2021 URPE AT THE ASSAS
Sunday January 3rd – Tuesday January 5th
Due to the continued uncertainties related to the potential spread of COVID-19, the 2021 ASSA Annual Meeting will be held as a virtual event. The meeting will take place on January 3-5, 2021, which is Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Please click here to register.
For questions about URPE events at the meetings, please contact the URPE at ASSA coordinators Mona Ali (alim@newpaltz.edu) and Jared Ragusett (jaredr@ccsu.edu). See the American Economic Association website for general information about the conference.
To download a PDF copy of the URPE @ ASSA program please click here: 2021 URPE at ASSA Full Program.
Sunday, January 3rd
1. Decolonizing Economics: A Guide to Theory and Practice
Paper Session
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Ingrid Kvangraven, University of York
JEL Classifications
A2 – Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
The Decolonization and Diversity Agenda
Devika Dutt, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
The Colonization of Economics
Carolina Alves, University of Cambridge
What Gets Lost in a Eurocentric Understanding of Economics? Insights from a Decolonized Economics
Surbhi Kesar, Azim Premji University
Decolonizing Research and Pedagogy: A Practical Proposal
Ingrid Kvangraven, University of York
2. Labor Policy & Visions for the Green New Deal
Paper Session
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Fadhel Kaboub, Denison University
JEL Classifications
J2 – Demand and Supply of Labor
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Transitioning into Employment: Sectoral and Relative Wage Changes since the Great Recession
Kyle Mohr, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Tyler Feaver, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Labor Policy within the Green New Deal: Addressing Persistent Intergroup Inequality
Jordan Ayala, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Connecting Economic Policy with Disparities-Focused Quality Improvement to Promote Health Equity
Natalie Kane, Children’s Mercy Research Institute
Evaluating the Real Resource Affordability of the GND
Yeva Nersisyan, Franklin & Marshall College
- Randall Wray, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
3. 23rd Annual David Gordon Memorial Lecture
Panel Session
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Zoe Sherman, Merrimack College
JEL Classifications
P1 – Capitalist Systems
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Panelist: Michael Hudson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Topic: Has Finance Capitalism Destroyed Industrial Capitalism?
Discussant: Josh Mason, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
4. Racialized and Gendered Impacts of COVID-19
Paper Session
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Jennifer Cohen, Miami University
JEL Classifications
J1 – Demographic Economics
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
COVID’s Early Impact on Joblessness Among African American Women
Michelle Holder, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
COVID-19 and Employment Losses for the Disabled: An Intersectional Approach
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Rutgers University
Douglas Kruse, Rutgers University
Lisa Schur, Rutgers University
The Crisis in The Crisis: Women Healthcare Workers’ Mental Health
Jennifer Cohen, Miami University
A Racially Inclusive Recovery to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Darrick Hamilton, Ohio State University
5. The Political Economy of China: Institutions, Policies, and Role in the Global Economy
Paper Session
Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Zhongjin Li, University of Missouri-Kansas City
JEL Classifications
F5 – International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
China’s Neoliberal Reform: An Ongoing Process of Privatization
Yang Zhan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ying Chen, The New School
China: Imperialism or Semi-Periphery?
Minqi Li, University of Utah
Is China Imperialist? Economy, State and Insertion in the Global System
Zhongjin Li, University of Missouri-Kansas City
David Kotz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate
Isabella Weber, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Discussants:
Steve Cohen, Knox College
Chiara Piovani, University of Denver
Monday, January 4th
6. Profits, Class, and Income Distribution
Paper Session
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Gilbert Skillman, Wesleyan University
JEL Classifications
D3 – Distribution
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
The Empirical Relevance of Okishio’s Theorem
Bangxi Li, Tsinghua University
Shan Gu, Tsinghua University
Junshang Liang, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities and Labor
Gilbert Skillman, Wesleyan University
Hypothetically Decoupling the Chinese Economy from the United States: A Marxian Analysis Based on the World Input-Output Database
Lijun Su, Nankai University
Junshang Liang, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
How Does Globalization Affect Equilibriums in Labor-Capital Game? An Empirical-Historical Analysis
Tetsuya Tamura, Ritsumeikan University
Natsuka Tokumaru, Ritsumeikan University
7. Reimagining a Sustainable Economy
Paper Session
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Gabriel Mathy, American University
JEL Classifications
Q5 – Environmental Economics
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
A Regional Place-Based Strategy for the Green New Deal: Breaking the Trumpist Coalition
Don Goldstein, Allegheny College
Economic Stagnation and the Infrastructure of Care
Christina Jenq, World Bank Africa Poverty and Equity Global Practice
Funding the Green New Deal and Stabilizing an Unstable Economy: Functional Finance Nominal Income Targeting
Gabriel Mathy, American University
Comparing the Ecological Thinking of Marx and Veblen: Who Had the Better Foresight?
Hendrik Van den Berg, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Discussants:
Gabriel Mathy, American University
Jooyeoun Suh, AARP
Don Goldstein, Allegheny College
Jon Wisman, American University
8. Capitalism, Work and Identity
Paper Session
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS & INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FEMINIST ECONOMICS
Chair: Shaianne Osterreich, Ithaca College
JEL Classifications
J3 – Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
The Oppressive Nexus of Socioeconomic Status and Gender in Egyptian Society: A Marxist Exposition
Stephanie Attar, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Unpaid Work in Non-Capitalist Spaces in India: Contesting the Gendered Understandings
Surbhi Kesar, Azim Premji University
Rosa Abraham, Azim Premji University
Amit Basole, Azim Premji University
Norms and Specialization in Household Production: Evidence from a Danish Parental Leave Reform
Anne Sophie Lassen, Copenhagen Business School
The Impact of a Donald Trump Election: How a Change in Perceived Discrimination Affects Substance Use
Teresa Perry, Colorado State University
Space, Time, and Religious Identity: Women’s Mobility in India and Pakistan
Abhilasha Srivastava, Bridgewater State University
Zehra Aftab, American University
Fareena Malhi, American University
9. Topics in Macroeconomics
Paper Session
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University
JEL Classifications
E6 – Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Debt-Led Growth and Its Financial Fragility
Joana Avritzer, Connecticut College
Fiscal Policy Rules, Tax Incidence, Conflicting Claims over Distribution and the Sraffian Supermultiplier
Gabriel Aidar, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
How Do You Feel about Going Green?
Marwil Dávila, Bucknell University
Public Debt after the Great Shutdown
Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University
10. Diversity in Heterodox Economics: Radical Solutions for an Old Problem
Panel Session
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Hanna Szymborska, Birmingham City University
JEL Classifications
A2 – Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Panelist(s):
Lee Badgett, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Nina Elizabeth Banks, Bucknell University
Lynne Chester, University of Sydney
Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni, University of South Africa
Linwood Tauheed, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Moderators:
Ariane Agunsoye, Goldsmiths University of London
Surbhi Kesar, Azim Premji University
Ingrid Kvangraven, University of York
Hanna Szymborska, Birmingham City University
URPE Membership Meeting
Event
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
URPE Caucus of Women and Non-binary people
Event
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Tuesday, January 5th
11. Capitalism Post Coronavirus
Paper Session
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Ron Baiman, Benedictine University
JEL Classifications
I1 – Health
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Emergency Comprehensive Testing Could Have Mitigated United States COVID-19 Pandemic Catastrophe: Emergency Solar Radiation Management May Be Our Only Hope to Mitigate Future Global Climate Crisis Disaster
Ron Baiman, Benedictine University
A Marxian Analysis of the Cyclical, Structural, and Systemic Dimensions of the COVID19 Crisis
Sergio Cámara Izquierdo, Autonomous Metropolitan University-Azcapotzalcoty
COVID-19s: The Alternative Future to Implementing the Green New Deal (and more)
Robert B. Williams, Guilford College
Building Equity through Green New Deal Programs Focused on Eliminating Lead Poisoning
Neal Wilson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
12. Information and Financial Strategies by Capitalist Enterprises
Paper Session
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Leila Davis, University of Massachusetts-Boston
JEL Classifications
L1 – Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Long-Term Stock Returns and Market Inefficiency: Insights from Information Theory
Emanuele Citera, The New School
Churning and Profitability in the United States Corporate Sector
Leila Davis, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Joao de Souza, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Direct Mail Marketing, Data Mining, and the United States Information Economy, 1900-1920
Zoe Sherman, Merrimack College
Revisiting the External Financial Dependence Index in Light of the Rise of Corporate Net Lending: What Do We Really Measure?
Davide Villani, The Open University
13. Political-Economic Conditions for Social Ecological Transformation: Reflections on EuroMemorandum 2020
Paper Session
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Magnus Ryner, King’s College London
JEL Classifications
F5 – International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Towards a Feminist Green New Deal
Marcella Corsi, Sapienza University of Rome
Giulia Zacchia, Sapienza University of Rome
The Macroeconomics of a European Green New Deal and the German Question
Magnus Ryner, King’s College London
Eastern Constraints – A European Green New Deal and the the EU’s Relation with Russia
Gonzalo Pozo Martin, Stockholm University
Geoeconomics of the Crisis
Alan Cafruny, Hamilton College
14. Women and Work: Macro Policies, Shocks and the Gendered Nature of Work
Paper Session
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 12:15 PM – 2:15 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS & INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FEMINIST ECONOMICS
Chair: Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Rutgers University
JEL Classifications
E6 – Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
Essential, Exposed and Still Unequal: Women, Work and COVID-19 in the United States
Randy Albelda, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Industrial Policy and Gender Inclusivity
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
The Macroeconomics of Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Macro-Micro Analysis of Gender Segregation and Job Quality in Developing Countries
Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University
Diksha Arora, Colorado State University
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
The COVID-19 Lockdown in India: Gender and Caste Dimensions of the First Job Losses
Ashwini Deshpande, Ashoka University
Work Time Matters for Mental Health: A Gender Analysis of Paid and Unpaid Labor
Chiara Piovani, University of Denver
Nursel Aydiner-Avsar, Akdeniz University
Discussant: James Heintz, University of Massachusetts – Amherst
15. Informalization
Paper Session
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
JEL Classifications
P1 – Capitalist Systems
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
The Hindutva Rate of Growth: Austerity, Crises and Informalization
Aman Bardia, The New School
Is Informality a Barrier to Sustainable Development?
Gökçer Özgür, Gettysburg College
Adem Yavuz Elveren, Fitchburg State University
Ceyhun Elgin, Columbia University and Bogazici University
The Impact of Redistributing the Responsibility for Household Work on Time and Consumption Poverty: Simulations for Four Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Thomas Masterson, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Ajit Zacharias, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Fernando Rios-Avila, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Luiza Nassif-Pires, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Need or Accumulation? Agrarian Change in Southern Haryana: A Field-Based Study
Srishti Yadav, The New School
16. Post Capitalist Futures
Paper Session
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 3:45 PM – 5:45 PM (EST)
Hosted By: UNION FOR RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Ann Davis, Marist College
JEL Classifications
C6 – Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling
B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
An Evolutionary Theory of Capabilities and Sustainability
Jacob Assa, United Nations Development Programme
The Anthropocene: Implications for Scientific (and/or Capitalist) Revolution
Ann Davis, Marist College
Computer Simulation Experiments of Participatory Annual Planning
Robin Hahnel, Portland State University
Mitchell Szczepanczyk, OpenMarkets
Michael Weisdorf, Portland State University
Morishima’s Optimum Values: A Moore-Penrose Pseudo-inverse Approach
Bangxi Li, Tsinghua University
Yihan Zhao, Tsinghua University