The Money View Reading Group reads and discusses writings on money, banking, and finance. We are a self-directed group. Anyone interested in money and banking can read the readings, join us for discussions, or suggest future readings. We meet for 90 minutes via Zoom on Mondays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]
The question of African economic development is enduring. With 32 of 44 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) being in Africa. It is, therefore, imperative that scholars, specifically economic historians contribute to conversations around the question of Africa's stalled development. In this regard, the symposium will examine the monetary component of economic development in Africa, bringing together […]
Ask any questions about how to run projects in YSI The conversation may cover: What it means to be an organizer in YSi How to think about projects in general The logistics of virtual projects The logistics of in-person projects Questions you have about a specific project You can watch recordings from previous calls here: […]
The Workshop in Economics of INnovation, Geography and Science (WINGS#1), building on the legacy of the Workshop in Economics of INnovation, Complexity and Knowledge (WICK), is a workshop for doctoral students and early carrer (young) researchers, jointly organized by the PhD in Innovation for the Circular Econmy (University of Turin) and the YSI. The previous […]
This workshop will commemorate the bicentennial of the 1825 financial crisis by shedding light on the long-term history of financial crises up to the 21st century. The theme is intentionally broad, welcoming diverse approaches and geographical perspectives. The 1825 crisis has been often characterized as the first global speculative bubble, driven by foreign investments in […]
1. Summary The workshop seeks to foster exchange on current developments in financialization studies in Latin America, while promoting the consolidation of a regional network of scholars and experts in the field. We approach financialization studies as an inherently interdisciplinary domain. Accordingly, our call welcomes—but is not limited to—research on the financialization of socio-economic policies, […]
Since the inauguration of the new national government in 2023, Argentina entered a new phase of austerity, guided by the priority goal of achieving a fiscal surplus. This policy entailed the deepest reduction in public spending since the 2001 crisis, marked by a sharp defunding of social programs along with a significant decline in transfers […]
The New Developmentalism (ND) is a theoretical framework that has been developed by prominent economists in Brazil since the early 2000s. It has been developed to comprehend the growth and development dynamics of middle-income countries, in particular, Latin America. The theory, based largely on classical development economics and post-Keynesian economics, has brought important contributions to […]
The Money View Reading Group reads and discusses writings on money, banking, and finance. We are a self-directed group. Anyone interested in money and banking can read the readings, join us for discussions, or suggest future readings. We meet for 90 minutes via Zoom on Mondays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]
This project is a collaboration between the Inequality Working Group and WAPLAC, following the success of our joint session in 2024. We are organizing a special YSI panel at the upcoming WAPLAC Workshop 2, which will take place December, 18-19, 2025, in Quito, Ecuador. Our YSI session will create a dedicated space for early-career researchers […]
The Money View Reading Group reads and discusses writings on money, banking, and finance. We are a self-directed group. Anyone interested in money and banking can read the readings, join us for discussions, or suggest future readings. We meet for 90 minutes via Zoom on Mondays at 2 pm Eastern Time US (New York). Current […]
This reading group has been created to amplify and deep our knowledge on money and finance from a wide perspective that can embrace the complexity of money’s nature, thus, the complexity of the financial system and its dynamics. Moreover, as it was cleverly unveiled by Émile Zola in his book L’Argent, the first book discussed […]
