The Economics Department has a wide variety of workshops offered throughout the Spring and Fall semesters that are open to the public. The workshop schedules are posted each semester. Announcements are made on the home page during the week the presentation will be held.
In addition to these workshops, there are a number of working groups in the department. The seminars for these groups can be found in the Graduate Academics section.
- Political Economy Workshops
- Economic History and Development Workshops
- Applied Microeconomics Workshops
- Economic Theory Workshops
Fall 2020 Workshop Schedule
All times are Eastern Time
Political Economy Workshops
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
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Friday, September 11, 9.30-11.00am
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Utsa Patnaik Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
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Global Food Distribution and Poverty trends: the Present in the light of the Past (co-sponsored by the History and Development Workshop |
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Tuesday, September 22, 4.00-5.30pm
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James K. Galbraith The University of Texas at Austin
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Inequality as a social and political indicator: Some implications for the world economy, for American politics and for the pandemic Recording
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| Friday, October 2, 9.30-11.0am |
Prabhat Patnaik Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
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Imperialism and the COVID-19 Global Crisis (preliminary) (co-sponsored by Five Colleges Post-Colonial Marxism Faculty Seminar) |
| Tuesday, October 13, 4.00-5.30pm |
Laura Carvalho University of São Paulo
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Multi-dimensional inequalities and Covid-19 in Brazil Recording |
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Tuesday, October 27, 4.00-5.30pm
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Nancy Folbre UMass Amherst Dzodzi Tsikata University of Ghana
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Covid-19: Implications for the Care Sector (co-sponsorship with Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies tbc.) Recording
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| Tuesday, November 10, 7.30-9.00pm |
Cui Zhiyuan Tsinghua University
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What does the COVID-19 crisis tell us about China? Recording
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| Tuesday, November 17, 4.00-5.30pm |
Mike Davis University of California Riverside
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Political Economy Workshop Recording |
| Tuesday, November 24, 4.00-5.30pm |
Tiago Mata University College London
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Radial Political Economics – A History of Thought Perspective |
| TBA |
Patrick Bond Witts University in Johannesburg |
Cosponsored by the PERI African Dev Program and the Five College African Studies Program
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Economic History and Development Workshops
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
| Friday, September 11, 9.30-11.00am | Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) |
Global Food Distribution and Poverty trends: the Present in the light of the Past (co-sponsored by the History and Development Workshop |
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Wednesday, September 16, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link |
Jenny Withrow |
The Farm Woman's Problem:" Farm Crisis in the U.S. South and Migration to the City, 1920-1940” Tables here |
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Wednesday, October 7, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link |
Karmen Naidoo Leonce Ndikumana |
Unit Labor Costs and Manufacturing Sector Performance in Africa
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Wednesday, November 11, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link |
Francisco Perez | An Enduring Neocolonial Alliance: The History of the CFA Franc |
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Wednesday, November 18, 4:00-6:00pm Zoom Link (TBA) |
Ted Fertik | TBA |
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Applied Microeconomics Workshops
To receive the password for the Applied Microeconomics Zoom sessions, please contact the organizers,
Arin Dube (adube@umass.edu) or Ina Ganguli (iganguli@umass.edu)
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
| Wednesday, October 14, 4:00-5:15pm |
Till Marco von Wachter UCLA |
Info: Socioeconomic Decline and Death: Midlife Impacts of Graduating in a Recession View Session: Socioeconomic Decline and Death |
| Wednesday, October 21, 4:00-5:15pm |
Eliza Forsythe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Labor Demand in the time of COVID-19 |
| Wednesday, October 28, 4:00-5:15pm |
Ellora Derenoncourt
UC Berkeley
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Spillovers from voluntary employer minimum wages |
| Wednesday, November 18, 4:00-5:15pm |
Damon Jones University of Chicago |
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Economic Theory Workshops
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
| TBA | ||
