Join several of Canada’s leading heterodox and progressive economists for an introduction to theories, tools, and policy applications that go beyond the bounds of conventional free-market economics. This one-day course immediately precedes the annual meetings of the Canadian Economics Association in Vancouver.

Thursday May 28, 9:30am – 4:30pm

Simon Fraser University Downtown Campus

(515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver)

Free Registration! …and even a Free Lunch! (Something Neoclassical Economists Say is Impossible)

Advance Registration Necessary:

Please send name, email & institution to info@centreforfuturework.ca

Topics & Instructors include:

DT Cochrane, Senior Economist, Canadian Labour Congress (Productivity: Measurement, Myth, and Reality)

Ian Hudson, Dept. of Economics, University of Manitoba (Work and Well-Being: How Unions and Labour Laws Translate Economic Growth into Human Progress)

Iglika Ivanova, Senior Economist and Co-Executive Director, B.C. Policy Solutions (Inequality: How to Measure It, Why It Matters, and What to do About It)

Mohsen Javdani, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University (Where Does Money Come From? Public Spending, Deficits, and the Documentary Finding the Money)

Marc Lee, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (International and Internal Trade: The Theory and Flawed Practice)

Jim Stanford, Economist and Director, Centre for Future Work (Corporate Financial Statistics: Accessing and Understanding Corporate Financial Statements)

Room location and detailed agenda will be distributed to registered participants.