Economics ECON

CANCELLED: Screening of the Documentary "Batay La"

Today, no society is immune from the effects of capitalism. In Haiti “Batay La,” or the struggle, has been ongoing since before the slave revolution that founded the Caribbean nation. Batay La examines the current anti-imperialist movement in Haiti, led for decades by grassroots workers’ rights organization Batay Ouvriye (Workers Fight). Founded in 1994, Batay Ouvriye is known throughout Haiti as a fierce, uncompromised organization dedicated to overturning the system of exploitation of poor workers.

Axinn Center 232

Closed to the Public

Free, fair, and Alive: The Commons and the Post-Capitalist Future

“Free, fair, and Alive: The Commons and the Post-Capitalist Future”

Globalism and capitalism as we know it are failing us — and the evidence is all around us in the destruction of our environment, and the privatization of our shared wealth. What can we do to shift the story line, and re-write our future? What alternatives do we have at hand?

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Does Simple Information Provision Lead to More Diverse Classrooms?

Sponsored by:
Economics
Amanda Bayer (Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College) will present about the diversity initiatives in the Economics profession. In 2016, together with nine other liberal arts colleges, the Middlebury Economics Department participated in a modest field experiment, coordinated by Amanda Bayer, in which we provided incoming students from underrepresented groups with information about a diverse array of economists and economics research.

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public

D.K. Smith lecture

Sponsored by:
Economics
Andrew A. Samwick, Dartmouth College, will give a lecture titled “The Death of Taxes.”

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public