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Levy Economics Institute of Bard College is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and public policy research organization founded in 1986. The institute focuses on a wide range of research programs including the state of the US and world economies, monetary policy and financial structure, the distribution of income and wealth, gender equality and the economy, employment policy and labor markets, immigration, ethnicity, and social structure, economic policy for the 21st century, and more. The institute is dedicated to serving the wider policymaking community in the US and globally by facilitating collaboration between scholars, business leaders, labor experts, and government officials.

They publish their research findings, organize conferences and workshops, and provide testimony to inform public officials, executives, academics, and the general public. The institute also offers graduate programs in economic theory and policy for students seeking an alternative to mainstream programs. Students have the unique opportunity to participate in advanced economics research alongside institute scholars.

Furthermore, the institute collaborates with Bard College, offering undergraduate students access to seminars, conferences, and research opportunities. Located on the Bard College campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, the institute's main conference and research facility is Blithewood. With their dedication to informed debate and independent research, the Levy Economics Institute contributes to shaping economic policies for the present and future