2010-11
The Politics of Economic Crisis Speaker Series
How do governments and the people they govern react to economic crises? Do our current theories account for differences across countries, time, and level of economic development? Who gets blamed for crises and who pays the costs of ending them?
All events for this series will be held at 4:30 p.m. in 216 Aaron Burr Hall, unless otherwise noted.
February 3
A Ticket to Ride: Citizen Investors' Political Response to the Market Roller Coaster
Wendy Rahn (University of Minnesota)
February 11
Fiscal Responses to the Economic Contraction of 2008-09
David Cameron (Yale University)
Noon
February 24
The World Economy, Political Control, and Responsibility for Economic Conditions
Timothy Hellwig (Indiana University)
March 3
Networks and Ideational Power: The Rise and Decline of Keynesianism during the Economic Crisis
Henry Farrell (George Washington University)
March 9
The Contest of Lobbies and Disciplines: Financial Politics and Regulatory Reform in the Obama Administration
Daniel Carpenter (Harvard University)
March 31
The Dog That Did Not Bark: Anti-Americanism and the Financial Crisis
Sophie Meunier (Princeton University)
April 7
Globalization, Growth, and Redistribution
Carles Boix (Princeton University)
April 14
Democracy, the Left, and Inequality in Latin America
Evelyne Huber and John Stephens (University of North Carolina)
April 21
Explaining Patterns of Emerging Markets' Response to the Crisis
Daniela Campello (Princeton University)
3rd Floor Atrium, Aaron Burr Hall
April 25
Income Inequality and Redistribution Policy in Japan
Naokatsu Hikotani (Japan Ministry of Finance)
216 Aaron Burr Hall
2010–11
WORKSHOP
March 5–6, 2011
The Connection between Economic Crisis and Inequality
216 Aaron Burr Hall
For more information, please contact Jayne Bialkowski
Participants
Larry Bartels, (Princeton University)
Nancy Bermeo (Oxford University)
James K. Galbraith (University of Texas)
Lane Kenworthy (University of Arizona)
Branko Milanovic (Oxford University)
Salvatore Morelli (Oxford University)
Jonas Pontusson (University of Geneva)
Kenneth Scheve (Yale University)
David Stasavage (New York University
Suggested Readings
1. Historical studies of inequality:
Galbraith , “Inequality and Economic and Political Change”
Krugman, “Inequality and Crises: Coincidence or Causation?” (slides)
Acemoglu , “Thoughts on Inequality and the Financial Crisis” (slides)
3. Policy responses to economic crises:
Pop-Eleches, "From Crisis to Reform: Partisan Responses to Economic Crises in Latin America and Eastern Europe"
Almunia et al ., “From Great Depression to Great Credit Crisis: Similarities, Differences and Lessons”
Cameron , “Fiscal Responses to the Economic Contraction of 2008-09”
McCarty , “The Politics of the Pop: The Effects of Ideology, Partisanship, and Interest in the Response to the U.S. Finance Crisis and Great Recession”
4. Social and political ramifications of economic crises:
Smeeding et al ., “Poverty and Income Inequality over the Early Stages of the Great Recession”
Solt , “Economic Inequality and Democratic Political Engagement”
Heathcote et al ., “Inequality in Times of Crisis: Lessons from the Past and a First Look at the Current Recession”
FALL 2010
October 23–24, 2010
Conference
Government Responses to the Economic Crisis
Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY
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