Levy Institute
@levyecon.bsky.social
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, founded in 1986, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy think tank.
Join us Feb. 25 on Zoom for a discussion of research with Levy Scholar Giuliano Yajima.
His co-written paper discusses the dynamic interaction between private-sector financial balances, financial conditions, and the business cycle in the US.
Register: bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
His co-written paper discusses the dynamic interaction between private-sector financial balances, financial conditions, and the business cycle in the US.
Register: bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Join us Feb. 25 on Zoom for a discussion of research with Levy Scholar Giuliano Yajima.
His co-written paper discusses the dynamic interaction between private-sector financial balances, financial conditions, and the business cycle in the US.
Register: bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
His co-written paper discusses the dynamic interaction between private-sector financial balances, financial conditions, and the business cycle in the US.
Register: bard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Want to know more about the Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy? We'll be holding an information session on February 6 at 12 PM EST
Drop in to ask questions and get your app fee waived!
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Drop in to ask questions and get your app fee waived!
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
January 23, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Want to know more about the Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy? We'll be holding an information session on February 6 at 12 PM EST
Drop in to ask questions and get your app fee waived!
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Drop in to ask questions and get your app fee waived!
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Today is the deadline for priority scholarship consideration for the Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy!
Final deadline: April 15
Contact us at [email protected] or visit our website for more information.
Final deadline: April 15
Contact us at [email protected] or visit our website for more information.
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Today is the deadline for priority scholarship consideration for the Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy!
Final deadline: April 15
Contact us at [email protected] or visit our website for more information.
Final deadline: April 15
Contact us at [email protected] or visit our website for more information.
"MGNREGA has captured the world’s attention with its demonstrated achievements and innovative design. To dismantle it now would be a historic error."
We have drafted a letter calling for the preservation of India's NREGA law.
Read the letter now and add your name.
levyinstitute.org?p=16777
We have drafted a letter calling for the preservation of India's NREGA law.
Read the letter now and add your name.
levyinstitute.org?p=16777
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"MGNREGA has captured the world’s attention with its demonstrated achievements and innovative design. To dismantle it now would be a historic error."
We have drafted a letter calling for the preservation of India's NREGA law.
Read the letter now and add your name.
levyinstitute.org?p=16777
We have drafted a letter calling for the preservation of India's NREGA law.
Read the letter now and add your name.
levyinstitute.org?p=16777
"For decades, political parties have treated the working family as a slogan rather than the foundation of a healthy society."
Now published: Read @ptcherneva.bsky.social's keynote address from the CIRIEC and Bordeaux GSEF 2025 conferences.
Video available.
www.levyinstitute.org/publications...
Now published: Read @ptcherneva.bsky.social's keynote address from the CIRIEC and Bordeaux GSEF 2025 conferences.
Video available.
www.levyinstitute.org/publications...
December 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"For decades, political parties have treated the working family as a slogan rather than the foundation of a healthy society."
Now published: Read @ptcherneva.bsky.social's keynote address from the CIRIEC and Bordeaux GSEF 2025 conferences.
Video available.
www.levyinstitute.org/publications...
Now published: Read @ptcherneva.bsky.social's keynote address from the CIRIEC and Bordeaux GSEF 2025 conferences.
Video available.
www.levyinstitute.org/publications...
The Early App deadline for Levy Grad Programs is approaching on January 15th!
Join our Application Workshop and Info Session on Monday January 12th at 12pm EST. We'll be going through the application checklist and answering any last minute questions.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Join our Application Workshop and Info Session on Monday January 12th at 12pm EST. We'll be going through the application checklist and answering any last minute questions.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
December 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Early App deadline for Levy Grad Programs is approaching on January 15th!
Join our Application Workshop and Info Session on Monday January 12th at 12pm EST. We'll be going through the application checklist and answering any last minute questions.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Join our Application Workshop and Info Session on Monday January 12th at 12pm EST. We'll be going through the application checklist and answering any last minute questions.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
The 6th episode of the Levy Institute Podcast, featuring Senior Scholar Nancy Folbre, interviewed by Aashima Sinha, is now up!
Be sure to check it out on your favorite podcasting platform.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-6-...
Be sure to check it out on your favorite podcasting platform.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-6-...
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The 6th episode of the Levy Institute Podcast, featuring Senior Scholar Nancy Folbre, interviewed by Aashima Sinha, is now up!
Be sure to check it out on your favorite podcasting platform.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-6-...
Be sure to check it out on your favorite podcasting platform.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-6-...
TOMORROW: The latest episode of the Levy Podcast sees Scholar Aashima Sinha sitting down with U Mass Amherst Professor and Levy Sr. Scholar Nancy Folbre on integrating care and gender into macroeconomics and rethinking patriarchy’s ties to capitalism.
Stay tuned.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com
Stay tuned.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
TOMORROW: The latest episode of the Levy Podcast sees Scholar Aashima Sinha sitting down with U Mass Amherst Professor and Levy Sr. Scholar Nancy Folbre on integrating care and gender into macroeconomics and rethinking patriarchy’s ties to capitalism.
Stay tuned.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com
Stay tuned.
thelevypodcast.podbean.com
While others follow conventional wisdom, the Levy Institute challenges it.
While others cling to defunct theories, we provide the frameworks that become the new standard.
Now, more than ever, we need your support in bringing to life a new economics.
bardian.bard.edu/register/levy
While others cling to defunct theories, we provide the frameworks that become the new standard.
Now, more than ever, we need your support in bringing to life a new economics.
bardian.bard.edu/register/levy
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
While others follow conventional wisdom, the Levy Institute challenges it.
While others cling to defunct theories, we provide the frameworks that become the new standard.
Now, more than ever, we need your support in bringing to life a new economics.
bardian.bard.edu/register/levy
While others cling to defunct theories, we provide the frameworks that become the new standard.
Now, more than ever, we need your support in bringing to life a new economics.
bardian.bard.edu/register/levy
Interested in studying economics in a program that goes against the mainstream grain while shaping the economics of the future?
Join us on Dec 5 at 12 PM EST for an information session on Levy Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Join us on Dec 5 at 12 PM EST for an information session on Levy Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Interested in studying economics in a program that goes against the mainstream grain while shaping the economics of the future?
Join us on Dec 5 at 12 PM EST for an information session on Levy Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Join us on Dec 5 at 12 PM EST for an information session on Levy Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy.
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
The Institute was pleased to host our inaugural Capitol Hill Series event in Washington this week. We heard from leading scholars discussing the independence of the Federal Reserve.
Moderated by @senojerialc.bsky.social (Financial Times)
Stay tuned for the video proceedings.
Moderated by @senojerialc.bsky.social (Financial Times)
Stay tuned for the video proceedings.
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Institute was pleased to host our inaugural Capitol Hill Series event in Washington this week. We heard from leading scholars discussing the independence of the Federal Reserve.
Moderated by @senojerialc.bsky.social (Financial Times)
Stay tuned for the video proceedings.
Moderated by @senojerialc.bsky.social (Financial Times)
Stay tuned for the video proceedings.
We’re at SUNY New Paltz today!
The Levy Graduate team is connecting with students about how a graduate degree in economics can open new paths for research and policy work.
Catch us next at Bard College on December 10th.
The Levy Graduate team is connecting with students about how a graduate degree in economics can open new paths for research and policy work.
Catch us next at Bard College on December 10th.
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We’re at SUNY New Paltz today!
The Levy Graduate team is connecting with students about how a graduate degree in economics can open new paths for research and policy work.
Catch us next at Bard College on December 10th.
The Levy Graduate team is connecting with students about how a graduate degree in economics can open new paths for research and policy work.
Catch us next at Bard College on December 10th.
Join us Nov 21 @ 10AM EST for a virtual event with Levy and IAFFE, exploring global research and data on care work from a feminist economics perspective.
Featuring Levy's Ajit Zacharias and Tom Masterson among other leading scholars.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Featuring Levy's Ajit Zacharias and Tom Masterson among other leading scholars.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join us Nov 21 @ 10AM EST for a virtual event with Levy and IAFFE, exploring global research and data on care work from a feminist economics perspective.
Featuring Levy's Ajit Zacharias and Tom Masterson among other leading scholars.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Featuring Levy's Ajit Zacharias and Tom Masterson among other leading scholars.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Our latest working paper from Levy President @ptcherneva.bsky.social traces the "enshittification" (Doctorow)) of the modern labor market and how the postwar promise of full employment turned into a trap of precarity and debt
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Our latest working paper from Levy President @ptcherneva.bsky.social traces the "enshittification" (Doctorow)) of the modern labor market and how the postwar promise of full employment turned into a trap of precarity and debt
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
The Job Guarantee could be the answer.
levyinstitute.org/publications...
Stay tuned for her remarks and recordings of the event to be released.
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Stay tuned for her remarks and recordings of the event to be released.
Tonight, Levy Institute President Pavlina Tcherneva (@ptcherneva.bsky.social) delivers the Will Lyons Memorial Lecture at Franklin & Marshall College: “What Do Working Families Want: Economic Anxiety and Political Realignment in the U.S.”
Adams Auditorium @ 7 PM
Adams Auditorium @ 7 PM
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Tonight, Levy Institute President Pavlina Tcherneva (@ptcherneva.bsky.social) delivers the Will Lyons Memorial Lecture at Franklin & Marshall College: “What Do Working Families Want: Economic Anxiety and Political Realignment in the U.S.”
Adams Auditorium @ 7 PM
Adams Auditorium @ 7 PM
Our next information session is tomorrow at 9AM EST. Join us on Zoom to learn more about the Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Our next information session is tomorrow at 9AM EST. Join us on Zoom to learn more about the Levy Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
As debates over monetary policy and central bank independence intensify, Levy is bringing the discussion to Capitol Hill with the launch of our new series.
Join us Nov 19 for "Rethinking the Federal Reserve’s Policy Framework and Independence."
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Join us Nov 19 for "Rethinking the Federal Reserve’s Policy Framework and Independence."
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As debates over monetary policy and central bank independence intensify, Levy is bringing the discussion to Capitol Hill with the launch of our new series.
Join us Nov 19 for "Rethinking the Federal Reserve’s Policy Framework and Independence."
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Join us Nov 19 for "Rethinking the Federal Reserve’s Policy Framework and Independence."
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
When Erika McEntarfer, former BLS Commissioner, spoke publicly for the first time since Aug. 1 at the Levy Institute, the press took notice. Coverage has been widespread.
Read the full Levy Institute & @bardcollege.bsky.social press release here: www.levyinstitute.org?p=16546
Photos by Karl Rabe.
Read the full Levy Institute & @bardcollege.bsky.social press release here: www.levyinstitute.org?p=16546
Photos by Karl Rabe.
September 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When Erika McEntarfer, former BLS Commissioner, spoke publicly for the first time since Aug. 1 at the Levy Institute, the press took notice. Coverage has been widespread.
Read the full Levy Institute & @bardcollege.bsky.social press release here: www.levyinstitute.org?p=16546
Photos by Karl Rabe.
Read the full Levy Institute & @bardcollege.bsky.social press release here: www.levyinstitute.org?p=16546
Photos by Karl Rabe.
Last night we hosted recently removed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer for her first appearance since the BLS shakeup in August.
Dr. McEntarfer provided her side of the story and called her removal a "dangerous step" for the US economy.
Video will be released soon, stay tuned.
Dr. McEntarfer provided her side of the story and called her removal a "dangerous step" for the US economy.
Video will be released soon, stay tuned.
September 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Last night we hosted recently removed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer for her first appearance since the BLS shakeup in August.
Dr. McEntarfer provided her side of the story and called her removal a "dangerous step" for the US economy.
Video will be released soon, stay tuned.
Dr. McEntarfer provided her side of the story and called her removal a "dangerous step" for the US economy.
Video will be released soon, stay tuned.
Tonight at Bard College, Alumna Erika McEntarfer, recently removed BLS Commissioner, shares her story publicly for the first time.
Register to join the conversation in person or live on Zoom at 5 PM EST.
connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
Register to join the conversation in person or live on Zoom at 5 PM EST.
connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
September 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Tonight at Bard College, Alumna Erika McEntarfer, recently removed BLS Commissioner, shares her story publicly for the first time.
Register to join the conversation in person or live on Zoom at 5 PM EST.
connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
Register to join the conversation in person or live on Zoom at 5 PM EST.
connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
This #JobsDay makes clear just how rapidly the labor market is cooling. That’s why our event with former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer is more timely—and more important—than ever.
Enthusiastic response has led us to move the event to a larger venue.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
Enthusiastic response has led us to move the event to a larger venue.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
September 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This #JobsDay makes clear just how rapidly the labor market is cooling. That’s why our event with former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer is more timely—and more important—than ever.
Enthusiastic response has led us to move the event to a larger venue.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
Enthusiastic response has led us to move the event to a larger venue.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Eri...
To kick off application season, we will be hosting another information session tomorrow (9/5) at 12 PM EST.
Tune in to learn more and ask questions about the program with Program Director Tom Masterson.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Tune in to learn more and ask questions about the program with Program Director Tom Masterson.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
September 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
To kick off application season, we will be hosting another information session tomorrow (9/5) at 12 PM EST.
Tune in to learn more and ask questions about the program with Program Director Tom Masterson.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Tune in to learn more and ask questions about the program with Program Director Tom Masterson.
Register: connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
Levy welcomed its incoming class of bright and dedicated MA and MS students this week, and we are happy to announce that the application for the coming cycle is now open!
Early Decision due January 15
Regular Decision, April 15, 2026
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
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Early Decision due January 15
Regular Decision, April 15, 2026
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
🧵
September 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Levy welcomed its incoming class of bright and dedicated MA and MS students this week, and we are happy to announce that the application for the coming cycle is now open!
Early Decision due January 15
Regular Decision, April 15, 2026
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
🧵
Early Decision due January 15
Regular Decision, April 15, 2026
connect.bard.edu/register/Lev...
🧵
This week, we welcome the newest class of Levy Graduate students to their new home at Blithewood Manor on the @bardcollege.bsky.social campus.
We look forward to seeing how their curiosity, skills, and insights will help shape their futures at Levy and beyond.
We look forward to seeing how their curiosity, skills, and insights will help shape their futures at Levy and beyond.
September 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This week, we welcome the newest class of Levy Graduate students to their new home at Blithewood Manor on the @bardcollege.bsky.social campus.
We look forward to seeing how their curiosity, skills, and insights will help shape their futures at Levy and beyond.
We look forward to seeing how their curiosity, skills, and insights will help shape their futures at Levy and beyond.