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The Greek Catastrophe and a Possible Way Out
Open Democracy, July 24, 2013. All Rights Reserved. The lead author of a major econometric analysis of the Greek economic crisis discusses the disastrous outcomes of the policies enforced on Greece by its international lenders, and the IMF’s admission that it made serious errors in its assessment of the impact of austerity on the Greek economy and […] -
One-Pager No. 39The Impact of a Path to Citizenship on the US Economy and Social Insurance System
Comprehensive immigration reform has long eluded Congress. Although the Senate recently passed a bill—S. 744, or the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act—that would take significant steps toward comprehensive reform, it is currently being held up in the Republican-controlled House. The sticking point? The “path to citizenship” provision for undocumented immigrants included in […] -
BlogPapadimitriou on New Austerity Measures in Greece (Greek)
Dimitri Papadimitriou, Levy Institute president and one of the coauthors of a new macroeconomic report on the Greek economy, appeared on Skai TV to discuss the new austerity measures passed by that country’s parliament last week. Segment (in Greek) begins at 36:00. -
Policy Notes No. 6
A Failure by Any Other Name
Research Associate and Policy Fellow C. J. Polychroniou argues that a political solution based on a new economic vision is needed to bring an end to the Greek crisis. Polychroniou observes that what began as a financial crisis has been transformed into a full-fledged economic and social crisis by the neoliberal policies of the International […] -
Fed President James Bullard at the Minsky Conference in New York: Monetary policy “too blunt” to lower high unemployment levels.
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International Conference on Applied Business and Economics
October 2—4, 2013 International Conference on Applied Business and Economics The Levy Institute is cosponsoring the 2013 edition of the International Conference on Applied Business and Economics (ICABE), which will be held in Manhattan at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. The main goal of this annual conference is [...] -
MME, July 21, 2013
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Επίκαιρος ξανά ο Χάιμαν Μίνσκι στην εποχή της ευρωκρίσης
Του Χ. Ι. Πολυχρονίου Κυριακάτικη Ελευθεροτυπία, 21 Ιουλίου 2013. Με επιφύλαξη παντός δικαιώματος. Στο κείμενο, ο Ερευνητής και Policy Fellow του Levy Economics Institute Χ. I. Πολυχρονίου αναφέρεται στην συνεισφορά του Χάιμαν Μίνσκι στα οικονομικά και εξηγεί γιατί οι αναλύσεις του για τις χρηματοπιστωτικές φούσκες και την αντιμετώπιση της ανεργίας και της φτώχειας παραμένουν επίκαιρες […] -
MME, July 20, 2013
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Ανεργία στο 34% το 2016 βλέπει για την Ελλάδα το ινστιτούτο Levy
NewMoney.gr, 20 Ιουλίου 2013. Με επιφύλαξη παντός δικαιώματος. Τις πραγματικές τάσεις της οικονομίας με βάση την εφαρμοζόμενη πολιτική της λιτότητας , αλλά και την εναλλακτική τροχιά που θα μπορούσε να ακολουθήσει υπό προϋποθέσεις, παρουσιάζει έκθεση του Οικονομικού Ινστιτούτου Levy. Είναι χαρακτηριστικό ότι στη συγκεκριμένη έκθεση υπό τον τίτλο “Η ελληνική οικονομική κρίση και η εμπειρία […] -
Working Paper No. 769Quality of Statistical Match and Simulations Used in the Estimation of the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) for Turkey in 2006
The quality of match of the statistical match used in the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Consumption Poverty (LIMTCP) estimates for Turkey in 2006 is described. The match combines the 2006 Zaman Kullanim Anketi (ZKA 2006) with the 2006 Hanehalki Bütçe Anketi (HBA 2006). These are the national time-use survey and household income and […] -
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A New Modest Proposal for the Euro Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis and Stuart Holland have come out with a new version of their “Modest Proposal” for resolving the euro crisis (an earlier version of the Proposal appeared as a Levy Institute policy note in 2011). The latest iteration (4.0) adds a new co-author in James Galbraith and an additional “sub-crisis” to the original three: [...]