Government & Politics
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Whatever happened to Economics?
Joint workshop of Rethinking Economics and the YSI Philosophy of Economics Working Group @ STOREP
YSI
WorkshopJun 27–30, 2018
From 28-30 June the Italian Association for the History of Political Economy will be gathering in Genova to ask the question “Whatever has happened to political economy?”. Before the start of the conference, Rethinking Economics and the YSI Philosophy of Economics Working Group will host a workshop to discuss a related question: “Whatever happened to economics?”. Professor Geoffrey Hodgson will participate in our discussion.
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Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis
Jun 22, 2018
When politics is defined in terms of “populism” vs. “the mainstream,” the possibility for real economic reform is diminished.
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The American Behind the Deutsche Mark
Jun 20, 2018
70 years ago today, Edward A. Tenenbaum helped pull off an astounding feat—successfully reforming Germany’s currency after World War II
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How the Largest Banks Are Leading Us to a New Financial Crisis
Jun 19, 2018
By evading regulation of credit default swaps, the major U.S. banks put taxpayers—and the entire economy—at risk
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Working Paper Series
Too Big to Fail Banks' Regulatory Alchemy
Jun 2018
Converting an Obscure Agency Footnote into an “At Will” Nullification of Dodd-Frank’s Regulation of the Multi-Trillion Dollar Financial Swaps Market
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Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe
Jun 14, 2018
The election of Italy’s right-wing, populist government exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals
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Paradigms of Economic Policy: Examples and Lessons from the Nordics
YSI
WorkshopJun 14–15, 2018
The symposium focuses on the various paradigms of economic and social policy at work in the Scandinavian countries, in light of the most recent macroeconomic developments given by increased inequality, population ageing and automation.
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Making Sense of Globalization in the 21st Century
Jun 13, 2018
In a complex world, we’ll experience more “black swans”, and the things that standard economic models assumed away will matter much more.
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The Roots of Argentina’s Surprise Crisis
Jun 12, 2018
A change in macroeconomic policies will not be sufficient to set Argentina on a path of inclusive and sustained economic development. But, as last month’s currency scare showed, abandoning the approach adopted by President Mauricio Macri’s administration at the end of 2015 is a necessary step.
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Who Says Labor Laws Are “Luxuries”?
Jun 11, 2018
The World Bank and IMF say developing economies can’t afford to have strong labor laws. Actually, they can’t afford not to.
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To Understand China’s Economy, Look to Its Politics
Jun 7, 2018
The removal of term limits for Xi Jinping may be a better indicator of economic health—or crisis—than official statistics
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Worrying About the Deficit is So 17th Century
Jun 6, 2018
In “celebration” of the late Pete Peterson’s 92nd birthday (see guest list), an excerpt from 19th Century historian Lord Macaulay’s History of England, on hundreds of years of unwarranted panic about government debt.
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Working Paper Series
Labor Institutions and Development Under Globalization
Jun 2018
Labor market regulation is a controversial area of public policy in both developed and developing countries.
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Meet the Hidden Architect Behind America's Racist Economics
May 30, 2018
Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual linchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean
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Presentation
Citation Counts: Consequences on the Development of Economics
May 2018
A presentation from the panel “Research Evaluation in Economic Theory and Policy Making” at the 2018 G20 Global Solutions Summit in Berlin