Activities

Upcoming Events

• Hinckley Institute Forum: “Finance in the Global Economy: Insights into Capital Development,” featuring Economics Professors Cihan Bilginsoy, Korkut Erturk,

          and Lance Girton.  Wednesday, April 17, 10:45 am, Hinckley Caucus Room. Co-sponsored by the Economics Undergraduate Student Advisory Committee. 

 

•  Economics Young Alumni Conversation, featuring Brigham Mellor (U of U Econ 2007), Economic Research Manager, Economic Development Corporation of Utah, and

  Jordan Smith (U of U Econ 2011), Operations Analyst, Goldman Sachs.  Thursday, April 18, 3:00 pm, JJR Library (OSH 336). Sponsored by the Department of Economics and the Econ Undergraduate

  Student Advisory Committee.

 

 

Affiliated Research Groups and Organizations

• The International Working Group on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics

               http://www.genderandmacro.org/

• The Health,Society and Policy Program

               bsh.utah.edu

• The Tanner Human Rights Center

               http://www.humanrights.utah.edu/

• The Asia Center

               http://www.hum.utah.edu/asian/

 

Recent Activities and Events

• Department of Economics/HESA Speaker Series 2012/2013

  •  Dr. Ramaa Vasudevan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Department of Economics "QE through the prism of the Barings crisis in 1890" April 12, 2013

  • Dr. Danile Tavani, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Department of Economics "Endogenous technical change in classical growth models" April 12, 2013

  •  Emeritus Professor, E.K. Hunt, University of Utah, Department of Economics "The Relevance of studying History of Economic Thought Today" March 29, 2013

  • Prof. Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Grün, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Department of Philosophy "The Concept of Alienation and the Idea of 'Praxis' in Karl Marx' philosophy" March 27, 2013
  • Anwar Shaikh,The New School for Social Research, March 22, 2013
  • Peter Skott, University of Massachusetts-Amherst,Department of Economics and Amitava Dutt, Notre Dame, Department of Political Science "Accumulation, Growth and Distribution in Post Keynesian Models" March, 1, 2013
  • Jaewhan Kim, University of Utah, Public Health "Disparities in Patient Experiences with Care in a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)" January 31, 2013
  • Dylan Fitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics "Development Chutes and Ladders: A Joint Impact Evaluation of Asset and Cash Transfers in Brazil" January 29, 2013
  • Daniela Zapata, Georgia State University, Georgia Health Policy Center "Health Insurance Coverage and Children's Cognitive Outcomes" January 24, 2013
  • Eric Sjoberg, Stockholm University, Department of Economics "Political Influence on Environmental Sanction Charges in Swedish Municipalities" January 22, 2013
  • Amanda Weinstein, Ohio State University, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics "Local Labor Market Restructuring in Shale Gas Booms"  January 17, 2013
  • Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) "The Downturn: How we got here and why it will be long." Novermber 14, 2012
  • Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute-New Dehli, Department of Economics "The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India: Implementation and Effects"  October 26, 2012
  • The Western States Graduate Workshop in Economics, October 20th, 2012

 

• Department of Economics/HESA Speaker Series 2011/2012
• Subhasish Dugar, University of Calgary Department of Economics "Workshops on Behavioral Game Theory and Laboratory Experiments" May 3, 2012
• Rudi Von Arnim, University of Utah, Department of Economics "Globalization as coordination failure: A Keynesian perspective" April, 13 2012
• Lance Taylor, New School for Research, Department of Economics "Maynard's Revenge:Keynesianism and the crisis & Real and financial cycles and growth" April 6, 2012
• James Galbraith, University of Texas-Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs "The Short Strange Life of the Keynesian Revival-and What it Left Out" March 2, 2012
• Thomas Palley, New America Foundation "From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics" March 2, 2012
• Minqi Li, University of Utah, Department of Economics "Peak Energy, Climate Change and The Limits to Global Economic Growth" February 17, 2012 
• Codrina Rada, University of Utah, Department of Economics February 10, 2012
• Ken Jameson, University of Utah, Department of Economics "Institutions and Economic Development: The State of the Debate" January 20, 2012
• Al Campbell, University of Utah, Department of Economics "The Ideology and Practice of the Mondragon Workers' Co-Ops" January 12, 2012
• Peter Ho, University of Denver, Department of Economics "Rethinking Trade and Commercial Policy Theories: Development Perspectives" December 2, 2011
• Armon Rezai, Vienna University of Economics and Business "Greenhouse Gas and Economic Growth" November 11,2011
• Gunseli Berik, University of Utah, Department of Economics, September 23,2011
• Marco Missaglia, University of Pavia, Department of Economics "Post Keynesian Macroeconomics and Money" March 11, 2011
• Ilene Grabel, University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, February 11, 2011