This seminar meets 6 to 10 times a semester. Graduate students and faculty from the Economics Department and from elsewhere present papers on a range of topics in political economy.
Spring 2020 Schedule
| Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
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Wednesday* |
Deepankar Basu |
Dominance of Majoritarian Politics and Hate Crimes Against Religious Minorities in India 2009-2018 |
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Tuesday |
Fred Moseley |
The Relative Explanatory Power of Marx's Theory and Sraffa's Theory: A Marxian Reply to Hahnel |
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Tuesday *** March 3 4:00 pm |
Minqui Li |
Has China Become an Imperialist Country? |
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Tuesday March 10 4:00 pm |
JW Mason |
The Macroeconomics of World War II: Lessons for the Green New Deal. |
|
Tuesday** |
Canceled- R. Bin Wong |
What Economists & Historians have Missed in Chinese Economic History: Why Filling in the Blanks Might Matter to Plotting Future Possibilities |
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Tuesday March 31 4:00 pm |
Canceled- Lopamudra Banerjee |
Class Location and the Risk of Disaster Exposure |
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Tuesday April 7 4:00 pm |
Canceled- Nancy Folbre Director of Program on Gender and Care Work, Political Economy Research Institute UMass Amherst |
Manifold Exploitations |
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Tuesday*** April 14 4:00 pm |
Canceled- Steve Pressman Professor of Economics Colorado State Univeristy |
Capital Accumulation: Piketty after Piketty |
* co-sponsored by History & Development Workshop
** co-sponsored by the History & Development Workshop and UMass Department of History
*** co-sponsored by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
Room 209
Crotty Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Papers should be posted at least one week prior to presentation.
For further information, contact Professor Moos at kmoos@umass.edu.
