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The 7th Conference on Law & Macroeconomics will be held on January 6-7, 2025 at the University of Michigan.

The Call for Papers is open to scholars from all relevant disciplines, including but not limited to law, macroeconomics, history, political science, and sociology. Interested applicants should submit their papers for consideration on or before October 13, 2024 through this form. Abstracts and introductions are welcome, but full drafts of accepted papers will be expected for distribution by December 22, 2024. Questions can be directed to lawandmacro@umich.edu.

From the organizers:

Geopolitical tensions, inflation, and recurrent banking crises have exposed the fragilities of the international monetary system. At the same time, interventions by central banks and fiscal authorities have stoked optimism about the potential for a “soft landing” and sustainable economic expansion.

These developments reinforce the imperative of research at the intersection of law and macroeconomics, even as they recast and sharpen our understanding of the field. They form the background for the Seventh Conference on Law and Macroeconomics. The conference will be held on January 6-7, 2025, at the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We welcome submissions of papers that address the following topics, among
others:

Monetary policy, including comparative approaches to achieving price stability;

Fiscal policy, including legal and regulatory tools to mitigate economic downturns;

Financial regulatory policy, including its interactions with fiscal and monetary policies;

Emergency lending authorities given to central bankers to backstop the broader economy;

Industrial policy as means of promoting economic development or combating climate change;

Increased use of sanctions against small and large, interconnected economies;

The U.S. dollar and its status as the global reserve currency; and

Sovereign debt vulnerabilities, including the role of international institutions like the IMF

For more information, including the full Call for Papers, please visit the conference website.

PAPER SUBMISSIONS DUE OCTOBER 13, 2024.

Against a backdrop of citizenry’s mistrust towards the governments of their own countries successive economic crises over the years have further widened the gap between the local and central institutions. In view of these challenges, complementary currencies may be able to reconnect the knots of the citizens with formal institutions (and vice versa).

Many experiences with complementary means of payment in recent years have resulted in systems of mutual exchange traceable to business communities, with the creation of closed circuits in which members voluntarily exchange goods and services, offsetting debts with credits. Or with initiatives characterized by solidarity and participatory systems aimed at strengthening community relations for development that aims at being financially and economically sustainable. One of the unknowns often encountered is the relationship with national and subnational institutions and in particular on the presence or absence of specific state regulatory references. In the case, in fact, of weakness of state norms, the production of goods and services has moved “regardless” of such references, eschewing the formal economy. The need to meet the motivations from below, born to avoid processes of impoverishment of communities, through the use of complementary monetary circulation systems, and the ability of regional and local institutions to transpose the pushes from below are at the basis of the possibility of creating social innovation or, in negative cases, an economic reality at the edge of the invisible. It is therefore on these issues that we invite researchers, activists and anyone interested in such processes to the conference entitled: “The Future of Money: Democracy, Localism and Inclusion.”

Themes for paper presentations are:

Digitalization – Can CCS help bridge the distance between the technological and digital divides. Suggested key words: 4^th industrial revolution, Digital currencies, Crypto currencies etc.
Regional/Local – Communication between local/ regional administrations and communities through CCS. Suggested key words: Decentralization, Decommodification, (Re-)Distribution, Social cohesion, social innovation, Community resilience, Community development and Local development.
Welfare state – how CCS can help the social system. Suggested key words: Debt crises, Poverty, Inequality, Liquidity, Inflation, Ethical finance, Social harmony, Social justice, etc.
Enviroment – The role of the CCS in the field of sustainable and biodiversity. Suggested key words: Perpetual pandemics, Energy transition, Natural resources, Ecology, Green New Deal, Green investment.
Historical – the different economic, social and cultural phases of the history of complementary currencies. Suggested key words: history, transition phases, civil society, currency.
CCS – Review and renew. Case studies, concepts, experience reports.

Deadlines for submission of papers, registration and more information will be published in due time on
https://ramics.org/7th-congress-rome-2024/

The interdisciplinary summer university (5 ECTS) focuses on alternatives to the economic status quo: International participants deal with limits of growth, as well as the instabilities of our financial system and learn why a drastic system change is necessary to stabilize the world climate. The program offers a holistic approach, with the participants learning about many possible alternatives and reform proposals: heterodox economics, ethical banking, degrowth, sovereign money and more!

AEMS is an academic summer university program with a global following and held in English.

Since 2014, the program counts more than 440 alumni of 79 nationalities.

The program will take place again in Vienna from 15 July to 02 August 2024!

Applications are open! – More information and application form can be found here.

Target group

The program is open to students and professionals from all fields who strive to create a more just and green future. Are you looking for a unique educational program with a holistic approach to the topic? Then look no further!

There is also a limited number of scholarship spots available – application deadline for scholarships: 01 April 2024

The flyer for the 2024 summer school can be downloaded here (PDF). The report from the last years can be found here.

We need to re-organise work, wages, cooperation, food, community, procurement, health, education, even government. Financial innovation is a critical part of the solution, re-imagining investment, ownership, pensions, money, cooperation, supply chains and resilience.

There are too many ideas to process, it can be hard to look beyond our specialist bubbles and impossible to coordinate, to agree, to plan.

#CoFi is a space for meeting, knowing each other, building trust, cooperation and hopefully, building power. In our first gathering we showcased payment systems architectures, and how credit is created and circulates and extinguished within them.

But finance is just numbers if it doesn’t serve the real economy. This July, the Crypto Commons Association is proud to offer CoFi 2, where we will start to bridge alternative finance to other alternatives! #CoFi isn’t intended to be super-geeky; grassroots building requires building broad alliances rather than competing for market niches.

If you are still reading, you’re invited to Banja Luka at the end of June. We want to see practitioners not only in payments tech, but in community building and community finance, food networks, barter networks, business networks and everything adjacent.

More information and registration here.

Together with the Pufendorf Gesellschaft and director Maren Poitras, we are presenting the German premiere of her award-winning documentary “Finding the Money“!

“Finding the Money” follows economist Stephanie Kelton in her efforts to establish a new understanding of money in the USA.

With the help of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), she turns many an economic worldview on its head and offers an unorthodox view of topics ranging from climate change to social justice. The film follows two interwoven storylines. On the one hand, MMT is presented in its main features, and on the other, the controversy surrounding it is discussed with representatives of both camps. (For more on the content, see the trailer below, the film’s official website, or the booklet for download)

After the screening, director Maren Poitras and economist and MMT representative Dirk Ehnts will comment on the significance of MMT, including its ramifications for the debate around the Euro-area’s “debt ceiling”. Questions from the audience will also be answered.

All details about the event and ticket purchase (price: 5.67€) here on the website of the Pufendorf Gesellschaft.

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What is the role of banks and investment companies in financing wars and the arms industry? With a keynote from Susi Snyder, Programme Coordinator at ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons), winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. New research, ‘Finance for Peace. Finance for War’, will be launched at the event, followed by a panel discussion with representatives from values-based banks advocating for peace and against investments in weapons.

More information and registration here.

Has ESG replaced conversations about sustainability and impact? Join us on 8 November for an important conversation with experts in values-based banking about the opportunities and limits of ESG. Together, they will examine ESG as a helpful starting point for financial institutions but not as an end goal in itself.

The session aims to encourage banks to Think Bolder so that their actions and ambitions can change the rules of the game and move towards sustainable market transformation.

More information and registration here.

The positive push back of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) factors in big companies and banks may lead to a comprehension of sustainability limited to risk screening, data and compliance. But, what about impact creation?

With the rise of ESG at traditional banks, it is even more important to be clear on what can be achieved with ESG screening and what additional impact can be created with a bolder approach to banking, centred on enabling social empowerment, economic prosperity and environmental regeneration. That is a Triple Bottom Line approach.

Values-based banks are redefining the role of finance in society by going beyond the focus on ESG data. They lead the transformation of banking and finance in their respective communities, countries and regions, and expand their impact by supporting others in the way to change. They do not settle for being clean fish in polluted waters.

Join us for an important conversation with experts in values-based banking about the opportunities and limits of ESG. The panel discussion will include the following speakers:

Tommaso Rondinella, Head of Impact Models and Socio-Environmental Assessment of Banca Etica (Italy)
Avelina Perez, Corporate Affairs Director at Banco Solidario (Ecuador)
Sharad Tegi Tuladhar, Chief Policy, Environmental and Social Officer at NMB Bank (Nepal)

The dialogue will be moderated by Dr. Adriana-Kocornik-Mina, Research and Metrics Senior Manager at the GABV. The session will be in English, with Spanish translation available.

Together, they will examine ESG as a helpful starting point for financial institutions but not as an end goal in itself. As the speakers come from different geographical regions and cultural environments, they will offer a diverse approach to how they are overcoming the barriers to sustainable outcomes.

The session aims to encourage banks to Think Bolder so that their actions and ambitions can change the rules of the game and move towards sustainable market transformation.

More information and registration here.

An interdisciplinary summer university (5ECTS), focusing on alternatives to the economic status quo: International participants deal with limits of growth, as well as the instabilities of our financial system and learn why a drastic system change is necessary to stabilize the world climate at 1.5°C. The program offers a holistic approach, with the participants learning about many possible alternatives and reform proposals: heterodox economics, ethical banking, degrowth, sovereign money and more!

AEMS is an academic summer program with a global following and held in English. Since 2014, the program counts almost 400 alumni of 76 nationalities.

This summer, it will take place already for the 10^th time from July 17 to August 4, 2023! Applications are open!

Target group

The report from the last years can be found here.

More information on the program and application process can be found here.

Every design, every idea, every transformation, no matter how urgent, is confronted with monetary issues at some point. The roots and effects of current wars, the climate and energy crises, and the causes of social and technological injustice and poverty are closely connected to the financial markets, to profits or losses, to greed or generosity.

The motto of re:publica 2023 is therefore – blatantly and directly in your face:

CASH

When we read that the richest ten percent of the world’s population are responsible for 50% of CO2 emissions, it becomes clear that the other 90% will not stop climate change, even if they would cease to exist.

At re:publica 2023, we therefore want to follow the flow of money. Where does it come from? Where does it flow to? Where does it silt up in questionable stock markets, and where does it help to provide water for people’s fields? What are governmental responsibilities in digitization? What is being privatized and why? And what could alternatives oriented towards the common good look like?

We want to dicsuss whether democracies and social welfare systems are luxuries that have fallen out of time, or if is rather the construct of the global market economy that is threatening to collapse under the consequences of the multitude of crises.

We are deliberately not talking about economic deals, investments, scale ups, business opportunities or any other euphemisms originating from the financial industry. We are addressing the issue right on, we are speaking about: CASH. (*)

We want to ask: What does CASH mean to us and how does it impact the climate emergency or the protection of human rights? We believe a different way of thinking about money is not only necessary, but also crucial to tackle the biggest challenges of our time.

Because in every problem lies a solution, we therefore ask: “Whats the cost?” We are looking for the positive power of money, the market, trade and a profit that does not only benefit a priviledged few.

(*) CASH is to be understood here as a synonym for money, not as a distinction between cash and cashless forms of payment.

More information and tickets at re-publica.com

What may money look like in a sustainable, thriveable society?

A survey of innovative economics teaching turned up numerous adjectives: not only doughnut economics but also plural economics, regenerative economics, sustainable economics, intentional economics, quantum economics…

…but sadly little new content.

One reason: the nature of money is taken as a given.read more

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Event archive: 7th Law & Macroeconomics Conference

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Deadlines for submission of papers, registration and more information will be published in due time on
https://ramics.org/7th-congress-rome-2024/

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