THE GLOBAL CRISIS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CRITIQUE OF
ECONOMIC THEORY AND POLICY
26-27 January 2010
University of Siena - Faculty of Economics
Piazza San Francesco 7 – Siena (Italy)
Aula “Romani”
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY
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University
of Siena – Faculty of Economics – Aula “Romani” |
8.45 – 9.15 |
Coffee available |
9.15 – 9.45 |
Welcome
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9.45 – 10.15 |
Introduction
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10.15 – 11.45
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FIRST SESSION |
10.15 – 11.00 |
Economy and Economics: the Twin Crises
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11.00 – 11.45 |
Changes in Income Distribution, Financial Disorder and Crisis
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11.45 – 12.00 |
Coffee break |
12.00 – 13.30
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SECOND SESSION |
12.00 – 12.45 |
The Great Recession and the Third Crisis of Economic Theory
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12.45 – 13.30 |
A Critique of Interpretations of the Crisis based on the “Taylor Rule”
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13.30 – 14.45 |
Lunch |
14.45 – 17.00
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THIRD SESSION |
14.45 – 15.30 |
Income Distribution and Borrowing. Tracking the U.S. Economy with |
15.30 – 16.15 |
As if Nothing Were Going to Happen: a Search for Warnings |
16.15 – 17.00 |
Property
Rights in the Knowledge Economy: an Explanation of the Crisis
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17.00 – 17.15 |
Coffee break |
17.15 – 19.30
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FOURTH SESSION |
17.15 – 18.00 |
Changes in the “Functional” Distribution of Income in Italy and Europe
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18.00 – 18.45 |
Labour Market Deregulation and the Global Crisis: |
18.45 – 19.30 |
The Tendential Fall of the Profit Rate. Back to the Future?
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20.45 - 22.30 |
Conference dinner Ristorante Guido - Vicolo Pier Pettinaio 7 - Siena
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WEDNESDAY
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University of Siena – Faculty of Economics – Aula “Romani”
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9.00 – 11.15
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FIFTH SESSION |
9.00 – 9.45 |
Globalization and Great Crisis
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9.45 – 10.30 |
Key
Currencies, the Global Crisis and the Way Out. A Circuit Approach
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10.30 – 11.15 |
The Global Crisis in Low-Middle Income Countries. |
11.15 – 11.30 |
Coffee break |
11.30 – 13.00
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SIXTH SESSION |
11.30 – 12.15 |
Privatisation,
Reproduction and Crisis: the Case of Utilities
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12.15 – 13.00 |
Distribution and Accumulation in a Classical-Keynesian |
13.00 – 14.00
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DISCUSSION AND SUMMING UP |
Official language of the conference: ITALIAN |
Conference organized by
With the support of
And the contribution of |
Organization
Secretariat |