Past Events
Please find links to all our past events stretching right back to 2005.
19th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: After the Crisis—Planning a New Financial Structure
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford foundation Ford Foundation New York City April 14–16, 2010 From his extensive research, Hyman…more
9th GEM-IWG International Conference: Gender and the Global Economic Crisis
Co-organized by the Government of Mexico, GEM-IWG, UNDESA/UNDAW, UNDP, UNIFEM, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, and IDRC (Canada), with additional support from the Ford Foundation (U.S.A.), and with the…more
Employment Guarantee Policies: Responding to the Current Economic Crisis and Contributing to Long-Term Development
A Collaborative Project of the United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC), and the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP), in Partnership with Levy Economics…more
18th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Meeting the Challenges of Financial Crisis
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Ford Foundation New York City April 16–17, 2009 On April 16 and 17,…more
The Financial Crisis, the U.S. Economy, and International Security in the New Administration
The current crisis of subprime mortgages, mortgage-backed securities, credit derivatives, and failing investment banks is deeper and more severe than any since the New Deal. This is a crisis originating…more
17th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Credit, Markets, and the Real Economy Is the Financial System Working?
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York April 17–18, 2008 The focus of this year’s conference was the current economic and financial crisis in the United States and…more
16th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Global Imbalances Prospects for the U.S. and World Economies
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York April 19–20, 2007 The 2007 Hyman P. Minsky Conference drew upon public discussions on the United States and world economies in…more
Employment Guarantee Policies: Theory and Practice
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York October 13–14, 2006 This conference focused on those government policy initiatives that can create a safety net through public service employment…more
Gender Equality, Tax Policies, and Tax Reform in Comparative Perspective
This symposium focused on the gender dimensions of tax policy and tax reforms in countries at different levels of development. Topics included gender biases in direct taxation (including biases in…more
Government Spending on the Elderly
The aging of the American population will be a primary domestic public policy issue during the next decades. According to Census Bureau projections, the proportion of the elderly in the…more
Time Use and Economic Well-Being
This conference was part of the Levy Institute’s research and policy program of the distribution of income and wealth. Its purpose was to cover issues and topics related to time…more
UNDP/BDP Levy Conference: Unpaid Work and the Economy ;Gender, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals
Organized by Bureau for Development Policy, United Nations Development Programme, in partnership with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York October…more