Apply Now for the 2017 Minsky Summer Seminar

If you’re a grad student or just starting out your career and want to learn more about the work of Hyman Minsky and Wynne Godley, and wouldn’t mind doing so in a turn-of-the-century manor on the banks of the Hudson, you’re in luck.

The Levy Institute’s annual Minsky Summer Seminar is now accepting applications for the June 2017 session:

The Levy Economics Institute is pleased to announce that it will hold the eighth Minsky Summer Seminar June 10–16, 2017. The Seminar will provide a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s economics, with an examination of meaningful prescriptive policies relevant to the current economic and financial outlook. It will also provide an introduction to Wynne Godley’s stock-flow consistent modeling methods via hands-on workshops.

The Summer Seminar will be of particular interest to graduate students, recent graduates, and those at the beginning of their academic or professional careers. The teaching staff will include well-known economists working in the tradition of Minsky.

To apply, send a letter of application and current curriculum vitae to Kathleen Mullaly at the Levy Institute ([email protected]). Admission to the Summer Seminar includes room and board on the Bard College campus. A registration fee of $250 is required upon acceptance.

Due to space constraints, the Seminar will be limited to 30 participants. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning in January 2017.

The 2017 Summer Seminar program will be organized by Jan Kregel, Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, and L. Randall Wray.

Below the fold is a copy of the 2016 program, to give a sense of the sort of topics and speakers featured at the Seminar (note the guest speakers do change from one year to the next):

Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar 2016 Program

Schedule

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
10:45 a.m.−12:00 p.m.	Registration: Levy Institute, Blithewood (only for participants who did not register on Thursday night)
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Welcome and Introduction: Minsky and the Levy Institute Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Levy Institute
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	General Introduction to Minsky’s Approach to Financial Macroeconomics L. Randall Wray, Levy Institute and Bard College
4:30−5:30 p.m.	Welcome Reception: Reem-Kayden Center (RKC)
5:30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	General Introduction to Minsky: Financial Instability and Financial Regulation Jan Kregel, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Minsky’s “Two Price” Price Theory Éric Tymoigne, Lewis & Clark College
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky and Modern Money Stephanie A. Kelton, Levy Institute, US Senate Budget Committee, University of Missouri–Kansas City
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Heinz 57 Varieties: Money Manager Capitalism L. Randall Wray, Levy Institute and Bard College
5:30−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Central Bank Operations Scott Fullwiler, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Presidio Graduate School, and Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	International Dimensions of Financial Fragility Jan Kregel, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky, Kalecki and the Profits Equation Tracy Mott, University of Denver
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Veblen, Minsky and Evolutionary Economics John Henry, Levy Institute
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Student Activities
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Minsky’s Big Bank-Big Government Interpretations of Post-war Stability Éric Tymoigne, Lewis & Clark College
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	War on Poverty/ Communicating Policy Stephanie A. Kelton, Levy Institute, US Senate Budget Committee, University of Missouri–Kansas City
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky and Employment Guarantee Fadhel Kaboub, Levy Institute, Denison University, and Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Green Jobs and Guaranteed Employment Mathew Forstater, Levy Institute, University of Missouri–Kansas City, and Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Student Activities
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30–9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Cost and Impact of ELR Scott Fullwiler, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Presidio Graduate School, and Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	New Deal Responses to the Depression: WPA John Henry, Levy Institute
12:00−12:45 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:00−6:00 p.m.	Trip to F.D.R. Memorial Library, Hyde Park
6:30−9:00 p.m.	Picnic supper: Blithewood

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Emerging Market Financial Outlook Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho, Levy Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Functional Finance: Old and New Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Levy Institute and Bard College
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky, Godley, and the Financial Balances Approach Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute and University of Cassino
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Intro to Stock-Flow Lab Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute and University of Cassino; Michalis Nikiforos, Levy Institute
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Stock-Flow Lab: Henderson Computer Resources Center Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute and University of Cassino; Michalis Nikiforos, Levy Institute
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Minsky and the Theory of Investment Steven M. Fazzari, Levy Institute and Washington University in St. Louis
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Financial Instability and Shadow Banking in China Yan Liang, Willamette University
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Rethinking Fiscal Policy Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Levy Institute and Bard College
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Minsky and EU Financial Reform Mario Tonveronachi, University of Siena
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Stock-Flow Lab: Henderson Computer Resources Center Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute and University of Cassino; Michalis Nikiforos, Levy Institute
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	The Minsky–Schumpeter Connection Leonardo Burlamaqui, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Financial Fragility in Asia C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Greece, the Euro and the Sovereign Debt Crisis Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute and University of Cassino
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Policy Panel: Latin America at a Turning Point? C. P. Chandrasekhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University Fernando Cardim de Carvalho, Levy Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Jan Kregel, Levy Institute and Tallinn University of Technology
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Stock-Flow Lab: Henderson Computer Resources Center Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute and University of Cassino; Michalis Nikiforos, Levy Institute
6:00−7:00 p.m.	Dinner: Kline Commons

7:30−9:00 a.m.	Breakfast: Kline Commons
9:00−10:15 a.m.	Levy Institute Forecast Michalis Nikiforos, Levy Institute
10:15−10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m. − 12:00 p.m.	Minsky and the Theory of Consumption Steven M. Fazzari, Levy Institute and Washington University on St. Louis
12:00−1:30 p.m.	Lunch: Kline Commons
1:30−2:45 p.m.	Minsky’s Economic Counter Culture Frank Veneroso, Veneroso Associates, LLC
2:45−3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15−4:30 p.m.	Panel: Recovery Watch—USA, EU, Ems Robert J. Barbera, Codirector, Center for Financial Economics, The Johns Hopkins University Mario Tonveronachi, University of Siena Frank Veneroso, Veneroso Associates, LLC
4:30−6:00 p.m.	Stock-Flow Lab: Henderson Computer Resources Center Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute and University of Cassino; Michalis Nikiforos, Levy Institute
6:30−9:00 p.m.	Closing Dinner: Blithewood