[URPE] [NYC] CEPA: SCEPA Workshop--February 6th--Francisco Rodriguez, Wesleyan University

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The Spring 2008 SCEPA Economic Policy Workshop Series kicks off next
week with:

Francisco Rodriguez, Wesleyan University
"Cleaning Up the Kitchen Sink: Growth Empirics when the World is Not
Simple"

To download the paper visit:
http://newschool.edu/cepa/events/events_epwksp.htm

Workshop will be held Wednesday, February 6th from 12:30 p.m.-2:00
p.m.
79 Fifth Avenue (Entrance at 6 east 16 St.), 10th Floor, Room 1009
FREE and open to the New School community and the public. No RSVP
necessary.

Francisco Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of Economics and Latin
American Studies at Wesleyan University. He is a Venezuelan economist
interested in economic growth, political economy, and international
trade.  Before coming to Wesleyan, he served as Chief Economist of the
Venezuelan National Assembly from 2000 to 2004. He has taught at
University of Maryland, College Park and the Instituto de Estudios
Superiores de Administración.

AND...

Don't Forget to RSVP for The 3rd Annual Robert Heilbroner Memorial
Lecture on the Future of Capitalism!

“How Thinking Like An Economist Undermines Community”

featuring:
Professor Stephen A. Marglin, Walter S. Barker Professor of Economics
at Harvard University and author of The Dismal Science: How Thinking
Like An Economist Undermines Community (Harvard University Press).

Date:  Thursday, February 14, 2008
Time:   6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. (followed by a reception)
Place: 65 Fifth Avenue, Wolff Conference Room, 2nd Fl.
RSVP Required to cepa at newschool.edu or 212.229.5901 x4911


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