This seminar meets 6 to 10 times a semester in which graduate students and faculty report on research in progress on topics in economic theory and related areas. Faculty from other Departments, other Colleges, and other Universities are frequently invited to both attend and present papers.
Fall 2017 Schedule
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
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Monday September 18 4:00 pm |
Cristina Marcuzzo University of Rome |
Is There a Cambridge Approach to Economics? |
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Monday September 25 4:00 pm |
Hiroaki Sasaki Kyoto University |
Increased Shareholder Power, Income Distribution, and Employment in a Neo-Kaleckian Model with Conflict Inflation |
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Tuesday* October 10 4:00 pm |
Alex Coram |
The Political Economy of Production and Distribution: A Non-Atomic Game |
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Monday October 30 4:00 pm |
Sam Bowles University of Massachusetts Amherst |
How Extraordinary Wealth Inequality Came to Be the Human Condition: New Evidence and an Interpretation |
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Monday November 13 4:00 pm |
Nancy MacLean Duke University |
Democracy in Chains (joint with Political Economy Research Institute; Campus Center - room TBD) |
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Monday December 4 4:00 pm |
Bill Spriggs Howard University |
TBA |
* This Tuesday follows a Monday schedule.
Workshop Location: 209 Crotty Hall (unless otherwise indicated)
412 N. Pleasant St., Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Papers will be posted at least one week prior to presentation.
For more details, contact Professor Katzner at dkatzner@econs.umass.edu