Hyman Minsky School of Thought
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The Hyman Minsky School of Thought is a post-Keynesian economic perspective emphasizing the inherent instability of financial markets and the tendency of periods of stability to breed speculative excess and crisis.
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Target entity: Hyman Minsky School of Thought Context triple: [Hyman Minsky, influenced, Hyman Minsky School of Thought]
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Cowles Foundation
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Tepper School Center for Financial Markets
Tepper School Center for Financial Markets is a research hub at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business focused on advancing knowledge and practice in financial markets, institutions, and related policy.
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Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
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Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
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Fink Center for Finance
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Target entity: Hyman Minsky School of Thought Target entity description: The Hyman Minsky School of Thought is a post-Keynesian economic perspective emphasizing the inherent instability of financial markets and the tendency of periods of stability to breed speculative excess and crisis.
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A.
Cowles Foundation
The Cowles Foundation is a research institute at Yale University renowned for advancing economic theory, econometrics, and mathematical economics.
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B.
Tepper School Center for Financial Markets
Tepper School Center for Financial Markets is a research hub at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business focused on advancing knowledge and practice in financial markets, institutions, and related policy.
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C.
Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
The Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics is a University of Chicago research center that advances economic scholarship and policy analysis through data-driven, interdisciplinary work.
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D.
Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing
The Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing is a leading academic and research hub dedicated to the study and practice of value investing in the tradition of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd.
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Fink Center for Finance
The Fink Center for Finance is a specialized academic and industry-focused finance research center within the UCLA Anderson School of Management that supports cutting-edge research, education, and practitioner engagement in financial economics.
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Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
economic school of thought
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post-Keynesian perspective ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
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heterodox macroeconomic modeling ⓘ post-Keynesian economists ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
neoclassical efficient markets view
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rational expectations macroeconomics ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
Big Government and Big Bank stabilization
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Minsky cycle ⓘ Minsky moment ⓘ debt deflation ⓘ endogenous financial instability ⓘ endogenous money ⓘ financial instability hypothesis ⓘ fragility of financial structures ⓘ leverage dynamics ⓘ role of credit in the business cycle ⓘ speculative bubbles ⓘ |
| critiques |
belief in self-stabilizing markets
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excessive financial deregulation ⓘ reliance on microprudential regulation alone ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
endogenous generation of financial crises
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historical time and path dependence in economics ⓘ importance of balance sheets in macroeconomics ⓘ inherent instability of financial markets ⓘ interaction between real and financial sectors ⓘ pro-cyclical behavior of finance ⓘ role of uncertainty in investment and finance ⓘ |
| field |
financial economics
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macroeconomics ⓘ monetary economics ⓘ post-Keynesian economics ⓘ |
| influenced |
macroprudential regulation debates
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modern financial instability literature ⓘ post-2008 crisis policy discussions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Institutionalist economics
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linked to:
institutional economics
John Maynard Keynes ⓘ Keynesian uncertainty ⓘ Michał Kalecki ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Hyman P. Minsky
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linked to:
Hyman Minsky
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| supportsPolicy |
countercyclical fiscal policy
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lender of last resort interventions ⓘ macroprudential oversight ⓘ strong financial regulation ⓘ |
| theorizes |
crises are normal outcomes of capitalist finance
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financial fragility increases during economic expansions ⓘ financial systems evolve from hedge finance to speculative finance to Ponzi finance ⓘ periods of stability encourage risk-taking and leverage ⓘ |
| viewsCrisesAs | systemic outcomes rather than exogenous shocks ⓘ |
| viewsFinancialInstitutionsAs | active creators of money and credit ⓘ |
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