EPS at the 2012 AEA/ASSA Meetings
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.
EPS Sessions
Session One: The Economics of Regime Change (audio below)
Moderator: Richard Kaufman — Bethesda Research Group
Participants:
Roger Myerson — University of Chicago
Local Foundations for Strong DemocracyLinda Bilmes — Harvard University
Who Profited from the Iraq War?: An Analysis of the Beneficiaries of Iraq and Afghanistan War SpendingHamid Ali — American University in Cairo
The Economics of the Arab Spring: A View from EgyptJennifer Olmsted — Drew University
Women in TransitionsMark Weisbrot — Center for Economic and Policy Research
Report from the South American Spring
Session Two: Sustainability (audio below)
Moderator: James K. Galbraith — Economists for Peace and Security
Participants:
Robert J. Gordon — Northwest University (transcript)
Sustainable GrowthJ. Barkley Rosser — James Madison University (transcript)
Sustainable EnergyAllen Sinai — Decision Economics (transcript)
Sustainable JobsRichard Parker — Harvard University (transcript)
Sustainable European Union
Robert J. Gordon
Annual Dinner
Honoring Robert J. Gordon
Co-Chairs:
Richard Parker — Kennedy School, Harvard
Allen Sinai — Decision Economics, Inc.
Host Committee: Ernst Berndt, The Honorable Rebecca Blank, Alan Blinder, Andrew F. Brimmer, Erik Brynjolfsson, Robert Coen, Seth Ditchik, Barry Eichengreen, Alexander Field, Benjamin Friedman, Robert Hall, Dwight Jaffee, Dale Mortensen, Bill Nordhaus, James Poterba, Valerie Ramey, Matthew Shapiro, Robert Solow, James Stock, Mark Watson
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