Event: Robin Hahnel, professor of economics at American University, will question the logic of TINA — Margaret Thatcher’s famous statement that “There Is No Alternative” to capitalism. Drawing on his work on participatory economics, Hahnel will discuss other economic models and examine political strategies for moving toward a more just distribution of resources.
This event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Senior Fellows honors program of the College of Communication.
When: noon-1:30 p.m., March 28, 2008
Where: LBJ Conference Room (CMA 5.160) in the College of Communication
Background: Hahnel has taught at universities in England, Peru and Cuba. He has collaborated with Michael Albert in writing on participatory economics (Looking Forward: Participatory Economics for the Twenty First Century and The Political Economy of Participatory Economics) and also is the author of three recent books analyzing the global economy: “Panic Rules! Everything You Need to Know About the Global Economy”; “The ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach”; and “Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation.”
###
Contact:
Robert Jensen
(512) 471-1990