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Giancarlo Corsetti: On the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus 1/4
Giancarlo Corsetti, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Cambridge speaking at the breakout panel entitled "Does the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus Depend on the Context? Balance Sheet Overhangs, Open Economy Leakages, and Idle...
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Michael Greenberger: Setting the Stage for the Next Financial Crisis
Proprietary trading by Wall Street banks precipitated the 2008 financial crisis that resulted in a near 13 trillion dollar bailout by American taxpayers of Too Big To Fail financial institutions. As early as 2007, Morgan Stanley lost $9...
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The Corruption in Academic Economics: Part 1 of INET's Interview with Charles Ferguson
In part 1 of INET's interview with Charles Ferguson, the director of the film "Inside Job" talks about how the financial services industry is shaping and corrupting academic programs in economics
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INET's Interview with Charles Ferguson, the Director of "Inside Job"
In this interview, INET's Executive Director Rob Johnson talks to Charles Ferguson, the director of the new documentary film "Inside Job," about corruption in academia, the failure of both political parties in dealing with the financial...
Curated Video
Understanding Liquidity Coverage Ratio in Banking Sector
In this video, the presenter discusses ratios and fractions in the context of the banking sector. He explains the liquidity coverage ratio and how regulators use ratios to control and regulate the amount of liquefiable assets that a bank...
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Ken Rogoff - Debts, Deficits and Global Financial Stability
The Inaugural Conference @ King's, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Opening Session. Where are we now? Debts, Deficits and Global Financial Stability
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Ukraine & the Future of Europe: Financial crisis insights
What shocks affected the Ukraine? Why should the IMF step in to help stabilize the Ukraine? Ukraine & the Future of Europe, Part 3
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Domenico Delli Gatti - Microfoundations for the Vision of Minsky
Delli Gatti starts where his dissertation advisor, Hyman Minsky, left off. With tools from network theory and agent-based modeling, he simulates the economy as enormous web of credit relations. He says agent-based models can capture a...
Curated Video
Measuring Productivity in Domestic and International Contexts
This video focuses on issues around measuring productivity in both domestic and international contexts. The video explains the various inputs that are measured and highlights the common approach of measuring productivity on a per hour...
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To Save Capitalism, Make it Work for Average Folks
David Smick, the founder and president of Johnson Smick International and editor of The International Economy about his new book, The Great Equalizer: How Main Street Capitalism Can Create an Economy for Everyone. Smick argues that...
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Microfinance & Austerity: No Womens' Empowerment without Community Involvement
How austerity policies and microfinance can bankrupt rather than empower women. Professor Alicia Girón discusses why microfinance cannot replace development banks.
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Welcome Address & Introductory Remarks
Ceyla Pazarbasioglu & Signe Krogstrup start the day at Finance & Society 2015.
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A Brief History of Doom
Are financial crises avoidable? Richard Vague says yes—by reigning in the excessive private lending that’s driven major crashes over the past 200 years. INET President Rob Johnson talks to Richard Vague about his new book, A Brief...
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How Populists Use Economics to Exploit Crisis
MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Emil Verner discusses his research into credit markets, and the role of economics in the rise of populism.
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Joschka Fischer: Which Way Forward? 1/6
Joschka Fischer, Former Foreign Minister, Germany, speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...
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Relearning Recessions
What causes a financial crisis? You may think of long lines of angry depositors at the bank. But Cornell economist Matthew Baron says it’s more about credit booms and over-lending than we’ve thought before.
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A Bipartisan Disaster in Finance: Part 4 of INET's Interview with Charles Ferguson
The director of "Inside Job" says that the poor handling of the crisis is the fault of both political parties. In fact, he says that he sees no real difference between the two
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Marleen Janssen Groesbeek: The Global Market and Nation States (4/7)
The video shows the panel Sovereignty and Institutional Design in the Global Age at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Marleen Janssen Groesbeek, Policy Officer Sustainability and Corporate...
Curated Video
Understanding Alternative Monetary Policy Tools
This is a video about alternative monetary policy tools in the UK. The speaker provides an overview of the tools used by the central bank to evaluate economic impacts when bank rates fall to a very low level. The video discusses...
The Wall Street Journal
Market Predictions with Glenn Hutchins
Veteran tech investor and former N.Y. Fed director Glenn Hutchins talks about the latest market correction and what it means for digital-asset ventures as the Federal Reserve moves to temper inflation and fears of a recession loom.
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Crash Course on Hyman Minsky, L. Randall Wray
L. Randall Wray, professor at UMKC, talks about Hyman Minsky, an American economist who, even in the relative stability of the 1950s, predicted financial collapse because of "speculative euphoria." Interviewed by Peter Leyden at King's...
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External Inflation and Its Impact on the UK's Macroeconomic Performance
The video discusses the concept of external inflation, which refers to inflation that comes into the UK from other countries. The presenter explores how commodity prices and inflation in other countries can influence the UK's...
History Hit
How the Cold War Shaped Western Democracy with Simon Reid-Henry
Dan sat down with Simon Reid-Henry to discuss the evolution of Western democracy across the world from the early 1970s to present day. They talk about the broad decline of the centrist post-war politics over the past decades and the rise...
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Mario Seccareccia: Macroeconomic Management After a Crisis (3/7)
The video shows the panel Macroeconomic Management After a Financial Crisis at INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 9, 2011. The speaker in this segment is Mario Seccareccia, Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa. The...