Moorpark College Year of the Economy Faculty Fall Lecture Series
Location: Moorpark College Television Studio (Communications Building 129)
Time: Wednesdays, 12-12:50 p.m.
Lectures to be streamed online at http://video.moorparkcollege.edu/
9/15/2010 -- Brendan Purdy (Mathematics Faculty) “Game Theory: Economics and Evolution”
In this lecture, the mathematization of the field of economics will be discussed. In particular, how game theory has fundamentally changed economics since the seminal work of von Neumann and Morgenstern in 1944. Additionally, what game theory can tell us about evolution (biological, socio-economic, and cultural) will be examined.
10/13/2010 -- Rex Edwards (Economics Faculty), Navreet Sumal (Business Faculty), Ray Zhang (Economics Faculty) “Bursting of the Bubble: Housing and the Economy”
In this lecture, Professors Rex Edwards, Navreet Sumal, and Ray Zhang will discuss housing and the economy, specifically, how we got here; state of the market; is housing an asset or liability; possible solutions; and provide a perspective of three different home buyers.
11/17/2010 -- Kathryn Adams (English Faculty) “The Earth Cries Out for Human Rights: Haiti Ten Months after the Quake”
Ten months after the earthquake in Haiti, what progress has been made? Professor Kathryn Adams has been volunteering with a mental health team in Haiti and will share observations of the conditions on the ground—economic, environmental, political, psychological, and physical. She will also discuss emerging grassroots initiated development projects that foster leadership rather than dependence, using as an example efforts to bring about universal education. This lecture will include an open discussion forum wherein the audience will be invited to ask questions or to share their own knowledge of the issues. The challenges facing Haiti ten months after the earthquake started months and years before that single event, and they are tied to the stratification between the “haves” and the “have-nots” internationally. In this way, Haiti can serve as a lesson in the need to address human rights and justice for all humanity. |
