Two Harvard economists on monetary economics: Lauchlin Currie and Hyman Minsky on financial systems and crises

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In November 1987, Hyman Minsky visited Bogotá, Colombia, after being invited by a group of professors who at that time were interested in post-Keynesian economics. There, Minsky delivered some lectures, and Lauchlin Currie attended two of those lectures at the National University of Colombia. Although Currie is not as well-known as Minsky in the American academy, both are outstanding figures in the development of non-orthodox approaches to monetary economics. Both alumni of the economics Ph.D. program at Harvard had a debate in Bogotá. Unfortunately, there are no formal records of this, so here a question arises: What could have been their respective positions? The aim of this paper is to discuss Currie's and Minsky's perspectives on monetary economics and to speculate on what might have been said during their debate.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 917

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; History of Economic Thought: Macroeconomics ; History of Economic Thought: Individuals ; Current Heterodox Approaches: General ; General Aggregative Models: Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian ; Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
• Subject: Lauchlin Currie ; Hyman Minsky ; Monetary Economics ; Monetary Policies ; Fiscal Policies

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Velasquez, Iván D.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
• (where): Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/209160
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET