Email from Levy Economics Institute US Representative Ro Khanna to Speak at Annual Levy Conference THE LEVY NEWS Our Site Research Events Publications CONTRIBUTE May 14, 2025 32nd Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference   REGISTER NOW Dear Friends, We are pleased to welcome US House Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) to the Levy Institute this June as the Keynote Speaker at the 32nd Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference on Money, Finance, and Economic Strategies in Fractured Times. The event will be returning in-person on Monday, June 16, 2025. The conference will take place on the Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. This year’s annual conference will feature panels on Minskyan analyses of current sources of financial fragility, new directions in public finance, visions for the next progressive policy agenda, climate finance, balance of payments constraints, the global economy, and more. Be sure to register now to lock in your spot. PROGRAM Session 1: Beyond Minsky Moments Daniel Alpert, Westwood Capital | How Minsky’s Money Manager Capitalism Will Frustrate the Purported Goals of US Economic Nationalism Leila Davis, University of Massachusetts Boston | The Evolution of Minsky Regimes in the US Nonfinancial Corporate Sector Rogerio Studart, Brazilian Center for International Relations | Financing Development in Times of Climate Crisis: A Minskyan Approach Moderator: Talmon Joseph Smith, The New York Times Session 2: Economic Policy in the Age of Trump Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Levy Institute | Pocketbook Economics and the American Voter James K. Galbraith, University of Texas at Austin | What Is Economic Policy For? L. Randall Wray, Levy Institute | Should We Worry About the Deficit(s)? An MMT-Minsky Perspective Moderator: Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect Keynote Address: Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) Moderator: Alan Minsky, Progressive Democrats of America Session 3: US Policy and the Global Economy Gennaro Zezza, Levy Institute | Prospects for the US Economy Yan Liang, Willamette University | How China Organizes Finance Domestically and Keeps Foreign Capital at Bay Ndongo Samba Sylla, International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs-Africa) | Critically Thinking About Monetary Sovereignty and Balance-of-Payments Constraints in Africa Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University | Global South Joint Industrial Policies Moderator: TBA REGISTER NOW   How did you like this email?   Our Website | Press Room | Donate   Levy Economics Institute | Blithewood Bard College | Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504-5000 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice