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Latvia at Crossroads:
Scenarios and Strategies for Socio-Economic Development
When: Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9.00
Where: RTU Riga Business School, Skolas iela 11
Organizers: RTU Riga Business School and RBS Alumni Association
Supported by: European Commission in Latvia
Program
8:30 9:00
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Registration |
9:00 - 9:20 |
Opening remark
- Janis Grevins, Director, RTU Riga Business School
- Representative of European Commission |
9:20 - 10:50 |
Development Crossroads: Development of Underdevelopment (moderator: Jānis Ošlejs TBC)
-Erik Reinert (Tallinn University of Technology, Norwegian Institute of Strategic Studies)
"Neoclassical Economics: a Trail of Economic Destruction Since the 1970s"- Alfredo Saad-Filho (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
"Neoliberalism, Crisis, and Prospects for Development"
- Jānis Bērziņš (Riga Stradins University/University of Latvia)
"Neoliberalism and the Development of Underdevelopment in Latvia: perspectives for the future" |
10:50 - 11:10 |
Coffee Break |
11:10 - 12:40 |
Sustainable Development: Society and Economics (moderator: Jānis Grēviņš)
- Jeffrey Sommers (Raritan Valley College/SSE Riga)
"Latvias development: past, present, and future directions"
- Elmar Römpczyk (Freelance consultant for sustainable development)
"Challenges to Sustainable Development in Latvia"
- Andrejs Berdņikovs (University of Latvia)
"Crisis, Social Movements and Alternative Knowledge Production: an International Comparison with Latvia" |
12:40 - 13:00 |
Coffee Break |
13:00 - 14:30 |
Development vs. Postponed Capitalism (moderator: Mihails Hazans)
- Jan Toporowski (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
"Capitalism Postponed: Eastern Europe after Communism"
- Alessandro Vercelli (University of Siena)
"A Perspective on Minsky Moments: The Core of the Financial Instability Hypothesis in Light of the Subprime Crisis"
- Jānis Ošlejs (University of Latvia)
"Strategies for development: winning the crisis in Latvia" |
To register: e-mail: ilze.arklina@rbs.lv
Participation fee: Ls 20 to RBS Alumni association members, Ls 30 to others, payable to "Rīgas Biznesa skolas Absolventu asociācija"
Registration No. 40008061874; A/s "Swedbanka"
Account No.:LV51HABA0551007259646
NO participation fee for active students and academic staff (of any institution), politicians and press!
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