EPS at the 2021 AEA/ASSA Meetings

This event will be virtual.

Since its founding at the 1989 AEA meetings, EPS/ECAAR has maintained a strong presence at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Association's annual conference.

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EPS Sessions

Session One: Rethinking National Security

Chair: Dean Baker — Center for Economic and Policy Research

Participants:

• Mark Weisbrot — Center for Economic and Policy Research
  Topic: Funding supports for global poor, the IMF, the economics of moral hazard

• Linda Bilmes — Harvard University
  Topic: Rightsizing military spending post-pandemic

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Session Two: Rethinking Inequality

Chair: Jamie K. Galbraith — University of Texas at Austin

Participants:

• Joseph E. Stiglitz
  Topic: Responding effectively to inequality issues in face of global pandemic

• Jason Furman
  Topic: Banking and financial roles in preventing inequality

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