchi ng monetary economics\, consumer finance\, and inequality topics. She has w orked on projects studying the distributional effects of monetary policy wh ile visiting Federal Reserve Banks and the International Monetary Fund. She received her PhD in Economics from American University and her BS in Econo mics from the University of Maryland\, College Park.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/monetary-policy-tr ansmission-to-consumption/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251124T1713Z-1764004397.1334-EO-16753-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20251124T161730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T161828Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Information Session December 5 DESCRIPTION: Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institut e programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative exp erience you’re looking for. Our info sessions provide an overview...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Thinking about graduate school in economic s? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just th e transformative experience you’re looking for.
Our info sessions pro vide an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Learn more\, December 5th at 12 PM EST.
Find out more about our graduate programs at our website\, or register to a ttend the session virtually at the link below.
Application fee will be waived for all attendees.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-information-session-december-5/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251223T2049Z-1766522988.9573-EO-16829-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20251223T202915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251223T203001Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Application Workshop DESCRIPTION: This workshop and information session provides an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission requirements\, enroll ment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for in ternational students. Bring your...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This workshop and information session prov ides an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Bring your last minute questions about our required application materials and submit your application by January 15th for priority scholarship consideration!
Applicants who attend a virtual information session will have their application fees waived.
ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-application-workshop/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260128T1627Z-1769617671.3261-EO-16860-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260128T145251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T145251Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260206T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Information Session February 6 DESCRIPTION: Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institut e programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative exp erience you’re looking for. Our info sessions provide an overview...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Thinking about graduate school in economic s? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just th e transformative experience you’re looking for.
Our info sessions pro vide an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Learn more\, February 6th at 12 PM EST.
Find out more about our graduate programs at our website\, or register to a ttend the session virtually at the link below.
Application fee will be waived for all attendees.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-information-session-february-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260202T2005Z-1770062701.003-EO-16869-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260202T191410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T191410Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T140000 SUMMARY: Private Sectoral Balances\, Financial Markets and Business Cycles in the US Economy DESCRIPTION: Join us on February 25 for a presentation of research with Sch olar Giuliano Toshiro Yajima. The presentation will be streamed live on Zoo m. ABSTRACT This paper studies the dynamic...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us on February 25 for a presentation of research with Scholar Giuliano Toshiro Yajima. The presentation will be streamed live on Zoom.
ABSTRACT
This paper studies the dynamic interaction between private-sector financial bala nces\, financial conditions\, and the business cycle in the United States\, with a focus on the distinct roles played by households and non-financial corporations. Motivated by balance-sheet and Minskyan perspectives on macro -financial instability\, we analyze how demand and financial shocks propaga te through the economy and how their effects depend on cyclical conditions\ , financial stress\, and balance-sheet positions.
We adopt a two-step empirical strategy. First\, we identify economically interpretable structu ral shocks using a structural VAR that jointly models output\, asset prices \, credit spreads\, interest rates\, and private-sector net lending positio ns. Second\, we trace the dynamic effects of these shocks using local proje ctions\, which allow us to relax the dynamic restrictions of VAR models and to explore nonlinear and heterogeneous propagation mechanisms. In addition to baseline linear impulse responses\, we examine state dependence across business-cycle phases\, financial conditions measured by credit spreads\, a nd private-sector balance-sheet regimes\, as well as distributional respons es using quantile local projections.
Our results show that private-se ctor financial balances respond strongly to financial shocks\, but in syste matically different ways across sectors and states of the economy. Corporat e balances are particularly sensitive to credit conditions and act as leadi ng indicators of cyclical dynamics\, while household balances react more st rongly to income\, wealth\, and interest-rate movements. Shock propagation is markedly asymmetric: financial disturbances are amplified during periods of tight credit conditions and when the private sector enters shocks in a net deficit position. Distributional evidence further indicates that shocks disproportionately affect the tails of the balance-sheet distribution\, es pecially for non-financial corporations.
Overall\, the findings highl ight the central role of private-sector balance sheets in shaping macro-fin ancial dynamics and underscore the importance of distinguishing between hou sehold and corporate balances when assessing cyclical risks and financial v ulnerability.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/private-sectoral-b alances-financial-markets-and-business-cycles-in-the-us-economy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260224T1332Z-1771939977.3842-EO-16893-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260224T132850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T132850Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Information Session March 6 DESCRIPTION: Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institut e programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative exp erience you’re looking for. Our info sessions provide an overview...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Thinking about graduate school in economic s? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just th e transformative experience you’re looking for.
Our info sessions pro vide an overview of the Levy academic programs\, student life\, admission r equirements\, enrollment steps\, financial aid procedures\, and immigration requirements for international students. Learn more\, March 6th at 12 PM EST.
Find out more about our graduate programs at our website\, or register to atte nd the session virtually at the link below.
App lication fee will be waived for all attendees.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-graduate-prog rams-information-session-march-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260303T1845Z-1772563514.8422-EO-16900-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260303T181650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260306T193623Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T125000 SUMMARY: Insights from a 25-Year Monetary Policy Experiment DESCRIPTION: Free and open to the public. The year 2026 marks the 40th anni versary of the Levy Institute’s founding\, and this event inaugurates a bro ader series of programs commemorating this significant...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The year 2026 marks the 40th anniversary of the Levy Institute’s founding \, and this event inaugurates a broader series of programs commemoratin g this significant milestone.
Veteran central bank watcher\, Paul Sheard\, will share his insights about Quantitative Easing as March marks a quar ter of a century since the Bank of Japan launched this new form of monetary policy easing. Initially\, a curiosity emanating from deflation-ridden Jap an\, QE was embraced big time by the Federal Reserve and other major centra l banks during the Global Financial Crisis and then again\, on an even bigg er scale\, during the pandemic. Sheard will explain what QE is and how it w orks\, and cast light on the confusions and controversies that surround it. He will explain why QT (Quantitative Tightening) gets less attention than QE\, and why QE\, together with an obscure legal change (the Fed and other central banks being able to pay interest on reserves)\, has changed monetar y policy-making forever.
Dr. Paul Sheard\, a noted Australian American economist and policy-watcher based in New York \, is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling business book\, The Power of Money: How Governments and Banks Create Money and Help Us All Pro sper (Matt Holt Books)\, which has been published in Chinese\, Japanese\, K orean and Portuguese. Known for his ability to see the forest and the trees \, Sheard speaks frequently on economic and policy issues at events around the world and in the media.
Sheard cut his teeth as a market s economist in Tokyo covering Japan’s “lost decades” and\, as Lehman Brothe rs’ chief economist in New York\, had a front-row seat at the global financ ial crisis. Most recently Research Fellow and Senior Fellow at Harvard Kenn edy School and before that Vice Chairman of S&P Global\, Sheard was global chief economist at S&P Global\, at Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and at Nomura Securities\, and was Japan Strategist and Head of Japan Equity Inve stments at Baring Asset Management. Earlier\, he was Associate Professor of Economics at Osaka University\, Lecturer in Economics at the Australian Na tional University (ANU)\, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Stan ford University\, and Visting Foreign Scholar at the Bank of Japan.
Sheard has been a member of several World Economic Forum expert cou ncils. He was appointed by two prime ministers to serve on advisory committ ees of the Japanese Government and was a member of the oversight board of t he Japanese Government's Research Institute of Economy\, Trade and Industry . He was a non-executive director of ORIX Corporation\, and serves as Execu tive Advisor to the Group CEO of Sompo Holdings\, Inc. Sheard sits on the b oard of the Foreign Policy Association and on the board of advisors of the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\; he is a member of the Bretton Wo ods Committee\, the Council on Foreign Relations\, the Economic Club of New York\, the Harvard Club of New York City\, and the National Committee on U .S.-China Relations\,
Sheard’s 1997 book in Japanese\, The C risis of Main Bank Capitalism\, won the prestigious Suntory-Gakugei Prize\, and was followed in 2000 by another book in Japanese\, Mega Corporate Rest ructuring. Sheard has a Master of Economics and PhD from the ANU\, and an h onorary Doctor of Laws from his alma mater\, Monash University. Married wit h two daughters and two grandchildren\, he and his wife have lived in New Y ork City since 2006.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/insights-from-a-25 -year-monetary-policy-experiment/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260325T1515Z-1774451737.0539-EO-16932-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260325T143713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T174039Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T130000 SUMMARY: Levy Master’s Alumni Panel + Q&A DESCRIPTION: Join Thomas Masterson\, Director of Levy’s Graduate Programs\, and Tyler Emerson\, Levy’s Recruiter\, in conversation with Levy Alumni ab out their careers in academia\, public policy\, and the private sector. We. ..more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join Thomas Masterson\, Director of Levy's Graduate Programs\, and Tyler Emerson\, Levy's Recruiter\, in conversation with Levy Alumni about their careers in academia\, public policy\, and the private sector. We will discuss the career paths they have pursued and how Levy's Master's programs prepared them to make change. Join us and ask que stions during the Q&A portion of the panel.
Oscar Valdes '17 - Americans for Financial Reform | Private Equity and Capital Markets Policy Analyst
Marokey Sawo '20 - Urban Institute | Research Associate\, Office of Race and Equity Research
Angelica Huerta Ojeda '22 - PhD Candidate | Uni Andes & Research Co ordinator | Transforma Economia
Jacob Meglio '24 - Director of Special Proje cts | Bard College Office of the Senior Vice President & CFO
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-masters-alumn i-panel-qa/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260414T2018Z-1776197916.2976-EO-16968-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260414T182823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T183104Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T123000 SUMMARY: The Role of Production Networks in Price Stability DESCRIPTION: The pandemic inflation\, the war in Ukraine\, and now a potent ial energy crisis from the war in Iran\, have all sparked interest in the r elationship between inflation and sector-specific price...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The pandemic inflation\, the war in Ukrain e\, and now a potential energy crisis from the war in Iran\, have all spark ed interest in the relationship between inflation and sector-specific price shocks. In a now foundational work\, Weber et. al (2024a) put forward a “p roduction networks perspective” that uses input-output models to simulate h ow these sector-specific price shocks can drive increases in the general pr ice level. Their results identified 8 sectors with systemically significant prices that disproportionately drive inflation in the U.S economy. This pa per extends that analysis by disaggregating the results of price shocks to systemically significant sectors and demonstrates how their inflationary ou tcomes are themselves composed of shifting relative prices. By extension\, consumer price indexes are argued to be a poor metric for assessing inflati on that results from sectoral shocks. This extension is motivated by a conc eptualization of inflation not as a movement in the price level but instead a shift in the price system encompassing all stages of the production proc ess that create the cost structure for consumer prices. The results suggest that analyzing inflation as a disaggregated process has two main benefits: (1) it allows for the identification of the specific transmission mechanis ms for price shocks and shows which pathways through production networks ar e the most inflationary\, and (2) identifying these pathways refines the cl assification of systemically significant prices by showing which sectors ar e more likely to originate price shocks while other amplify them. I conclud e by arguing that price stability can be best achieved by building structur al resilience in these production networks through policies that implement strategic commodity buffer stocks and facilitate the transition away from f ossil fuels.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-role-of-produc tion-networks-in-price-stability/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260414T2018Z-1776197916.3074-EO-16966-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260414T190519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T190519Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260421T180000 SUMMARY: Speculation or Fundamentals? European Natural Gas Price Swings Pos t 2020 DESCRIPTION: The study by Emanuele Citera and Veronika Dolar explores the d ynamics of the European natural gas market during one of its most turbulent periods\, 2020–24. Amid extreme price volatility triggered...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The study by Emanuele Citera and Veronika Dolar explores the d ynamics of the European natural gas market during one of its most turbulent periods\, 2020–24. Amid extreme price volatility triggered by the energy c risis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine\, our analysis attempts to dis entangle the impact for speculation from fundamental forces across four dis tinct phases of the crisis.
The findings reveal that speculation cont ributed only modestly to price movements\, while market fundamentals—especi ally supply disruptions and policy-driven storage dynamics—remained the dom inant drivers throughout. Even during periods of heightened volatility\, wh at might appear as speculative pressure often reflected genuine scarcity or regulatory-driven inventory behavior rather than pure speculation.
Emanuele Citera is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bard College. He received a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Economics from the New School for Social Research\, a M.A. in Economics and Complexi ty from Collegio Carlo Alberto\, and a M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Business Economic s from the University of Bologna.
His primary field of resea rch is Financial Economics\, with a focus on the stochastic structure of eq uity markets and speculation in natural gas markets. Other areas of interes t include Monetary Economics\, Complexity Economics\, and the History of Ec onomics.
He recently co-edited the book Central Banking\, Mo netary Policy\, and the European Central Bank\, published by Edward Elgar. His work has been published in various academic journals\, including Annals of Operations Research\, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics\, the Rev iew of Political Economy\, and the Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi.< /em>
ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/speculation-or-fun damentals-european-natural-gas-price-swings-post-2020/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260130T1943Z-1769802186.3512-EO-16866-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260414T194458Z CREATED:20260130T191533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260408T212724Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T173000 SUMMARY: Levy Economics Institute Anniversary Conference DESCRIPTION: On May 8\, 2026\, the Levy Economics Institute convenes its an nual conference on the 40th anniversary of the Institute’s founding. This y ear’s conference will be held in person on the...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On May 8\, 2026\, the Levy Economics Insti tute convenes its annual conference on the 40th anniversary of the Institute’s founding.
This year’s conference will be held in person on the Bard College campus\, featuring panel discussions exploring current sources of financial instabi lity\, surveying the macro picture for the US economy\, and engaging with e conomic policy challenges in areas such as artificial intelligence\, jobs\, caregiving\, energy\, and development finance.
Presenters include:
Sheila Bair\, James K. Galbraith\, William H. Janeway\, Tom Keene\, Ch ris Kennedy\, Yan Liang\, Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, Isabella Weber\, L. Randal l Wray\, and Gennaro Zezza
Stay tuned for more information. Space is limited and registration is required.
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