PEF Summer School 2018

20 Years of Expanding Economic Thinking

Venue: Bronfman Building, 1001 Sherbrooke Street West, McGill University (Room TBD)
Date: Thursday May 31, 2018
Time: 8am – 5:45pm, followed by a social

Learn in a day what you may have missed from a year of regular classes
about the cutting edge economic issues that everyone is talking about.

Our one-day Summer School will take place the day before the Canadian Economics Association annual conference at McGill University, June 1-3. The summer school aims to help nurture a new generation of economists and researchers who will explore practical and theoretical problems from an unconventional perspective.

Registration is $20, covering lunch, refreshments and one drink at the evening social. Out-of-town participants are responsible for their own travel costs; however, limited travel scholarships may be available for select participants.

To register for the English stream: click here

Pour vous enregistrer à l’école en français: veuillez voir ici

Questions: pefsummerschool@gmail.com

Meet established and aspiring progressive economists. Speakers include:

• Hassan Bougrine (Professor, Laurentian University)
• Mathieu Dufour (Professor, Université du Québec en Outaouais)
• Audrey Laurin-Lamothe (Post-Doc, Université du Québec en Outaouais)
• Joëlle Leclaire (Professor, The State University of New York, Buffalo State)
• Eric Pineault (Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Louis-Philippe Rochon (Professor, Laurentian University)
• Mario Seccareccia (Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa)

Program (English stream)

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Welcome – David Pringle (President of PEF), Coffee

8:45 – 9:45 a.m. The methodological differences between the various schools of thought Hassan Bougrine, Laurentian University

9:45 – 10:45 a.m. The pirouette in fiscal policy framework and its implementation since before the financial crisis Mario Seccareccia, University of Ottawa

10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 p.m.  Economic growth in Canada: What’s in it for workers? Mathieu Dufour, Université du Québec en Outaouais

12:00  – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. The imperative of ecological transition: some heterodox insights on catalysts, barriers and counter forces to economic change in advanced capitalism Eric Pineault, Université du Québec à Montréal

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. The ‘Quiet Evolution’: Monetary policy or there and back again Louis-Philippe Rochon, Laurentian University

3:15 – 3:3o p.m. Coffee break

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. The Link between Household Debt, Private Sector Firms and Government Joëlle Leclaire, The State University of New York, Buffalo State

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. The Financialization of the Firm and the Economy Audrey Laurin-Lamothe, Université du Québec en Outaouais

5:30 – 5:45 p.m. Concluding remarks and survey

6:30 – 9 p.m.  Social (Location TBD)

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Programme pour le cours en français:

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Enregistrement

8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Bienvenue – Louis-Philippe Rochon, Laurentian University

8:45 – 9:45 a.m. L’économie va bien, mais qu’en est-il des travailleurs? Mathieu Dufour, Université du Québec en Outaouais

9:45 – 10:45 a.m. L’évolution tranquille: la politique monétaire depuis la crise Louis-Philippe Rochon, Laurentian University

2:15 – 3:15 p.m. La pirouette en politique budgétaire avant la crise financière: changements dans le cadre the?orique et nouvelles pratiques Mario Seccareccia, University of Ottawa

3:15 – 3:3o p.m. Pause-café

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. L’impératif de transition écologique: perspectives hétérodoxes sur les moteurs, les barrières et les contre forces de changement économique dans le capitalisme avancé Eric Pineault, Université du Québec à Montréal

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Les différences méthodologiques entre les écoles de pensée en économie Hassan Bougrine, Laurentian University

5:30 – 5:45 p.m. Mot de la fin et questionnaire

6:30 – 9 p.m. Pub