Finance

Clear rules and sound principles for debt restructuring would level the playing field between developing countries and creditors

The social and medical sciences depend on randomised control trials – though they face more assumptions and biases than commonly thought.

Was Martin Luther King a socialist? New book may surprise you.

This three-day summer academy and annual meeting of the Finance, Law, and Economics Working Group aims to bring together graduate students and young professionals pursuing careers in international economic law. By learning from prominent academics and practitioners in the field, participants will develop the fundamental skills to handle multi-jurisdictional and interdisciplinary issues, while broadening their networks. After successful attendance, YSI FLE will issue the corresponding certificates.

Matias Vernengo explains how economic crises reveal the nakedness of neoliberal policies

Fast Company covers Michael Greenberger’s paper for INET on how banks evade regulation of credit default swaps

YSI is hosting sessions at the 2018 STOREP conference.

Fred Block says capitalism is not an unchanging monolith—which means we can make it better

When politics is defined in terms of “populism” vs. “the mainstream,” the possibility for real economic reform is diminished.

70 years ago today, Edward A. Tenenbaum helped pull off an astounding feat—successfully reforming Germany’s currency after World War II

Michael Greenberger says unregulated credit default swaps could take down the economy—and taxpayers—again

By evading regulation of credit default swaps, the major U.S. banks put taxpayers—and the entire economy—at risk

Converting an Obscure Agency Footnote into an “At Will” Nullification of Dodd-Frank’s Regulation of the Multi-Trillion Dollar Financial Swaps Market

In a complex world, we’ll experience more “black swans”, and the things that standard economic models assumed away will matter much more.

A change in macroeconomic policies will not be sufficient to set Argentina on a path of inclusive and sustained economic development. But, as last month’s currency scare showed, abandoning the approach adopted by President Mauricio Macri’s administration at the end of 2015 is a necessary step.