Posts Tagged ‘Gerald Epstein’

Greece/Eurozone panel; Dying for Growth; Links

(1) Panel discussion with Mark Weisbrot, Jeffrey Frankel, and Richard Parker: I went to the panel discussion that D&S co-sponsored at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard (I had lobbied for it to be held somewhere more welcoming to non-academics) on Greece and the eurozone crisis.  The discussion was interesting, but I found it ...Read more.

A Code of Ethics for Economists

A quick holiday post: Hat-tip to KH about Gerald Epstein’s effort to get economists to adopt a code of ethics at the upcoming Allied Social Sciences Association meetings, January 6th through 9th.  (These are mainly the American Economics Association meetings, but I love how the name of the umbrella association makes it sound as if ...Read more.

Cat-Food Commission, Deficits, etc.

(1) The Cat-Food Commission–Oops!–I Mean the Deficit Commission: Two new articles posted to the D&S website just now:  Deficits: Real Issue, Phony Debates, by Rick Wolff (from the Nov/Dec issue), and The Deficit Commission and Redistribution, by Darwin BondGraham (web-only).  Check them out!  Joshua Holland also has a great article on deficits over at Alternet:  Why ...Read more.