A Post-Keynesian Summer School – TORONTO – June 23-25, 2017
The Review of Keynesian Economics and the Progressive Economic Forum are sponsoring a
“Post-Keynesian Summer School”, to be held on the campus of the University of Toronto, June 23-25, 2017, and featuring leading post-Keynesian scholars from Canada, the US, and Europe.
The summer school is aims at both undergraduate and graduate students, and registration is only $25 US per person, which includes all coffee breaks. In addition, Edward Elgar Publishers has graciously donated a number of important post-Keynesian books that will be given away at the end of the school.
The programme
9h15: Welcome address
Louis-Philippe ROCHON (Laurentian University, Canada)
9h30 – 10h30: What is post-Keynesian economics?
Louis-Philippe ROCHON (Laurentian University, Canada)
10h30 – 11h00: Coffee Break
11h00 – 12h30: The role of fiscal policy and the state in post-Keynesian theory
Mario SECCARECCIA (University of Ottawa, Canada)
12h30 – 13h45: Lunch
14h00 – 15h30: The role of debt in post-Keynesian economics: Real and financial components
Joelle LECLAIRE (SUNY- Buffalo State, USA)
15h30 – 16h00 Coffee Break
16h00 – 17h30: The importance of interdisciplinary research in post-Keynesian economics
Guillaume VALLET (University of Grenoble – Alpes, France) and Nicolas ZORN (University of Montréal, Canada)
SATURDAY, June 24, 2017
9h00 – 10h30: A history of endogenous money/monetary policy in post-Keynesian analysis
Louis-Philippe ROCHON (Laurentian University, Canada)
10h30-11h00: Coffee Break
11h00 – 12h30: Post-Keynesian theories of financial stability
Esteban Pérez CALDENTEY (ECLAC, Chile)
12h30-13h45: Lunch
14h00-15h30: A history of central banking
MatÍas VERNENGO (Bucknell University, USA)
15h30-16h00: Coffee Break
16h00 – 17h30: A post-Keynesian approach to development: The case of Africa
Salewa ’Yinka OLAWOYE (Ryerson University, Canada)
SUNDAY, June 25, 2017
9h00 – 10h30: Some theoretical roots of post-Keynesian economics
Robert DIMAND (Brock University, Canada)
10h30 – 11h00: Coffee Break
11h00 – 12h30: An introduction to mathematics for heterodox economists
Matheus GRASSELLI (McMaster University, Canada)
12h30 – 12h45: Saying Goodbye