Work by our members

This library houses a growing collection of research work by YSI members, either created in direct collaboration with fellow members, or as a result of inspiration and support found in the community. If you have work that was produced in collaboration with other YSI members, or that was significantly supported by your participation in YSI projects, you are invited to submit it.

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Working Paper

2023

When Minsky and Godley Met Structuralism

Nitin Nair Underdevelopment is often conceived as being reproduced domestically. This paper emphasizes the international forces that enable the persistence of underdevelopment. We first explore how the currency hierarchy imposes a dependency...

  • Keynesian Economics
  • Stock-Flow Consistent Modeling
  • International Trade
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Published 2022

Winds from the East: Ignored Ancient Asian Views on International Trade and Traders

Kim Tùng Đào The history of economic thought has discussed issues related to trade and religion predominantly from a Western perspective. In order to fill this gap in the literature, we investigate the...

  • International Trade
  • Globalization
  • History of Economic Thought
  • +1 more

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Conference Paper

2023

From Greenwashing to Just Transitions: Bridging the gap between traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and TECH eco-innovations in renewable energy company CSR projects

Gwendolyn Torres It has become widely known that ecological innovation in resource management is needed and multiple efforts from macro to micro scales are racing towards solutions as climate change targets slip...

  • Alternative Development Paths
  • Alternative Economic Models
  • Corporate Finance
  • +29 more

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Published Work

2025

The contradictions of unconventional monetary policy as a post-2008 thwarting mechanism: financial dominance, shadow banking, and inequality

Simon Schairer The global financial crisis (GFC) of 2008 has triggered profound changes in the macro-financial regulatory architecture. Ever since, the interplay between political, institutional, and macroeconomic developments has received increasing attention...

  • Central Banking
  • Financial Crisis
  • Financial Stability
  • +5 more

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Smith’s paradox of price and negotiation: Empirical evidence from India

Sattwick Dey Biswas Diamond-water paradox has enticed the human mind for generations. Adam Smith gave it a new twist in the Wealth of Nations that serves as the basis of all modern valuation...

  • Capitalism
  • Resources
  • Value Theory

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Artificial General Intelligence and Central Planning: A Study on Resource Allocation through Knowledge Problem and Uncertainty

Ehsan Mousavi This essay explores the potential and limitations of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in the context of economic decision-making and resource allocation. It examines the concept of tacit knowledge, its role...

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Imperfect Knowledge Economics
  • Political Economy

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An Organizational Analysis of the Schismatic Church of Satan

Steven Foertsch Abstract Background The Church of Satan, the seminal example of organizational Satan- ism, was founded in 1966. During the 1970s, the Church of Satan was wracked by a history of...

  • Ecological Economics
  • Economic Sociology
  • Interdisciplinarity
  • +3 more

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