Booms and Busts
Minsky is more than a moment
After the Great Financial Crisis, Minsky rose to fame. But few people grasp the breadth and depth of his work beyond the “Minsky Moment”. If that’s you, Daniel Neilson’s recent
Economic Questions
YSI’s Community Blog
Booms and Busts
The financial crisis was a Minsky moment but we live in Strange times
This is the story of Susan Strange and Hyman Minsky, two renegade economists who spent a lifetime warning of a global financial crisis. When it hit in 2008, a decade
Global Economy
Using Minsky to Better Understand Economic Development – Part 2
The work of Hyman Minsky highlighted the essential role of finance in the capital development of an economy. The greater a nation’s reliance on debt relative to internal funds, the
Global Economy
Using Minsky to Better Understand Economic Development – Part 1
The global system has seen two major shocks in 2016: the Brexit vote and Trump. What these events have in common is their populist rhetoric that promised to bring back
Global Economy
Carbon Trading, Sustainable Development and Financial Fragility
The response to climate change is one of the most pressing policy issues of our time. Carbon trading assets are currently worth more than $100 billion. This market is expected
Policy Matters
Stability is Destabilizing
In a recent interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin, published in The New York Times, President Obama argued that the U.S. economy is in fine shape, despite public feelings that it
Recent Posts
Receive new articles via email
Categories
Contribute:
We are always looking for a fresh take on an economic question. Send your pitch to fresh@youngscholarsintitive.org
Past contributors
Aabid Firdausi
Alessandro Bonetti
Athullya Roytman
Baptiste Albertone
Brad Voracek
Breshay Moore
Carlos Maciel
Celine Tcheng
Chantal Line Carpentier
Christina Refhilwe Mosalagae
Daniella Medina
Domenico Viola
Diego Castañeda Garza
Elham Saeidinezhad
Hannah Dewhirst
Jack Gao
Jimmy Chin
Johnny Fulfer
Justin Harbour
Kanya Paramaguru
Kevin Cashman
Kurt Semm
Lara Merling
Mariamawit Fantahun
Michael Joffe
Oscar Valdes-Viera
Patrick Kaczmarczyk
Pierre Ortlieb
Raghunath Nageswaran
Selim Yaman
Sergio Chaparro Hernández
Shyam Soundarajan
Soo-hyun Lee
Stephanie Attar
Steve Grumbine
Vitor Mello
