Author: Elba Collier

Sunday, January 3 10:15 a.m. Hilton Atlanta, Room 214
The Financial Crisis: Where Do We Go From Here?
Presiding: Martha A. Starr, American University
David A. Zalewski, Providence College – Securitization, Social Distance, and Financial Crises
Marc Hayford and A.G. Malliaris, Loyola University of Chicago – Financial Instabilities, Asset Prices and the Financial Crisis 0f 2007-09: Theories and Policies
Edward J. Kane, Boston College – The U.S. Contribution to the Global Financial Crisis: Causes, Wrong Turns, and Ways Forward
Discussants: John Tiemstra, Calvin College
L. Randall Wray, University of Missouri Kansas City
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Sunday, January 3 2:30 p.m. Hilton Atlanta, Room 214
Public Policy from a Post Keynesian Perspective
Presiding: Steve Pressman, Monmouth University
Alexandra Bernasek, Colorado State University – Single-Payer Health Care
Robert Scott, Monmouth University – Making College Affordable Again: A Post Keynesian Perspective
Richard Holt, Southern Oregon University – A Base level Income for Retirement Programs
Steve Pressman, Monmouth University – Keynes, Family Allowances, and Post Keynesian Anti-Poverty Policy
Discussants: Kellin Stanfield, DePauw University
Fred Lee, University of Missouri Kansas City
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Sunday, January 3 4:45 p.m. Hilton Atlanta, Room 408
ASE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
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Monday, January 4 7:45 a.m. Hilton Atlanta, Grand Ballroom B
PRESIDENTIAL BREAKFAST AND AWARDS Presentations
Presiding: BETSY JANE CLARY, College of Charleston
MORRIS ALTMAN, Victoria University of Wellington—In the Pursuit of Freedom: The Behavioral and Institutional Foundations for the Formation and Actualization of Preferences
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Monday, January 4 10:15 a.m. Hilton Atlanta, Room 201
The Economic Crisis and the Ivory Tower: A Roundtable Discussion
Presiding: Zohreh Emami, Alverno College of Charleston
Diane Flaherty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Korkut Ertuk, University of Utah
James Sturgeon, University of Missouri Kansas City
Discussants: Panel Members
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Monday, January 4 12:30 p.m. Hilton Atlanta, Room 201
Alternative Perspectives of A “Good Society”
Presiding: John Marangos, University of Crete, Greece
Janet Knoedler and Geoffrey Schneider, Bucknell University – An Institutional Vision of a Good Economy
Mathew Forstater, University of Missouri Kansas City – The Post Keynesian Perspective of a Good Economy
Al Campbell, University of Utah – The Marxist Concept of a Good Society
Janice Peterson, California State University Fresno – A Good Society: Feminist Perspectives
John MarangoS and Nikos Astroulakis, University of Crete, Greece – The Development Ethics Perspective of a Good Society
Discussant: Ellen Mutari, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
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Monday, January 4 2:30 p.m. Hilton Atlanta, Grand Salon B
Income Inequality and Well-Being
Presiding: BETSY JANE CLARY, College of Charleston
Introduction: JAMES R. SPLETZER, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics – The Current Income Distribution in the United States
RICHARD WILKINSON, Nottingham University, U.K. and KATE PICKETT, York University, U.K. – The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
Discussants: Panel Members
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Tuesday, January 5 8:00 a.m. Hilton Atlanta, Room 214
Socio-Distributional Effects of the Financial Crisis
Presiding: William darity, Duke University
Robert I. Lerman, Urban Institute and American University – Rent Subsidies and Home Ownership: A Policy for Today’s Housing Crisis and the Future
Niki T. Dickerson, Rutgers University and William E. Spriggs, U.S. Department of Labor – What Portends for Blacks in the Current
Recession? An Examination of the 1980 Recession for Clues
Cynthia Bansak, St. Lawrence University and MARTHA A. STARR, American University– Who Pays the Price When Housing Bubbles Burst? Evidence form the American Community Survey
Discussants: Raphael Bostic, University of Southern California
Richard Martin, University of Georgia
Karl Case, Wellesley College
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Tuesday, January 5 10:15 a.m. Hilton Atlanta, Room 214
Public Policy: The Role of Government in Achieving Well-Being
Presiding: Deborah M. Figart, Richard Stockton College of NJ
Spencer J. Pack, Connecticut College – Government, Public Policy, and Social Change: Canonical Insights from Aristotle, Smith, and Marx
Suhyun Jung, University of Minnesota, SEONG-HOON CHO, and ROLAND K. ROBERTS, University of Tennessee Knoxville – Investigating the Efficiency of Government Expenditure on Poverty Reduction
Ellen Mutari, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey – Minimum Wage Laws and the Good Society
Rojhat B. Avsar, University of Utah – On the “Post-Partisan” Rhetoric of Social Security
Wilfred A. Dolfsma, University of Groningen, The Netherlands – Government Failure – 4 Types
Discussants: John B. Davis, University of Amsterdam and Marquette University
Jonathan Wight, University of Richmond
John F. Henry, University of Missouri Kansas City

Opening Plenary Session and Reception
Saturday, January 2, 6:30 p.m.
Hilton Atlanta, Grand Ballroom A
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University
Homo economics: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Economic Theory
Betsy Jane Clary, College of Charleston, Presiding
Reception Immediately Following

ASSOCIATION for
SOCIAL ECONOMICS

Program of Special Events and Sessions
ASE/ASSA Meetings
January 2-5, 2010, Atlanta, GA

SPECIAL Plenary Session and Reception
Monday, January 4, 2:30 p.m.
Hilton Atlanta, Grand Salon B
James R. Spletzer, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Current Income Distribution in the U.S.
Richard Wilkinson, Nottingham University
Kate Pickett, York University
The Spirit Level:
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
Betsy Jane Clary, College of Charleston, Presiding

PRESIDENTIAL BREAKFAST AND AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
Monday, January 4, 7:45 a.m.
Hilton Atlanta, Grand Ballroom B
Morris Altman, Victoria University of Wellington
In the Pursuit of Freedom: The Behavioral and
Institutional Foundations for the Formation and
Actualization of Preferences
Betsy Jane Clary, College of Charleston, Presiding