Past Events
Please find links to all our past events stretching right back to 2005.
Employer of Last Resort: Growth and Fiscal Effects
Organized by the Observatory on Economic and Social Developments, Labour Institute, Greek General Confederation of Labour, Athens (INE-GSEE) Park Hotel Athens, Greece March 11, 2014 For the event program, click here.
Rania Antonopoulos: Responding to the Unemployment Crisis in Greece
Presented as part of the MMx seminar “The Disparate Impact of Unemployment: Macroeconomic Policy as a Tool for Race, Gender, and Age Discrimination,” hosted by the Modern Money Network Columbia University, New York November 25, 2013 Rania Antonopoulos, senior scholar and director of the Levy Institute’s Gender Equality and the Economy program, outlines her proposal […]
The Eurozone Crisis, Greece, and the Experience of Austerity,Athens, Greece
Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation November 8–9, 2013 Megaron Athens International Conference Centre This conference was organized as part of the Levy Institute’s international research agenda and in conjunction with the Ford Foundation Project on Financial Instability, which draws on Hyman Minsky’s extensive work on […]
Financial Governance after the Crisis,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cosponsored by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and MINDS – Multidisciplinary Institute for Development and Strategies, with support from the Ford Foundation Everest Rio Hotel Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 26–27, 2013 This conference is organized as part of the Levy Institute’s global research agenda and in conjunction with the Ford Foundation Project […]
The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar
Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York June 14–22, 2013 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College held its fourth annual Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar in June, with 55 students participating. The Seminar provided a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical […]
What Economists Can Learn from Human Rights Law
Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute Room 102, Hegeman Hall, Bard College May 5, 2013, 4:45 p.m. Philip L. Harvey is professor of law and economics at Rutgers School of Law, where he teaches Contracts, Labor and Employment Law, Law and Economics, and Social Welfare Law and Policy. Harvey’s research […]
22nd Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Building a Financial Structure for a More Stable and Equitable Economy
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Ford Foundation New York City April 17–19, 2013 In 2008–09, the world experienced its worst financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression. Global employment and output collapsed, and an estimated 84 million people fell into extreme poverty. […]
Lecture by Nicos Christodoulakis, Former Greek Economics and Finance Minister
Presented by the Bard College Economics Program and the Levy Economics Institute Weis Cinema, Bard College April 11, 2013, 4 p.m. Nicos Christodoulakis was the Greek Minister of the Economy and Finance from 2001 to 2004 and a member of the Greek Parliament from 1999 to 2007. He is currently professor of economics at the Athens University […]
Exiting the Crisis: The Challenge of an Alternative Policy Road Map
Organized by the Athens Development and Governance Institute and the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Athinais Cultural Centre Athens, Greece March 8–9, 2013 This two-day forum drew academics, journalists, and policymakers from throughout the United States and the European Union (EU). Topics included postcrisis challenges and policy choices in the EU; national strategic and […]
Hyman P. Minsky Conference on Financial Instability,Berlin, Germany
Organized by the Levy Economics Institute and ECLA of Bard with support from the Ford Foundation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, and Deutsche Bank AG Deutsche Bank AG November 26–27, 2012 The purpose of this conference is to gain a better understanding of the causes of financial instability and its implications for […]
The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar
Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York June 16–24, 2012 The Levy Economics Institute held its third annual Minsky Summer Seminar June 16–24, 2012, with 55 students attending. The Seminar provided a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects […]
Minsky: Global Financial Fragility and the Development of Capitalist Finance,Tianjin, China
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, The Institute of Economics of Nankai University (NKIE), and The Center for Political Economics Studies of Nankai University Tianjin, China June 9–10, 2012 We are pleased to announce an international conference sponsored by the Levy Economics Institute, the Institute of Economics of Nankai University, […]