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NPR Marketplace with Pavlina R. Tcherneva “What to make of last week’s jobs report revisions.”
Today’s Marketplace Morning Report features Levy President Pavlina R. Tcherneva on “What to make of last week’s jobs report revisions.” Listen now to hear her insights on the current job market. -
EventTowards 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. […] -
Working Paper No. 1076The Rise of the Modern Monetary System
This working paper integrates the credit money approach (associated with Post Keynesian endogenous money theory) with the state money approach (associated with Modern Money Theory) by drawing on Wray’s 1990 book (Money and Credit in Capitalist Economies: The Endogenous Money Approach, Edward Elgar), his 1998 book (Understanding Modern Money: the Key to Full Employment and […] -
Working Paper No. 1075The High Cost of the Strong Peso and Its Temporary Nature: The Case of Mexico
The article analyzes why exchange rate stability has been prioritized in Mexico and why the national currency has appreciated; which policies and factors have made this possible, the costs and consequences of the strong peso, and its sustainability and temporality are also examined. Mexico’s economy does not have the endogenous conditions necessary to maintain such […] -
The Levy Institute Podcast with Lord Robert Skidelsky
Levy Institute President Pavlina R. Tcherneva sits down with Lord Robert Skidelsky to discuss his new book, Mindless. Their conversation spans Skidelsky’s roots in economics, his studies as biographer of John Maynard Keynes, and a revisit of the “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren.” Be sure to listen and join the conversation through your favorite […] -
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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 […] -
EventMoney, 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 […] -
Policy Talks: The Climate Case for a Job Guarantee
Levy President Pavlina R. Tcherneva presented Wednesday, January 15 at at the Central European University’s Department of Public Policy. In this installment in their Policy Talks Series, Tcherneva covered the Job Guarantee within the context of the climate crisis. The climate crisis will wipe out millions of jobs long before the feared robots do. […] -
Watch L. Randall Wray on Entrepreneur, Among Other Things
Senior Scholar L. Randall Wray discusses US Debt and its importance (or lack thereof) with Entrepreneur, Among Other Things. -
Working Paper No. 1074
Political Conflict, Green Capabilities, and Growth Patterns in a Kaleckian Small Open Economy
The paper presents a Kaleckian extended model exploring sustainable development, defined as growth that is economically stable, socially inclusive, and environmentally respectful. The model links CO2 emission trends with public investments in green capabilities, represented by the share of renewables in total energy supply. It incorporates three key actors: green capitalists (G), brown capitalists (B), […] -
Working Paper No. 1073
Frankenstein in Fact and Fiction
This paper is based on remarks delivered at the EDI Keynote Lecture at Bard College, November 19th, 2024: ‘Frankenstein in Fact and Fiction.’ View a recording of the lecture on YouTube. As we all know, Frankenstein was the scientist in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel of the same name, who invented a human machine—intended to be a […] -
Working Paper No. 1072
Macro-Financial Models of Canadian Dollar Interest Rate Swap Yields
This paper analyzes the dynamics of Canadian dollar–denominated (CAD) interest rate swap yields. It applies autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) models, using monthly time series data, to estimate the effects of the current short-term interest rate and other relevant macro-financial variables on interest rate swap yields. It shows that the current short-term interest rate is a […]