Programs

New Research Directions in Money, Finance & Public Policy

After 2008, traditions emphasizing the political economy of money attracted significant attention for their insights into the unfolding crisis and the impact of stabilization policy. COVID presented another such opportunity. The extraordinary “big monetary” and “big fiscal” policy responses during these episodes offered real-world illustrations of monetary-fiscal operations, technical aspects of public finance, continued financial fragility, and a range of de-risking strategies that could only be pursued by public financing institutions. They also raised once more key questions about the nature of stabilization policy, this time including interest rate increases, industrial strategies, and policies for economic security and the green transition.

In November 2023, Economic Democracy Initiative and Levy Economics Institute welcomed scholars for a two-day, in-person workshop on new research directions in the areas of money, finance, and public policy for intersecting crises, exploring synergies between different research traditions. 

All sessions of the workshop were recorded and are available to watch online. 

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EDI Summer Workshop

Organized and hosted by the OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative (EDI), this five-day workshop is for undergraduate students interested in public policy to tackle economic instability and insecurity, and in understanding the financing capacity and policy space available to governments to pursue these aims. All undergraduate students (from OSUN and other institutions) are eligible to apply.

Post-Neoliberalism Symposium

Our current historical juncture contains a remarkable potential for progressive social transformation beyond the reproduction and intensification of the strained neoliberal economic order. In a series of online symposia, the OSUN Economic Democracy Initiative will explore this potential by convening a trans-disciplinary discussion of key aspects of the nascent transformation.

The Job Guarantee

EDI's JobGuarantee.org site is an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and engaged citizens. In addition to describing the vision of the job guarantee proposal, it has a variety of resources essential to those who are interested in learning more or working towards the implementation of this innovative policy. The site's key features include updated news, a world map of public employment and job guarantee pilot programs, a book list, a repository of scholarly works, and polls from around the world which demonstrate support for a job guarantee. EDI invites you to explore the site and its tools.

EDI Policy Outreach

• EDI assisted the UN Special Rapporteur Olivier De Schutter in his work on the UN report “The Employment Guarantee as a Tool in the Fight Against Poverty.”  
• In Sept 2022, Director Tcherneva released the “Job Guarantee for Europe” report with European MP Aurore Lalucq. This report was used to draft the relevant sections of the 2023 European Parliament Resolution “Job creation – the just transition and impact investments.”