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AAAS - African/African American Studies
ABS - Association For Borderland Studies
AFIT - Economics (Association For Institutional Thought)
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PA - Public Administration
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SW - Social Work
URPE - Union For Radical Political Economists
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WGBL - Women's, Gender, & LGBTQ Studies

AFIT - Economics (Association For Institutional Thought)

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 1, URPE 1 - Pedagogy and the Pandemic

04-13-2023 8:00 am -9:30 am
Jokake

Geoffrey Schneider
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Bucknell University

 

Moderator: David Brennan, Franklin, and Marshall College

 

Discussants: The panelists

 

“Using the COVID crisis to teach the consequences of different theories of crisis”, David Brennan, Franklin, and Marshall College
“Pluralism in Economics Education in American Colleges and Universities”, Hamid Azari-Rad, State University of New York at New Paltz

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 2, URPE 2 - Pedagogy and the Pandemic, II: Gen Z, the Long Tail of the Pandemic, and changes in teaching and learning economics: A Roundtable Discussion

04-13-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Jokake

Geoffrey Schneider
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Bucknell University

 

Moderator: Jacob Powell, Bucknell University

 

Roundtable participants:

Paula Cole, University of Denver

Erik Dean, Portland Community College

Yan Liang, Willamette University

Liudmila Malyshava, Bard College

Jacob Powell, Bucknell University

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 3 - Institutional Economics and Geopolitics: The Ukrainian Case

04-13-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Augustine

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: TBD

 

Discussants: The panelists

 

“How to Rebuild the Economic of Post-War Ukraine: The Perspective of Traditional Institutionalism”, Anna Klimina, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

 “Russia’s War on Ukraine through MMT Lens”, Oleksandr Valchyshen, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College and University of Missouri-Kansas City

“Crashing Collusion: NFC, Cold War and Cults of Heroic Death”, Karol Gil-Vasquez, Nichols College and Boston University, Wolfram Elsner, Bremen University

13
Apr
2023

AFIT - Board Meeting

04-13-2023 11:30 am -12:50 pm
Augustine

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 4 - Contemporary Challenges from an Institutional Approach

04-13-2023 1:00 pm -2:30 pm
Augustine

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: TBD

 

Discussants: The panelists

 

“Moral Foundations Characteristics of Economists: Efficiency, Inequality, and Beyond”, Kevin W. Capehart, California State University, Fresno

“In Defense of Lean Operations and Just-in-Time Inventory”, Larry Wigger, University of Missouri- Kansas City

“Institutional Challenges to the Antitrust Regulation of Digital Platforms” , Lukas Munoz, Elmhurst University

“Using the COVID Crisis to Teach the Consequences of Different Theories of Crisis”, David Brennan, Franklin and Marshall College

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 5 - Modern Monetary Theory

04-13-2023 1:00 pm -2:30 pm
Jokake

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: Randall Wray, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

 

Discussants: Panelists

 

“Habits of Thought and MMT’s Efficacy”, Jacob Power and William Waller Jr., Bucknell University

“MMT Consistent View of Capital Flows”, Oleksandr Valchyshen, University of Missouri, Kansas City and Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

“The Need to Reconcile Low Inflation, Economic Growth and Financial Stability” Arturo Huerta, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) 

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 6 - Modern and Moral Economies of Money

04-13-2023 2:45 pm -4:15 pm
Augustine

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

In this roundtable, participants will be discussing two books Jakob Feinig's Moral Economies of Money: Politics and the Monetary Constitution of Society and Randy Wray's Making Money Work for Us: How MMT Can Save America

 

Moderator: Benjamin Wilson, SUNY Cortland

 

Discussants:
Rojhat B. Asvar, Columbia College Chicago 
Yan Liang, Willamette University
Michael Schmidt, University of Missouri-Kansas City

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 7 - Institutional Approach to Problems of the Collective

04-13-2023 2:45 pm -4:15 pm
Jokake

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: Erik Dean, Portland Community College 

 

Discussants: Panelists

 

“Problem without a Public”, Robert Kemp, KEMPHE

“Radical Ecology and Original Institutional Economics: How Can They Collaborate for Devising More Effective Sustainable Policies?, Arturo Hernann, Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)

“Cars over People, Path Dependency of the United States Car Centric Mobility Model”, Daniel DeWitz, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

“The Going Concern and Regionalization: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Role of Regional Intergovernmental Organizations” , Avraham Baranes and Timony Hazen, Elmhurts University 

13
Apr
2023

AFIT 8 - AFIT-AFEE 18th Annual Student Scholars Award Competition Winners

04-13-2023 4:30 pm -6:00 pm
Jokake

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Moderator: Yan Liang, Wright State University, AFIT President

 

Discussants: Panelists

“Capital Market Inflation in a Stagnationist Theory of Institutional Adjustment”, Nitin Nair, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

“The Social and Intellectual Origins of the ‘Enculturated Actor’”, Paul Nasca, Westminster College

“Fault and Restitution in the Freedman’s Bank Crisis”, Ely Melchior Fair, University of Missouri-Kansas City

14
Apr
2023

AFIT 9 - Roundtable: “A Modern Guide to Post-Keynesian Institutional Economics by Charles Whalen”

04-14-2023 8:00 am -9:30 am
Sand Lotus

Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College

 

Chair:  Jack Reardon, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

 

Participants:
Avraham Baranes, Elmhurts University 
Thomas Kemp, KEMPHE
Janice Peterson, California State University, Fresno
Yan Liang, Willamette University
Reynold F. Nesiba, Augustana University
William Waller, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Barbara Hopkins, Wright State University