BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20040404T100000 RDATE:20040404T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20041031T090000 RDATE:20041031T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20040316 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20040317 LOCATION:Council Chamber\, Templeton Campus Center SUMMARY:Nancy Folbre DESCRIPTION:Professor of Economics\, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Tuesday\, March 16\, 7:30p.m.\, Templeton Student Center\, Council Chamb er Nancy Folbre is an economist whose work looks at how non-market produ ction contributes to human and community development and economic growth. Her research focuses on the family\, the work roles of family members\, and on the relationships among those roles. In her work\, Folbre develops a new interface between feminist theory and political economy. Folbre al so supports the activities of the Center for Popular Economics\, a local collective that teaches economic literacy to political activists and orga nizers. Among her many publications are The Invisible Heart: Economics a nd Family Values\, 2001\, The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy (w ith James Heintz and the Center for Popular Economics\, 2000\; The War on the Poor: A Defense Manual (with Randy Albelda and the Center for Popula r Economics)\, 1996. Folbre is also the co-chair of the research network on families and the economy sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation\, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Feminist Economics. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Professor of Economics\, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst
Tuesday\, March 16\, 7:30p.m.\, Templeton St
udent Center\, Council Chamber
Nancy Folbre is an economist
whose work looks at how non-market production contributes to human and co
mmunity development and economic growth. Her research focuses on the fami
ly\, the work roles of family members\, and on the relationships among th
ose roles. In her work\, Folbre develops a new interface between feminist
theory and political economy. Folbre also supports the activities of the
Center for Popular Economics\, a local collective that teaches economic
literacy to political activists and organizers.
Among her ma
ny publications are The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values\, 20
01\, The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy (with James Heintz and
the Center for Popular Economics\, 2000\; The War on the Poor: A Defense
Manual (with Randy Albelda and the Center for Popular Economics)\, 1996.<
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Folbre is also the co-chair of the research network on famil
ies and the economy sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation\, and a member
of the editorial board of the journal Feminist Economics.