2009 Summer Teacher Institute
Understanding the Global Economy:
Bringing the World Market into your Classroom
Click on presentation titles to download PowerPoint files. NEW! Click "Watch Video" to display the video player for each talk.
| TIME | PRESENTER | TITLE OF TALK |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 9:15 AM | Jamie Bender | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15 - 10:45 AM | David Brady | Markets, Trade and Globalization Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Sabina Shaikh | Econ 101: What are Markets? Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 12:30 - 1:15 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:15 - 2:45 PM | Dan Brinkmeier | Case Study: U.S./Latin America — Local Agriculture, International Markets, Global Pressures: Case Studies from America’s Heartland Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | Chris Janus | Teaching Economics and Trying to Step Outside the Bubble of Capitalism (with Loren Kole: The Oligarchs of the Crisis) Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| TIME | PRESENTER | TITLE OF TALK |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 10:30 AM | John Branch | Globalization: The Great Debate Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 10:45 - 11:45 AM | James Thindwa | Worker and Immigrant Rights in the Age of Globalization: How Social Movements are Reshaping Power to Promote Rights Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 12:00 - 1:00 AM | Alicia Menendez | The Effect of Globalization on Poverty and Child Labor Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:45 - 3:00 PM | Aamir Rehman | Case Study: Middle East — The Gulf Region of the Middle East and its Relevance to Global Business Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 3:15 - 4:30 PM | Mona Mehta | Case Study: China/India — Yogi and the Mandarin: A Tale of Two Asian Revolutions Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| TIME | PRESENTER | TITLE OF TALK |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 - 9:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00 - 10:45 AM | Robert DeYoung | Insights into the Root Causes of the Crisis: What Have we Learned? |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Justin Borevitz | Ecological Capital and Services: the Effect of the Current Financial Crisis on Natural Resources Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 12:30 - 1:15 PM | Lunch | |
| 1:15 - 2:45 PM | Brian Ashby | Case Study: Africa and the U.S. — From Congo through Chicago: Understanding the Life-Cycles of Metal Commodities in the Global Economy Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | William M. Tsutsui | Case Study: Japan — The Bubble Economy and the Lost Decade: Learning from the Japanese Economic Experience Watch video Please install the latest version of Flash to view this video. |
For more information, please contact Jamie Bender at (773) 834-3852 or jbender@uchicago.edu.