29th PKES Annual Workshop

Goldsmiths, University of London

Room RHB137a, Richard Hoggart Building, New Cross, London, SE14 6NW
29 May 2019 10 a.m. – 6 p.m

 

This year, we are delighted to be hosting the Annual Workshop of the Post-Keynesian Economics Society at Goldsmiths. Please register by sending an email to Giorgos Galanis (G.Galanis@gold.ac.uk), indicating if you will join us for dinner (we regret that dinner will be at your own expense).

10.00 – 12.00 Panel 1 

Hector Pollitt, Cambridge Econometrics: The contribution of post-Keynesian economics to climate policy and meeting global decarbonisation targets

Maria Nikolaidi, University of Greenwich: Fiscal policy and ecological sustainability: a post-Keynesian perspective, with Yannis Dafermos

Andreas Joseph, Bank of England: Machine learning for financial crisis prediction and the construction of a coherent narrative, with Kristina Bluwstein, Marcus Buckmann, Miao Kang, Sujit Kapadia and Özgür Şimşek

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch Break

13.00 – 13.20 PKES Annual Report: Engelbert Stockhammer

13.20 – 13.25 Women’s Budget Group: Sara Reis

13.25 – 13.30 The Progressive Economy Forum (PEF): Sue Konzelmann

13.30 – 15.30 Panel 2 

Ron Smith, Birkbeck, University of London: Great ratios in economics: a retrospective

Sue Konzelmann, Birkbeck, University of London: Britain’s post-war industrial development — and the road not taken

Walter Paternesi Meloni, Roma Tre University: Reverse hysteresis? Persistent effects of autonomous demand expansions, with Daniele Girardi and Antonella Stirati

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break

16.00 – 18.00Panel 3

Sara Reis, Women’s Budget Group: The female face of poverty – causes and consequences of poverty for women

Aurelie Charles, University of Bath: Blurring the individual boundaries: investigating perceptions of being men and women in the Mezzogiorno of Italy, with Paola De Pascali and Giuseppe Fontana

Özlem Onaran, University of Greenwich: The effects of income, gender and wealth inequality and economic policies on macroeconomic performance, with Cem Oyvat and Eurydice Fotopoulou

19.00 Dinner

Organising committee

Giorgos Galanis, Maria Nikolaidi, Engelbert Stockhammer