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Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy:
A Conference Honoring Professor John Roemer on his 60th Birthday
Dates: May 6-7, 2005
Place: Gordon Hall Conference Room (3rd Floor), UMass at Amherst (418 N Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01002)
Organizer: Woojin Lee (Associate Professor of Economics, UMass at Amherst ) 413-545-3412
Secretary: Judy Fogg (PERI, UMass at Amherst) 413-577-1099
This conference is made possible by generous support from the following institutes:
Political Economy Research Institute (Directors: Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein), UMass Amherst
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Dean: Janet Rifkin), UMass Amherst
Department of Economics (Chair: Diane Flaherty), UMass Amherst
Center for International and Area Studies (Director: Ian Shapiro), Yale University
Cowles Foundation (Director: John Geanakoplos), Yale University
Department of Political Science (Chair, William Foltz), Yale University
We are most grateful to all of them.
Foreword to the Conference (by Woojin Lee)
A Short Biography of John Roemer (by Woojin Lee)
LODGING:
University Lodge (Main Hotel)
345 N. Pleasant Street
Amherst , MA 01002
Phone: 413-256-8111
The Lord Jeffery Inn
30 Boltwood Avenue
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-253-2576
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Date 0: May 5 (Thursday)
| 6:40 pm-8:40 pm | Dinner with external participants who arrive one day early. Woojin Lee will meet external participants in the lobby of the main hotel (University Lodge) at 6:20 pm. Restaurant: Pinocchio Italian Restaurant, 30 Boltwood Wk, 413-256-4110 |
Date 1: May 6 (Friday)
| 7:50 am-8:30 am | Breakfast (on site) |
| 8:30 am-8:40 am | Opening announcement and acknowledgement (Woojin Lee) Economics Chair’s welcoming message (Diane Flaherty) |
| 8:40 am - 10:40 am | Session 1: Economic Theory Evolving (Chair: Woojin Lee) Joaquim Silvestre (UC Davis, Economics) coauthored with Antoni Bosch-Domenech The Gain-Loss Asymmetry and Single-Self Preferences Discussant: Juan Moreno-Ternero (U of Alicante and Yale, Economics) Glenn Loury (Boston University, Economics) coauthored with Hanming Fang Toward an Economic Theory of Dysfunctional Identity Discussant: Donald Katzner (UMass Amherst, Economics) |
| 10:40 am-10:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am-12:50 pm | Session 2: Transition Economies (Chair: Peter Skott) Louis Putterman (Brown University, Economics) China’s Encounter with Market Socialism: Approaching Managed Capitalism by Indirect Means Discussant: Andong Zhu (UMass at Amherst, Economics) David Kotz (UMass Amherst, Economics) Discussant: Andong Zhu (UMass at Amherst, Economics) |
| 12:50 pm-1:50 pm | Lunch (on site) |
| 1:50 am - 3:50 pm | Session 3: Race and Redistributive Politics (Chair: Glenn Loury) Rajiv Sethi (Barnard College, Economics) coauthored with Brendan O’Flaherty Racial Stereotypes and Robbery Discussant: Juan Moreno-Ternero (U of Alicante and Yale, Economics) Michael Wallerstein (Yale University, Political Science) coauthored with David Austen-Smith Redistribution and Affirmative Action Discussant: Humberto Llavador (U of Pompeu Fabra and Yale, Economics) |
| 3:50 pm-4:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Session 4: Democracy and Redistribution (Chair: Rajiv Sethi) Ian Shapiro (Yale University, Political Science) coauthored with Mayling Birney Political Uses of Public Opinion: Lessons from the Estate Tax Repeal Discussant: Gerald Epstein (UMass at Amherst, Economics) Ignacio Ortuno-Ortin: (University of Alicante, Economics) coauthored with Klaus Desmet and Shlomo Weber Peripheral Diversity and Redistribution Discussant: Matt Riddle (UMass at Amherst, Economics) |
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm |
Break |
6:40 pm - 8:40 pm |
Dinner (Amherst Chinese: 62 Main Street, 413-253-7835) |
Date 2: May 7 (Saturday)
| 8:00 am-8:40 am | Breakfast (on site) |
| 8:40 am - 10:40 am | Session 5: Terrorism and Violence in Modern Times (Chair: Louis Putterman) Stathys Kalyvas (Yale University, Political Science) coauthored with Mattew Kocher Dynamics of Violence in Civil WarDiscussant: Gerald Friedman (UMass at Amherst, Economics) Gerald Cohen (Oxford University, Philosophy) Casting the First Stone: Who Can, and Who Can't, Condemn the Terrorists?Discussant: William Simon (Columbia University, Law School) |
| 10:40 am-10:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am-12:50 pm | Session 6: Gender, Values and Political Economy (Chair: Wei Cui) Nancy Folbre (UMass at Amherst, Economics) Add Gender and Spin: Rethinking Political Coalitions in the U.S. Discussant: Sarah Song (MIT, Political Science) Woojin Lee (UMass at Amherst, Economics) coauthored with John Roemer Values and Politics in the US: An Equilibrium Analysis of the 2004 Election Discussant: Mayling Birney (Yale University, Political Science) |
| 12:50 pm-1:50 pm | Lunch (on site) |
| 1:50 am - 3:50 pm | Session 7: Exploitation and/or Inequality (Chair: Ignacio Ortuno-Ortin) Roberto Veneziani (University of London, Economics) What is Exploitation? Roemer’s Theory of Exploitation in a Dynamic Context Discussant: Gilbert Skillman (Wesleyian University, Economics) Peter Skott (UMass at Amherst, Economics) and Frederick Guy (Birkbeck College, Management) Power-biased Technological Change and the Rise in Earnings Inequality Discussant: William Gibson (University of Vermont, Economics) |
| 3:50 pm-4:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Session 8: Capitalism and Justice (Chair: William Simon) Robert Brenner (UCLA, History) After Boom, Bubble, Bust: Where is the US Economy Going? Discussion: Free discussion open to the public Philippe van Parijs (University of Louvain and Harvard, Philosophy) Global Justice according to Roemer: Three Interpretations Discussion: Free discussion open to the public |
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm |
Break |
6:40 pm - 8:40 pm |
Dinner (Monkey Bar & Grille, 63 North Pleasant Street, 413-259-1600) |