Ann Pettifor "Can a British government regain control over the financial system - a great public good? Or are we doomed to more financial crises?"
2018-10-10 17:00 - 18:30 UTC | University of Greenwich, Park Row, London, SE10 9LS, United Kingdom
Seminar by Ann Pettifor on “Can a British government regain control over the financial system – a great public good? Or are we doomed to more financial crises?” on 10 October 2018, at the University of Greenwich, King William Court, room KW303, at 17:00-18:15.
The talk is part of the Big Picture Series of the University of Greenwich, and it is co-organised by the Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre/ Institute of Political Economy.

SOAS Money and Development Seminars: Trevor Evans 'The Economic Expansion in the US since 2009' - 11 Oct
2018-10-11 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Trevor Evans (Berlin) will give the next Money and Development Seminar on ‘The Economic Expansion in the US since 2009’
Thursday 11 October at 17.00
In room SG35 (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House North Block)
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG
nearest underground station: Russell Square

'Growth and Crisis under Finance-dominated Capitalism: A Stock-flow consistent approach' - Professor Amit Bhaduri
2018-10-31 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Professor Amit Bhaduri (Delhi) on Wednesday 31 October at 17.00
‘Growth and Crisis under Finance-dominated Capitalism: A Stock-flow consistent approach’
Discussant: Professor Jerzy Osiatynski (Polish Monetary Policy Committee)
Alumni Lecture Theatre (Paul Webley Wing, Senate House North Block)
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG
nearest underground station: Russell Square.
Research on Money and Finance – RMF
www.researchonmoneyandfinance.org
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Post-Brexit Options for the UK: New Legal Analysis
2018-11-16 09:30 - 17:00 UTC
The UK is experiencing a crisis on many levels – economic, political and constitutional – as it faces up to the implications of Brexit. Since June 2016 there has been much speculation on the likely effects of Brexit, but a failure to focus on the institutional detail of different scenarios. In this conference we will bring to bear the latest legal research on the implications of Brexit for trade, competition and regulation; the UK’s devolution settlement; and its constitution. There will also be a discussion of options around a second Brexit referendum.
Peterhouse, Cambridge, 16 November 2018, 9:30-17:00
Provisional Schedule:
Public Opinion and a Second Referendum
Charlene Rohr, RAND Europe
David Howarth, University of Cambridge
Trade, Competition and Regulation:
Albertina Albors-Llorens, University of Cambridge
Simon Deakin, University of Cambridge
Michael Waibel, University of Cambridge
Devolution
Elisabeth Jones, National Assembly for Wales
James Wolffe QC, Lord Advocate for Scotland
Julian Ghosh QC, University of Cambridge
Constitution
Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge
Martin Steinfeld, University of Cambridge
Alison Young, University of Cambridge
Location:
The Theatre, Peterhouse, Cambridge CB2 1RD
http://www.pet.cam.ac.uk
Registration
To reserve a place please email Carolyn Twigg (cmt28@cam.ac.uk) asap, no later than Thursday 8 November 2018.

St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar – ‘Industrial Policy in the UK' by Diane Coyle
2019-04-24 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, cb21rl, United Kingdom
Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Time: 18:00 -19:30
Speaker: Diane Coyle
Talk Title: ‘Industrial Policy in the UK’
Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
All are welcome. The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Judge Business School.
Speaker:
Diane Coyle was previously Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester and has held a number of public service roles including Vice Chair of the BBC Trust (2006-2014), member of the Competition Commission (2001-2009), and member of the Migration Advisory Committee (2009-2014).
Diane Coyle is currently a member of the Natural Capital Committee, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission and a member of the Council of Economic Advisers. Diane Coyle was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the public understanding of economics in the 2018 New Year Honours. Diane Coyle is heading research in the fields of public policy economics, technology, industrial strategy and global inequality.
Diane Coyle is currently the Bennett Professor of Public Policy, and Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge.
Talk Overview:
The disparity between the least and most productive regions in the UK is wide by the standards of many other OECD economies. While there are many contributory factors to the poor economic outcomes of many UK regions, this paper argues that the concentration of public investment is in and around London and the South East. The appraisal process for infrastructure investment projects follows the methodological set out in the Treasury’s Green Book, with major funding allocation decisions almost wholly centralised. In this paper, Diane Coyle argues that this methodology has reinforced the regional imbalance of the UK economy; that recent changes to the appraisal methods are welcome but unlikely by themselves to redress the London bias in infrastructure decisions; and that although evidence-based appraisal is important, infrastructure investments also need to be based on a strategic view about economic development for the whole of the UK.
Please contact the seminar organisers Philip Arestis (pa267@cam.ac.uk) and Michael Kitson m.kitson@jbs.cam.ac.uk) in the event of a query.

Keynes on Uncertainty and Tragic Happiness.
2021-11-09 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Webinar Title: Keynes on Uncertainty and Tragic Happiness.
Speaker: Featuring a talk by Anna Carabelli on her new book.
Comments by: Robert Dimand and Sheila Dow
Date: November 9, 2021
Time: 11h00 New York Time
Join here:
https://laurentian.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkdOqvqj4sG93FPnb-zVAHBmBCLh1e6dJh

"What's Wrong with Economics?" CSEP hosts Lord Robert Skidelsky
2021-11-15 17:30 - 18:30 UTC
15th NOVEMBER, 5.30PM @ OLD DIVINITY SCHOOL, ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
The Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism is greatly honoured to host Lord Professor Robert Skidelsky, – reputed author, economic historian, biographer of Keynes, and life-peer of the House of Lords – to speak on his latest book ‘What’s Wrong with Economics? A Primer for the Perplexed.’
This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics’ quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on an orthodoxy that is unhealthy for the field, not to mention the societies which base policy decisions on the advice of flawed economic models. Skidelsky’s clearly written and compelling critique takes aim at the way that economics is taught in today’s universities, where a focus on modelling leaves students ill-equipped to grapple with what is important and true about human life. He argues for a return to the ideal set out by John Maynard Keynes that the economist must be a “mathematician, historian, statesman, [and] philosopher” in equal measure.
In his talk, Lord Skidelsky will cover:
– The role of the state in economic growth and development
– The limitations of equilibrium theorising in economic discourse
– The use of behavioural economics in modelling social interactions more realistically
– The role of ideology and power in shaping economic theory
– The ethical dimensions of economics and market economies
– The future of the economy and economics
Following the talk, there’ll be ample time to pose questions to Lord Skidelsky on any dimensions of his talk or book, so come prepared!
The event is free and being a CSEP member is not required. However, spaces are highly limited so sign-up ASAP to avoid disappointment.
Register at Event Brite:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lord-robert-skidelsky-whats-wrong-with-economics-tickets-192558275987?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

'The Nature of Wealth in Britain - the case for a wealth tax' organised by Jon Trickett MP
2021-11-25 19:00 - 20:00 UTC
Event details of a zoom discussion on ‘The Nature of Wealth in Britain – the case for a wealth tax’ organized by Jon Trickett MP with Prof Prem Sikka, Joe Guinan and Ozlem Onaran as panelists. If you would like to attend please register in advance on eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nature-of-wealth-in-britain-the-case-for-a-wealth-tax-tickets-211071589807

Unstandard Deviation: Harnessing Positive Deviance to Reduce Inequality, Dr Kai Ruggeri
2021-11-28 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
The Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism is hosting an exciting in person event:
‘Unstandard Deviation: Harnessing Positive Deviance to Reduce Inequality’
Speaker: Dr Kai Ruggeri
Speaking in Keynes Hall at King’s College Cambridge

The PEGFA Seminar Series: Speakers- Kefei You and Ben Tippet
2022-11-02 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
The following hybrid research seminar is organised by The Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) at the University of Greenwich.
Wednesday, 2 Nov, 1-2:30 PM (GMT) – Speakers: Kefei You and Ben Tippet
Location: Room SL011, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, London SE10 9LS (and via Microsoft Teams with this link)
For more information see: https://www.gre.ac.uk/research/pegfa#events
1-1:45 PM: Kefei You – Financial Development and Technological Progress: Does the Financing Channel Matter? Evidence from Spatial Analysis for Chinese Provinces
We examine the relationship between financial development and productivity growth by investigating the impact of total social financing and, more importantly, the four financial channels underneath it (i.e., formal bank loans, corporate bond market, equity market and shadow banking) on technological progress in Chinese provinces during 2013-2020. We first separate structural change from total factor productivity (TFP) to obtain the net factor productivity (NFP) series. We then employ spatial models to account for spatial dependence in technological progress; the Spatial Durbin Model (SDM) is shown to best describe our data. We find that, first, both structural change and NFP have contributed positively to TFP in China. Thus, the latter captures the pure technological progress more accurately than TFP does. Second, while TSF overall does not seem to affect technological advancement in China, three of its four components do. Specifically, corporate bonds and formal bank loans promote technological progress across Chinese provinces, with the former producing stronger effects than the latter. Shadow banking also shows a positive impact but at a weaker magnitude than the above two. Conversely, equity financing does not foster technological progress in China. Finally, we observe positive spatial technological dependence, implying a cooperative relationship between Chinese provinces.
1:45-2:30 PM: Ben Tippet – House price cycles and speculative demand: understanding how the returns to capital gains and rent extraction drive the intensity of house price booms and busts
Why do some countries have stable house prices, while others have intense booms and busts? The existing literature in Comparative Political Economy (CPE) has argued that house price booms are caused primarily by domestic mortgage-credit encouraging institutions (and their interactions with a strong welfare state). Building on heterodox economic theories of house price cycles, this paper instead argues that intense house price booms and busts are driven by speculative demand, which in turn is shaped by institutions increasing the returns to housing via capital gains and rent extraction. Using turning point analysis, we demonstrate significant cross-country differences in the intensity of booms and busts across 26 OECD countries. We build a dataset of what we call “speculation encouraging institutions” and estimate their relationship to the intensity of house price cycles. We find that countries with speculation encouraging institutions are significantly more likely to have intense house price booms and busts. Once we control for speculative demand, mortgage-credit encouraging institutions no longer has a significant effect on house price cycles. This paper is a part of the Leverhulme grant “The Political Economy of growth models in an age of stagnation” Leverhulme, RPG-2021-045.

SOAS Money and Development Seminar - The Capital Order How economists invented austerity and paved the way to Fascism
2022-11-14 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
The next Money and Development Seminar will be on
Monday 14 November at 5 p.m.
will feature Clara Mattei (New School for Social Research) will present her book The Capital Order How economists invented austerity and paved the way to Fascism
with Suzanne Konzelmann (Birkbeck) and Lord Skidelsky (Warwick)
To be held in:
Room G3
SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG

The PEGFA Seminar Series: Speakers-Alberto Botta and Siyan Tan
2022-11-17 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
The following hybrid research seminar is organised by The Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) at the University of Greenwich.
Thursday 17 Nov, 5-6:30 PM (GMT) – Speakers: Alberto Botta and Siyan Tan
Location: Room QM369, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, London SE10 9LS (and via Microsoft Teams with this link)
5-5:45 PM: Alberto Botta – Financial integration, productive development and fiscal space in developing countries
5:45-6:30 PM: Siyan Tan – Political Connections and Corporate Litigation: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
For more information see: https://www.gre.ac.uk/research/pegfa#events

Cambridge Realist Workshop - Nuno Martins
2022-11-21 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
Title of the talk: ‘Cambridge economics and the reconstruction of economic theory’
Speaker: Nuno Martins
To register for the event of November 21 click here
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsdOChpjMqE9T4h5TGNq9XS7gEBwwAD7Ub

The events are jointly hosted by the Cambridge social ontology group and the Kings College (London) Social Ontology Research Unit.

HYPE webinar - "The current inflationary crisis in historical perspective"
2022-12-07 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
The next HYPE webinar is on the 7th of December 1600-1730 (GMT) titled “The current inflationary crisis in historical perspective” presented by Matías Vernengo.
Please email hype@open.ac.uk to reserve a place
The recordings of past events are available on the webpage

The PEGFA Seminar Series: Speakers- Rafael Wildauer and Athina Piterou
2022-12-08 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
The following hybrid research seminar is organised by The Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) at the University of Greenwich.
Thursday 8 Dec, 5-6:30 PM (GMT) – Speakers: Rafael Wildauer and Athina Piterou
Location: Room TBA, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, London SE10 9LS (and via Microsoft Teams with this link)
5-5:45 PM: Rafael Wildauer – Was Pareto right?
5:45-6:30 PM: Athina Piterou – Sociotechnical transitions, market devices and the sociology of markets: the emergence of retail formats
For more information see: https://www.gre.ac.uk/research/pegfa#events

Cambridge Realist Workshop - Lynne Chester - Heterodox Economics: Legacy and Prospects
2023-02-27 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Speaker: Lynne Chester (University of Sydney)
Title: Heterodox Economics: Legacy and Prospects
Attendance at this event is free, but requires registration.
Click here to register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItduCppjwsH9W3d6docUdahkjMJML…
Date:
Monday, 27 February, 2023 – 20:00 to 22:00
The events are jointly hosted by the Cambridge social ontology group and the Kings College (London) Social Ontology Research Unit.

Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability - Dr Cem Oyvat & Dr Faith Adobamen
2023-11-07 17:00 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
7th Nov 2023 1pm – 2:30pm
The Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability invites you to its Research Seminar Series 2023-24.
The third seminar in the series will feature PEGFA experts Dr Cem Oyvat and Dr Faith Adobamen.
QA020 TBC 5.00-6.30pm
Dr Cem Oyvat will be presenting “Minimum wage, aggregate demand and employment: a demand-led model”.
Further details see: https://www.gre.ac.uk/events/current-events/faculty-of-business/pegfa-research-seminars-2023-24-oyvat-and-adobamen

Cambridge Realist Workshop - Tony Lawson
2024-10-21 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Newnham College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Event 1
Date:       Monday October 21st, 2024
Speaker:    Tony Lawson (Cambridge)
Topic:       Making Economics Relevant Again
Background reading: Towards a relational Economics: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377020473_Towards_a_relational_economics

Location: The Cynthia Beerbower Room, Newnham College
Time: The seminar will start at 8pm, but drinks will be available from 7:30 pm.

For related info, do visit the Cambridge Social Ontology Site:
https://www.csog.econ.cam.ac.uk/

St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar -Urban Mobility: how the iphone, covid and climate changed everything - Associate Professor Shauna Brail
2024-11-11 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, cb21rl, United Kingdom
Date: 11 November 2024
Time: 18:00 -19:30
Speaker: Associate Professor Shauna Brail
Talk Title: ‘Urban Mobility: how the iphone, covid and climate changed everything‘
Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.

Cambridge Realist Workshop - Carolina Alvez
2024-11-18 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Newnham College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Date:       Monday November 18th, 2024
Speaker:    Carolina Alvez (University College London)
Topic:       TBC

Location: The Cynthia Beerbower Room, Newnham College, Cambridge, UK
Time: The seminar will start at 8pm, but drinks will be available from 7:30 pm.

For related info, do visit the Cambridge Social Ontology Site:
https://www.csog.econ.cam.ac.uk/

St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar - Governing urban platform capitalism. The contentious regulation of short-term rental housing in European cities – a comparative approach.- Professor Claire Colomb
2024-11-27 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, cb21rl, United Kingdom
Date: 27 November 2024
Time: 18:00 -19:30
Speaker: Professor Claire Colomb
Talk Title: ‘Governing urban platform capitalism. The contentious regulation of short-term rental housing in European cities – a comparative approach’
Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.

St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar -Reducing economic inactivity in the UK: An economic and political imperative - Professor Christina Beatty
2025-02-19 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, cb21rl, United Kingdom
Date: 19 February 2025
Time: 18:00 -19:30
Speaker: Professor Christina Beatty
Talk Title: ‘Reducing economic inactivity in the UK: An economic and political imperative’
Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Political Economy Society and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.

St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar - Innovation for all - Professor Neil Lee
2025-03-05 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London) | Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, cb21rl, United Kingdom
Date: 5 March 2025
Time: 18:00 -19:30
Speaker: Professor Neil Lee
Talk Title: ‘Innovation for all’
Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College
The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
