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A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 April 17, 2019 As the US economy enters what appears to be a historically long postcrisis expansion, there are increasing signs of deceleration against the backdrop of a looming global recession. Marking the […]

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. June 17–23, 2018 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College hosted the ninth Minsky Summer Seminar from June 17–23, 2018. The Seminar provides a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s economics, with an examination of meaningful prescriptive policies relevant to the […]

A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 April 17–18, 2018 As the annual growth rate of the US economy continues to rise with stable prices and falling unemployment, the global financial system faces a series of historic challenges. Congress seems […]

University of Missouri–Kansas City September 21–24, 2017 Organized with support from the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Robert Skidelsky and Morton Sosland, UMKC Economics Club, Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, and Evonomics CALL FOR PAPERS Modern Monetary Theory has transformed the economics discipline. Its influence extends beyond economics, reaching […]

Convene Conference Center 101 Park Avenue, New York City September 13–15, 2017 A workshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation The goal of this workshop was to advance the current framework that integrates gender and unpaid work into macroeconomic analysis and […]

Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. June 10–16, 2017 The eighth Minsky Summer Seminar was held at the Levy Economics Institute in June 2017, with 29 students from 18 countries attending. The annual Summer Seminar provides a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Minsky’s economics, with an examination […]

A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 April 18–19, 2017 The 2017 Minsky Conference addressed the implications of the new administration’s “America First” policies, focusing on the outlook for trade, taxation, fiscal, and financial regulation measures to generate domestic investments capable […]

Presented by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and the Bard Economics Program Levy Institute November 4, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. Anemic growth rates, rent-seeking financialization, the liquidity trap, and rising inequality are not unrelated phenomena. Financialization and excessive leverage due to uncontrolled liquidity have made markets less rather than more efficient. But the […]

Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation   Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York   June 10–18, 2016 The seventh Minsky Summer Seminar was held at the Levy Economics Institute in June 2016, with 61 students from 25 countries attending. The annual Summer Seminar provides a rigorous […]

Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute Levy Economics Institute Blithewood, Bard College May 9, 2016, 5:00 p.m. One of the world’s leading heterodox economists, Anwar Shaikh is professor of economics at The New School for Social Research and an associate editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics. From 2000 […]

Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 April 12–13, 2016 The 2016 Minsky Conference will address whether what appears to be a global economic slowdown will jeopardize the implementation and efficiency of Dodd-Frank regulatory reforms, the […]

A workshop organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with the generous support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation   Convene Conference Center 101 Park Avenue, New York City March 9–11, 2016 Participation by invitation only The goal of this workshop was to advance the current framework that integrates gender and unpaid […]