Past Events
Please find links to all our past events stretching right back to 2005.
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 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 […]
18th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Meeting the Challenges of Financial Crisis
A conference organized by the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College with support from the Ford Foundation Ford Foundation New York City April 16–17, 2009 On April 16 and 17, top policymakers, economists, and analysts gathered at the Ford Foundation’s headquarters in New York City to offer their insights and policy guidelines on the extraordinary […]
The Financial Crisis, the U.S. Economy, and International Security in the New Administration
The current crisis of subprime mortgages, mortgage-backed securities, credit derivatives, and failing investment banks is deeper and more severe than any since the New Deal. This is a crisis originating in the United States—from the center of the global financial system. Cascading problems emerge when the world loses confidence in the system that supports the […]
17th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Credit, Markets, and the Real Economy Is the Financial System Working?
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York April 17–18, 2008 The focus of this year’s conference was the current economic and financial crisis in the United States and its effects on the world economy. Topics included the causes and consequences of the “Minsky moment”; the impact of the credit crunch on the economic […]
16th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference: Global Imbalances Prospects for the U.S. and World Economies
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York April 19–20, 2007 The 2007 Hyman P. Minsky Conference drew upon public discussions on the United States and world economies in the context of prevailing economic trends and their implications. The presenters—top policymakers, economists, and analysts—addressed such topics as fiscal and monetary policies for continued growth […]
Employment Guarantee Policies: Theory and Practice
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York October 13–14, 2006 This conference focused on those government policy initiatives that can create a safety net through public service employment for individuals who are ready, willing, and able to work but find themselves in an economic environment that does not offer employment opportunities. Unemployment and […]