Conference on Globalization, Inequality and Poverty
Organized by the Economics Department of University of Utah, and Co-Sponsored by The Ford Foundation and The Levy Economics Institute
(November 18-19, 2004, Alumni House, Burbidge Room, University of Utah)
Session I: Impact of Globalization on Income/Employment Insecurity, Inequality and Poverty in Advanced Capitalist Countries.
(November 18, 2:30 – 5:00 pm.)
Moderator: Kenneth Jameson, Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Ajit Zacharias, Research Scholar, Levy Economics Institute
“The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Wellbeing.”
Thomas Palley, Chief Economist, US - China Economic & Security Review Commission
“The Causes of High Unemployment and Labor Market Sclerosis vs. Macroeconomic Policy.”
William A. Darity, Jr., Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Economics and Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“Discrimination in US Labor Markets. Evidence from Census 2000.”
Peter Philips, Professor of Economics, University of Utah, and Norman Waitzman, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Utah
“Examining the Ties That Bind: Domestic Construction in a Global Economy.”
Discussants:
Willam Darity, Jr., Cary C. Boshamer Professor of Economics and Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Matias Vernengo, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Peter Philips, Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Cihan Bilginsoy, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Session II: Impact of Globalization on Income/Employment Insecurity, Inequality and Poverty in the Developing World
(November 19, 2004, 9:00 am – 11:30 pm.)
Moderator: Steve Reynolds, Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Adolfo Figueroa, Dean Social Science Faculty, Catholic University of Peru
“Economic Theory of Socially Heterogeneous Societies.”
Gunseli Berik, Associate Professor of Economics and Gender Studies, University of Utah
“Trading Jobs and Inequality: Globalization and Wage Gaps in East Asia.”
Branco Milanovic, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
“Can We Discern the Effect of Globalization on Income Distribution? Evidence from Household Surveys”
David Kiefer, Professor of Economics Department, University of Utah & Shahrukh Khan, Professor of Economics, Mount Holyoke College “Revealed (or Imposed) Social Preferences for Equality and Growth”
Discussants:
Kenneth Jameson, Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Nilufer Cagatay, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Richard Freeman, Ascherman Professor of Economics, Harvard University
James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Government and Business and Professor of Government, University of Texas
Lunch Break
Session III: Public Policy Challenges: Fighting Global Inequalities and Poverty
(November 19, 2004, 1:00 pm – 3:30 p)
Moderator: Norman Waitzman, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Utah
Ajit Singh, Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow, Queens College and Ms. Ann Zammit, Consultant, UNRISD
Nilufer Cagatay, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Utah
“Gender and Globalization: a Macroeconomic Perspective”
James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Government and Business and Professor of Government, University of Texas
“What Might be Done.”
Rolph van der Hoeven, Manager of the Technical Secretariat of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, International Labor Organization, United Nations
Discussants:
Rolph van der Hoeven, Manager of the Technical Secretariat of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, International Labor Organization, United Nations
Ajit Zacharias, Research Scholar, Levy Economics Institute
Thomas Palley, Chief Economist, US - China Economic & Security Review Commission
Branko Milanovic, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Coffee Break
Round Table Discussion: Points of Agreement and Contention: Directions for Future Research
(November 19, 2004, 3:45 – 4:45 pm.)
Moderator: Korkut Erturk, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Utah
James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Government and Business and Professor of Government, University of Texas
Thomas Palley, Chief Economist, US - China Economic & Security Review Commission
Branko Milanovic, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ajit Singh, Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow, Queens College
Rolph van der Hoeven, Manager of the Technical Secretariat of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, International Labor Organization, United Nations