URPE Program at ASSA 2009, San Francisco
Saturday, January 3
8 a.m. (Session A) Room:
Key Unanswered Questions: A Research Agenda For Radical Political Economist
Presiding: Mehrene Larudee, Mount Holyoke College
Presenters: Peter Dorman, Evergreen State College, Why Economics Needs A Realistic Model of International Trade
Gil Skillman, Wesleyan University, Public vs. Private: Some Game-theoretic Foundations of Political Economy
Mehrene Larudee, Mount Holyoke College, Sources of the Polarization of Income and Wealth
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont, The Macroeconomics of Race and Gender Inequality
Firat Demir, University of Oklahoma and Omar Dahi, Hampshire College, South-South Trade and the Emerging Global Order
Discussants: Ramaa Vasudevan, Colorado State University
Peter Skott, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University
8 a.m. (Session B) Room:
Gender and Migration
Co-sponsored by International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
Presiding: Farida Khan, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Presenters: Mary C. King, Leopoldo Rodriguez and Carrie Cobb, Portland State University. Semi-Formal: Understanding the Institutional Nature of the Labor Market for Mexican Immigrant Workers in the US
Laura J. Templeton, University of Alberta, The Economic Welfare of University-Educated Immigrant Women in Canada: Impact of the Domestic Household
Elke Holst, DIW Berlin/SOEP and University of Flensburg, Andrea Schaefer, DIW Berlin and Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences and Mechthild Schrooten, University of Applied Sciences Bremen and DIW Berlin. Gender, Migration, Remittances: Evidence from Germany
Alex Julca, United Nations. International Labour Migration and Reproduction of Inequalities: the Latin American Case
Discussants: Ramaa Vasudevan, Colorado State University
Peter Skott, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University
10:15 a.m. (Session A) Room:
Sraffa’s Unpublished Papers and Marxian Political Economy
Presiding: Ajit Zacharias, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Presenters: Riccardo Bellofiore, University of Bergamo. Sraffa, the New Interpretation and Marx: A First Exploration into a Continent Which is Not Yet Explored
Scott Carter, University of Tulsa, Sraffa-New Interpretation Nexus and the Theory of Exploitation
Gary Mongiovi, St. John’s University, Sraffa and Wittgenstein on Language and Method
Heinz Kurz, University of Graz, Ricardo, Marx, and Sraffa
Discussants: Pierangelo Garegnani, Centro Sraffa
John Eatwell, Queens College, Cambridge University
Cristina Marcuzzo, University of Rome-La Sapienza
10:15 a.m. (Session B) Room:
Quantitative Marxism and the Falling Rate of Profit
Presiding: Erdogan Bakir, Bucknell University
Presenters: Paul Dunne, University of the West of England, Military Spending and the Falling Rate of Profit: An Empirical Analysis
Erdogan Bakir, Bucknell University and Al Campbell, University of Utah, Profitability, Financialization and Capital Accumulation In the U.S. Economy
Simon Mohun and Vincent Brown, Queen Mary, University of London, The U.K. Rate of Profit: 1920-1938
Ali Cevat Tasiran, Birkbeck College, University of London and Erdogan Bakir, Bucknell University, Rate of Profit In Business Cycle Phases and their Transitional Dynamics
Paul Cooney, Universidade Federal de Pará-in Belem, Competition, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Poverty and Inequality
Discussants: Andrew Mearman, University of the West of England
Al Campbell, University of Utah
12:30 p.m. (Session A) Room:
Using Economics For Social Change: Five Organizations Report
Presiding: Lane Vanderslice, World Hunger Education Service
Presenters: R Heidi Hartmann, Institute For Women’s Policy Research, Shaping U.S. Policy to Address the Needs of Women and their Families
Chris Sturr, Dollars and Sense, Bringing Left Economic Analysis to Activists, Students, and the General Public
Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute, Shaping the US Debate On Policies Affecting Working People Through Empirical and Policy Analysis
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange, Implementing Fair Trade, a Green Economy and Other Steps To Economic Justice
David Barkin, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Principles for Constructing Alternative Socio-Economic Organizations
Discussants: Lane Vanderslice, World Hunger Education Service
John Weeks, University of London-School of Oriental and African Studies
2:30 p.m. (Session B) Room:
The Capital Controversy Revisited
Co-sponsored by American Economic Association (AEA)
Presiding: Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College
Presenters: Pierangelo Garegnani, University of Rome 3, On the Present Situation of the Capital Controversy Concerning Neoclassical Capital Theory
Christopher Bliss, Oxford University, Capital Controversy Revisited: A Neoclassical Reply to Justified Criticism
Avi Cohen, York University, Methodological Comments on the Capital Controversy
Discussants: Heinz Kurz, University of Graz
2:30 p.m. (Session A) Room:
In Honor of David Houston: Explorations in Political Economy
Presiding: Don Goldstein, Allegheny College
Presenters: Don Goldstein, Allegheny College, Weirton Revisited: Finance, the Working Class, and Rustbelt Steel Restructuring
Douglas Koritz, Buffalo State College, School’s Out! Capital and Structural Decline in the Old Industrial Heartland
John Miller, Wheaton College, The Sweatshop Debate: Marx, Smith and the Neoclassicals
Shapoor Vali, Fordham University, Poor Man’s Equalizer, Political Economy of Nuclear Energy and Weapon
Discussants: Paddy Quick, St. Francis College
James Devine, Loyola Marymount University
Laurie Nisonoff, Hampshire College
Sunday, January 4
8 a.m. (Session A) Room:
Households and Gender Equality
Co-sponsored by International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
Presiding: Carole Biewener, Simmons College
Presenters: Hazel Malapit, American University, Are Women from Low-Income Urban Households More Likely to be Credit Constrained? Evidence from the Philippines
Ozge Izdes, University of Utah, A Gendered Analysis of Employment-Poverty-Social Security Nexus in Turkey
Ramzi Mabsout, Nijmegen School of Management and Irene Van Staveren, Nijmegen School of Management and Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, Power in Households: Disentangling Bargaining Power and Beyond
Jerome De Henau, Open University, “A Brave New Household”: Trading Off Money for Free Time within Households
Discussants: Carole Biewener, Simmons College
Gil Skillman, Wesleyan University
8 a.m. (Session B) Room:
The Global Financial Crisis: Heterodox Perspectives
Presiding: David Kotz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Presenters: James Crotty, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Structural Causes of the Global Financial Crisis
David Kotz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Neoliberalism and the Crisis of 2008
Minqi Li, University of Utah, Global Imbalances and Neoliberalism
Jacqueline Morse, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Neoliberal Roots of the Subprime Crisis
Ramaa Vasudevan, Colorado State University, The Dollar, Financialization and the Subprime Market Crisis
Discussants: Korkut Erturk, University of Utah
Marie Duggan, Keene State College
Ozur Orhangazi, Roosevelt University
10:15 a.m. (Session A) Room:
Intersection/Entry Points: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class in Economics
Presiding: Darrick Hamilton, New School for Social Research
Presenters: Jessica Gordon Nembhard, University of Maryland, Black Cooperativism and African American Women’s Roles in the Cooperative Movement: Legacies and Prospects
William Darity, Jr., Kris Marsh, and Danielle Salters, University of North Carolina, Revisiting the Construction of the Black Middle Class
Patrick L. Mason, Florida State University, Inter and Intra Racial Wage and Non Labor Inequality in the US 1965-2007
Mwangi wa Githinji, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Erasing Class/(Re)Creating Ethnicity: Politics, Jobs and Identity in Kenya
Discussants: Mathew Forstatter, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Una Osili Okonokwo – Indiana University-Purdue
Darrick Hamilton, New School for Social Research
10:15 a.m. (Session B) Room:
Progressive Economic Policies for Workers, Communities and Families
Presiding: Marlene Kim, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Presenters: Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Political Economic Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, State Minimum Wage Laws and Earned Income Tax Credits: Substitutes or Complements for Improving the Living Standards of the Working Poor?
Michael Reich, University of California-Berkeley, Minimum Wages: Politics and Economics
Manuel Pastor, University of Southern California, Crossing Borders in Los Angeles: Can We Forge a Progressive Agenda for Immigrant Integration?”
Andrea Fumagalli, University of Pavia and Stefano Lucarelli, University of Bergamo, Basic Income and Counterpower in Cognitive Capitalism
Discussants: Richard Walker, Institute for Research on Labor & Employment
Gary A. Dymski, University of California Center-Sacramento
2:30 p.m. (Session A) Room:
The U.S. Financial Crisis: Heterodox Perspectives
Presiding: Darrick Hamilton, New School for Social Research
Presenters: Jessica Gordon Nembhard, University of Maryland, Black Cooperativism and African American Women’s Roles in the Cooperative Movement: Legacies and Prospects
William Darity, Jr., Kris Marsh, and Danielle Salters, University of North Carolina, Revisiting the Construction of the Black Middle Class
Patrick L. Mason, Florida State University, Inter and Intra Racial Wage and Non Labor Inequality in the US 1965-2007
Mwangi wa Githinji, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Erasing Class/(Re)Creating Ethnicity: Politics, Jobs and Identity in Kenya
Discussants: Mathew Forstatter, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Una Osili Okonokwo – Indiana University-Purdue
Darrick Hamilton, New School for Social Research
2:30 p.m. (Session B) Room:
Immigrants in America: Ethnic Enclaves, Remittances, and Progressive Policy
Presiding: Marlene Kim, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Presenters: Ulyses Balderas and Edward F. Blackburne, Sam Houston State University, Do Women Send More Money Home? A Case Study of Mexican Migrants in Texas
Roberto Pedace, Claremont Graduate University and Stephanie Rohn, University of San Diego, A Warm Embrace or the Cold Shoulder: Wage and Employment Outcomes in Ethnic Enclaves
Joan B. Anderson, University of San Diego, Why More and Higher Walls Haven’t and Won’t Slow Mexican Immigration
Ilene Grabel, University of Denver, The Political Economy of Remittances: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know?
Discussants: Marie Mora, University of Texas-Pan American
Stephen Raphael, University of Californa-Berkeley
Stephen J. Conroy, University of San Diego
Monday, January 5
8 a.m. (Session A) Room:
Debating Pluralism in Heterodox Economics
Presiding: Erik Olsen, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Presenters: Frederic S. Lee, University of Missouri-Kansas City, A Note on the Pluralism Debate in Heterodox Economics
Robert F. Garnett, Texas Christian University, Pluralism, Academic Freedom and Heterodox Economics
Andrew Mearman, University of the West of England, Pluralism, Plurality, Heterodoxy and the Rhetoric of Distinction
Alan Freeman, Birkbeck College, London and Andrew Kliman, Pace University, We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us
Discussants: Zdravka Todorova, Wright State University
Terrence McDonough, National University of Ireland, Galway
10:15 a.m. (Session B) Room:
The U.S. Housing Crisis
Presiding: Susan Schroeder, Auckland University of Technology
Presenters: Dean Baker, Center of Economic Policy Research, The U.S. Housing Crisis: Causes and Remedies
Margaret Duncan, Planning and Environmental Services, City of Goleta, California Coastal Housing Markets: Will Demand-Side Policies Help?
Mathew Forstater, University of Missouri-Kansas City ,The Color of Foreclosure: Race and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis in the US
Ann Davis, Marist College, Local Institutional Context of the U.S. Housing Crisis
Discussants: Doreen Isenberg, University of Redlands
Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College
1:00 p.m. (Session B) Room:
Improving Women’s Lives: Economic Strategies for the 21st Century
Co-sponsored by International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
Presiding: Mary C. King, Portland State University
Presenters: Radhika Balakrishnan, Marymount Manhattan College and Diane Elson, Essex University, Integrating Macroeconomic Strategies and Human Rights
Maria Sagario Floro, American University, Vulnerability, Poverty and Risk: Revisiting the Role of Microfinance
Barbara Bergman, Professor Emerita, American University, Rethinking Policies toward Lone Mothers
Gale Summerfield, University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, Biofuels versus Food Security: Engendering the Debate
Discussants: Mary C. King, Portland State University
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont