Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress A
Macroeconomic Studies of Labor Market
Organizer/Chair: Armağan Gezici, Keene State College
Paper 1: Macroeconomic Stabilization: The Case of Labor Market Policy. Ibrahim Tahri, The New School
Paper 2: The gender dynamics of employment and distribution in a globalizing world. Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Paper 3: The Character and Extent of Bondaged Labor in the Globalization Economy. John McDermott, SUNY
Discussants: Armağan Gezici, Keene State College, Sergio Cámara Izquierdo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress B
Stabilizing an Unstable International Monetary System- Current and Historical Perspectives
Organizer: Devika Dutt, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chair: Ozgur Orhangazi, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Paper 1: The Surprising Persistence of the Dollar: Can it Outlive Trumpism? Gerald Epstein, UMass, Amherst
Paper 2: Towards a New Developmental Financial Architecture? The Global Crisis and Financial Innovations in the Developing World. Ilene Grabel, University of Denver
Paper 3: Recovery from Financial Crises in Peripheral Economies, 1870-1913. Peter Bent, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Paper 4: Does Sterilized Central Bank Intervention have long term effects on Exchange Rates? The case of the British Exchange Equalization Account, 1952-1972. Alain Naef, University of Cambridge
Paper 5: The Costs of Foreign Exchange Intervention. Devika Dutt, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Discussants: Gerald Epstein, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Ilene Grabel, University of Denver, Peter Bent, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Alain Naef, University of Cambridge, Devika Dutt, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress B
Empirical and Theoretical Developments in Marxian Political Economy
Organizer: Scott Carter, URPE
Chair: Usha Pradhan, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Paper 1: Regimes of Realization: Using Marx and Kalecki to empirically understand the U.S. Economy including the Great Recession and the “Recovery.” David Brennan, Franklin and Marshall College
Paper 2: The Construction of Production: Locating the Production Boundary in Conventional and Marxian Aggregates. Daniel Urban, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Paper 3: Karl Marx’s ‘Critique of Political Economy.’ Riccardo Bellofiore, University of Bergamo
Paper 4: Marxian value categories in Sraffa’s unpublished papers: Evidence from the early 1940s. Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa
Discussants: Erik Olsen, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Erdogan Bakir, Bucknell University, Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress A
Topics in economic development: explorations and evidence from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Organizer/Chair: Lynda Pickbourn, Hampshire College
Paper 1: The Unlimited Demand for Care: A Resource Model. Jennifer Cohen, Miami University
Paper 2: Implications of microfinance debt burden for household welfare: Lessons from Ghana. Theresa Mannah-Blankson, Messiah College
Paper 3: The Role of Women’s Empowerment in Child Malnutrition: Evidence from Tanzania. Berna Dogan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Paper 4: Impact of armed conflicts on child welfare in Côte d’Ivoire. Didier Wayoro, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Discussants: Jennifer Cohen, Miami University,Theresa Mannah-Blankson, Messiah College, Berna Dogan, University of Massachusetts Amherst Didier Wayoro, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2018 David Gordon Memorial Lecture
Free Markets and the Decline of Democracy
Presenter: John Weeks, School of Oriental and African Studies
Chair: Ann E. Davis, Marist College
Discussant: Gary Mongiovi, St. John’s University
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 12:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress A
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress A
Empirical and Theoretical Explorations of the Instability of Capitalism
Organizer: Armağan Gezici, Keene State College
Chair: Sergio Cámara Izquierdo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco
Paper 1: Economic surplus, the Baran ratio and global capitalism. Zhun Xu, Howard University
Paper 2: Government policies and financial crises: mitigation, postponement or prevention? Bernhard Schütz, University of Linz
Paper 3: Two Business Cycles within the Industrial Cycle of 1991-2009: A Marxist Analysis of the Real Economic Ground of the 2008 Financial Crisis. Ken Hirano, Chuo University
Paper 4: Political Instability and Volatility of Investment Growth: Evidence from Turkey. Osman Can Icoz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Paper 5: A Missing element in the Empirical Post Keynesian theory of Inflation – Total Credits to Households: A VAR approach to US Inflation. Hongkil Kim, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Discussants: Ozgur Orhangazi, Kadir Has University, Turkey, Hanna Szymborska, University of Leeds
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress B
Research in Feminist Radical Political Economics
Organizer/Chair: Jennifer Cohen, Miami University & University of the Witwatersrand
Paper 1: Seeing the Invisible and Blurring the Line: Labor, Nature and Social Reproduction. Sirisha Naidu, Wright State University
Paper 2: Materials, Waged and Unwaged Work in Eco-Conscious Households. Kirstin Munro, St. John’s University
Paper 3: Women’s Household Production in the Capitalist Mode of Production. Paddy Quick, St Francis College
Paper 4: Gender Inequality in Post-Capitalism: Theorizing Institutions for Democratic Workplaces. Barbara Hopkins, Wright State University
Discussants: Sirisha Naidu, Wright State University, Kirstin Munro, St. John’s University, Paddy Quick, St Francis College Barbara Hopkins, Wright State University
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URPE Membership & Business Meeting
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Anthony Room
URPE Reception & Cocktail Party
Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress A
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Loews Philadelphia, Adams
URPE/IAFFE Joint Session
Care, Time Use and Work
Organizer/ Chair: Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University
Paper 1: Child Care as a Component of Sustainable Economic Development. Ellen Mutari, Stockton University
Paper 2: Reproductive Labor in a Participatory Economy. Peter Bohmer, Evergreen State University, Savvina Chowdhury, Evergreen State University, Robin Hahnel, Willamette University,
Paper 3: The Time and Consumption Poverty of Employed Individuals in Ghana. Ajit Zacharias, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Fernando Rios-Avila, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Kijong Kim, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Tamar Khitarishvili, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Paper 4: Social Disadvantage and Child Health Among China’s Rural-urban Migrant Households. Carl Lin, Bucknell University and IZA Yana Rodgers, Rutgers University
Discussant: Thomas Masterson, Levy Institute
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Loews Philadelphia, Anthony
Financial instability and the political economy of Trumponomics and Brexit
Organizer: Gary Dymski, University of Leeds
Chair: Devika Dutt, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Paper 1: Megabank-driven instability and the contradictions of Trumpian economics. Gary Dymski, University of Leeds
Paper 2: The New Triffin Dilemma. Ann Davis, Marist College
Paper 3: Decision-making and Keynesian uncertainty in financial markets: Brexit as a case study. Eirini Petratou, University of Leeds
Paper 4: Brexit and the discreet charm of Haute Finance.Jan Toporowski, SOAS, University of London
Discussants: Peter Bent, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Nathaniel Cline, University of Redlands
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Adams
New Developments in Sraffian Theory
Organizer/Chair: Robin Hahnel, Willamette University
Paper 1: On the Theory of Exhaustible Resources: Ricardo vs. Hotelling. Heinz Kurz, University of Graz
Paper 2: A Point by Point Comparison of Sraffian and Marxian Economic Theories. Robin Hahnel, Willamette University
Paper 3: Reproducibility, Viability, and Returns in Price of Production Systems. Enrico Bellino, Catholic University Piacenza
Paper 4: Sraffian Indeterminacy in General Equilibrium Revisited . Naoki Yoshihara, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Discussants: Dan Saros, Valparaiso University, Nathan Sivers Boyce, Willamette University, Gilbert Skillman, Wesleyan University
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Anthony
URPE/AEA Joint Session – Roundtable
Single Payer Health Care: Will We Ever Have It?
Organizer/Moderator: Armağan Gezici, Keene State College
Panelists (in alphabetical order)
Peter Arno, Political Economy Research Institute at UMass, Amherst & National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington DC
Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ted Marmor, Yale University,
Laurence Seidman, University of Delaware,
Walter Tsou, University of Pennsylvania
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Adams
URPE/IAFFE Joint Session
Gender, Care and Heterodox Macroeconomic Modeling
Organizer/Chair: Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University,
Paper 1: Social Reproduction, Gender Equality and Economic Growth. Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University, Rachid Bouhia, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont,
Paper 2: Overlapping Generations and Reproductive Labor. James Heintz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Paper 3: Unpaid Care Work, Distribution of Income and Macroeconomic Regimes. Srinivas Raghavendra, National University of Ireland Galway,
Paper 4: The Effect of Fiscal Policy and Gender Equality on Growth and Employment: A Post- Kaleckian Feminist Demand-led Growth Model. Ozlem Onaran, University of Greenwich, Cem Oyvat, University of Greenwich
Discussants: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont, Daniele Tavani, Colorado State University
Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Anthony
Topics on the History of Radical Political Economics
Organizer: Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University
Chair: David Fields, University of Utah
Paper 1: Economic Development and Historical Specificity in the Late Karl Marx. Natália Bracarense, North Central College
Paper 2: American Institutionalism and the German Historical School: A Marginalist Inheritance. William McColloch, Keene State College
Paper 3: Franco Modigliani and the Socialist State. Gary Mongiovi, St John’s University
Paper 4: Classical Political Economy and the Evolution of Central Banks. Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University
Paper 5: Towards a Neo-Chartalist Analysis of Balance of Payments History: Administrative Capacity, Colonialism and War. Nathaniel Cline, University of Redlands
Discussants: José Tapia, Drexel University, David Fields, University of Utah
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, Meeting Room 404
NEA/URPE Joint Session
Empirical Studies of Current Trends in Racial Inequality
Chair: John Schmitt, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Paper 1: Revising The Racial Wage Gap Among Men: The Role Of Non-Employment And Incarceration. Jeannette Wicks-Lim, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Paper 2: Revisiting Bergmann’s Occupational Crowding Model. Michelle Holder, City University of New York
Paper 3: Racial Differences in Labor Force Participation Since the Great Recession: What’s Happening? Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College,
Paper 4: The Color of Wealth: Evidence Across U.S. Cities. Mark Paul, Duke University, Darrick Hamilton, New School for Social Research, William Darity Jr. Duke University,
Discussants: Valerie Wilson, Economic Policy Institute, Ngina Chiteji, New York University
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Loews Philadelphia, Adams
A Dialog on the Transformation Problem
Organizer: Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College
Chair: James Devine, Loyola Marymount University
Paper 1: Money and Totality: A Macro-Monetary Interpretation of Marx’s Logic in Capital and the End of the “Transformation Problem.” Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College
Paper 2: The Capitalist Determination of Value: Science Beyond Impasse. David Laibman, Brooklyn College
Paper 3: Modern Theories of Value and Price of Production: Towards a Common Research Project, Erik Olsen, University of Missouri – Kansas City
Paper 4: Looking Back to, and Beyond, Marx’s “Transformation Problem.” Gilbert Skillman, Wesleyan University
Discussants: Fred Moseley, Mount Holyoke College, David Laibman, Brooklyn College, Erik Olsen, University of Missouri – Kansas City, Gilbert Skillman, Wesleyan University
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Congress A
Transhistorical Restitutions: The Political Economy of Reparations
Organizer/Chair: Rajani Kanth, Harvard University
Paper 1: The Arc of Justice. William Darity, Jr., Duke University
Paper 2: The 14th Amendment and the Poverty of African Americans. Ravi Batra, Southern Methodist University
Paper 3: On Transhistorical Restitution: A Moral Primer. Rajani Kanth, Harvard University
Paper 4: A Blueprint for Structural Reparations in the Middle East
Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University
Paper 5: Beyond the Wage Gap: Interventions in Gender Inequality. Lynn Parramore, Institute for New Economic Thinking
Discussant: Eiman Zein-Elabdin, Franklin & Marshall College
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Loews Philadelphia, Adams
Empirical Studies of Distributional Issues
Organizer: Armağan Gezici, Keene State College
Chair: Sergio Cámara Izquierdo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco
Paper 1: Household Wealth: Inherited or Merited? Bob Williams, Guilford College
Paper 2: When Does Privatization Process Begin? Ownership Change and Total Effects of Privatization. Doruk Cengiz, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Paper 3: Rethinking inequality in 21st century – financial sector, household balance sheet structures and distribution in USA since 1980s. Hanna Szymborska, University of Leeds
Paper 4: Functional Income Distribution and Economic Growth in Semi-Industrialized Countries, Tanadej Vechsuruck, University of Utah
Discussant: Sergio Cámara Izquierdo, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, William McColloch, Keene State College