IIPPE Financialisation Discussion Series

Jennifer Churchill (Kingston University London)

“I will be raising some questions regarding the success so far of empirical literature that has sought to locate processes of financialisation, and talking about some of the methods I have begun to steal from other social sciences to embolden my Institutionalist Post Keynesian approach.”

Event Date: 3 May 2019

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IIPPE Financialisation Discussion Series

Natalya Naqvi (LSE)

Why is finance so powerful in developing countries if it is not performing its economic function? How can governments reform the financial system to make it work in the public interest?

Natalya Naqvi from LSE will address the questions above for the second meeting of IIPPE financialisation discussion series 2019. Natalya Naqvi is an Assistant Professor in International Political Economy at LSE. Her current project investigates the conditions under which developing countries can exert public control over their financial sectors in order to support structural transformation of the economy, despite the constraints posed by economic globalisation.

Event Date: 26 March 2019

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Michael Roberts (Author of The Long Depression and Marx 200), Heiko Khoo (KCL) and Jonathan Clyne (SOAS)

We would like to apologise for the very mixed audio quality of this episode.

This is the third episode of a 3 part series of training workshop podcasts on “The Political Economy of China’s Transformation”.

Workshop Session 2: China and the Crisis of Capitalism

Chair: Michael Roberts

First Speaker: Jonathan Clyne (SOAS)

Second Speaker: Heiko Khoo

This half-day workshop, jointly hosted by IIPPE Political Economy of China’s Development Working Group, SOAS Economics Department and Development Studies Department, aimed at bringing progressive scholars and students together to discuss China’s economic transformation and its impact on world development in relation to neoliberalism, capitalism and imperialism. Prior to the workshop, there was an open forum for productive dialogue between a delegation of Marxist scholars from China and the workshop participants, on the state of intellectual Marxism in China.

Speakers: Michael Roberts (Author of The Long Depression and Marx 200), Heiko Khoo (KCL), Jonathan Clyne (SOAS)

Event Date: 5 June 2018

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Dic Lo (SOAS), Sam-Kee Cheng (SOAS), Heiko Khoo (KCL)

We would like to apologise for the very mixed audio quality of this episode.

This is the second episode of a 3 part series of training workshop podcasts on “The Political Economy of China’s Transformation”.

Workshop Session 1: China and Neoliberalism

Chair: Sam-Kee Cheng (SOAS)

Speaker: Dic Lo

Discussant: Heiko Khoo (KCL)

This half-day workshop, jointly hosted by IIPPE Political Economy of China’s Development Working Group, SOAS Economics Department and Development Studies Department, aimed at bringing progressive scholars and students together to discuss China’s economic transformation and its impact on world development in relation to neoliberalism, capitalism and imperialism. Prior to the workshop, there was an open forum for productive dialogue between a delegation of Marxist scholars from China and the workshop participants, on the state of intellectual Marxism in China.

Speakers: Dic Lo (SOAS), Sam-Kee Cheng (SOAS), Heiko Khoo (KCL)

Event Date: 5 June 2018

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Dic Lo (SOAS), Michael Roberts (independent scholar), Lü Weizhou (CASS), Sun Bangzhu (Peking University), Wang Tingyou (Renmin University of China), Huang Xiaowu (CBTC), and Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University).

This is the first episode of a 3 part series of training workshop podcasts on “The Political Economy of China’s Transformation”.

Dialogue with Chinese Marxist Scholars:

Chinese Marxism in an Era of Global Political-Economic Upheavals

Chair: Dic Lo

Chinese Speaker: Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University)

UK Speaker: Michael Roberts (author of The Long Depression and Marx 200)

This half-day workshop, jointly hosted by IIPPE Political Economy of China’s Development Working Group, SOAS Economics Department and Development Studies Department, aimed at bringing progressive scholars and students together to discuss China’s economic transformation and its impact on world development in relation to neoliberalism, capitalism and imperialism. Prior to the workshop, there was an open forum for productive dialogue between a delegation of Marxist scholars from China and the workshop participants, on the state of intellectual Marxism in China.

This episode features:

1.) Introduction by Dic Lo (SOAS)

2.) Dialogue with Chinese Marxist Scholars, Chair: Dic Lo, UK speaker: Michael Roberts (independent scholar), Chinese speakers from the Chinese delegation: Lü Weizhou (CASS), Sun Bangzhu (Peking University), Wang Tingyou (Renmin University of China), Huang Xiaowu (CBTC), and Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University).

Speakers: Dic Lo (SOAS), Michael Roberts (independent scholar), Lü Weizhou (CASS), Sun Bangzhu (Peking University), Wang Tingyou (Renmin University of China), Huang Xiaowu (CBTC), and Andong Zhu (Tsinghua University).

Event Date: 5 June 2018

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Daniele Tori (Open University)

Reconsidering the finance-investment nexus under the spotlights of financialisation.

The IIPPE Financialisation Working Group (IIPPE FWG) will discuss financialisation and related issues across various approaches to political economy. Please join us at SOAS for the monthly discussion series where we will engage with various topics. Each meeting will be opened with a brief presentation in light of few suggested readings and an open discussion will follow.

Suggested readings:

Tori, D. Onaran, O. (2017). The effects of financialisation and financial development on investment: Evidence from firm-level data in Europe. GPERC WP #44 Available at: http://oro.open.ac.uk/47988/1/Effects%20of%20financialization%20and%20financial%20development%20on%20investment_Tori%20and%20Onaran.pdf

Levine, R. (1997). Financial development and economic growth: views and agenda. Journal of economic literature, 35(2):688-726. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2729790.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A55a3177eff6aace6744f812b71e53300

Levine, R. (2005). Finance and growth: theory and evidence. Handbook of economic growth 1:865-934. (Intro + Chapter 3) Available at: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2048/b3f1f7f7c18be8d26192a8a77bc2c6abe448.pdf

Love, I. (2003). Financial development and financing constraints: International evidence from the structural investment model. The Review of Financial Studies, 16(3):765-791.

IIPPE Financialisation Discussion Series

Event date: 23 April 2018

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Daniela Gabor (University of the West of England), Ann Pettifor (Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME)) and Dimitris Sotiropoulos (Open University)

Despite its centrality in our social and economic life, the nature of money remains a subject of debate among political economists. Can we reduce money to its functions and can other “things” perform these functions? Can money exist without the State? Are crypto-currencies money? Join the IIPPE Financialisation Working Group for a discussion on these themes.

Our expert panel will be composed of:

Professor Daniela Gabor, Professor at the University of the West of England, currently researching the INET project “Managing Shadow Money”.

Professor Ann Pettifor, Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME). She recently published the book The Production of Money: How to Break the Power of the Banks (Verso).

Dr Dimitris Sotiropoulos, Senior Lecturer at The Open University, author of the book The Political Economy of Contemporary Capitalism and Its Crisis: Demystifying Finance (Routledge).

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Event Date:

23 April 2018

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IIPPE Training Workshop – Value and Price after Marx

Simon Mohun (Queen Mary University of London)

This episode is part 2 (of 2) of the afternoon session and part 4 (of 4) of the training workshop on ‘Value and Price after Marx’.

Simon Mohun will lead the workshop. In the morning session (10am to 1pm), the focus will be on a Marxist approach to the understanding of value and price. The afternoon session will provide a comprehensive survey of approaches to the ‘transformation problem’, for which a prerequisite is either (and preferably) the morning session or some prior knowledge of the issues involved. In both sessions the emphasis will be on interpretation and logic, rather than any underlying mathematics.

This Workshop will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, junior academics and activists who have a particular interest in acquainting themselves with core elements of Marxian political economy.

Event Date:

27 March 2017

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IIPPE Financialisation Discussion Series.

Annina Kaltenbrunner (University of Leeds).

The IIPPE Financialisation Working Group (IIPPE FWG) will discuss financialisation and related issues across various approaches to political economy. Please join us at SOAS for the monthly discussion series where we will engage with various topics. Each meeting will be opened by a member of IIPPE FWG with a brief introduction in light of few suggested readings and an open discussion will follow. The details of our second event in 2018 are listed below.

Event Date:

22 March 2018

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IIPPE Training Workshop – Value and Price after Marx

Simon Mohun (Queen Mary University of London)

This episode is part 1 (of 2) of the afternoon session and part 3 (of 4) of the training workshop on ‘Value and Price after Marx’.

Simon Mohun will lead the workshop. In the morning session (10am to 1pm), the focus will be on a Marxist approach to the understanding of value and price. The afternoon session will provide a comprehensive survey of approaches to the ‘transformation problem’, for which a prerequisite is either (and preferably) the morning session or some prior knowledge of the issues involved. In both sessions the emphasis will be on interpretation and logic, rather than any underlying mathematics.

This Workshop will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students, junior academics and activists who have a particular interest in acquainting themselves with core elements of Marxian political economy.

Event Date:

27 March 2017

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