Presents
The Revival of Political Economy
An all-day conference with distinguished scholars in Political Economy
Saturday February 9, 2008
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Hall of Sciences, HS 4
Drew University, 36 Madison Ave., Madison, NJ 07940
Conference Schedule
8:30-9: Breakfast & Registration
9-9:15: Welcome & Introduction: Fadhel Kaboub (Economics, Drew University) & Richard Greenwald (Dean of the Casperson School of Graduate Studies)
9:15-10:45: Session 1: Chair - Fadhel Kaboub (Economics, Drew University)
“Savings Gaps, External Resources and Debt Crises in Latin America: Towards a New Model of Development in Latin America," by Jan Kregel (Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, and Distinguished Research Professor at the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability at UMKC)
10:45-11: Coffee/Tea Break & Student Research Poster Session
11-12:30: Session 2: Chair - Maliha Safri (Economics, Drew University)
“The U.S. and Global Bubble Economy,” by Michael Hudson (Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC), and President of the Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends, ISLET)
12:30-1:45: Lunch Break
1:45- 3:15: Session 3: Chair - Daniel Lawson (Economics, Drew University)
“You Go, Girls! Feminism and Political Economy,” by Nancy Folbre (Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
3:15-3:30: Coffee/Tea Break & Student Research Poster Session
3:30-5: Session 4: Chair - Bernard Smith (Economics, Drew University)
“The Political-Economy of U.S.-China Relations,” by James K. Galbraith (Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, and Senior Scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College).
This event is free and open to the public, and is co-sponsored by the Economics Department, the Economics Club, and The Presidential Initiative Fund of Drew University.
For more info please contact Dr. Fadhel Kaboub, 973-408-3764, fkaboub@drew.edu