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

When
June 16, 2025 - 8:15am - 5:45pmWhere
Levy Economic Institute of Bard CollegeWe 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 of current sources of financial fragility; new directions in public finance; visions for the next progressive policy agenda; climate finance, balance of payments constraints, and the global economy; and more.
Keynote Speaker: US House Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17)
Stay tuned for further details.
Programme
Session 1: Beyond Minsky Moments
- Daniel Alpert, Westwood Capital | How Minsky’s Money Manager Capitalism Will Frustrate the Purported Goals of US Economic Nationalism
- Leila Davis, University of Massachusetts Boston | The Evolution of Minsky Regimes in the US Nonfinancial Corporate Sector
- Rogerio Studart, Brazilian Center for International Relations | Financing Development in Times of Climate Crisis: A Minskyan Approach
- Moderator: Talmon Joseph Smith, The New York Times
Session 2: Economic Policy in the Age of Trump
- Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Levy Institute | Pocketbook Economics and the American Voter
- James K. Galbraith, University of Texas at Austin | What Is Economic Policy For?
- L. Randall Wray, Levy Institute | Should We Worry About the Deficit(s)? An MMT-Minsky Perspective
- Moderator: Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect
Keynote Address: Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)
- Moderator: Alan Minsky, Progressive Democrats of America
Session 3: US Policy and the Global Economy
- Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute | Prospects for the US Economy
- Yan Liang, Willamette University | How China Organizes Finance Domestically and Keeps Foreign Capital at Bay
- Ndongo Samba Sylla, International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs-Africa) | Critically Thinking About Monetary Sovereignty and Balance-of-Payments Constraints in Africa
- Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University | Global South Joint Industrial Policies
- Moderator: TBA