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May 14, 2025

32nd Annual Levy Economics Institute Conference

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 AlpertWestwood Capital | How Minsky’s Money Manager Capitalism Will Frustrate the Purported Goals of US Economic Nationalism
  • Leila DavisUniversity of Massachusetts Boston | The Evolution of Minsky Regimes in the US Nonfinancial Corporate Sector
  • Rogerio StudartBrazilian Center for International Relations | Financing Development in Times of Climate Crisis: A Minskyan Approach
  • Moderator: Talmon Joseph SmithThe New York Times


Session 2: Economic Policy in the Age of Trump

  • Pavlina R. TchernevaLevy Institute | Pocketbook Economics and the American Voter
  • James K. GalbraithUniversity of Texas at Austin | What Is Economic Policy For?
  • L. Randall WrayLevy Institute | Should We Worry About the Deficit(s)? An MMT-Minsky Perspective
  • Moderator: Ryan CooperThe 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 LiangWillamette University | How China Organizes Finance Domestically and Keeps Foreign Capital at Bay
  • Ndongo Samba SyllaInternational Development Economics Associates (IDEAs-Africa) | Critically Thinking About Monetary Sovereignty and Balance-of-Payments Constraints in Africa
  • Fadhel KaboubDenison University | Global South Joint Industrial Policies
  • Moderator: TBA
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