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Cashing in the Real Peace Dividend: Restructuring the National and Global Economies for a Post Cold War World - Lloyd Dumas
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Lloyd Dumas taught economics at the City University of New York and engineering at Columbia University before becoming a professor of Political Economy at the University of Texas, Dallas. He is author of The Overburdened Economy: Uncovering the Causes of Chronic Unemployment and Inflation and National Decline and co-author of The Political Economy of Arms Reduction: Reversing Economic Decay and Making Peace Possible: The Promise of Economic Conversion. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

The Continuing Long Wave of Economic Decline - Ernest Mandel
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ernest Mandel is professor of political science at Vrije University of Brussels and is the author of many books including The Long Waves of Capitalist Development; The Second Slump, The Meaning of World War II, Marxist Economic Theory, Late Capitalism and Power and Money. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

Engendering Change: Women in the new World Order - Pamela Sparr
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Pamela Sparr is executive secretary for Development and Education Action in the Women's Division of the United Methodist Church. She is an economist, member of the Women's alternative Economic Network and Alt-WID (Women in Development) and editor of the book Mortgaging Women's Lives: Feminist Critiques of Structural Adjustment. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

Economy, Ecology, and Poetry - Jayne Cortez
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Jayne Cortez is a poet, author of 8 books and producer of 5 poetry recordings. her most recent publication is Poet Magnetic and her most recent record is Everywhere Drums. She is a recipient of the American book Award, the New York Artists Foundation Award for Poetry and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

U.S.-Japanese Relations: Are We On a Collision Course? - Mitsuya Goto
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Misuya Goto served in executive positions in Europe and Japan with the Nissan motor Company before forming his own international consulting firm for the auto industry. he was managing director for the Japan Center for International Exchange and is author of Speaking Out for Japan: My Discipline in Internationalism. He is an associate of Canada's Banff Centre for Management, on the board of advisors for the Belgian Business School, a member of the council of London's Policy study Institute and a recipient of the Benjamin Rush Award for Humanistic Values in Corporate Life. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

The New Geography of the World Economy - Richard Walker
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Richard Walker is professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Capitalist Imperative: Territory, Technology and Economic Growth The New Social Economy: reworking the Division of Labor and editor of the journal Antipode. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

Election Night: An Evening of Humor & Political Reflection - Ian Shoales
All Day – Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Protectionism and World Trade - Ronald Jones
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ronald Jones is a professor of economics at the University of Rochester. He is the author of World Trade Payments and International Trade Essays in Theory and has edited several books including The Political Economy of International Trade, Balance of Payments and growth and two volumes of the Handbook of International Economics. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

Deregulating a Continent: The North American Free Trade Agreement - Kim Moody
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Kim Moody is executive director of the Labor Education and Research Project which publishes labor Notes. he is the author of An Injury to All: The Decline of American Unionismand co-author of Unions and Free Trade: Solidarity or Competition. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order

The World Economy Since the Wars: The Long View - John Kenneth Galbraith
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Kenneth Galbraith is the Paul M. Warburg Professor of economics Emeritus at Harvard University and author of many books including Economics in Perspective, The Anatomy of Power, The New Industrial State, The Age of Uncertainty and The Culture of Contentment. he has served in the administration of three presidents and as ambassador to India. His many honors include the Medal of Freedom and the Britannica Award for excellence in the dissemination of knowledge. Part of the World Affairs Series: The New Economic Order