6. Business Cycles | Jonathan Newman

Banking 101 is a series of 6 short videos that ask the following questions: How do banks work and how is money created? Is reveals common misunderstandings of money creation and the role of banks. Furthermore, the videos show how models taught in many introductory classes to economics (Econ 101) do not reflect those processes: Part 1) “Misconceptions around Banking” questions common comprehensions of how banks work (savings = investments). Part 2) “What's wrong with the money multiplier” states that the model of the money multiplies is inaccurate. Part 3) “How is money really made by banks” explains the process of money creation, loans and inter-bank settlement. Part 4) “How much money banks create?” asks what limits the money creation by banks and presents the difference between reserve ratio, liquidity ration, equity and refers to the inter-bank market. Part 5) Explores the question if banks create money or just credit and especially refers to credit risks. Part 6) Explains how money gets destroyed when loans are paid back. Note: The videos refer to the UK monetary and banking system, some explanations don't apply to other banking systems, e.g. the reserve ratio.

What made the false assumption that saving the economy at all cost during a pandemic so popular? This paper discusses different pathways through the COVID-19 pandemic at national and international level, and their consequences on the health of citizens and their economies.

Im Vortrag „Finanzkapitalismus in der Krise? Das Verhältnis von Finanzialisierung und Euro", präsentiert Christoph Scherrer eine übersichtliche Genese der Finanzialisierung, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf der Rolle des Einheitlichen Währungsraumes. Der Vortrag ermöglicht dabei ein Verständnis zentraler Begriffe wie Finanzialisierung oder Finanzkapitalismus sowie der Rolle von beispielsweise Deregulierungen. Zudem stellt Scherrer die Frage, ob Finanzialisierung begrenzt werden kann und präsentiert Hürden möglicher Reformen, unter anderem Hegenomie und Globalisierung.

L’économiste américain d’origine russe Hyman Minsky accordait une place centrale à la finance dans le fonctionnement des économies capitalistes. Cent ans après sa naissance, la crise de 2008-2009 remet en avant ses analyses de l’instabilité financière et ses pistes de réflexion sur les mécanismes qui pourraient la contenir.