Participants
Charles Acka h is the director of the Centre for Social Policy Studies (CSPS) a nd a senior research fellow at the Institute of Statistical\, Social and Ec onomic Research (ISSER)\, both at the University of Ghana. He is a developm ent economist with research interests in the socioeconomic effects of trade and industrial policies\, firm dynamics\, employment and labor market issu es\, financial inclusion\, and gender and women’s studies. Dr. Ackah holds a bachelor degree in economics from the University of Ghana\, an MSc (econo mics) in public policy from the University of Hull\, UK\, and a Ph.D. in ec onomics from the University of Nottingham\, UK. Dr. Ackah is external resea rch fellow at the Centre for Research in Economic Development and Internati onal Trade (CREDIT) based at the School of Economics\, University of Nottin gham\, UK.
Samuel Kobina Annim assumed office as the government statistician at the Ghana Statistical Service on March 1\, 2019 . Annim is an associate professor of economics\, with a specific concentrat ion on micro development economics and applied microeconometrics at the Dep artment of Economics\, University of Cape Coast\, Ghana. He earned his Bach elor of Arts\, Master of Philosophy\, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in e conomics at the University of Cape Coast (Ghana)\, University of Ghana (Gha na)\, and University of Manchester (United Kingdom)\, respectively. Followi ng the completion of his doctoral studies\, Annim was engaged at the Univer sity of Manchester and University of Lancashire\, both in the United Kingdo m\, in the respective capacities of research associate and post-doctoral re search fellow. He has approximately 20 years of teaching experience in univ ersities both in Ghana and abroad\, and has more than 40 peer-reviewed jour nal articles\, book chapters\, and technical reports to his credit. His pub lications are available in academic outlets such as World Development\, Journal of Development Studies\, Journal of Internationa l Development\, and the Oxford University Press. While at the Universi ty of Cape Coast\, he contributed to a number of interventions including in stitutionalization of microfinance programs and a conference\, the establis hment of a data repository center\, upgrading the status of the economics d epartment to a school\, and the development of a host of policies that prom otes scholarship and research administration. His passion for scholarly wor k extends to data quality for development. Annim passionately supports nati onal and global development agendas by providing professional service to th e National Development Planning Commission\, the National Statistical Syste m in Ghana\, and several international bodies.
John C. Anyanw u was\, until recently\, the lead research economist in the Macroe conomic Policy\, Forecasting & Research Department of the African Developme nt Bank (AfDB). Prior to joining the AfDB\, he was full professor of econom ics\, University of Benin\, Nigeria\; economic adviser to resident represen tative\, WHO\, Nigeria\; and consultant to the AfDB and the International H ealth Policy Program. Anyanwu holds a Ph.D and MSc in economics from the Un iversity of Ibadan\, Nigeria and a master’s degree in entrepreneurship and economic development from the University of Houston-Victoria\, USA. He has had training/executive education at the London School of Economics and Harv ard University\, and had been a visiting scholar at Cornell University. He was the editor of African Development Review\, a quarterly journal of the AfDB\, from 2007 to April 2019. He has presented papers at more tha n 130 conferences worldwide. Anyanwu has authored over 120 scholarly public ations in international journals and authored or coauthored more than 36 bo ok chapters and a number of books.
~~Rebecca Nana Yaa Ayifah~~ is a lecturer at the Department of Applied Economics of the School o f Economics\, University of Cape Coast. She holds BA and MPhil degrees from the University of Ghana\, as well as a Ph.D. in economics from the Univers ity of Cape Town in South Africa. Her research is in the area of education\ , health\, applied microeconometrics\, and labor\, with a special focus on impact evaluation of social protection programs\, poverty and inequality\, and gender issues. Prior to joining the University of Cape Coast\, she work ed with several organizations and institutions such as the International La bour Organization (the Understanding Children’s Work Project)\, United Nati ons Development Programme (UNDP)\, International Food Policy Research Insti tute (IFPRI)\, and the University of Ghana.
William Baah-Boat eng is associate professor and head of the department of economics \, University of Ghana. He is also the director of International Institute for the Advanced Studies (IIAS) and editor of the Ghanaian Journal of E conomics. He was Ela Bhat Visiting Professor at the University of Kass el in Germany. He was the long-term advisor to the Ghana Labour Ministry be tween 2007 and 2015 and a member of the Presidential Committee on Emolument s of Article 71 Office Holders of the 6th Government of the 4th Republic. H e holds Ph.D. in economics and is alumnus of the University of Ghana and Ha rvard University in Massachusetts\, USA. His research focuses on economics of labor and labor market institutions\, labor migration\, poverty analysis \, economics of industry\, and development economics generally. He has over 60 publications in the form of books\, book chapters\, articles in referre d journals\, working papers\, and technical reports.
Araba M. M. Forson has worked at Ghana Statistical Service since 1987\, st arting as an assistant statistician and holding senior management positions at the Head Office of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) for 15 years. Sh e is currently a chief statistician and the acting deputy government statis tician for operations. Prior to this appointment\, she was director of the Regional Offices Directorate at Ghana Statistical Service. Over the past 28 years\, Forson has dealt extensively with the compilation\, analysis\, and dissemination of socioeconomic data on Ghana\, including economic statisti cs on industry\, private sector businesses\, construction\, transport and c ommunication\, energy and water industries\, external and distributive trad e\, agriculture\, population\, and housing. Her publications include Ch ildren and Adolescents in Sierra Leone (2017) and The Elderly in G hana (2013\; cowritten with Dr. Badasu).
Blandina Kilama has practical experience in research\, training\, and policy anal ysis. She is a senior researcher at REPOA\, a Tanzanian think tank based in Dar es Salaam and the chief executive officer of the Economic Society of T anzania. Her engagement in dialogues and publications locally and internati onally are derived from her work in economic transformation\, financial inc lusion\, sustainable development goals\, women’s empowerment\, and value ch ains in agriculture\, nutrition\, and poverty. Kilama is a joint program di rector of the five-year research program on “Tanzania as a future Petro Sta te\,” working on the component on data for policy making and public engagem ent. She is trained as an economist\, and holds a Ph.D. from Leiden Univers ity\, a Master’s (MPAID) from Harvard University\, and her first degree fro m the University of Dar es Salaam.
Hilary Gbedemah i s a lawyer\, training specialist\, human rights and gender-equality activis t\, and a gender consultant whose 44-year career in law has been in private legal practice\, lecturing\, legislative advocacy\, policy development\, e conomic empowerment\, curriculum development\, and mentoring. She is curren tly the chairperson of the UN Committee on the Convention for the Eliminati on of all Forms of Violence against Women (CEDAW)\; she has held multiple p ositions on the committee and has extensive experience in its thematic area s. She was chair of the Working Group on Inquiries under the Optional Proto col (which receives complaints on violations against states)\, and of the W orking Group on Education for the committee’s General Recommendation 36. Sh e was also the committee’s follow-up rapporteur. She is the rector of The L aw Institute\, Ghana’s premier vocational legal training facility\, which p rovides training in paralegal studies\, corporate governance\, entrepreneur ship\, and human rights law\, and offers capacity building for a wide range of organizations. She is also a senior adjunct fellow at Ghana’s Institute of Economic Affairs. Gbedemah holds an L.L.M. from Georgetown University\, Washington DC\; certifications in instructional techniques (Transport Cana da)\, management (Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration)\ , and organizational development.
Abel Kinyondo is p rincipal research fellow at REPOA and senior lecturer at the University of Dar as Salaam (DUCE). Previously he worked as a director of strategic resea rch at REPOA and head of the Economics and Geography Department at the Univ ersity of Dar Es Salaam. He has also worked for the United Nations Developm ent Programme. He holds a Ph.D. from Monash University (Australia)\, a dist inction in Master of Art (economics) degree from the University of Botswana \, and a first-class economics degree from the University of Namibia. Dr. K inyondo has over 10 years of research experience\, having published in inte rnationally reputable journals such as in the Oxford Development Studie s\, Politics & Policy\, Extractive Industries and Society\, World Affairs\, African Development Review\, and Parliamentary Affairs. He h as also led several teams of experts in formulating various socioeconomic p olicies\, regulations\, and codes of ethics in Tanzania and beyond. Dr. Kin yondo currently investigates issues pertaining to tourism\, gender\, enterp rise development\, employment\, industrialization\, and natural resources m anagement as well as governance.
Radhika Lal current ly serves as economic advisor with UNDP for Ghana and the Gambia. Previousl y she served as the strategic planning advisor for the UN country team in S outh Africa\; co-coordinator of the Employment\, Social Protection and Deve lopment Innovation at the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) in Brazil\; and as senior policy advisor with UNDP’s Poverty Group in New York. She is a political economist by training\, and her experience covers both middle-income and developing countries. Her policy advisory wo rk and research encompasses: macro- and meso-level policies for inclusive a nd sustainable growth\, including a focus on public employment programs\; t he intersections of economic\, social\, and environmental dimensions of sus tainable development\; information and communication technologies for devel opment\; development innovation\; development planning and finance\; and da ta for development\, including a focus on policy issues related to national statistical systems (open data and interoperability).
Ahmed M. Makbel is a public servant currently working with the Prime Min ister’s Office-Labour Youth\, Employment and Persons with Disability since July 2015 in the area of labor market information. He has also worked with other government institutions such as Ministry of Community Development\, G ender and Children (1998–2004)\; Constitutional Review Commission (2012–14) \; President’s Office—Public Service Management (2014)\; and Ministry of Ea st African cooperation (2014–015). Makbel worked with the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics for more than 26 years from 1988 to 2014. His main ar eas of work experience at the Bureau of Statistics include survey design\, data processing and analysis\, demography\, sampling\, household budget sur veys\, national panel surveys\, poverty measurement and analysis\, and time -use statistics. He has also experience in information and communication te chnology\, project planning and management\, result-based management\, moni toring and evaluation\, and gender analysis. Ahmed has contributed to stati stical reports and coauthored papers in journals. He has also facilitated a number of statistical services for local and international organizations\, especially in the area of time-use surveys. He holds a BSc in mathematics and statistics\, an MA in demography\, and an MA in development studies.
Thomas Masterson is director of applied micromodeling and a research scholar in the Levy Economics Institute’s Distribution of In come and Wealth program. He has worked extensively on the Levy Institute Me asure of Well-being (LIMEW)\, an alternative\, household-based measure that reflects the resources the household can command for facilitating current consumption or acquiring physical or financial assets. With other Levy scho lars\, Masterson was also involved in developing the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP)\, and has contributed to estimating th e LIMTIP for countries in Latin America\, Asia\, and Africa. He has also ta ken a lead role in developing the Levy Institute Microsimulation Model\, wh ich he is currently extending in order to assess the inequality impacts of carbon regulation. Masterson’s specific research interests include the dist ribution of land\, income\, and wealth. He has published articles in the Eastern Economic Journal\, The Review of Income and Wealth\, and World Development\, and is the co-editor of Solidarity Economy I: Building Alternatives for People and Planet—Papers and Reports from the 20 09 U.S. Forum on the Solidarity Economy\, 2010. He holds a Ph.D. in ec onomics from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst.
Azumi Mesuna works as a project manager for the Promoting Opportunities for Women Empowerment and Rights (POWER) Project at ActionAid Ghana. The p roject supports over 6\,000 women farmers in Ghana to reduce women’s unpaid care work burden and food insecurity. She has 10 years’ work experience on gender\, governance\, livelihoods\, sexual reproductive health rights\, an d advocacy. She is recognized for supporting women’s empowerment and holds an MA in governance and development from the University of Cape Coast.
Michalis Nikiforos is a research scholar working in the State of the US and World Economies program. He works on the Institute’s st ock-flow consistent macroeconomic model for the US economy and contributed to the recent construction of a similar model for Greece. He has coauthored several policy reports on the prospects of the US and European economies. His research interests include macroeconomic theory and policy\, the distri bution of income\, the theory of economic fluctuations\, political economy\ , and the economics of monetary union. He has published papers in the C ambridge Journal of Economics\, the Journal of Post Keynesian Econ omics\, the Review of Radical Political Economics\, the R eview of Keynesian Economics\, and Metroeconomica\; various o ther papers have appeared in the Levy Economics Institute Working Paper Ser ies. Nikiforos holds a BA in economics and an M.Sc. in economic theory from the Athens University of Economics and Business\, and an M.Phil. and a Ph. D. in economics from the New School for Social Research.
Aben a Oduro is an associate professor in the Department of Economics a nd director of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa at the U niversity of Ghana\, Legon. Her current research is in the areas of gender and assets\, gender and enterprise development\, poverty\, inequality and v ulnerability analysis\, gender responsive budgeting\, and employment and la bor markets in low-income countries. She is an associate editor of Femi nist Economics and is one of the coeditors of the journal’s special is sue on engendering economic policy in Africa\, published in 2015.
Bernice Serwah Ofosu-Baadu is a principal statistician at Gha na Statistical Service currently in charge of collection\, compilation\, an alysis\, and publication of agriculture and environment statistics. She was previously in charge of national accounts statistics and coordinates the G ender Statistics Working Group. She received her MA in economic policy man agement from the University of Ghana\, Legon in 2004. She has been part of the coordinating team designing survey instruments\, training enumerators\ , and undertaking data analysis\, as well as writing reports of household a nd establishment surveys and censuses\, including the Ghana Time Use Survey \, the Ghana Living Standard Survey\, and the on-going Ghana Census of Agri culture. She implemented the IMF/Department for International Development’s Enhanced Data Dissemination Initiative Project (EDDI) module on quarterly national accounts and the International Comparison Programme (ICP) of Afric an Development Bank/World Bank. She was a member of the defunct Kampala Cit y Group on Gender Statistics. Her published papers include “The Long-Run Ef fects of Fiscal Deficits on Economic Growth in Ghana 1970–2000\,” which has since been published by the World Bank\, and an article titled “Do Statist ics Matter.” Her unpublished reports include “Allocation of Agriculture Out put over the Quarters in Quarterly National Accounts in Ghana” and “Assessi ng the Impact of Gender on Macroeconomic Policies in Ghana.”
Francesca Pobee-Hayford has a first and second degree from Kwame N krumah University of Science and Technology and University of Ghana\, respe ctively. She is currently working as a consultant women’s economic empowerm ent advisor in the Frannan Field Support Services office\, a Canada-funded project in Ghana. Previously she consulted for the Millennium Challenge Cor poration\, as a gender and social inclusion specialist. Prior to this\, Pob ee-Hayford worked within the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protect ion as the acting director of the Department of Gender. She spearheaded and contributed to many initiatives\, such as gender responsive budgeting\, th e passage of a domestic violence law\, and setting up the secretariat. She has also worked for the Ministry of Health. Currently\, she is working on t he women’s economic empowerment landscape in Ghana to inform Canada’s progr aming in Ghana.
Fernando Rios-Avila is a research sc holar working on the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being under th e Distribution of Income and Wealth program. His research interests include labor economics\, applied microeconomics\, development economics\, and pov erty and inequality. As a doctoral candidate at Georgia State University\, Rios-Avila worked as a graduate research assistant to Felix Rioja\, and int erned in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta\, w orking under the supervision of Julie L. Hotchkiss. He formerly served as a researcher at the Social and Economic Policy Unit (UDAPE)—a government adv isory unit and public policy think tank in La Paz\, Bolivia—on issues of de velopment\, impact evaluation\, and social expenditure\, with an emphasis o n children's welfare. His research has been published in The Review of Income and Wealth\, Industrial Relations\, Southern Economic Journ al\, Applied Economics Letters\, Stata Journal\, and Business and Economics Research. Rios-Avila holds a Licenciatura in economics from the Universidad Católica Boliviana\, La Paz\; an advanced studies program certificate in international economics and policy research from Kiel University\; and a Ph.D. in economics from the Andrew Young Scho ol of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
Ajit Zachar ias is a senior scholar and director of the Institute’s Distributi on of Income and Wealth program. His research primarily focuses on the theo ry\, measurement\, and analysis of economic well-being and deprivation. Alo ng with other Levy scholars\, Zacharias has developed alternative measures of economic welfare and deprivation. The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) offers a framework that accounts for how changes in lab or markets\, wealth accumulation\, government spending and taxes\, and hous ehold production shape the economic determinants of standard of living. Lev y scholars have utilized the LIMEW to track trends in economic inequality a nd well-being in the United States. The Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty is aimed at revealing the nexus between income poverty and u npaid work. This measure has been applied to the study of poverty in severa l Latin American countries\, Turkey\, South Korea\, Tanzania\, and Ghana. H is recent publications include “Time and Income Poverty in the City of Buen os Aires” (with R. Antonopoulos\, V. Esquivel\, and T. Masterson)\, in Rach el Connelly and Ebru Kongar\, eds.\, Gender and Time Use in a Global Co ntext: The Economics of Employment and Unpaid Labor (Palgrave Macmilla n\, 2017) and “The Measurement of Time and Income Poverty\,” in I. Hirway\, ed.\, Mainstreaming Unpaid Work: Time-use Data in Developing Policies (Oxford University Press\, 2017). Zacharias holds an MA from the Unive rsity of Bombay and a Ph.D. from The New School for Social Research.

LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183339Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190616T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190622T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College hosted the tenth Minsky Summer Seminar from June 16–22\, 2019\, providing a rigorous discuss ion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College hosted the tenth Minsky Summer Seminar from June 16–22\, 2 019\, providing a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied a spects of Minsky’s economics\, with an examination of meaningful prescripti ve policies relevant to the current economic and financial outlook\, as wel l as an introduction to Wynne Godley’s stock-flow consistent modeling metho ds via hands-on workshops.
The Summer Seminar participants included g raduate students\, recent graduates\, and those at the beginning of their a cademic or professional careers. The event was organized by Jan Kregel\, Di mitri B. Papadimitriou\, and L. Randall Wray\, with teaching staff that inc lude well-known economists working in the theory and policy tradition of Hy man Minsky and Wynne Godley.
The 2019 Summer Seminar schedule is avai lable here.
Students can access the sche dule and presentations here.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183339Z 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. LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183706Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T000000 SUMMARY: 29th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference DESCRIPTION: After careful consideration and consultation\, this year’s Apr il 16th Minsky conference has been canceled in light of ongoing concerns ab out COVID-19 (coronavirus). April 16\, 2020 We apologize for any inconvenie nces...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
After careful consi deration and consultation\, this year’s April 16th Minsky conference has be en canceled in light of ongoing concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus).

April 16\, 2020
We apologize for any inconveniences caused and tha nk you for your understanding.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T174105Z 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 fore caster of his generation\,” gaining this reputation through his research on the British economy during his time as head of Cambridge’s Department...mo re X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
He has been considered "the most insightfu l macroeconomic forecaster of his generation\," gaining this reputation thr ough his research on the British economy during his time as head of Cambrid ge’s Department of Applied Economics\, and later on for his work on the US and world economy when he moved to the Levy Economics Institute. He provide d a prescient alert to both the 2001 recession and the Great Recession of 2 007\, and gave warnings on the consequences of adopting the euro under the rules of the Maastricht Treaty.
His books with Francis Cripps (Macroe conomics\, OUP 1983) and Marc Lavoie (Monetary Economics\, Palgrave Macmill an 2007) laid the foundations for the "stock-flow consistent approach" to m acroeconomics\, which is being embraced by a growing number of scholars and practitioners to analyze the interactions of real and financial markets\, and is providing a robust alternative to the mainstream approach based on m icrofoundations and market clearing.
On the 10th anniversary of his d eparture\, we brought together some of the people who worked with him to of fer memories or provide insights based on his work.
This virtual conf erence took place on the Google Meet platform at Universita' degli Studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale and was recorded. Individual videos are no w available.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-legacy-of-wynn e-godley/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9777-EO-7291-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183338Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200607T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200613T000000 SUMMARY: The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar DESCRIPTION: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale- on-Hudson\, N.Y. June 7–13\, 2020 After careful consideration and consultat ion\, the 11th Minsky Summer Seminar\, scheduled from June 7–13\, 2020\, ha s been canceled...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183335Z 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:
July 8–14\, 2020
BlithewoodAnnandale-on-Hudson\, NY
U pdate\, April 21\, 2020
We regret to inform the applicants th at we have decided to postpone the course until July 2021. We are forced to take this decision because proper planning for the workshop has been made difficult due to the uncertainty regarding the duration and extent of the o ngoing coronavirus pandemic in the United States and the rest of the world. We are grateful to each of the 160 applicants from 46 countries for your i nterest in the course.
We will be making the announcement regarding t he July 2021 course later this year. Please do sign up for the electronic n ewsletters of the Levy Institute and Care Work and Economy Project at the American University to keep yourse lf informed about the workshop as well as other activities and research tha t may be of interest to you.
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The purpose of this course is t o engage with fellow economists to enhance capacity building in research an d teaching of gender-sensitive economic analysis\, with a focus on care and macroeconomic policy aspects. The course will be built on four pillars\, n amely: a) understanding and measuring the care economy\; b) adapting social accounting matrices to account for paid and unpaid care activities\; c) in tegrating the information from time-use surveys on unpaid care activities w ith other relevant sources of information\, such as national income account s\, labor force surveys\, and household or special surveys\; and d) perform ing policy-relevant economic analyses that take systematic account of the i nterlinkages between care\, macroeconomic processes\, and distribution. Our goal is to guide the participants toward the formulation of viable researc h projects focused on addressing care needs in developing countries through a better understanding of the care economy and the formulation of gender-s ensitive macroeconomic policies. Hence\, the program will be comprised of l ectures by experts\, hands-on training in analytics\, and mentoring.
We are especially interested in participants who either would like to be or are currently involved in research aimed at influencing policymaking in or der to address care needs in their countries. We particularly seek applicat ions from the following countries: Colombia\, Ghana\, Mexico\, Mongolia\, M orocco\, Senegal\, Ethiopia\, Tanzania\, Thailand\, Sri Lanka\, South Afric a\, Uruguay\, and Vietnam. Women\, minorities (ethnic\, racial\, and other) \, and teams of country researchers are encouraged to apply. We will cover the travel and accommodation costs of successful applicants.
We encou rage economists in academia\, research institutions\, government\, and civi l society organizations to apply. The applicants must have completed at lea st two years of study in a graduate economics program\, or have received a masters or PhD in economics. We also expect that participants have the abil ity to analyze data using Excel. We also consider the ability to analyze da ta with STATA or other similar statistical software (such as R) highly desi rable. These requirements may be waived under exceptional circumstances. Th e program will be conducted in English\; therefore\, applicants are expecte d to be fluent in written and spoken English.
The course has three co mponents. The self-study module of the course will require the students to complete a set of assigned readings before they arrive 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 c ourse. The second component of the course is the set of lectures and hands- on training to be conducted at the Levy Institute. There will be some degre e of overlap between the readings for the self-study module and the reading s assigned for the lectures. The goal of the lectures is to deepen the part icipants’ understanding regarding the topics discussed in the self-study mo dule and introduce the participants to recent research in gender-aware econ omic analysis with a focus on policy issues. We will also provide hands-on training in developing participants’ the modeling skills\, including traini ng in analysis using packages such as STATA. Finally\, the mentoring compon ent of the course will enable the participant to make progress toward formu lating a research project along with other participants and mentors.
The application period is now closed. We will communicate the decision on p articipation before March 30\, 2020. If you require further information reg arding the course\, please contact the Care Work and the Economy program.
This course is organ ized by Maria Floro\, Professor\, Department of Economics\, American Univer sity and Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) Principal Investigator\; Paula Herrera Idárraga\, Associate Professor and Chair\, Department of Economics \, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana\; Thomas Masterson\, Research Scholar a nd Director of Applied Micromodeling\, Levy Institute\; Ana Maria Tribin\, Senior Researcher\, Central Bank\, Colombia\; and Ajit Zacharias\, Senior S cholar and Program Director\, Distribution of Income and Wealth program\, L evy Institute.
The course is made possible by the generous support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/intensive-course-i n-gender-sensitive-macroeconomic-modeling-for-policy-analysis/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9855-EO-7296-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T200757Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210506T000000 SUMMARY: 29th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference on the State of the US and World Economies DESCRIPTION: 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 and World Economies...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\; Lex Hoogduin\, University of Groningen\; Michael Greenberger\, University of Maryland Law School\; Bruce Kasman\, JP Morgan\; Denis MacShane\, former Europe Minister and Avisa Partners\; Peter Coy\, Bl oomberg Businessweek\; David P. Henry\, Reuters\; and Binyamin Appelbaum\, Deborah Solomon\, and Jeanna Smialek\, New York Times.
Click here for video coverage of t he 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T201027Z 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 of Bard...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: < /table>
An Intensive Virtual Course in Gender-Sensitive Macroecon omic Modeling for Policy Analysis
June 28–July 16\, 2021
Organized by the American University’s Care Work and the Economy Project and Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
The purpose of this course is to engage with fellow eco nomists to enhance capacity building in research and teaching of gender-sen sitive economic analysis\, with a focus on care and macroeconomic policy as pects. The course will be built on four pillars: a) understanding and measu ring the care economy\; b) adapting social accounting matrices to account f or paid and unpaid care activities\; c) integrating the information from ti me-use surveys on unpaid care activities with other relevant sources of inf ormation such as national income accounts\, labor force surveys\, and house hold or special surveys\; and d) performing policy-relevant economic analys es that take systematic account of the interlinkages between care\, macroec onomic processes\, and distribution. Our goal is to guide the participants toward the formulation of viable research projects focused on addressing ca re needs in developing countries through a better understanding of the care economy and the formulation of gender-sensitive macroeconomic policies. He nce\, the program will comprise lectures by experts and hands-on training i n analytics.
We are especially interested in participants who either would like to or are currently involved in research aimed at influencing po licymaking to address care needs in their countries. We particularly seek a pplications from the following countries: Colombia\, Ghana\, Kenya\, Mexico \, Mongolia\, Senegal\, Morocco\, Ethiopia\, Tanzania\, Thailand\, Sri Lank a\, South Africa\, Costa Rica\, Uruguay\, and Vietnam. Women and minorities (ethnic\, racial\, and other) are encouraged to apply.
The course ha s two components. The course’s self-study preparatory module will require the students to complete a set of assigned readings before the star t of the virtual intensive course. These readings will help the students ac quaint themselves with the conceptual and technical aspects of the material to be covered. The second component of the course is the set of lectur es and hands-on training to be conducted virtually. There will be some degree of overlap between the readings for the self-study module and the r equired readings assigned for the lectures. The goal of the online lectures and group exercises/discussions is to deepen the participant’s understandi ng of the topics discussed in the self-study module and introduce them to r ecent research in gender-aware economic analysis with a focus on policy iss ues. We will also provide hands-on training for developing participant’s mo deling skills\, including training in gender-sensitive analysis using packa ges such as STATA.
The course will be conducted over three weeks. Fiv e days a week\, students are expected to do the required reading and then m eet virtually with instructors and fellow students. We estimate that the re quired reading will take at least an hour for most participants. Each meeti ng consists of an hour of lecture followed by an hour of group discussion o r exercises guided by instructors. Sessions will be held daily over three w eeks between 10 am and 12:15 pm (EDT\, GMT\, and ICT). Given the format and time requirements of the course\, applicants are expected to make this tim e commitment for the entire duration of the course. Accepted applicants wil l be provided a modest stipend to help meet such needs as childcare\, inter net\, and software purchases upon completion of the course.
We are of fering the course in three time zones: Eastern Time (EDT: UTC–05:00)\, Gree nwich Mean Time (GMT: UTC+0)\, and Indochina Time (ICT: UTC+8:00). The curr iculum is uniform across time zones.
Applications are now closed. If you require further information regarding the course\, please contact: the AU-Levy Intensive Course Administrator\, Thomas Masterson (masterso@levy.org)\, and cc: Care Work and the Econo my (CWE-GAM) Project Manager\, Shirin Arslan (sarslan@american.edu).
This course is made possible by t he generous support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Acce pted students can access course materials here.

LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/intensive-course-i n-gender-sensitive-macroeconomic-modeling-for-policy-analysis-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963963.9945-EO-7297-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183335Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T000000 SUMMARY: Women’s Economic Empowerment and Control over Time in Sub-Saharan Africa DESCRIPTION: Women’s Economic Empowerment and Control over Time in Sub-Saha ran Africa November 1–November 2\, 2021 The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent losses in lives and livelihoods are looming...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183335Z 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 (MMT) and the work of Instit ute Distinguished Scholars Hyman Minsky and Wynne Godley.
Topics included the history and theory of money\, central bank and treasury operations\, inequality and austerity\, t he job guarantee\, MMT and developing economies\, current debates over infl ation\, the Green New Deal\, the stock-flow consistent approach to macroeco nomic analysis and modeling\, financial innovation and the financialization of the economy\, cryptocurrency and central bank digital currencies\, and more.
Faculty included: Rania Antonopoulos\, Eric Breon\, Leonardo Bu rlamaqui\, Raul Carrillo\, William Darity\, Simone Deos\, Christine Desan\, Dirk Ehnts\, Steven Fazzari\, Mathew Forstater\, James K. Galbraith\, Roha n Grey\, Farley Grubb\, Darrick Hamilton\, John Harvey\, John Haskell\, Geo ffrey Ingham\, Fadhel Kaboub\, Stephanie Kelton\, Matthew Klein\, Yan Liang \, Bill Mitchell\, Richard Murphy\, Yeva Nersisyan\, Michalis Nikiforos\, D imitri Papadimitriou\, Paul Sheard\, Ndongo Samba Sylla\, Pavlina Tcherneva \, Eric Tymoigne\, L. Randall Wray\, and Gennaro Zezza.
Students who attended the 2022 seminar can access the conference information and present ations here.
Videos of select conference s essions are available on the Institute's YouTube channel.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183334Z 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: A workshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard C ollege with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundatio n The goal of this workshop is to explore...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A workshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with t he generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The g oal of this workshop is to explore ways to advance the integration of gende r and unpaid activities into economic analyses. Economic processes\, outcom es\, and policies involve multiple dimensions of gender inequalities that i ntersect with other forms of inequality such as social class or ethnicity. We are seeking contributions with strong theoretical\, modeling\, or empiri cal components to address these interconnections. These may include but are not limited to:
Evaluation of various pandemic response policie s’ impact by gender and other axes of stratification
Assessment of the distributional effects of the pandemic and mechanisms or structures beh ind the uneven effects
Investigations into aspects of gender inequa lities and time allocation
Development of new indicators of societa l norms and perceptions (e.g.\, patriarchy\, gender bias\, etc.)
Ex amination of the bidirectional channels of influence between macroeconomic policies and gender inequalities
Explorations into the mechanisms w hereby gender inequalities influence macroeconomic outcomes\, such as aggre gate output and employment and their sectoral composition\, inflation\, bud get deficits\, and the current account balance
Inquiry into the int erconnections between climate change\, gender inequalities\, and economic p olicies
The types of gender inequalities to be analyzed may pot entially encompass inequalities in care and unpaid work\, labor force parti cipation\, employment composition (by sector and type of employment\, such as formal or informal)\, education\, and access to and utilization of socia l and financial services.
We invite theoretical contributions that ut ilize existing and novel economic modeling approaches as well as empirical studies\, in particular\, those focusing on the dimensions of gender inequa lities relevant to the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa and other low-income economies. We are also interested in papers that provide a comprehensive p icture of state of the art\, identify gaps\, and indicate directions for fu ture research. We encourage submissions from young scholars and scholars fr om the Global South.
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is organizing this event with the generous support of The William and Flora He wlett Foundation. The organizers will cover accommodation and travel-relate d expenses. Applications are now closed. For questions\, please contact Emi ly Ungvary at eungvary@levy.org.
Participants can access additional information on the ~~conference website.~~

LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/gender-inequalitie s-and-economic-theory-and-policies-for-a-post-pandemic-world/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0059-EO-7300-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240625T133445Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T000000 SUMMARY: Patriarchy and Women’s Economic Empowerment DESCRIPTION: A workshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard C ollege and Department of Economics\, University of Ghana Venue: Cedi Confer ence Centre\, University of Ghana\, Accra Date: October 10\, 2022...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A workshop organized by the Levy E conomics Institute of Bard College and Department of Economics\, University of Ghana
Venue: Cedi Conference Centre\, University of Ghan a\, Accra
Date: October 10\, 2022
The main purpose of the works hop is to present the findings from the research project “Women’s economic empowerment and c ontrol over time: a meso-\, and micro-level study of the determinants of wo men’s control over their time in sub-Saharan Africa” conducted by Levy Inst itute scholars in collaboration with scholars based in sub-Saharan Africa. The project builds on previous research on the Levy Institute Measure of Ti me and Income Poverty (LIMTIP). We used a m ulti-country (Ethiopia\, Ghana\, Mali\, South Africa\, and Tanzania) study design to examine women’s economic empowerment through the lens of their co ntrol over time spent on income-generating activities\, household productio n activities\, and personal care.
Feminist scholarship has pointed to patriarchal structures\, institutions\, and values as key determinants of the division of productive and reproductive activities between men and wome n. We focus on community-level (meso-level) indicators of patriarchy becaus e they matter for individuals’ decision-making and actions in addition to a ttitudes or practices within the household. Further\, we limit our attentio n to two aspects of patriarchy that pertain\, respectively\, to household s tructure and ideology. We examine the relationship between women’s decision -making power in a variety of domains (e.g.\, making large purchases for th e household) and the time they devote to household production and income-ge nerating activities\, as mediated by patriarchal structures and ideology. T hese relationships are analyzed at both the individual and regional level w ithin the countries in our study.
Additionally\, the workshop will fe ature presentations by the scholars in the region that contributed to the r esearch project and a select group of economists from Ghana on themes relat ed to the project. We will also gather a group of policymakers and represen tatives of advocacy groups and civil society organizations to broaden and d eepen the conversation. A select subgroup of these policymakers and represe ntatives will also lead a critical discussion in the concluding policy roun dtable on national policies regarding women’s empowerment.
We are gra teful to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for their generous financ ial support for this workshop.
Participation by invitation only. Plea se contact Professor Abena D. Oduro (aoduro@ug.edu.gh) for further informat ion.
The complete schedule is available 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/patriarchy-and-wom ens-economic-empowerment/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.011-EO-7301-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260714T160327Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T000000 SUMMARY: 30th Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference DESCRIPTION: The 30th Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference was a one- day\, virtual event organized around the topics of climate change and fisca l/monetary policy\, inflation\, unemployment and job creation\, and the US macroeconomic...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The 30th Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference was a one-day\, virtual event organized around the topics of climate change and fiscal/monetary policy\, inflation \, unemployment and job creation\, and the US macroeconomic outlook.
You can now view the video recordings here.
P resenters Included
Daniel Alpert\, Westwood Capital and Cornell Law School\; Skanda Amarnath\, Employ America \; Yannis Dafermos\, SOAS University of London\; J ames K. Galbraith\, LBJ School of Public Affairs\; Bruce K asman\, JPMorgan Chase\; Yeva Nersisyan\, Frankli n and Marshall College and Levy Institute\; Michalis Nikiforos\, Levy Institute and University of Geneva\; M aria Nikolaidi\, University of Greenwich\; William Oman\, International Monetary Fund\, Monetary and Capital Markets\; Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Institute\; Torsten Slok\, Apollo Global Management\, Inc.\; Pav lina Tcherneva\, Levy Institute and Bard College/OSUN Economic Dem ocracy Initiative\; Isabella M. Weber\, University of Mass achusetts Amherst\; L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute.
The program for the day is available for download and viewing here.
LOCATION:Online GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/30th-annual-levy-e conomics-institute-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0162-EO-7303-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183334Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T000000 SUMMARY: Remittances\, Immunization\, and Gender: Polio and Girl Children i n the Punjab DESCRIPTION: Join us for our first session with Aniruddha Mitra\, Associate Professor of Economics\, Bard College\, on Wednesday\, October 11\, from 5 pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\, or on Zoom....more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join us for our first session with Aniruddha Mitra\, Associate Professor of Economics\, Bard College \, on Wednesday\, October 11\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\ , or on Zoom. Professor Mitra’s presentation will be followed by an open Q& A session with audience members – both those in person and on Zoom are welc ome to ask questions.
Light refreshments will be served. Register to attend via Zoom here.
Pro fessor Mitra will discuss how household access to migration and resultant r emittance income in the Punjab province of Pakistan has helped to mitigate economic constraints that prevent children receiving necessary vaccination against Polio and Measles\, Mumps\, and Rubella (MMR). Based on a Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey conducted in 2014\, we find that access to remitt ance income\, be it from within Pakistan or abroad\, robustly increases the likelihood of children under five receiving the necessary vaccination. How ever\, a more disaggregated analysis paints a far less optimistic picture: while remittances significantly improve the immunization likelihood of boys under five\, they have virtually no impact on the corresponding likelihood for girl children. As such\, access to remittances may not be sufficient t o overcome the stark gender differentials in child immunization that have b een documented across South Asia.
Aniruddha Mitra is an Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College\, where he also di rects the Global and International Studies program. He completed his disser tation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and taught at Middleb ury College prior to joining Bard in 2012. His research pursues three inter secting lines of inquiry\, namely\, the impact of transnational migration a nd associated transfers\; the amelioration and consequences of gender inequ ality\; and the incidence and impact of political violence.
To r eceive 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.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/remittances-immuni zation-and-gender-polio-and-girl-children-in-the-punjab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0202-EO-7302-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183334Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231011 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250409 SUMMARY: Gender Equality and the Economy: Interdisciplinary Approaches DESCRIPTION: The Gender Equality and the Economy Program of the Levy Econom ics Institute hosts a speaker series with practitioners and scholars across disciplines from around the globe to address the ever-relevant...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Gender Equality and the Economy Progra m of the Levy Economics Institute hosts a speaker series with practitioners and scholars across disciplines from around the globe to address the ever- relevant topic of “Gender Equality and the Economy.” Speakers will present their research and discuss differing approaches to economic analyses throug h a gender lens. The series highlights the importance of taking an interdis ciplinary approach to understanding the implications of how gender and econ omic inequalities intersect in history\, policy\, and the everyday.
T o receive updates on this speaker series\, please fill out this form or return to this page!
PREV IOUS EVENTS IN THE SERIES:
Remittances\, Immunization\, and Gender: Polio and Girl C hildren in the Punjab
“Working the Program”: Employment and Poverty Governance in Criminal Ju stice Treatment for Women
~~What is a Feminist Quantitative Method? Opportunities for Feminist Econometrics~~
Queering Economics: Diversity and Inclusion in th e Dismal Science
Critiquing from the Margins: Examining the Power of Black G irls’ Critiques of Class-Based Disparities in Schools
Free to Choose? The Gendered Impacts of Flexible Working Hour s in Brazil
Racial\, Gender\, and Regional Inequalities in Brazil's Care Provision and the Evolving Role of the State
Discussing Labors of Love: Gender\, Capitalism\, and Democracy in Modern A rab Thought
Towards a European Job Guarantee
Macroeconomic Policies and Care: Exploring Intersections
The Hindu Home Kitchen and the Interne t of Landlords
[POSTPONED] Well-Being Costs of Unpaid Care: Gendered Evidence from a Contextualized Time-Use Survey in India
[CANCEL ED] Racial\, Ethnic\, and Sex/Gender Disparities in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Deme ntias
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/gender-equality-an d-the-economy-interdisciplinary-approaches/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0252-EO-7304-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183334Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231103T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231104T000000 SUMMARY: New Directions in Money\, Finance\, and Public Policy DESCRIPTION: After 2008\, traditions emphasizing the political economy of m oney attracted significant attention for their insights into the unfolding crisis and the impact of stabilization policy. COVID presented another such opportunity....more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
After 2008\, traditions emphasizing the po litical economy of money attracted significant attention for their insights into the unfolding crisis and the impact of stabilization policy. COVID pr esented another such opportunity. The extraordinary “big monetary” and “big fiscal” policy responses during these episodes offered real-world illustra tions of monetary-fiscal operations\, technical aspects of public finance\, continued financial fragility\, and a range of de-risking strategies that could only be pursued by public financing institutions. They also raised on ce more key questions about the nature of stabilization policy\, this time including interest rate increases\, industrial strategies\, and policies fo r economic security and the green transition.
The goal of this worksh op is to 1) push the boundaries of our current understanding of money and f inance further\; 2) to reconsider various public policies for intersecting crises\; 3) clarify synergies among different research traditions\; and 4) identify new/unanswered research questions.

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LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/new-directions-in- money-finance-and-public-policy/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0289-EO-7305-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183333Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231115T000000 SUMMARY: Well-being Costs of Unpaid Care: Gendered Evidence from a Contextu alized Time-use Survey in India DESCRIPTION: UPDATE: Postponed to Spring 2024 Sign up for updates Join us for our second session with Aashima Sinha\, Research Scholar\, Levy Institu te\, Bard College\, on Wednesday\, November 15\, from 5pm to...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
UPDATE: Postponed to Spring 2024 
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Join us for our second session with Aashima Sinha\, Research Scholar\, Levy Institute\, Bard College\, on Wednesday\, November 15\, from 5pm to 6p m in the Levy Conference Room\, or on Zoom. Dr. Sinha's presentation will b e followed by an open Q&A session with audience members—both those in perso n and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Light refreshments will b e served. Register to attend via Zoom here.

Using a contextualized primary time-use survey (TUS) data\, Dr. Sinha ex amines the gendered effects of unpaid care work on care providers’ well-bei ng outcomes– labor supply\, time allocation\, life satisfaction\, happiness \, and health in India. A reduced form weighted composite score of health c onditions and assistance need within the household\, and presence of care c enters in the community is used as an instrument for caregiving. Using two- stage least squared instrumental variables estimation\, we find greater adv erse effects of caregiving on women compared to men. An additional hour of caregiving reduces women’s: i) probability of labor market participation by 20 percentage points (pp) and their employment hours by over one hour per day\; ii) self-care and socializing time\; and iii) probability of life sat isfaction and happiness\; with either no significant or smaller negative ef fects for men. To our knowledge\, this is the first attempt to implement a contextualized TUS\, comprising rich data on households’ care needs\, priva te and public care provisioning\, households’ access to technology and cons umer durables\, gender norms\, and women’s empowerment. Moreover\, the firs t study in the context of India to provide gender-differentiated effects of unpaid care on well-being. The study draws policy implications focusing on interventions directed towards mitigating restrictive gender norms\, acces s to durable goods and reducing the burden of domestic chores.
~~Aashima Sinha~~ is a research scholar in the Levy Institute's Gender Equality and the Economy program. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Utah. Her research interests span the fields of feminist\ , development\, and labor economics. Other areas of her research include vi olence against women\, the human development costs of public space harassme nt\, and international measures of gender inequality. She augments her rese arch with policy evaluation and provides region-specific policy recommendat ions.
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Join us for our second session with Allison McKim\, Associate Professor of Sociology at Bard College \, on Wednesday\, December 6\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\ , or on Zoom. Dr. McKim presentation will be followed by an open Q&A sessio n with audience members—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Light refreshments will be served. Register to attend via Zoom here.
Addiction treatment is centra l to criminal justice reform and increasingly important to policies aimed a t poverty\, child welfare\, and social marginalization. Women are a particu lar focus of such policies. A larger portion of criminalized women face dru g charges compared to men\, and women are more likely to be investigated by child protection authorities and receive means-tested welfare benefits. Th is talk draws on ethnographic research in treatment programs specifically d esigned for women to examine how the rehabs understand and regulate women’s relationship to work\, including both paid employment and unpaid care work in the family. I leverage a comparison between one rehab in the criminal j ustice system and one in the healthcare system to examine how race\, class\ , and institutional context shape the gendered logics underlying their appr oaches to work. My research revealed that the carceral rehab de-emphasized the importance of paid work\, even though both it and criminal justice auth orities had work requirements. Moreover\, it also discouraged gendered care work like mothering. Instead\, the penal rehab demanded that women “work” on their selves. This was not the case at the healthcare rehab\, which rema ined more supportive of and beholden to women’s ties with employers and fam ilies. The carceral rehab’s focus on changing selves rested on the idea tha t women’s disordered selves are the cause of their poverty\, crime\, drug u se\, and victimization. This resembles many other facets of social and pena l policy that assume poor and racially marginalized groups need behavior mo dification rather than employment\, education\, or economic support.
Allison McKim is an Associate Professor of Sociology a t Bard College where she specializes in gender\, punishment and social cont rol\, criminology\, deviance\, drug policy\, the welfare state\, and ethnog raphic research methods. Her new book\, Addicted to Rehab: Race\, Gender\, and Drugs in the Era of Mass Incarceration (Rutgers University Press)\, is an ethnographic comparison of two drug treatment programs for women\, one i n the criminal justice system and one outside of the penal state in the hea lth care system. In them she found very different ways of defining and trea ting addiction. Professor McKim's book reveals that addiction treatment rei nforces the race\, gender\, and class politics of mass incarceration. Her w ork has also appeared in the journals Gender & Society and Signs. At Bard s ince 2010.
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Join us for our third session with Sarah Small\, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah\, on Monday\, March 4\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room \, or on Zoom. Dr. Small's presentation will be followed by an open Q&A ses sion with audience members—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Light refreshments will be served.
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This event is co-sponsored by the Levy Economics Institut e\, the Economic Development Initiative\, and Bard's Economics Program.
Though feminist economics encourages methodological plural ity\, quantitative methods and econometrics have overtaken the discipline i n recent years. Many feminist economists have demonstrated reasons to be co ncerned about the increasing foothold of quantitative methods\, and others have provided thoughtful criticisms of specific quantitative measurements. However\, few have made distinctions between mainstream econometrics and fe minist econometrics\, and a succinct set of resources for those trying to d o feminist quantitative research is difficult to find. Drawing upon insight s from feminist economics\, queer methods\, and intersectional approaches\, this paper sets forth practical guidelines for feminists using econometric methods. Namely\, it considers issues of data cleaning\, replicability\, s urvey weighting\, comparison groups\, non-binary measures of gender\, inter sectionality\, causality claims\, identification problems\, atheoretical in dex composition\, and measuring “difference.” It raises questions for conte mporary feminist economists to consider as we grapple with the methodologic al identity of our field.
Sarah F. Small\, PhD i s an assistant professor in the department of economics at the University o f Utah and the book review editor for Feminist Economics. Her research focu ses on intrahousehold bargaining\, unpaid care work\, history of feminist e conomic thought\, and feminist research methodology. Sarah earned her PhD i n economics from Colorado State University and formerly held research posit ions at Rutgers and Duke universities.
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LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/what-is-a-feminist -quantitative-method-opportunities-for-feminist-econometrics/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0426-EO-7310-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183616Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T000000 SUMMARY: Critiquing from the Margins: Examining the Power of Black Girls™ C ritiques of Class-Based Disparities in Schools DESCRIPTION: Join us for our fourth session with Jomaira Salas Pujols\, Ass istant Professor of Sociology at Bard College\, on Thursday\, March 28\, fr om 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\, or on...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join us for our fourth session with Jomaira Salas Pujols\, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Bard College\, on Thursday\, March 28\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference R oom\, or on Zoom. Dr. Pujols'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 questions.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Soci al scientists have long attended to how Black and other marginalized groups articulate critiques of class exploitation and socioeconomic disparities. This research sheds light into the mechanisms through which Black individua ls come to identify economic oppression and how they leverage these insight s to engage in community and political organizing. Too often missing from t his narrative\, however\, are the voices of Black youth\, who not only face chronic unemployment but are also impacted by decades of urban and school divestment. In this talk\, I turn to the voices and experiences of high sch ool-aged Black girls to examine how they articulate the motivations and imp act of educational funding inequities. I argue that Black girls display a k een awareness of the relationship between anti-Blackness and the chronic un derfunding of public education\, and document how their insights can offer us frameworks for moving from critical consciousness into action.
Jomaira Salas Pujols\, PhD is Assistant Professor of Soci ology at Bard College. Her research sits at the intersection of race\, plac e\, gender\, and education. Her current book project\, Black Gir ls Journeying\, examines how Black girls draw on their movemen t through place to identify and challenge educational injustice—a concept s he theorizes as journeying. Her research has been published in the Youth & Society journal and has been supported by the National Science Foundation a nd Ford Foundation. Professor Salas Pujols’s other research interests inclu de the study of Afro-Latina girlhood\, Black girls’ perceptions of school d ress codes\, and the racialized legacies of punishment in school.
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LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/critiquing-from-th e-margins-examining-the-power-of-black-girls-critiques-of-class-based-dispa rities-in-schools/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0466-EO-7312-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:19700101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183616Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T000000 SUMMARY: Queering Economics: Diversity and Inclusion in the Dismal Science DESCRIPTION: Join us for our fifth session with Michael Martell\, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College\, on Tuesday\, April 16th\, from 5p m to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\, or on...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join us for our fifth session with Michael Martell\, Associate Professor of Economics at Bard College\, on Tuesday\, April 16th\, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room\, or on Zoom. Dr. Martell's presentation will be followed by an open Q&A ses sion with audience members—both those in person and on Zoom are welcome to ask questions.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Mainstre am economic theory has narrowed over the last several decades. Despite effo rts to diversify who are economists\, the field remains the least diverse o f all the social sciences. We examine the link between economic theory and the identity of economists. Our analysis is based on qualitative interviews with a diverse group of LGBTQ+ economists at different stages of their car eers. We bring together the work and ideas of feminist and stratification e conomists to understand the status and experience of LGBTQ+ individuals in the profession. We marshal an intersectional call to action for the discipl ine to recruit and retain a more diverse group of economists. The strategie s we propose are based on the perspectives of our interviewees. Their persp ectives contribute to a fuller understanding of how the toxicity of the cul ture in academic economics affects how LGBTQ+ individuals navigate the prof ession and the world.
Michael Martell is an Asso ciate Professor of Economics at Bard College. His teaching and research int erests include labor\, applied microeconomics\, economics of inequality\, f eminist economics\, and economic development. He has served as an economist in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Safety and Health\, US Department of Labor\; at the Office of Regulatory Analysis\, US Occupati onal Safety and Health Administration\; and at the Office of Safety and Hea lth Statistics\, US Bureau of Labor Statistics. He has been at Bard since 2 016.
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LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/queering-economics -diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-dismal-science/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240424T1306Z-1713963964.0541-EO-7308-1@::1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20240101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T184154Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T170000 SUMMARY: 31st Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference DESCRIPTION: The 31st Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference was a one- day\, virtual event organized around the topics of Economic Prospects for t he US Economy\, The Revival of Industrial Policy\, Causes and Measurement o f Inequality\, and Aging and Public Policy: Debunking Myths\, Providing Sol utions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The 31st Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference was a one-day\, virtual event organized around the topics of Economic Prospects for the US Economy\, The Revival o f Industrial Policy\, Causes and Measurement of Inequality\, and Aging and Public Policy: Debunking Myths\, Providing Solutions.
Video recordings of the event can now be found on our YouTube Channel.
The program is available here.
Moderators included:
Peter Coy\, The New York Times\; Ma tthew Klein\, The Overshoot\; Pavlina Tcherneva\, Levy Institute and Bard College/OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative\ ; Harriet Torry\, The Wall Street Journal
P resenters included:
Reda Cherif\, International Monet ary Fund (IMF)\; James K. Galbraith\, LBJ School of Public Aff airs & Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\; Teresa Ghilarducc i\, The New School for Social Research\; Fuad Hasanov\, International Monetary Fund (IMF) & Georgetown University\; Jan Hatzius\, Goldman Sachs\; Michelle Holder\, J ohn Jay College of Criminal Justice\; Ed Lane\, Lane Asset Management\; Tom Masterson\, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\; Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Economics Inst itute of Bard College\; R.C. Whalen\, Whalen Global Adviso rs LLC\; L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute\; Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College\; Gennaro Zezza\, University of Cassino\, Italy & Levy Economics Institute of Bard Coll ege\; and more to be announced.
Thursday\, May 2\, 2024
10:00–10:15 a.m.
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
SPEAKERS:
Jan Hatzius | Goldman Sachs R.C. Whalen | Whalen Global Advisors LLC
Remarks in PDF
Gennaro Zezza | Levy Institute & University of Cassino\, Italy
Rema rks in PDF
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
SPEAKERS:
Reda Cherif | International Monetary Fund (IM F)
Fuad Hasanov | International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Rem arks in PDF
James Galbraith | LBJ School of Public Affairs & Levy Institute
1:30–1:45 p.m. Break
1:45–3:15 p.m.
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Session III: Causes and Measurement of Inequality
MODERATOR: Peter Coy | The New York Times
SP EAKERS:
Michelle Holder | John Jay College of Criminal Justic e
Remarks in PDF
Tom Masterson | Levy Institute
R emarks in PDF
Ajit Zacharias | Levy Institute
Remarks in PDF
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
SPEAKERS:
Teresa Ghilarducci | The New School for Social Research
Remarks in PDF
Ed Lane | Lane Asset Management
Remarks in PDF
L. Randall Wray | Levy Institute
Remarks in PDF

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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.
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LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z 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). 
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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).
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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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250317T140741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183705Z 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.
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The wor kshop is organized in loving memory of Professor Nilüfer Çağatay (1955-2022). P rofessor Çağatay was a distinguished Professor of Economics at the Universi ty of Utah and a Research Associate with the Levy Economics Institute. She was a pioneer in gender-aware macroeconomics and co-founded GEM-IWG\, an in ternational network dedicated to knowledge sharing and capacity building am ong feminist macroeconomists. Inspired by her outstanding contributions to the field of gender and economics\, we dedicate this gender workshop to her .
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September 11th–13th\, 2024
Blithewood\, Annan dale-on-Hudson\, NY
The goal of this workshop is to explore ways to advance the integration of gender into economic analyses in order t o promote inclusive development and policymaking. This workshop will provid e a forum for scholars\, academics\, and policymakers to debate\, discuss\, and integrate the role of gender inequality in evaluating labor market dyn amics\, macroeconomic outcomes\, and economic policies\, with an overarchin g objective of discussing the methodological pluralism of feminist economic s. There are multiple dimensions of gender inequality that intersect with o ther forms of inequality—such as social class\, ethnicity\, race\, and nati onality—to affect economic processes\, outcomes\, and policies. We are seek ing contributions with strong theoretical\, modeling\, and/or empirical com ponents to address these interconnections and we welcome research that appl ies a feminist lens to a broad range of topics in micro- and macroeconomics \, cutting across local and global geographies. We invite research papers e ngaging but not limited to the following topics:
Care work\, soc ial reproduction\, and macroeconomics
Investigation into aspects of gender inequalities and time allocation: integrating time-use analysis in assessing overall economic wellbeing
Expansion and improvement of d ata for empirical\, evidence-based gender analysis
Examination of t he bi-directional channels of influence between macroeconomic policies and gender inequalities
Fiscal policy\, taxation\, and gender budgeting in low- and middle-income countries: challenges and the way forward
Gendered impact of austerity measures
Investigation into the gend er-differentiated impacts of monetary policy
Explorations into the mechanisms whereby gender inequalities influence macroeconomic outcomes\, s uch as aggregate output and employment and their sectoral composition\, inf lation\, budget deficits\, and the current account balance
Inquiry into climate change\, environmental issues\, and sustainability through a g endered lens
Assessment of intra-household power dynamics\, gender norms\, and patriarchy in understanding economic outcomes including women’s unpaid work\, labor market engagement\, earnings\, and the gender wage gap
Development of new indicators of societal norms and perceptions (e .g.\, patriarchy\, gender bias\, etc.)
This workshop will bring together diverse visions of how and why gender and intersectional inequali ties need to be integrated in assessing economic wellbeing and formulating development policy agendas. The workshop will facilitate deliberations on a lternative theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence regarding strategi es explored by feminist economists.
We invite theoretical contributio ns that utilize existing and novel economic modeling approaches\, as well a s empirical studies\, in particular\, those focusing on the dimensions of g ender inequalities relevant to low- and middle-income countries. We encoura ge interdisciplinary research\, submissions from young scholars and scholar s from the global south. We are also interested in papers that provide a co mprehensive picture of state of the art\, identify gaps\, and indicate dire ctions for future research. The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is organizing this event with the generous support of The William and Flora H ewlett Foundation. The organizers will cover accommodation and travel expen ses.
For questions\, please contact Aashima Sinha at asinha@levy.org.
SCHEDU LE
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Yanez (presenter)\, Johns Hopkins Universi ty
"Can Children’s Education Enhance Formal Female Labor Fo rce Participation?"
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Wednesd ay\, September 11

9:00–9:10 a.m. Welcome
Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, President\, Levy Economics Institute
9:10–9:20 a.m. Dedication: Nilüfer Çağatay
Rania Antonopoulos\, Levy Economics Institute (remote)
9:20–10:50 a.m. SESSION 1: Gender and Macroeconomics: Mode ling and Macro-Micro Linkages
Chair: Marcella Corsi\, Sapienza Univ ersity of Rome
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Ajit Zacharias (presente r)\, Levy Economics Institute\; Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Economics Institute\; and
Thomas Masters on\, Levy Economics Institute
"Modeling altern ative methods of financing investments for gender equality"
Mark Setterfield\, New School for Social Research
"Integrating the Social Reproduction of Labour into Macroeconomic Theory"
Discussants:
Mark Setterfield\, New School For Social Research
Valeria Esquive l\, 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 Povert y: Gender- and Care-Sensitive Metrics/Assessment
Chair: Ipek Ilkkaracan\, Ist anbul Technical University (ITU)
Presenters:
Thomas Masterson (presenter)\, Levy Economics Institute\; Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Economics Institute\,
Fernando Rios-Avila\, Levy Economics Institute\; and Aashima Sinha\, Levy Economics Institute
"Time and income poverty in the U.S.: Is employment the answer?"
Aashima Sinha (present er)\, Levy Economics Institute\; Thomas Masterson \, Levy Economics Institute\;
Ajit Zacharias \, Levy Economics Institute\; Fernando Rios-Avila \, Levy Economics Institute
"Can we Solve Time Poverty through Redistribution of Household Production?"
Claudia Liceth Fajardo Hoyos (p resenter)\, Universidad del Cauca\, Colombia and Jhon James Mora
Rodríguez\, Universidad I
CESI\, Col ombia
"Time Poverty Feminization and Gender Discrimination in a Developing Country"
Discussants:
Claudia Liceth Fajardo Hoyos\, Un iversidad del Cauca
Oriel Sullivan\, University College London (UCL)
Fernando Rios-Avila\, Levy Economics Institute
12:45–2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00–3:30 p.m. SESSION 3: Gender (In)sensitive Data and Theory
Chair: Aashima Sinha\, Levy Economics Institute
Presenters:
Indira Hi rway\, Centre for Development Alternatives\, Ahmedaba d\, India
"Recent Initiatives in Improving Collection of Ti me Use Data: Some Issues"
Oriel Sullivan (presenter)\, University College Lo ndon (UCL)\; Jonathan Gershuny\, University
College London (UCL) and Juana Lamote de Grignon Perez\, University College London (UCL)
"Time use diary des ign for our times: the importance of multiple continuous fields\, using the
example of child care"
Marlene Kim\, University of Massachusetts Boston
"Gender in Economics: The Problems\, Solutions\, and Missing Theory"
Discussants: Luiza Nassif Pires\, Universidade estadual de Cam pinas (Unicamp)
Indira Hirway\, Centre for D evelopment Alternatives\, Ahmedabad\, India
Ipek Ilkkara can\, Istanbul Technical University (ITU)
3:30–4:00 p.m. Coffee/Tea Break

4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. SESSION 4: Policy and Gender: Fi scal\, Monetary\, and Education
Chair: Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Economics Instit ute
Presenters:
Thi Minh Tam Bui\, Sri nakharinwirot University\, Thailand
"Labour market response s to inflation‐targeting monetary policy in Thailand: An analysis

of formal/informal employment and sectoral heterogeneity through a gende r lens"
Ruth Badru\, University of Bristol\, UK
“Does Fiscal Policy Sh ape Gender Equity? An Analysis of Infrastructure Investments”
Di scussants:
Pavlina Tcherneva\, Levy Economics Ins titute
Thi Minh Tam Bui\, Srinakharinwirot U niversity\, Thailand
Emily Ikhide\, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies
Thursday\, September 12
~~9:00–10:30 a.m.~~ SESSION 5: Policy Simulations: Input-Output and Computable Gener al Equilibrium models
C hair: Thomas Masterson\, Levy Economics Institute
Presenters:
Asiya Maskaeva\, The Universi ty of Dodoma (Tanzania) (remote)
"Macro‐le vel gender‐responsive policy solutions that can promote women’s economic
empowerment in Tanzania"
Luiza Nassif Pires\, Universidade estadual de Campi nas (Unicamp)
“Tax Reforms for the Provision of Care in Bra zil: Public Investment or Tax Incentives?”
Oluwasola Emmanuel Omoju\, Nation al Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies and Emily Ikhide (presenter)\, National Institute for Legislative a nd Democratic Studies
"Economic\, gender and food security implications of health‐focused fiscal policy: Evidence from
mac ro‐micro modeling of the ‘sugar’ tax in Nigeria"
Discussants:
Emel Memis\, Ankara University
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz\, Universit y of North Florida
Asiya Maskaeva\, The Univ ersity of Dodoma (Tanzania) (remote)
10:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 a .m.–12:30 p.m. SESSION 6: Gender Gaps in Wages\, Productivity and Employment< /td>
Chair: Luiza Nassif Pire s\, Universidade estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

Presenters:
Abou Kane (presenter)\, University Cheik h Anta Diop of Dakar and Mamaye Thiongane\, Unive rsity
Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
"The Gender Wage Gap i n Senegal: Ability Differences or Discrimination?"
A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi\, Trent University
"Cum catenae pro caesura ac cipiuntur: gender gaps in agricultural productivity and social
reproduction in Malawi"
Mina Baliamoune-Lutz\, University of North Flo rida
"Trade and women in the labor market: Why is the MENA region different and what should policymakers
do to reduce the gender gap in the labor market?"
Discussants:
Jacqueline Strenio\, Norwich University
Thomas Masterson\, Levy Economics Institute
Nthabiseng Moleko\, Stellenbosch University
12:30–2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00–3:30 p.m. SESSION 7: Care Policies\, Child Develo pment and Well-being
Ch air: Nthabiseng Moleko\, Stellenbosch University< /td>
Presenters:
Myagmarsuren Boldbaatar\, Natio nal University of Mongolia\; Otgontugs Banzragch (presenter)\,
National University of Mongoli\; Khishigt D andarchuluun\, National University of Mongolia
"Mapping Childcare in Mongolia: Children as Unpaid Caregivers"
Ebru Kongar (presenter)\, Dickinson College\, and Günseli Berik\, University of Utah
“Centrality of Care Work in Feminis t Economics Scholarly Identity”
Emel Memis (presenter)\, Ankara University a nd Ozge Izdes\, Istanbul University
< li>"Elderly Care in a Non-caring Economy: How Far is a Caring Society?"
Discussants:
Abou Kane\, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
Mary Borrowman\, Center for Global Development
Ana Maria Tribin\, The World Bank
3:30–4:00 p.m. Coffee/Tea break
4:00–5:30 p.m. SESSION 8: Patriarchy\, Socia l Norms\, and Gender Inequality
Chair: Nurgul Ukueva\, Bard College
Presenters:
Erica Aloè\, Sapienza University of Rome\; Marcella Corsi (presenter)\, Sapienza University of Ro me and
Giulia Zacchia\, Sapienza University of Rome
"Measuring Patriarchy in Italy"
Amit Basole\, Azim Premji Universi ty\, Bengaluruand\; MK Shravan\, Azim Premji Univ ersity\, Bengaluruand\;
and Vijayamba. R. (presenter)\, National Law School of India
"Mobility norms a nd women’s employment during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from India"
Sarah F. Small ( presenter)\, Department of Economics\, University of Utah and Bhavya Sinha\, Colorado
State University
"When Men Fix the House: A Marxist Feminist Approach to Gender ed Housework and Exchange Value"
Discussants:
A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi\, T rent University
Vedavati Patwardhan\, Univer sity of California\, San Diego
Vijayamba. R\, National Law School of India University
Friday\, September 13
9:45 –11:15 a.m. Policy Round Table
C hair: Anuradha Seth\, (former) UN Women

Presenters:
Panelists:
Valeria Esquiv el\, International Labour Organization
Ra quel Lagunas\, United Nations Development Programme
< li>Ana Maria Tribin\, The World Bank
Mary Borrowman\, Center for Global Development
< /ol>
11:15–11:45 a.m. C offee break
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Keynote\, Jayati Ghosh\, University of Massachusetts\, Amh erst
12:30–2:00 p.m. Lunch
< /td>
2:00–3:30 p.m.< /td> SESSION 9: Gendered D isparities in Employment Security and Old-age Security & Intersection
of Gender\, work status and Political Ideology
Chair: Emel Memis\, Ankara Uni versity
Presenters:
Beth Almeida\, Ce nter for American Progress and Christian Weller (presenter)\, University of
Massachusetts Boston
"Promo ting Economic Advancement for Older Women in the Workplace"
Abena Odura\, Un iversity of Ghana\; Nthabiseng Moleko (presenter)\, Stellenbosch University\; and Aashima Sinha\, Levy Economics Institute
"Gender Disparities in Employment Security and Welfare Outcomes in South Africa"
Ipek Ilkkaracan (presenter)\, Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and Izaskun Zuazu\, University of
Duisberg-Essen
"How Gender Inter sects with Paid and Unpaid Work Status in Political Ideology: Evidence from homemakers in Spain"
Discussants:
Giulia Zacchia\, Sapienza University of Rome
Ruth Badru\, University of Bristol\ , UK
Sarah F. Small\, Department of Economic s\, 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
< /td> Chair: Sarah F. Small \, Department of Economics\, University of Utah

Presenters:
Jheelum Sarkar\, American University
"Impact of Climate Shocks on Gender Division of Unpaid and Paid Labor: A Case Study from an Indian Coastal Hotspot"
Hossein Azadi (pr esenter)\, University of Liège\, Belgium and Ima neh Goli\, University of Liège\, Belgium
"Cl imate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Coping Strategies: Why Does Gende r Matter?"
Sop hia Huyer\, Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (remote)
"Is it Resilient for Women? Economic Empowerment through Climate-Resilient Agriculture"
Discussants:
Sophia Huyer\, Accelerating I mpacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (remote) Jheelum Sarkar\, American University
Hossein Azadi\, University of Liège\, Belgium

LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250317T143613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183705Z 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.
The event was h eld on November 19 in RKC 103 at 5PM EST and livestreamed on YouTube.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Levy Admin":MAILTO:phpdev@bard.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-machine-age-an d-the-human-condition-possible-futures/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250318T0513Z-1742274791.631-EO-15554-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250317T144133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183615Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241119T180000 SUMMARY: [CANCELED] Racial\, Ethnic\, and Sex/Gender Disparities in Alzheim er’s Disease and Related Dementias DESCRIPTION: [UPDATE: EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED] CO-SPONSORED BY THE BARD COL LEGE PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM Join us for the next session of the Gender Equalit y and the Economy Speaker Series\, with A. Zarina...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
[UPDATE: EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED]
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.
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250118T162848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183615Z 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:
An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the Economy Speaker Se ries.

Monday\, February 3rd\, 5pm 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.

LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250210T162452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183614Z 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:
An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the Economy Speaker Series.

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:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250218T162237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183513Z 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:
An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the Economy Speaker Se ries.
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).
LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250318T165406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182339Z 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250317T191515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183614Z 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:
An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the Economy: Interdi sciplinary Approaches Speaker Series.
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:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250424T193354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183442Z 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.
Register for in-person attendance.
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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
Background:
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).
Objectives:
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:
What role could debt\, SDRs\, and oth er instruments play in expanding fiscal space? Could innovative financing o ptions (gender/green bonds\, debt swaps\, other innovative financing mechan isms/instruments) be part of the solution?
What role could fiscal/m onetary/macroprudential policy be leveraged to enable increased investment to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment?
Is there a role for economic modeling in assessing alternative financing options and their gendered impacts?
How to build a unified framework to bring togeth er these alternative mechanisms to finance gender equality?
How cou ld we leverage the momentum of the Fourth International Conference on Finan cing for Development (FfD4) to translate commitments into concrete financia l actions for sustained investment on gender equality and the empowerment o f women and girls?

Expected Outcome
Increased awareness of the urgent need for financing gender equa lity initiatives in a context of a global pushback against gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
Identification of concrete financing mechanisms\, strategies\, best practices and partnerships for sca ling up investments in gender equality.
Enhanced collaboration amon g stakeholders to advance the agenda on financing for gender equality.

A set of concrete recommendations for policymakers and international st akeholders on addressing gaps in financing for gender equality.
Inc reased visibility of the importance of gender equality within the FfD4 proc ess.
Target Audience
Government o fficials from ministries of economy and/or finance\, Ministries of Foreign affairs and Development Cooperations\, Ministries of gender equality\, soci al development.
Representatives from multilateral development banks and international financial institutions.
Philanthropic Institutio ns working on gender and economic justice
Civil society organizatio ns working on gender equality and fiscal justice.
UN Agencies worki ng on public/development finance\, gender\, social/economic policies.
< li>Academics and researchers focused on development finance and gender equa lity.
Format:
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
• Martina Metz\, Director\, Development economics and developmen t banks German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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.
• 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
10h45-11h25
In teractive dialogue (Panelists to be confirmed)
• Ms. Luiza Nassif\, Made - Research Center on Macroeconomics of Inequa lities\, FEA/USP
• Other panelists to be confirmed
Moderated by Raquel Coello Cremades\, Policy advisor macroeconomics and global lead on care\ , UN Women
11h25-11h30 Final comments and closing remarks
Pavli na R. Tcherneva\, Levy Economics Institute and Economic Democracy Initiative

LOCATION:United Nations Headquarters GEO:40.750534;-73.967647 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250317T185423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183705Z 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.
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We are excited to announce that the 32nd Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference\, Money\, Finance\, and Economic Strategies in Fractured Times\,* will be returning as an in-p erson event on Monday\, June 16\, 2025. The conference will take place on t he Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson\, NY.
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: US House Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17)
THE FULL CONFER ENCE PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND HERE

LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250724T153735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182330Z 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250814T153407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182320Z 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:20260917T055412Z 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:20260917T055412Z 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.

Erika McEntarfer is an American labor economist who rece ntly served as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics\, a role she was appointed to by President Biden. Prior to her appointment\, she spe nt over two decades in nonpolitical roles across the federal government. He r public service work has focused on developing new economic insights by li nking government data in novel ways\, and the creation of new labor market statistics. Her research on labor market dynamics has been published in Ame rican Economic Journal: Macroeconomics\, the Journal of Labor Economics\, a nd the Journal of Economic Perspectives. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Bard College and a Ph.D. in economics from Virginia Tech.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/the-importance-of- official-data-in-assessing-economic-conditions/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250919T1901Z-1758308515.4486-EO-16549-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20250919T185844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182308Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251010T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251010T100000 SUMMARY: Levy Graduate Programs Information Session October 10 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\, 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20251015T133551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182256Z 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:20260917T055412Z 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:
Part of the Levy Ec onomics Institute Capitol Hill Series
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:
Introduction | Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, Levy Economics Institute
"Why Fed Independe nce Matters" | Claudia Sahm\, New Century Advisors
"Congress and the Federal Reserve" | James K. Galbraith\, University of Texas at Austin
"The Fed Is Still Flyi ng Blind" | L. Randall Wray\, Levy Economics Institute
"When Does 'Independence' Become Tyranny?" | William Bergman\, Former Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Find related publications here .
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
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 James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. C hair in Government/Business at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affai rs\, The University of Texas at Austin. He chairs the board of Economists f or Peace and Security [epsusa.org] and directs the University of Texas Ineq uality Project [utip.lbj.utexas.edu]. He was executive director of the Join t Economic Committee in the early 1980s. From 1993 to 1997\, he served as c hief technical adviser to China’s State Planning Commission for macroeconom ic reform\, and in the first half of 2015 as an informal counselor to the G reek minister of finance.
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:20260917T055412Z 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:
Research and methodological progress – highlighting notable adva ncements in research on public investment in the care economy and the assoc iated methodologies.
Data infrastructure and surveys – assessing developments in time-use data and broader care data systems/ dashboards over the past two decades.
The panel features leadin g experts whose research and contributions are advancing the fields of gend er\, care\, and macroeconomics.
Panelists:
< li> Research and Methodology
Ajit Zacharias – Lev y Economics Institute
Thomas Masterson – Levy Economics Institute
Özlem Onaran – University of Greenwich
Data and Survey
Nancy Folbre – University of Massachusett s Amherst
Misty Heggeness – Kansas University
Maria S. Flor o – American University
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:20260917T055412Z 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?
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/money-payments-evo lution-or-revolution/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251111T1940Z-1762890052.2974-EO-16669-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20251111T184247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T220242Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T180000 SUMMARY: Monetary Policy Transmission to Consumption: Inequalities by Gende r and Race DESCRIPTION: Join us Thursday\, December 4 at 5 PM for a discussion at Blit hewood with Professor Aina Puig. This discussion explores a paper estimatin g the causal effects of monetary policy shocks...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20251124T161730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182237Z 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20251223T202915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182245Z 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260128T145251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182224Z 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:20260917T055412Z 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260224T132850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T182144Z 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260303T181650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T170611Z 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:
Free and open to th e public.
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:20260917T055412Z 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260414T182823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T201445Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T123000 SUMMARY: The Role of Production Networks in Price Stability DESCRIPTION: Part of the Levy at 40 Event Series The pandemic inflation\, t he war in Ukraine\, and now a potential energy crisis from the war in Iran\ , have all sparked interest...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Part of the Levy at 40 Event Series
The pandemic inflation\, the war in Ukraine\, and now a potential ener gy crisis from the war in Iran\, have all sparked interest in the relations hip between inflation and sector-specific price shocks. In a now foundation al work\, Weber et. al (2024a) put forward a “production networks perspecti ve” that uses input-output models to simulate how these sector-specific pri ce shocks can drive increases in the general price level. Their results ide ntified 8 sectors with systemically significant prices that disproportionat ely drive inflation in the U.S economy. This paper extends that analysis by disaggregating the results of price shocks to systemically significant sec tors and demonstrates how their inflationary outcomes are themselves compos ed of shifting relative prices. By extension\, consumer price indexes are a rgued to be a poor metric for assessing inflation that results from sectora l shocks. This extension is motivated by a conceptualization of inflation n ot as a movement in the price level but instead a shift in the price system encompassing all stages of the production process that create the cost str ucture for consumer prices. The results suggest that analyzing inflation as a disaggregated process has two main benefits: (1) it allows for the ident ification of the specific transmission mechanisms for price shocks and show s which pathways through production networks are the most inflationary\, an d (2) identifying these pathways refines the classification of systemically significant prices by showing which sectors are more likely to originate p rice shocks while other amplify them. I conclude by arguing that price stab ility can be best achieved by building structural resilience in these produ ction networks through policies that implement strategic commodity buffer s tocks and facilitate the transition away from fossil fuels.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260414T190519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260430T201321Z 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.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 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:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260130T191533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T183704Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260508T173000 SUMMARY: Levy Economics Institute Anniversary Conference DESCRIPTION: If you are registered to attend this event\, you can find the logistics to plan your visit here. On May 8\, 2026\, the Levy Economics Ins titute convenes its annual conference on...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
If you are register ed to attend this event\, you can find the logistics to pl an your visit here.
On May 8\, 2026\, the Levy Economics Institu te convenes its annual conference on the 40th anniversary of the Institute’s founding.
T his year’s conference will be held in person on the Bard College campus\, f eaturing panel discussions exploring current sources of financial instabili ty\, surveying the macro picture for the US economy\, and engaging with eco nomic policy challenges in areas such as artificial intelligence\, jobs\, c aregiving\, energy\, and development finance.
Presenters include:

Sheila Bair\, James K. Galbraith\, Darrick Hamilton\, William H. Janeway \, Tom Keene\, Chris Kennedy\, Yan Liang\, Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, Isabella Weber\, L. Randall Wray\, and Gennaro Zezza
Att endance for this event is currently at capacity. Please register to be adde d to the waitlist.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM

LOCATION:Blithewood Manor GEO:42.022548;-73.910724 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/levy-economics-ins titute-anniversary-conference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260507T1435Z-1778164522.5221-EO-17049-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260507T141154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T141154Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T150000 SUMMARY: Breaking the Tragedy of the Horizon? Characterizing the Green Turn of Monetary Regimes DESCRIPTION: Although remaining controversial and in its infancy\, the “gre ening” of monetary policy and financial regulation is spreading. Such an en vironmental turn appears as a key channel to reform capitalism\, through... more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Although remaining controversial and in it s infancy\, the “greening” of monetary policy and financial regulation is s preading. Such an environmental turn appears as a key channel to reform cap italism\, through redirecting finance towards so-called “green” capital. Th is environmental turn may mean more than merely a set of technical adjustme nts to central banks operations and risk management by financial institutio ns. In recent history\, significant changes in the forms taken by money\, i n the modalities of its issuance\, of its circulation and in the basis of i ts valuation heralded\, and responded to\, equally substantial mutations in the broader political economy. In post-World War II capitalism\, changes i n monetary regimes turned out to be early signs of structural changes in th e patterns of growth and capital accumulation. We take stock of the green t urn in monetary regimes throughout the world\, keeping in mind that such ch anges do not occur in an institutional vacuum and instead co-evolve with th e other institutional forms governing the society. We assemble a comprehens ive database of policies integrating environmental criteria into monetary p olicy and financial regulation to date and characterize the main varieties of green monetary regimes. We identify three broad types of green monetary regimes. Yet\, many countries do not fall into any of the green monetary re gime types: the institutionalization of ecological issues in monetary polic y and financial regulation appears as a diverse and\, to some extent\, idio syncratic\, vulnerable and contested process. Based on these results\, we d iscuss consequences for the consistency of capital accumulation regimes.
Louison Cahen-Fourot is an associate profess or of Economics at Roskilde University in Denmark\, and a visiting scholar at Harvard's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies for the spring o f 2026. His research explores the interdependencies between economic\, fina ncial\, and ecological dynamics that shape long-term transformations of con temporary capitalism\, in the fields of ecological macroeconomics and the p olitical economy of social-ecological transformation. Among other topics\, Cahen-Fourot has written on the climate-finance nexus\, green monetary poli cy and central banking\, the economic and financial conditions and impacts of the low-carbon transition\, the social relation to the environment in th e diversity of capitalism\, the relation between socio-metabolic regimes an d accumulation regimes\, and post-growth economics. Before moving to Denmar k\, he was a postdoctoral researcher for four years at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business's Institute for Ecological Economics in Austria. He holds a PhD in Economics from Sorbonne Paris-Nord University\, master's degrees in international economics from Sorbonne Paris-Nord and in sustain able development from Clermont-Auvergne University\, and a bachelor in econ omic and social administration from the University of Bordeaux.
LOCATION:Levy Conference Room GEO:0;0 ORGANIZER;CN="Lindsey Carter":MAILTO:lcarter@levy.org URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.levyinstitute.org/events/event/breaking-the-trage dy-of-the-horizon/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260916T2012Z-1789589547.8755-EO-17425-1@192.246.229.205 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260917T055412Z CREATED:20260916T192212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T192212Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T170000 SUMMARY: The AI Bubble: From Boom to Financial Bust DESCRIPTION: SAVE THE DATE. In the next installment of its Capitol Hill Ser ies\, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is partnering with Ameri cans for Financial Reform to convene a discussion...more X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
SAVE THE DATE.
In the next installme nt of its Capitol Hill Series\, the Levy Economics Institute of Bard Colleg e is partnering with Americans for Financial Reform to convene a discussion in Washington\, DC addressing a question increasingly on the minds of inve stors and regulators: is the extraordinary run-up in AI-related valuations sustainable\, or is it the latest chapter in a familiar boom-bust pattern? In examining the financial plumbing behind the AI buildout\, the forum aims to identify and illuminate potential sources of financial fragility—and wh at to do about them.
Speaker details to come.
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8:15−9:15 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration
9:15−9:30 a.m.	Welcome and Openin g Remarks Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, President\, Levy Institute
9:30−10:30 a.m.	Time and Income Poverty: Conceptual Overview and Measurement Is sues Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Institute
10:30−11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lu nch
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Argentina Valeria Esquivel\, Instituto de Cie ncias\, 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 Labo ur Organization
4:30−4:45 p.m.	Break
4:45−6:00 p.m.	Mexico Mónica E. Orozco Corona\, INMUJERES Armando Sanchez Vargas\, Universidad Naci onal Autónoma de México
6:00 p .m.	Dinner
7:30 p.m.	Transportation from Blithew ood to hotel

Breakfast
9:00−9:15 a.m.	Carmen de la Cruz\, Gender Cluster Leader\, UNDP Regional Center–LAC
9:15− 10:00 a.m.	Statistical Matching and Imputation of Missing Data Thomas Masterson\, Levy Institute
10:00−11:00 a.m.	R oundtable All participants
11:00−11:30 a.m.	Break
Meeting with Country Specialists\, Mexico
12:30−2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00−3:00 p.m.	Meeting with Country Specialist\, Chile
Me eting with Country Specialist\, Argentina
6:00 p.m.	Dinner

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. Papad imitriou\, Levy Institute SPEAKERS: Marc Lavoie\, Professor \, University of Ottawa “From Macroeconomics to Monetary Economics: Some Persistent Themes in the Theory” (PDF) (PowerPo int presentation in PDF) Anwar Shaikh\, Professor\, New Sch ool for Social Research “Three Balances and Twin Deficits: Godley v ersus Ruggles and Ruggles” (PDF) Slide presentation (P DF) Gennaro Zezza\, Research Scholar\, Levy Institute\, and Professor\, University of Cassino “Stock-flow Consistent Monetary Circuits” (PowerPoint presentation in PDF)
< b>4:00−4:30 p.m.	Coffee Break
4:30−5:45 p.m.	Session 2 MODERATOR: Taun Toay\, Resear ch Analyst\, Levy Institute SPEAKERS: Tiago Mata\, Research Fel low\, Duke University “Godley Works in Mysterious Ways: The Craft o f Economic Judgment in Postwar Britain” (PDF) Slide presentat ion (PDF) L. Randall Wray\, Senior Scholar\, Levy Insti tute\, and Professor\, University of Missouri–Kansas City “Godley G ot It Right” (PDF) (PowerPoint presentation in PDF)
5:45 p.m.	Reception and Dinner SPEAKER: Jan Kregel\, Senior Schola r\, 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\, Levy Institute SPEAKERS: Jacques Mazier\, Professor\, Universit y of Paris North\, CEPN-CNRS “Financial Integration and Stabilizati on in a Monetary Union without or with Bank Rationing” (Powe rPoint presentation in PDF) Malcolm Sawyer\, Professor\, Un iversity of Leeds “The Effectiveness of Fiscal Policy in the Stock -flow Levy Model” (PDF) (PowerPoint presentat ion in PDF)
11:00−11:30 a. m.	Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. − 12:45 p.m.	Ses sion 4 MODERATOR: Thomas Masterson\, Research Scholar\, Lev y Institute SPEAKERS: Stephen Kinsella\, Lecturer\, University of Limerick “Debt-deflation Traps within Small Open Economies: A S tock-flow Consistent Perspective” Slide presentation (PDF) Jan Toporowski\, Reader in Economics\, University of London “The Stock-flow Consistent Appro ach with Active Financial Markets” (PDF) (PowerPoint presentation in PDF)
12:45−2:45 p.m.	Lunch SPEAK ER: John Maloney\, Professor\, University of Exeter Business School< br />“Godley\, Cambridge and the Treasury”

7:3 0−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast at the hotel
9:00 a.m.	Pickup from hotel and transportation to Blithewood
9:30−10:30 a.m.	Time a nd Income Poverty: Conceptual Overview and Comparison of Major Findings acr oss Argentina\, Chile\, and Mexico Ajit Zacharias\, Levy Institute
10:30−11:00 a.m.	Break
11:0 0 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Data Issues\, Quality of St atistical Matching\, and Employment Simulation in the Measurement of Time a nd Income Poverty Thomas Masterson\, Levy Institute
Lunch
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Argentina Valeria Esquivel\, Instituto de C iencias\, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break< /td>
3:15 p.m.−4:30 p.m.
4:30−4:45 p.m.	Break
4:45−6:00 p.m.	Mexi co Mónica E. Orozco Corona\, INMUJERES Armando Sanchez Vargas \, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
6:15 p.m. −	Transportation from Bl ithewood 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 Prot ection Regimes in Argentina\, Chile\, and Mexico Rania Antonopoulo s\, Levy Institute
< b>10:15−11:15 a.m.	Roundtable All part icipants
11:15−11:30 a.m.< /td>	Break
11:30 a.m. − 12:30 p.m.	Meeting with Countr y Specialist I
12:30−2:00 p.m.	Lunch
2:00−3:00 p.m.	Meeting with Countr y Specialist II
3:00−4:00 p.m.	Meeting with Country Specialist III
4:15 p.m. −	Departure for New York (for those returning to NYC)
6:00 p.m.	D inner (for those returning to NYC the next morning)

10:15–11:45 a.m.	Registration
11:45 a. m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30–2:45 p.m.	Welcome and Introdu ction: Minsky and the Levy Institute Dimitri B. Papadimitriou< /strong>\, Levy Institute
2:45 –3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15–4:30 p.m.	General Introduction to Minsky and Financial Fragility L. Randall Wray\, Lev y Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City
4:30 p.m. –	Welcome Reception
Until 7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

8:30−9:45 a.m.	General Introduction to Minsky and Financial Reform Jan Kregel \, Levy Institute and Tallinn Technical University
9:45−10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15−11:45 a.m.	New Fiscalism Mario Seccareccia\, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and University of Ottawa
11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Functional Finance: Old and New Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, Levy Institute
2:45−3:15 p.m.< /td>	Break
3:1 5−4:30 p.m.	Heinz 57 Varieties: Money Manager Capi talism L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute and University of Misso uri–Kansas City
4:30p.m. −	Student Activities
Until 7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

8:30–9:45 a.m.	Minsky and Modern Money < b>Stephanie A. Kelton\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansa s City
9:45–10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15– 11:45 a.m.	International Dimensions of Financial F ragility Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn Technical Univ ersity
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.< /b>	Lunch
1:30–2:45 p.m.	Minsky and Employment Guarantee Fadhel Kaboub\, Levy Institute and Denison University
2:45−3:15 p.m.	B reak
3:15−4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. −	Student Activities
Until 7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

8:30–9:45 a.m.	War on Poverty Stephanie A. Kelton\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City
9:45– 10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15–11:45 a.m.	Minsky and EU Financi al Reform Mario Tonveronachi\, Università de Siena
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 Missouri–Kansas City
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Panel: Designing ELR Programs Fadhel Kaboub\, Levy Instit ute and Denison University
4:3 0 p.m. −	Student Activities
Until 7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kli ne Commons

8:30–9:45 a.m.	Minsky and the Theory of Asset Market Speculation Frank Veneroso\, Veneroso As sociates\, LLC
9:45–10:15 a.m.	Break
< b>10:15–11:45 a.m.	Costing ELR Scott T. Fu llwiler\, Wartburg College
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00–6:30 p.m.	Trip to the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the FDR Presidential Library and Museum\, Hyde Park
6:30 p.m. –	Picnic Supper: Blithewood

8:30–9:45 a.m.	Minsky’s Big Bank – Big Government Interpretation of Postw ar Stability Éric Tymoigne\, Levy Institute and Lewis and Clark College
9:45–10:15 a.m.	Break
10:1 5–11:45 a.m.	Stock-flow Consistent Economic Models Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Institute and Università di Cassino
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30−2:45 p .m.	Minsky–Godley and the Financial Balances Appro ach Robert W. Parenteau\, Levy Institute and MacroStrategy Edge
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m .	Minsky’s “Two Price” Theory Éric Tymoign e\, Levy Institute and Lewis and Clark 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 Consumpti on Steven M. Fazzari\, Levy 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 Mod el
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p .m.	Central Bank Operations Scott T. Fullw iler\, Wartburg College
4: 30 p.m. −	Stock-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 Crisis Gary A. Dymski\, Un iversity of California\, Riverside
11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30–2:45 p.m.	Minsky and the Theory of Investment Steven M. Fazzari\, Levy Institut e and Washington University–St. Louis
2:45–3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15–4:30 p.m.	Panel: Mins ky and Systemic Reform Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn Technical University Mario Tonveronachi\, Universitá de SienaÉric Tymoigne\, Levy Institute and Lewis and Clark College Gary A. Dymski\, University of California\, Riverside
Stock-f low Lab
Until 7:00 p.m.	Dinner

8:30–9:45 a.m.	Com munity Development Banks Gary A. Dymski\, University of Califor nia\, Riverside
9:45−10:15 a.m .	Break
10:15−11:45 a.m.	Instability and the Single Cur rency Robert W. Parenteau\, Levy Institute and MacroStrategy Ed ge
11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m.< /td>	Lunch
1:3 0−2:45 p.m.	Canadian Bank Regulation: More Lucky t han 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 Outloo k Frank Veneroso\, Veneroso Associates\, LLC Marshall A uerback\, Levy Institute and Economists for Peace and Security Robert W. Parenteau\, Levy Institute and MacroStrategy Edge Dim itri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Institute
4:30 p.m. −	Closure
7:00 p.m.	Closing Dinn er: Blithewood Speaker: Paul A. McCulley\, Society of Fellows\, Global Interdependence Center\; formerly\, PIMCO

8:30−9: 45 a.m.	General Introduction to Minsky and Fi nancial Reform Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallin n University of Technology
9:45−10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15−11:45 a.m.	Veblen\, Minsky\, and Evolutionary Economics John F. Henry\, University of Missouri–Kansas City
11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m.	Lun ch\, Manor Café
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Functional Finance: Old and New ~~Pavlina Tcherneva\, Levy Institute and Bard College~~
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4: 30 p.m.	Minsky and Modern Money L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City
4:30−5:30 p.m.	Student Activities
5:30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner\, M anor Café

8:30−9:45 a.m.	Central B ank Operations Scott T. Fullwiler\, Wartburg College< /td>
9:45−10:15 a.m.< /td>	Break
10:15−11:45 a.m.	International Dimensions o f Financial Fragility Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology
11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m.	Lunch\, Manor Café
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky and EU Financial Reform Mario Tonveronachi\, Università de Siena
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.
4:30−5:30 p.m.	Student Activities
~~5:30−7:00 p.m.~~	Dinner\, Manor Café

< strong>8:30−9:45 a.m.	Minsky and Employment G uarantee Fadhel Kaboub\, Levy Institute and Denison U niversity
9:45−10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15−11:45 a.m.	Green Jobs and G uaranteed Employment Mathew Forstater\, Levy Institut e and Center for Full Employment and Price Stability\, University of Missou ri–Kansas City
11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m.	Lunch\, Manor Café
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Costing ELR Scott T. Fullwiler\, Wartburg Coll ege
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Panel: Designing ELR Prog rams Rania Antonopoulos\, Levy Institute Fadhel Kaboub\, Levy Institute and Denison University
4:30−5:30 p.m.	Student Activities
5:30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner\, Manor Café

8:30−9:45 a.m.	Minsky’s “Two Price” Theo ry Éric Tymoigne\, Levy Institute and Lewis and Clark College
9:45−10:15 a.m.< /strong>	Break
10:15−11:45 a.m.	Minsky–Godley and the Levy Model Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Institute and Un iversità di Cassino
11:45 a.m. − 1:00 p.m.	Lunch\, Manor Café
1:00 p.m.	Departure for Franklin D. Roosevelt National Site
6:00 p.m.	Pic nic Supper at Blithewood

8:30−9:45 a.m.	Minsky’s Theory of Consumption Steven M. Fazzari\, Levy Insti tute and Washington University–St. Louis
9:45−10:15 a.m.	Break
10:15−11:45 a.m.
11:45 a.m. − 1:30 p.m.	Lunch\, Manor Café
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Greece: T he Euro and the Sovereign Debt Crisis Dimitri B. Papadimitriou \, Levy Institute Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Insti tute and Università di Cassino
~~2:45−3:15 p.m.~~	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Panel: Minsky and Systemic Regulatory Reform Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology Mar io Tonveronachi\, Università de Siena L. Randall Wray \, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Stock-flow Lab\, Henderson Computer Center
6:00−7:00 p.m.	D inner\, Manor Café

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Registration at Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation
11:30 a.m . −1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Welcome and Introduction: Minsky and the Levy Institute Dimitri B. Papadimitriou\, Levy Institute
2:45−3:15 p.m.	B reak
3:15−4:30 p.m.	General Introduction to Minsky’s Approach to Finan cial Macroeconomics L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City
4:30 p.m. —	Welcome Reception a t Reem-Kayden Center for Science and Computation
5:30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner : Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	B reakfast: Kline Commons
9 :00−10:15 a.m.	General Introduction to Minsky : Financial Instability and Financial Regulation Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology
Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Veblen\, Minsky\, and Evolutiona ry Economics John F. Henry\, University of Missouri–K ansas City
12:00−1:30 p.m .	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Th e Minsky–Schumpeter Connection Leonardo Burlamaqui\, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Minsky and Modern Money Stephanie A. Kelton\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas City
Student Activities
5 :30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Balance the Economy\, Not the Budget Stephan ie A. Kelton\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kansas Ci ty
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
~~10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.~~	International D imensions of Financial Fragility Jan Kregel\, Levy In stitute and Tallinn University of Technology
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kl ine Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m .	Functional Finance: Old and New Pavlina R. Tcherneva\, Levy Institute and Bard College
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:3 0 p.m.	Heinz 57 Varieties: Money Manager Capi talism L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute and Universit y of Missouri–Kansas City
4:30−5:30 p.m.	Student Activities
5:30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30–9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons< /td>
9:00−10:15 a.m.< /td>	Minsky and EU Financial Reform Mario Tonv eronachi\, University of Siena
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Rethinking Fiscal Policy Pavlina R. Tche rneva\, Levy Institute and Bard College
12:00−1:00 p.m.	Lunch : Kline Commons
1:00 p.m. —	Bus Departs for Franklin D. Roosevelt Hist oric Site
6:00 p.m.	Picnic Supper at Blithewood

7:30−9:0 0 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Community Development Banks Ronnie J. Phillips\, Colorado State University\, Fort Collins
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Stock-flow Consistent Economic Models Marc Lavoie\, University of Ottawa
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p .m.	Minsky–Godley and the Levy Model Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Institute and University of Cassino
2:45−3:15 p.m.
3:1 5−4:30 p.m.	Intro to Stock-flow Lab Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Institute and University of Cassino
4:30−6:00 p.m.
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings

Thursday\, Fe bruary 17

Friday\, February 18

Program

Wednes day\, May 25

Thursday\, May 26

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Tuesday\, August 23\, 2011

Wednesday\, August 24

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Sunday\, Jun e 17

Monday\, June 18

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Wednesday\, June 20

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Friday\, June 2 2

Saturday\, June 23

Sunday\, June 24

Debt\, Deficits\, and Unstable MarketsOrganized by the Levy Economics Institute and ECLA of Bard with sup port from the Ford Foundation\, The German Marshall Fund of the United Stat es\, and Deutsche Bank AG Deutsche Bank AGU nter den Linden 13–15Frederick Hall\, Fourth Floor

Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar 2013 Program

Schedule

Friday\, June 14

Saturday\, June 15

Sunday\, June 16

Monday\, June 17

Tuesday\, June 18

Thursday\, Ju ne 20

Friday\, June 21

Saturday\, June 22

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Saturday\, June 14

Sunday\, June 15

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Tuesday\, June 17

Wednesday\, June 18

Thursday\, June 19

Friday\, June 20

Saturday\, June 21

Thursday\, October 23

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Friday\, June 12

Saturday\, June 13

Monday\, June 15

Tuesday\, June 16

Wedn esday\, June 17

Thursda y\, June 18

Friday\, June 19

Saturda y\, June 20

Schedule

Program

Participants

After careful consi deration and consultation\, this year’s April 16th Minsky conference has be en canceled in light of ongoing concerns about COVID-19 (coronavirus).

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Part of the Levy Ec onomics Institute Capitol Hill Series

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Free and open to th e public.

If you are register ed to attend this event\, you can find the logistics to pl an your visit here.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Com mons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Special Lecture Robert J. Barbera\, RJB Advisors and The Johns Hopkins University
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:0 0 p.m.	Minsky–Godley and the Financial Balanc es Approach Marc Lavoie\, University of Ottawa
12:00−1:30 p.m.
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky's Approach t o Cash-flow Supervision Ronnie J. Phillips\, Colorado State University\, Fort Collins
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Panel: Central Banking and Extraordinary Measures Chair: J an Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology Ron Phillips\, Colorado State University\, Fort Collins Mario Tonveronachi\, University of Siena L. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute and University of Missouri–Kans as City
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Stock-flow Lab
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Klin e Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast : Kline Commons
9:00−10:1 5 a.m.	Minsky and the Theory of Investment Steven M. Fazzari\, Levy Institute and Washington Unive rsity–St. Louis
10:15−10: 45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Gr eece\, the Euro\, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis Dimitri B. Pap adimitriou\, Levy Institute
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Comm ons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Financial Instability in the New Economy Frank Veneroso\, Veneroso Associates\, LLC
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Eastern European Internal Adjustment: Estonia Rainer Kattel\, Tallinn University of Technology
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Stock-flow Lab
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commo ns
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Levy Forecast Michalis Nikiforos\, Levy Institute
10:1 5−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Minsky\, Consumption\, and Inequality Steven M. Fazzari\, Levy Institute and Washington University–St. Louis
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky’s Economic Countercult ure Frank Veneroso\, Veneroso Associates\, LLC
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15− 4:30 p.m.	Panel: Employment and Inflation Out look Chair: Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn U niversity of Technology Dan Alpert\, Westwood Capital Steven M. Fazzari\, Levy Institute and Washington Un iversity–St. Louis Frank Veneroso\, Veneroso Associat es\, LLC
4:30−5:30 p.m.	Closure
6:00−8:00 p.m.	Dinner at Blithewo od Speaker: Dan Alpert\, Westwood Capital

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

7:30−9:30 a.m.	Breakf ast: Kline Commons
10:45 a.m.−12:00 p.m.	Registration: Levy Institute\ , Blithewood (only for participants who did not register on Thursday night)
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Welcome and Introduction: Minsky and the Levy Institute Dimitri B. Papadim itriou\, Levy Institute
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	General Introduction to Minsky’s Approach to Financial MacroeconomicsL. Randall Wray\, Levy Institute and University of Mis souri–Kansas City
4:30−5: 30 p.m.	Welcome Reception
5:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

Breakfast: Kline Commons
~~9:00−10:15 a.m.~~	General Introduction to Minsky: Financial Instability and Financial Regulation Jan Kr egel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology
10:15−10:45 a.m.
10:4 5 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Heinz 57 Varieties: Money Manager Capitalism Éric Tymoigne\, Lewis & Clark Col lege
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky\, Kalecki and the Profits Equation Tracy Mott\, Univer sity of Denver
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Veblen\, Minsk y and Evolutionary Economics John F. Henry\, Universi ty of Missouri–Kansas City
4:30 p.m.	Student Activities
Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30–9 :00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	The Experience of ELR in Greece Dimitri B. Papadimit riou\, Levy Institute
~~10:15−10:45 a.m.~~	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Stock-flow Consistent Economic Models Marc Lavoie \, University of Ottawa
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons< /td>
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky–Godley and the Levy Model Gennaro Z ezza\, Levy Institute and University of Cassino
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30−4:30 p.m.	Intro to Stock-flow Lab Gennaro Ze zza\, Levy Institute and University of Cassino
4:30 p.m.	Stoc k-flow Lab Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Institute and Univers ity of Cassino\; Michalis Nikiforos\, Levy Institute< /td>
5:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.< /strong>	General Introduction to Minsky: Financial Ins tability and Financial Regulation Jan Kregel\, Levy I nstitute and Tallinn University of Technology
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Minsky's "Two Price" Price Theory Éric Tymoigne\, Lewis & Clark College
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p .m.	Minsky and Modern Money Step hanie A. Kelton\, Levy Institute\, US Senate Budget Committee\, Un iversity of Missouri–Kansas City
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Heinz 57 Varieties: Money Manager Capitalism L. Randall Wr ay\, Levy Institute and Bard College
5:30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: K line Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
Central Bank Operations Scott Fullwiler\, Univ ersity of Missouri–Kansas City\, Presidio Graduate School\, and Binzagr Ins titute for Sustainable Prosperity
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky\, Kal ecki and the Profits Equation Tracy Mott\, University of Denver
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Veblen\, Minsky an d Evolutionary Economics John Henry\, Levy Institute< /td>
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Student Activities
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Co mmons

7:30−9:00 a .m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	The Minsky–Schumpeter Connection Leonardo Burlamaqui\, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Brea k
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Financial Fragility in Asia C. P. Chandrasekhar\, Jawaharlal Nehru University
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1: 30−2:45 p.m.	Greece\, the Euro and the Sovere ign Debt Crisis Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Institute and Un iversity of Cassino
2:45− 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Policy Pa nel: Latin America at a Turning Point? C. P. Chandrasekhar\, Jawaharlal Nehru University Fernando Cardim de Carvalh o\, Levy Institute\, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Jan Kregel\, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technol ogy
4:30 −6:00 p.m.	Stock-Flow Lab: Henderson Computer Resources Center Gennaro Zezza\, Levy Institute and University of Cassino\; Michalis Nikiforos\, Levy Ins titute
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons