Location
Last year, Alberta was in a boom and then the world economy collapsed. What happened? What do we do now?
This year's conference brings together academics, activists and journalists who have been thinking and writing about what went wrong and what kind of economy would be good for our society, our environment, and our world. Each comes from a very different progressive perspective. Our world can't afford to keep going in the direction it has been and these speakers are talking about the world we want.
Our Speakers:
Jim Stanford, Keynote - Economist and Author. This session will highlight the key themes of a progressive, activist-based approach to deconstructing and re-learning economics.
Joel Magnuson - Economist and Buddhist on Mindful Economics.
Derrick Jensen - (via videoconference) Activist and Author of Endgame: Volume I: The Problem of Civilization and Volume II: Resistance.
Marjorie Griffin Cohen - Economist and Feminist, on Rescue the Economy. Protect the People. Plan for the Future.
Nathan Rao - Activist and Journalist, on the New Anti-Capitalist Party in France
Peter Brown - (via videoconference) Professor, Environmentalist and Author on Building a Whole Earth Economy
Robin Broad - Professor of International Development and Author on Redefining Development and the Limits of the Market
Brenda Spotton Visano - Economist and Professor of Public Policy on the Socio-Economic Causes and Institutional Context of the Financial Crises
Dorval Brunelle - Sociologist and Co-author of From World Order to Global Disorder: States, Markets, and Dissent
Mark Anielski - Economist and Author on the Economics of Happiness
Katherine Gibson - Public Policy Professor and Author on a Postcapitalist Politics
Sam Gindin - Socialist, Labour Researcher and Author on Global Capitalism and the Economic Crisis
Judy Rebick, Closing Speaker - Feminist, Journalist, and Social Justice Activist on the new directions of transformational change that she sees around the world.
