Archive
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Article
Trump-Style Policies Will Deepen the “American Carnage”
Jun 20, 2017
Current proposals will worsen inequality and harm those Trump promised to protect—while further enriching the top 1%
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YSI Event
Globalization and the Developing World
YSI Latin America Convening 2017
YSI
ConferenceJun 17–21, 2017
The Young Scholars Initiative is hosting its regional convening for Latin America in Mexico City from 17-21 June.
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Video
How to Resist Trump’s “Toxic To-Do List”
Jun 15, 2017
Naomi Klein discusses her new book, No Is Not Enough: Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need.
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YSI Event
Developing Equality
A discussion with Craig
YSI
DiscussionJun 15–16, 2017
This seminar is happening at INET Oxford
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Article
e-Book Launch: Can Dependency Theory Explain Our World Today?
Jun 14, 2017
Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) has released a new e-book, “Conversations on Dependency Theory”
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YSI Event
Developing Equality?
A discussion with Jonathan Wolff and Craig Holmes
YSI
WorkshopJun 14–Feb 23, 2017
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Article
The Hidden Cost of Privatization
Jun 13, 2017
Why some goods and services should stay in the public domain
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Article
Did Young Voters Swing the 2017 UK General Election Result?
Jun 12, 2017
This blog post looks at the aggregate picture and collates some micro evidence in a more robust estimating framework to shed light on this question.
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YSI Event
YSI Inequality Workshop
Hosted at London School of Economics International Inequalities Institute.
YSI
WorkshopJun 12–14, 2017
A workshop hosted by the YSI Inequality Working Group (IWG) will take place from 12-13 June at the London School of Economics in collaboration with the International Inequalities Institute (III).
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Article
America Last
Jun 8, 2017
Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accord sets the US economy back
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YSI Event
Decolonizing Africa? The Economic History of Development
YSI Africa Convening 2017
YSI
ConferenceJun 8–9, 2017
The Young Scholars Initiative and the University of the Free State, SA, invite young scholars to attend the first YSI Africa conference.
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Video
Do Economists Have Social Responsibilities?
Jun 7, 2017
Economics is not, nor can it be, value-free.
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YSI Event
CFP - The Dimensions of Poverty Conference
Deadline: 31 January 2017
YSI
WorkshopJun 7–9, 2017
YSI Working Groups are cooperating with Dimensions of Poverty conference
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Working Paper
Working Paper SeriesThe Functions of the Stock Market and the Fallacies of Shareholder Value
Jun 2017
Conventional wisdom has it that the primary function of the stock market is to raise cash for companies for the purpose of investing in productive capabilities. The conventional wisdom is wrong.
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YSI Event
Trento Festival of Economics
YSI Europe Convening 2017
YSI
WorkshopJun 1–4, 2017
The Young Scholars Initiative and its working groups will be hosting meetings and discussions in and around the 2017 Trento Festival of Economics.