Welcome to Levy Economics: What It Is and Why It Matters | James K. Galbraith

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. He will introduce the Institute’s distinctive approach to providing and shaping a critical alternative to the mainstream. Drawing on decades of work with the Institute, […]

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Levy Graduate Programs Information Session August 22nd

Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative experience you’re looking for. Our info sessions provide an overview of the Levy academic programs, student life, admission requirements, enrollment steps, financial aid procedures, and immigration requirements for international students. Learn more, August 22nd at […]

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Levy Graduate Programs Information Session August 6th

Thinking about graduate school in economics? The Levy Institute programs in economic theory and policy may be just the transformative experience you’re looking for. Learn more, August 6th at our first information session of the 2025 application cycle. Find out more about our graduate programs at our website, or register to attend the session virtually […]

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Money, Finance, and Economic Strategies in Fractured Times | 32nd Annual Conference

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-person event on Monday, June 16, 2025. The conference will take place on the Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. This year’s annual conference will feature panels on Minskyan analyses […]

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Levy Institute Summer Seminar on Money, Finance, and Public Policy

2025 Summer Seminar on Money, Finance, and Public Policy, co-sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute and Economic 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 lectures, hands-on workshops, […]

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Side Event at UN Women 2025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development & FfD4 Conference

The Levy Economics Institute is proud to co-sponsor the side event, “Engendering Fiscal Space: The Role of Macro-Level Economic Policies, External Debt, Concessional Finance, Special Drawing Rights, and Economic Modelling,” during the 2025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development & 4th PrepCom for the Fourth Financing for Development Conference). Join April 30–May 1, 2025, at […]

The Hindu Home Kitchen and the Internet of Landlords

An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the Economy: Interdisciplinary Approaches Speaker Series. Tuesday, April 8, 5pm Blithewood Conference Room or on Zoom Join us for the fourth session of the 2025 Spring Semester, with Sucharita Kanjilal, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Bard, on Tuesday, April 8th, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference […]

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Info Session: Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy

This special information session and application workshop provides an overview of the Levy academic programs, student life, admission requirements, enrollment steps, financial aid procedures, and immigration requirements for international students. Applicants who attend a virtual information session will have their application fees waived.

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Macroeconomic Policies and Care: Exploring Intersections

Join us for our third session of the 2025 Spring Semester, with Raquel Coello Cremades, UN Women Policy Advisor on Macroeconomics and Global Care Economy Officer, on Tuesday, March 4th, from 5pm to 6pm in the Levy Conference Room at Blithewood, or on Zoom. Dr. Coello-Cremades’ 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.

Towards a European Job Guarantee

An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the Economy Speaker Series.   Join us for this session of the 2025 Spring Semester, with 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. […]

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Discussing Labors of Love: Gender, Capitalism, and Democracy in Modern Arab Thought

An installment in the Levy Institute Gender Equality and the Economy Speaker Series.   Monday, February 3rd, 5pm Blithewood Conference Room or on Zoom Join us for our first session of the 2025 Spring Semester, with Susanna Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies at Smith College, on Monday, February 3rd, from 5pm to 6pm in […]

The Machine Age and the Human Condition: Possible Futures

The Economics Democracy Initiative presents its Fall ’24 keynote, co-sponsored by the Levy Economics institute. Lord Robert Skidelsky is giving a talk centered on his new book, The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning on November 19, 5 PM EST.  Nearly a century ago, in the essay “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren” (1930), John […]

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The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, founded in 1986 through the generous support of Bard College trustee Leon Levy, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public policy research organization. The Levy Institute is independent of any political or other affiliation, and encourages diversity of opinion in the examination of economic policy issues while striving to transform ideological arguments into informed debate.