Upcoming conference pays tribute to Crotty

Economics professor James Crotty’s contributions to the field of political economy are being recognized Oct. 19-20 with a conference titled “Rebellious Macroeconomics: Marx, Keynes & Crotty.”

According to organizers of the program, Crotty has been a pioneer in exploring a range of central questions in political economy, including class conflict and the business cycle, financialization, international financial regulation, the successes and tensions of the East Asian development model, and a synthesis of Marx and Keynes. Crotty has also had tremendous influence as a teacher and mentor to a whole generation of heterodox scholars.

Several of Crotty’s departmental colleagues are on the program: David Kotz, William Gibson, Robert Pollin and Gerald Epstein.

Other scheduled speakers include Jonathan P. Goldstein, Bowdoin College; Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds; Martin Wolfson, University of Notre Dame; Gary Dymski, University of California Center, Sacramento; Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College; Steve Fazarri, Washington University in St. Louis; Michele Naples, College of New Jersey; Ozgur Orhangazi, Roosevelt University; Ray Boddy, San Diego State University; Makoto Itoh, Kokugakuin University and University of Tokyo; Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine; Richard McIntyre, University of Rhode Island; Soo-Haeng Kim, Seoul National University and Ilene Grabel, Denver University.

Hosted by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), the conference is being held Gordon Hall, 418 N. Pleasant St.

More Information

PERI website

Conference poster

October 9, 2007.

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