Growth, Distribution and Wage Policy

This terms self-organized course will cover the topics growth, distribution and wage policy from a heterodox perspective. The lecturers are Marc Lavoie, Thomas Theobald (Till van Treek leider verhindert), Stefan Ederer and Engelbert Stockhammer. The course provides an in-depth analysis of recent publications within these fields. A detailed description of each session will follow.

Students are required to read publications selected by the lecturers and answer questions related to them. These have to be handed in at the beginning of each session (i.e. 4 sets of questions) to ensure an adequate discussion of the topics. In addition, each student has to write a short paper (~10 pages) on a topic related to the lecture. Deadline for submission of the paper is February 8th 2013.

Schedule:

Introduction: DO 11.10.2012, 4-6p.m., lecture room: Elise Richter-Saal  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 1

Marc Lavoie: MI 24.10.2012, 10a.m.-12 a.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 47

Thomas Theobald: Fri 09.11.2012, 2-6p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 16  Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5;  Sat. 10.11.2012, 11a.m.-1p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 32  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

Stefan Ederer: CANCELLED!!!  Fri 14.12.2012, 3-5p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 16  Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5; Sat 15.12.2012, 11a.m.-1p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 32  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9;
Sat 15.12.2012, 2-4p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 32  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

Engelbert Stockhammer: Fri 18.01.2012, 3-5p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 16  Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 5;
Sat 19.01.2012, 11a.m.-1p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 32  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9;
Sat 19.01.2012, 2-4p.m., lecture room: Hörsaal 32  Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

A pdf-version of the outline can be found here.

For further questions, please contact:

katarina.hollan[at]oeh.univie.ac.at and christoph.scheuch[at]oeh.univie.ac.at