Cambridge Keynes Seminar
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2013/14
- 20 May Yannis Dafermos, University of West of England
Debt cycles, instability and fiscal rules: A Godley-Minsky model
discussants: Marco Veronese Passarella, University of Leeds
with Graham Gudgin, former Cambridge Economic Policy Group
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slides (Dafermos)
- 25 February
Roy Grieve, University of Strathclyde
Keynes and Sraffa on own-rates of interest
discussant: Murray Milgate, University of Cambridge
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- 19 November Stephen Kinsella, University of Limerick
Are there policy alternatives to Ireland's Austerity?
discussant: Neil Lancastle, University of Leicester
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- 5 November Michael McLure, University of Western Australia
Pigou and Pareto on income distribution and the quantity theory of money
discussant: Mark Hayes, University of Cambridge
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- 22 October Jesper Jespersen, University of Roskilde
Keynes on inflexible vs. adjustable exchange rate systems
discussant: Geoff Harcourt, University of Cambridge
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2012/13
- 21 May Guglielmo Forges Davanzati, University of Salento (Italy)
Keynes and the monetary circuit approach
discussant: Mark Hayes, University of Cambridge
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- 7 May Marco Flávio da Cunha Resende, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Fiscal Policy and the Substitution between National and Foreign Savings
discussant: Geoff Tily, Government Economic Service
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- 26 February Özlem Onaran, University of Greenwich
Is aggregate demand wage-led or profit-led?
discussant: Jo Michell, SOAS, University of London
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- 12 February Dany Lang, University of Paris XIII
The NAIRU: Still 'Not An Interesting Rate of Unemployment'
discussant: Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield
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29 January Sue Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies, Birkbeck, University of London
Banking Systems in the Crisis: the faces of liberal capitalism
discussant: Mark Hayes, University of Cambridge
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13 November Toralf Pusch, Halle Institute for Economic Research
Calculating the multiplier within the Eurozone
discussant: Pontus Rendahl, University of Cambridge
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30 October Richard Werner, University of Southampton
The Quantity Theory of Credit
discussant: Victoria Chick, UCL
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Where does money come from?
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16 October John Maloney, University of Exeter
The Treasury and the New Cambridge School during the 1970s
discussant: Graham Gudgin, former Cambridge Economic Policy Group
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2011/12
- 13 March Man-Seop Park, Korea University
discussant: Fabio Petri, University of Siena
Sraffa's Given Quantities of Output and Keynes's Principle of Effective Demand
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28 February Daniela Gabor, Bristol Business School
The Road to Financialization in Central and Eastern Europe
discussant: Michael Kuczynski, University of Cambridge
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14 February Nicholas Wapshott, Author and Journalist
Keynes vs. Hayek: the clash that defined modern economics?
discussant: Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge
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31 January Engelbert Stockhammer, Kingston University, London
discussant: Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield
Capital accumulation, labour market institutions and unemployment in the medium run
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2010/2011
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7 June Bruce Littleboy, University of Queensland
GLS Shackle: Can we reconcile the irreconcilable?
discussant: Mark Hayes, University of Cambridge
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24 May Roger Backhouse, University of Birmingham
On Post Keynesian economics and the economics of Keynes
discussant: Roberto Scazzieri, University of Bologna
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Scazzieri paper
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15 March Roy Rotheim, Skidmore College
Keynes on Individual Behaviour and Economic Equilibrium
discussants: Stephen Pratten, KCL and Mark Hayes, Cambridge
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1 March Jerry Courvisanos, University of Ballarat
A Kaleckian Approach to Innovation and Investment Policy in the context of Sustainable Development
discussant: Jan Toporowski, SOAS
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15 February Michael Osborne, Sheffield Hallam University
On the significance of Sraffa's reswitching: some long-standing financial puzzles and their joint resolution
discussant: Andrew Trigg, The Open University
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1 February Stephen Dunn, Department of Health
The modern food industry and public health: A Galbraithian perspective
discussant: Robert McMaster, University of Glasgow
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18 January Neville Norman, University of Melbourne
The Post Keynesian approach to industrial pricing
discussants: Mark Hayes and Ken Coutts, University of Cambridge
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30 November Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds
The fiscal consolidation programme: fundamental problems and progressive alternatives
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23 November Jesper Jespersen, University of Roskilde
The Scandinavian countries during the crisis
discussant: Jonathan Perraton, University of Sheffield
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9 November Sheila Dow, University of Stirling
The reform of financial regulation: a Post Keynesian perspective
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26 October Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics
The financial crisis and the future of macroeconomics
discussant: Michael Kuczynski, Pembroke College, Cambridge
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19 October Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
The Post Keynesian Difference
discussant: John McCombie, Downing College, Cambridge
talk only
- transcript (Hayes)
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12 October Victoria Chick, University College London
The Economic Consequences of Mr Osborne
discussant: Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
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- Chick slides
- Hayes slides
follow-up material: The Economist
- Alesina response
- Roosevelt Institute
2009/2010
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11 May Peter Clarke, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Pragmatic and Dogmatic Keynesianism: the relevance of Keynes's thinking today
discussant: Robert Cord, St Edmund's College, Cambridge
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27 April Eric Berr, University of Bordeaux
Keynes, the Post Keynesians and Sustainable Development
discussant: Adrian Winnett, University of Bath
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background paper (Winnett)
2008/2009
The seminar hosted a reading group to work through Keynes's
General Theory and hear different perspectives from guest speakers.
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4 March Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 8: (Bk VI) Saving the Free Market from itself
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25 February Brendan Sheehan, Leeds Metropolitan University
The General Theory and Policies for Global Prosperity
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18 February Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 7: (Bk V) Why wage-cuts will not create jobs
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11 February Geoff Tily, Government Economic Service
Keynes, Policy and The General Theory
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4 February Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 6: (Bks III & IV) Aggregate Demand II: The Dark Forces of Time and Ignorance
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28 January Geoff Harcourt, Jesus College, Cambridge
Keynes, Joan Robinson and The General Theory
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21 January Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 5: (Bks III & IV) Aggregate Demand I: The Model
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14 January Roy Rotheim, Skidmore College
Keynes, Davidson and The General Theory
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26 November Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 4: (Bk II) Expectation and output
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19 November Michel De Vroey, Université catholique de Louvain
Keynes, Marshall and The General Theory
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12 November Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 3: (Bk II) Measuring income and capital
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5 November Claudio Sardoni, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
Keynes, Marx and The General Theory
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29 October Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 2: (Bk I) Two Theories of Employment
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22 October Gerhard-Michael Ambrosi, University of Trier
Keynes, Pigou and The General Theory
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15 October Mark Hayes, Robinson College, Cambridge
General Theory Reading Group Session 1: Necessary preliminaries
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8 October Victoria Chick, University College London
The General Theory is difficult; whose fault is that?
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