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Financial Alcoholism: An Institutionalist Analysis Of The Repeal Of The Glass-Steagall Act And 2008 Financial Crisis, Eli C. Shapiro Jan 2023

Financial Alcoholism: An Institutionalist Analysis Of The Repeal Of The Glass-Steagall Act And 2008 Financial Crisis, Eli C. Shapiro

Senior Projects Spring 2023

The thesis argues that the the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 was not a leading cause of the 2008 Financial Crisis but did contribute to its scope. It finds that the American economy was already on track before the repeal for a late-2000s financial crisis due to sectoral imbalances as well as the rise of money manager capitalism during the decades before the repeal. However, the repeal contributed to the "legitimization" of financial holding companies and originate-to-distribute model, spreading toxic assets around the financial sector and exposing depositors to this risk during a time of rapidly increasing banking …


Determinants Of Profitability Of Commercial Bank In Afghanistan, Mohammad Osman Saeedi Jan 2023

Determinants Of Profitability Of Commercial Bank In Afghanistan, Mohammad Osman Saeedi

Senior Projects Fall 2023

Over the past two decades, the global financial sector, particularly the banking industry, has undergone significant transformations impacting its performance. Recognizing the pivotal role of the financial sector in economic growth, this study focuses on Afghanistan's banking sector, tracing its roots to the establishment of the first commercial banking institution, Bank Millie Afghan, in 1933. Following decades of war, the banking sector experienced revitalization after 2001, marked by the emergence of a new government, international aid inflow, and increased business activities. Despite remarkable growth, Afghanistan's banking sector faces challenges such as security concerns, cultural issues, and a developing banking culture. …


The Gold Standard And Fiat Money System, Khawaja Mohammad Mudasser Jan 2022

The Gold Standard And Fiat Money System, Khawaja Mohammad Mudasser

Senior Projects Fall 2022

This paper explains two world monetary orders, the Gold Standard and Fiat Money. The paper argues that the Fiat Money system is better than the Gold Standard system because the Gold Standard system increases risk of deflation and restricts economic growth unlike the Fiat Money system. The paper discusses history of both monetary regimes, policy mechanism under both systems and economic outcomes. The paper states the policy and framework for exchange rates and trading under both regimes. It also discusses monetary policy and gold/capital flows under both of the systems.


Non-Increasing Cost Functions: Making The Connection Between Keynesian And Neoclassical Macroeconomics, Max Von Holtzendorff Jan 2020

Non-Increasing Cost Functions: Making The Connection Between Keynesian And Neoclassical Macroeconomics, Max Von Holtzendorff

Theses - Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy

No abstract provided.


The Specter Of Caste, Kabir Raj Khanna Jan 2018

The Specter Of Caste, Kabir Raj Khanna

Senior Projects Spring 2018

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.


The Zambian Consensus, Stefan Jan Briggs Jan 2018

The Zambian Consensus, Stefan Jan Briggs

Senior Projects Spring 2018

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.


The Arts In The United States: Can The Arts Become A Public Good?, Alexander Van Der Veen Jan 2018

The Arts In The United States: Can The Arts Become A Public Good?, Alexander Van Der Veen

Senior Projects Fall 2018

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.


The Political Economy Of State-Level Emergency Unemployment Relief: The Case Of The New York Tera, 1931-37, Hasani J. Gunn Jan 2017

The Political Economy Of State-Level Emergency Unemployment Relief: The Case Of The New York Tera, 1931-37, Hasani J. Gunn

Senior Projects Fall 2017

Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt created The New York State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA) in response to the Great Depression. Operating from 1931-37, this state-level jobs-and-income style policy featured comprehensive in-kind assistance, “home relief,” and emergency unemployment relief, “work relief.” Though the program is fascinating just in this respect, it has been systematically overshadowed by the alphabet soup of New Deal era relief policies. We revisit the TERA to shed light on what it offered to the people of NY and, overall, what it offered to the economy. We find significant evidence that the program stabilized the State economy by …


Establishing Public Banks To Address State And Local Government Fiscal Problems, Erind Disha Jan 2016

Establishing Public Banks To Address State And Local Government Fiscal Problems, Erind Disha

Senior Projects Fall 2016

Unlike the Federal Government, which has the unique legal power to issue a national currency, state and local governments (SLGs) depend on their revenue capacity for spending. Thus, the quality of public services provided by SLGs depends on adequate, stable funding and long-term commitments. This paper begins with an evaluation of the general fiscal condition of SLGs, meanwhile discerning specific budget areas that have become particularly distressed, such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure. Chapter 3 deals with how SLGs engage in municipal finance with private financial institutions. Finally, the fourth chapter presents how arranging a system of public banks across …


Examining Monetary Policy In The Absence Of A Central Bank And Sovereign Currency In Palestine, Salam Marwan Awartani Jan 2016

Examining Monetary Policy In The Absence Of A Central Bank And Sovereign Currency In Palestine, Salam Marwan Awartani

Senior Projects Spring 2016

There is extensive literature on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that studies the historic, political, and social aspects. However, few scholars have examined the economic model that was born out of the conflict and the various implications behind it. According to Charles Goodhart: “A Central Bank has two main functions. Its first (macro-economic) function is the operation of discretionary monetary policy” and a “second (micro-economic) function, of providing support (e.g., via Lender of Last Resort assistance), and regulatory and supervisory services to maintain the health of the banking system”[1]. However, with the Israeli Occupation’s imposed restrictions on the PMA, the …


Southeast Asia's International Production Networks: Implications For Macroeconomic Stability, Abigail Eliana Zwick Jan 2013

Southeast Asia's International Production Networks: Implications For Macroeconomic Stability, Abigail Eliana Zwick

Senior Projects Spring 2013

Using the case of five Southeast Asian countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines - this paper examines the relationship between participation in international production networks and the volatility of export values in small, open developing economies. The region’s growth has been driven by the electronics and automotive industries over the past two decades, industries that rely on a system of intra-regional intermediate goods trade. While these countries diversified out of the agricultural industries in part to reduce volatility, there is evidence that they face new volatility risks in the new industries, as a result of dependence on …


Welfare Versus Stability In "Stabilizing An Unstable Economy": A Minskyan Growth Model, Stergios Mentesidis Jan 2012

Welfare Versus Stability In "Stabilizing An Unstable Economy": A Minskyan Growth Model, Stergios Mentesidis

Senior Projects Spring 2012

The paper focuses on Minsky's financial fragility hypothesis incorporated in a growth model and investigates whether an inherently unstable economy can be stabilized by a big and proactive government. Using dynamical systems theory and expanding a supply-driven growth model developed by Lin, Day and Tse (1992), the paper explores how different government spending programs and financing paths can affect the growth, as well as the stability of a capitalist economy. The results and implications of the new frameworks are analyzed, using analytical and numerical methods of bifurcation, to examine the dependence of optimal government intervention on the economic environment. The …


Is 'Keynesian Policy' Still Viable?, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Jan 1994

Is 'Keynesian Policy' Still Viable?, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Six, single-sided pages of hand-written notes on Keynesian critique of capitalism. While according to J Robinson “Marx is a socialist who analyzed capitalism,” and “Marshal is a Capitalist who analyzed Socialist," Minksy writes “Keynes is a capitalist who analyzed capitalism,” and “uncovered flaws in capitalism due to the very nature of capitalism.” Discusses Keynes work in the 1930s and his time spent in Chicago, among other things. Marked in black ink.


The Essential Characteristics Of Post-Keynesian Economics, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Apr 1993

The Essential Characteristics Of Post-Keynesian Economics, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Printout of article found on floppy disk in Archives.


The Evolution Of Financial Institutions And The Performance Of The Economy, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Jun 1986

The Evolution Of Financial Institutions And The Performance Of The Economy, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

No abstract provided.


Keynesian Socialism, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Jan 1986

Keynesian Socialism, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Handwritten on five, single-sided notebook pages, this brief piece is the draft for an article in Italian in Mondoperaio in April 1986. That article appears as a separate entry in this Archive as "Keynes E I Socialisti."


How "Standard" Is Standard Economics, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Mar 1977

How "Standard" Is Standard Economics, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Table of Contents and article.


Policy And Poverty, Part 1, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Jan 1969

Policy And Poverty, Part 1, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

This is the first draft of the first chapter of a possible book Hyman P. Minsky was writing on Policy and Poverty. In this chapter he discusses poverty and income distribution programs in the case of rich countries, where poverty is measured in a relative sense and income in terms of total satisfaction that a household acquires through its provision of private and public goods. Minsky stresses that a successful poverty alleviation program should first, work with and not against economic forces, second, have realistic goals and effective policy instruments and third, have recognizable benefits for the well-off too. Specifically, …


Policy And Poverty, Part 3, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Jan 1969

Policy And Poverty, Part 3, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Part 3 of an unfinished book.


Policy And Poverty, Part 2, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Jan 1969

Policy And Poverty, Part 2, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

Part 2 of an unfinished book.


Monetary Systems And Accelerator Models, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D. Dec 1957

Monetary Systems And Accelerator Models, Hyman P. Minsky Ph.D.

Hyman P. Minsky Archive

No abstract provided.