Past Events
Please find links to all our past events stretching right back to 2005.
21st Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Debt, Deficits, and Financial Instability
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Ford Foundation New York City April 11–12, 2012 In April 2012, leading policymakers, economists, and analysts gathered at the New York headquarters of the Ford Foundation to take part in the Levy Institute’s 21st Annual Hyman P. Minsky […]
Why Time Deficits Matter: Policy Implications for Poverty Eradication Strategies
A Levy Institute Research Project undertaken with the generous support of the UNDP and ILO Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York August 23–24, 2011 The purpose of this workshop was to discuss the estimates of time poverty and time-adjusted income poverty for Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. Participants discussed data and methods; issues in the cross-country comparisons of […]
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 18–26, 2011 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College held its second annual Minsky Summer Seminar June 18–26, 2011, with 48 students attending. The Seminar provided a rigorous discussion of both […]
The Wynne Godley Memorial Conference: Contributions in Stock-flow Modeling
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, NY May 25–26, 2011 Wynne Godley’s work focused on the strategic prospects for the US, UK, and world economies, and the use of accounting macroeconomic models to reveal structural imbalances. This conference will provide scholars profoundly influenced by his work the opportunity to celebrate his contributions to […]
20th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Financial Reform and the Real Economy
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Ford Foundation New York City April 13–15, 2011 The 20th Annual Minsky Conference addressed the ongoing effects of the global financial crisis on the real economy, and examined proposed and recently enacted policy responses: Should ending too-big-to-fail be […]
Why Time Deficits Matter: Policy Implications for Poverty Eradication Strategies
A Levy Institute Research Project undertaken with the generous support of the UNDP and ILO Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York February 17–18, 2011 The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the ongoing work on developing estimates of time poverty and time-adjusted income poverty for three countries: Argentina, Chile, and Mexico. Participants will discuss data and […]
International Comparisons in Economic Well-Being among Advanced Industrialized Countries
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York December 2–3, 2010 The purpose of the workshop is to discuss the work on the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) for five countries: Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Participants will present the estimates for individual countries; provide bilateral comparisons […]
The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar
Saturday, June 19 1:30–2:45 p.m. Welcome and Introduction to Minsky and the Levy Institute Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Levy Economics Institute 2:45–3:15 p.m. Break 3:15–4:30 p.m. General Introduction to Minsky and Financial Reform Jan Kregel, Levy Economics Institute and Tallinn Technical University 4:30–6:30 p.m. Reception 6:30–7:00 p.m. Dinner Sunday, June 20 8:30−9:45 a.m. Minsky, Marx, Veblen, […]
The Hyman P. Minsky Summer Seminar and Conference
Organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Levy Institute Blithewood Annandale-on-Hudson, New York June 19–29, 2010 The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is pleased to announce that it will hold a Minsky summer seminar in June 2010. The Seminar will provide a rigorous discussion of both […]
19th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: After the Crisis—Planning a New Financial Structure
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford foundation Ford Foundation New York City April 14–16, 2010 From his extensive research, Hyman Minsky was convinced that economic systems are prone to financial instability and crisis, and urged that lessons be learned from the crisis of 1929–1933 so […]
9th GEM-IWG International Conference: Gender and the Global Economic Crisis
Co-organized by the Government of Mexico, GEM-IWG, UNDESA/UNDAW, UNDP, UNIFEM, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, and IDRC (Canada), with additional support from the Ford Foundation (U.S.A.), and with the participation of the Government of Canada ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters New York City July 13–14, 2009 On July 13 and 14, the 9th GEM-IWG […]
Employment Guarantee Policies: Responding to the Current Economic Crisis and Contributing to Long-Term Development
A Collaborative Project of the United Nations Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (RBLAC), and the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP), in Partnership with Levy Economics Institute Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York June 22–23, 2009 With poverty, inequality, and unemployment trending upward worldwide, job creation, especially for […]