EPS's 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner
honoring our founding co-chairs, Kenneth Arrow and Lawrence Klein

You are cordially invited to join us

Sunday, January 4, 2009
in the San Fracisco Hilton

Thanks to support from the One Earth Future Foundation we are able to offer tickets at a substantial discount.
Tickets are $75; $50 for EPS members who register before December 19;
$20 for students.

To register, please send an email to Thea Harvey (theaharvey@epsusa.org) and then click here to pay for your ticket.

Allied Social Sciences Associations/ American Economics Association meetings

EPS will host two sessions at the Allied Social Sciences Associations (ASSA) meetings January 3–5, 2009, in San Francisco:

Session One, Saturday, January 3 at 10:15am in the Hilton Union Square Rooms 15 and 16
Inequality: Economic, Fiscal and Financial, and Societal Dimensions

    Presiding: Allen Sinai, Chief Global Economist, Decision Economics, Inc.

    Presenters and papers:

  • James K. Galbraith, Professor of Economics, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy, University of Texas - Austin
    Title:  Inequality, Unemployment, and Growth
  • Robert J. Gordon, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University and NBER
    Title:  Rising Inequality at the Bottom and Top
  • Benjamin M. Friedman, William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University
    Title:  Widening Inequality: Implications for the Economy and Society
  • David A. Smith, Chief Economist, House Financial Services Committee, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress
    Title:  Inequality and the Making of Monetary Policy

Discussants:  Inequality, Fiscal and Financial Aspects, Policy Possibilities

  • Allen Sinai, Decision Economics, Inc.
  • Jeffrey Madrick, Challenge Magazine

 

Session Two, Sunday, January 4 at 2:30pm in the Hilton Union Square Rooms 15 and 16
Roundtable on Global Security and the Global Financial System: The Challenges Ahead

Presiding: Michael Intriligator, University of California at Los Angeles and Economists for Peace and Security

Presenters:

  • Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University
  • Lawrence Klein, University of Pennsylvania
  • William Sharpe, Stanford University
  • Michael Lind, New America Foundation
  • Linda Bilmes, Harvard University

 

Please note: at the last ASSA meetings in New Orleans, conference rate hotel rooms sold out very early. The conference organizers have therefore asked that we forward this message: favorable ASSA hotel rates are negotiated ONLY for those who register for the ASSA meetings. Starting this year, you first must register for the meetings to qualify for the negotiated hotel rates. Once registered, you will receive an identification number that is required to gain access to hotel reservations. If you register online, you will get an email confirmation within minutes; it will contain the registration ID number. If you register by fax, you will get an email confirmation within 3 days. If you register by mail, you will get an email confirmation within 2 weeks. If you do not receive a confirmation within these time frames, contact ASSA staff at assa@vanderbilt.edu. It is likely that the main conference hotel, the Hilton, is already sold out. Please register as soon as possible to book a hotel room near the conference.

Registration and housing are available online at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/Annual_Meeting/index.htm

PLEASE ALSO NOTE: the 2009 ASSA Meetings are to be held Saturday through Monday.