POLITICAL ECONOMY WEEK SCHEDULE FALL 2009

Day/Time Room                                        Topic Presenter
Monday 10/26    
8:00-9:15 578 The Electoral College: Why We Have It and Why We Should Abolish It Jennings
       
9:30-10:45 578 Market Fundamentalism: What led to the current Financial Instability? Shahrokhi
       
11:00-12:15 575 The World Economic Crisis and the International Financial Architecture Myers
       
12:30-1:45 575 The Music of Political Protest* Braunwarth
    *Prof. Braunwarth is requesting music contributions.  Please contact him at joe.braunwarth@gcccd.edu  
2:00-3:15 583 Who's to Blame for California's Disfunctional Government?  YOU ARE! Jennings
    How Propositions Have Crippled California Government   
       
5:30-6:45 577 Lessons From Comparative Politics: Improving U.S. Government Jennings
       
7:00-9:00 578 Is Christianity Destroying Western Civilization? Myers
     A Debate between Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza  
       
Tuesday 10/27    
8:00-9:15 579 Sustainable Development: Is there an Ecological Crisis? Shahrokhi
       
9:30-10:45 577 Will a New Economy Lead to New Values? Braunwarth
       
11:00-12:15 575 Liberal / Conservative Debate  Cummings
      & McGann
       
12:30-1:45 575 Shortcomings of the Neo-classical Economic Model Cummings
       
2:00-3:15 578 Pathways Out of Poverty Through Green Collar Jobs  Myers
    Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes, a Phi Theta Kappa Honors Seminar  
       
7:00-9:50 220 Crime and Punishment in California: A Judge's Perspective Wiley
       
Wednesday 10/28  
8:00-9:15 578 America's Great Recession:  What Caused our Current Economic Malaise? McGann
       
9:30-10:45 578 California Prison Woes Braunwarth
       
11:00-12:15 575 Like Your Weekend?  Thank a Union: Union Gains in the U.S. Jennings
12:30-1:45 575 The Negative Depiction of Women in Advertising Braunwarth
       
2:00-3:15 583 The Corporate States of America: The Death of American Democracy Jennings
       
5:30-6:45 535B Economists’ Dilemma: Can Efficiency lead to income inequality? Shahrokhi
       
7:00-9:00 575 Blue Gold World Water Wars - Video and Discussion Speckmann
       
Thursday  10/29    
8:00-9:15 577 Only We Can Fix Our Government: Fighting Cynicism in the U.S. Jennings
       
9:30-10:45 577 City of Dreams: A Radical Plan for Helping Poor Countries Myers
       
11:00-12:15 575 The Health Care Puzzle: Can Economics Help? Shahrokhi
       
12:30-1:45 575 The Case for Legalizing Drugs Smith
       
2:00-3:15 578 Facts vs. Fiction in the Healthcare Debate Cummings
       
4:00-5:15 551B A Debtor Nation: I.O.U.S.A Video & Discussion. McGann
       
5:30-6:45 551B Politics & the US Economy: Student Debate & Discussion McGann
       
Friday 10/30    
9:30-10:45 575 The Housing Bubble: An Analysis of the San Diego Housing  McGann
    Market's Boom & Bust.  
       
11:00-12:15 575 Gross Domestic Happiness Myers
       
12:30-1:45 575 Economics and the Environment: Adbusters Report Cummings