People & Things in Motion: Economics and the Future Saturday, February 26, 2022 at 2:30pm EST Past Event Watch the video » The Dismal Science seems to analyze and involve most aspects of our lives. While traditional macroeconomics continues to concern itself with natural rates of inflation and unemployment, with tariffs and taxes, with supply and demand, at both the meso- and micro-levels, economics has productively linked with sociology, social history, anthropology, and psychology. The field of behavioral economics , having adopted the methodology of experimental psychology, is now a full-fledged subgenre within the field. Many of its fascinating and useful insights have in turn seeded new lines of investigation in these sister disciplines. Now, less out of sheer academic exuberance and more by brute necessity, economics is applying its methods to recent natural and man-made disasters of global consequence. The triad of climate change, the mass migration of refugees, and the pandemic-driven disruptions of the supply chain has descended with alarming impact. In response, economics examines the movement of peoples and things amidst these disruptive forces, assaying their ramifications from both a birds eye view and up close. The effects on inflation, unemployment, family structure, healthcare, education, poverty and productivity are varied and profound. Our roundtable will look at the current dynamics of economics , and ask where the field may move in the 21 st century. Links shared during webinar: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo29143391.html https://howiehawkins.us/ecosocialist-green-new-deal/ https://climateandcapitalism.com/2022/01/05/a-critique-of-degrowth/ Roads to an Energy Commons: a pamphlet Participants: Nicholas Economides Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, NYU Nicholas Economides is a Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business of New York University, and Founder and Executive Director of the NET Institute. He has taught previously at Columbia University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. He is an internationally recognized academic authority on network economics, antitrust, and public policy. His fields of… read more » Robert H. Frank Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Cornell University Robert H. Frank is the HJ Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Cornell’s Johnson School of Management. His “Economic View” column has appeared in The New York Times since 2005. He received his B.S. in mathematics from Georgia Tech, then taught math and science for two years as a Peace Corps… read more » Richard Howarth Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College Editor-in-Chief, Ecological Economics Rich Howarth is an environmental and ecological economist who studies the interplay between economic analysis and the ecological, moral, and social dimensions of environmental governance. His topical interests focus on the valuation and management of ecosystem services; theories of discounting and intergenerational justice; climate stabilization policy; the ethical foundations of voluntary pro-environmental behaviors; and the… read more » Jennifer Jacquet Associate Professor, Departmant of Environmental Studies, NYU Director, XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement, NYU Jennifer Jacquet is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Director of XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at NYU. She is also deputy director of NYU’s Center for Environmental and Animal Protection and Affiliated Faculty in the Stern School of Business and the Center for Data Science. Her research focuses on animals and the environment, agnotology, and attribution and responsibility… read more » David W. Schwartzman Professor Emeritus, Biology, Howard University View Papers / Presentations » David W. Schwartzman, Professor Emeritus, Howard University (Washington DC, USA), PhD in Geochemistry from Brown University, USA. In 1999 (updated in paperback in 2002), he published Life, Temperature and the Earth (Columbia University), in addition to many papers in Capitalism Nature Socialism (CNS) and other journals. His most recent books are The Earth is Not for Sale (2019) with his older son Peter and The Global… read more »
Nicholas Economides Professor of Economics, Stern School of Business, NYU Nicholas Economides is a Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business of New York University, and Founder and Executive Director of the NET Institute. He has taught previously at Columbia University, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley. He is an internationally recognized academic authority on network economics, antitrust, and public policy. His fields of… read more »
Robert H. Frank Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Cornell University Robert H. Frank is the HJ Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Cornell’s Johnson School of Management. His “Economic View” column has appeared in The New York Times since 2005. He received his B.S. in mathematics from Georgia Tech, then taught math and science for two years as a Peace Corps… read more »
Richard Howarth Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College Editor-in-Chief, Ecological Economics Rich Howarth is an environmental and ecological economist who studies the interplay between economic analysis and the ecological, moral, and social dimensions of environmental governance. His topical interests focus on the valuation and management of ecosystem services; theories of discounting and intergenerational justice; climate stabilization policy; the ethical foundations of voluntary pro-environmental behaviors; and the… read more »
Jennifer Jacquet Associate Professor, Departmant of Environmental Studies, NYU Director, XE: Experimental Humanities & Social Engagement, NYU Jennifer Jacquet is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Director of XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at NYU. She is also deputy director of NYU’s Center for Environmental and Animal Protection and Affiliated Faculty in the Stern School of Business and the Center for Data Science. Her research focuses on animals and the environment, agnotology, and attribution and responsibility… read more »
David W. Schwartzman Professor Emeritus, Biology, Howard University View Papers / Presentations » David W. Schwartzman, Professor Emeritus, Howard University (Washington DC, USA), PhD in Geochemistry from Brown University, USA. In 1999 (updated in paperback in 2002), he published Life, Temperature and the Earth (Columbia University), in addition to many papers in Capitalism Nature Socialism (CNS) and other journals. His most recent books are The Earth is Not for Sale (2019) with his older son Peter and The Global… read more »