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Conference on
Equality and the Market
September 28-30, 2006
Stanford University |
Tentative Conference Schedule
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Elizabeth Anderson (Philosophy, University
of Michigan)
Anderson is the John Rawls Collegiate Professor of Philosophy
and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Her research has focused on democratic theory, equality in political
philosophy and American law, the ethical limits of markets,
theories of value and rational choice (alternatives to consequentialism
and economic theories of rational choice), the philosophies
of John Stuart Mill and John Dewey, and feminist epistemology
and philosophy of science. She is the author of Value in
Ethics and Economics (Harvard University Press, 1993) and
is currently writing a book on the ideal of ethno-racial integration
in democratic theory, paying special attention to African-Americans
and Latinos in the United States, and Muslims in Europe.
- Marc Fleurbaey
(CNRS, CERSES-University
Paris 5, France)
Fleurbaey is senior researcher at CNRS, Paris and Lachmann Fellow
at the LSE. Most of his publications are about social choice,
welfare economics, tax policy and distributive justice.
- Nancy
Folbre (Economics,
University of Massachusetts)
Folbre is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts
and an Associate Editor of the journal Feminist Economics.
Recent books include The Invisible Heart: Economics and
Family Values (New Press, 2001), Family Time: The
Social Organization of Care, co edited with Michael Bittman
(Routledge, 2004) and The New and Revised Field Guide to
the U.S. Economy (New Press, 2006). Her current research
projects explore valuation of time devoted to unpaid work and
policy issues related to the "care sector" of the U.S. economy.
- Dan
Hausman (Philosophy, University of Wisconsin)
Hausman is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
His expertise lies mainly in the philosophy of economics. He is one of the founding editors of the
journal Economics and Philosophy and the author or editor of several books on philosophy of economics
including Capital, Profits and Prices, The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics and (jointly with
Michael McPherson) Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy. He has also written extensively concerning
causation. His current research focuses on the measurement of health and the ethics of health-related
resource allocation.
- Susan
Mayer (Public Policy, University of
Chicago)
- Anne
Phillips (Gender Institute and Government
Department, London School of Economics)
Phillips has been Professor of Gender Theory at the London School of Economics since 1999, and holds a
joint appointment between the Gender Institute and the Government Department. From 1999-2004, she was
Director of the Gender Institute. Her research interests cover normative and feminist political theory,
particularly issues of equality, difference, democracy, political representation, and multiculturalism.
Her publications include: Which Equalities Matter? (1999), The Politics of Presence (1995), Democracy and
Difference (1993), and Engendering Democracy (1991).She has recently edited, with John Dryzek and Bonnie Honig,
The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory (OUP, 2006). Her book on Multiculturalism without Culture will be
published next year by Princeton. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2003.
- John
Roemer (Political Science, Yale University)
Roemer is the Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of
Political Science and Economics at Yale University. His current
work concerns distributive justice, political economy, and the
relationship between them. Recent books are Democracy, Education
and Equality (Cambridge UP, 2006), Political Competition
(Harvard UP, 2001), Equality of Opportunity (Harvard
UP, 1998), Theories of Distributive Justice (Harvard
UP, 1996), and A Future for Socialism (Harvard UP,
1994). His collaborative book, with Woojin Lee and Karine Van
der Straeten, tentatively entitled Racism, Xenophobia, and
Redistribution is forthcoming at Harvard UP, to be co-published
with Russell Sage. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society,
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a corresponding fellow
of the British Academy, and a past fellow of the Guggenheim
and Russell Sage Foundations.
- Debra
Satz (Philosophy,
Stanford University)
Satz is Associate Professor of Philosophy and, by courtesy,
of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also Director
of the interdisciplinary program in Ethics in Society. She teaches
courses in ethics, social and political philosophy, and philosophy
of the social sciences. Within these fields, her research has
focused on the ethical limits of markets, theories of rational
choice, democratic theory, feminist philosophy, and issues of
international justice. Her articles have appeared in Ethics,
Philosophy and Public Affairs, the Journal of Philosophy and
the World Bank Economic Review.
- Bertil
Tungodden (Economics, Norwegian School
of Economics and Business Administration)
Tungodden is a Professor in Economics at the Norwegian School of
Economics and Business Administration and a Researcher at
the Christian Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway. He is
editor of the journal Economics and Philosophy and
managing coordinator of the website "Equality Exchange." His
research has mainly been in the areas of distributive justice,
welfare economics, experimental economics and development economics.
His articles have appeared in Journal of Philosophy,
Economics and Philosophy, Economic Theory,
Social Choice and Welfare, and a number of other international
journals. He has also edited the book Towards Pro-Poor Policies:
Aid, Institutions and Globalization.
- Jonathan
Wolff (Philosophy, University College, London)
Wolff is Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department at
University College London. He is the author of Robert Nozick:
Property Justice and the Minimal State (Polity Press and Stanford
University Press 1991), An Introduction to Political Philosophy
(OUP 1996), Political Thought (OUP 1999, edited with Michael
Rosen), Why Read Marx Today? (OUP 2003), and is currently co-authoring
a book on Disadvantage with Avner de-Shalit (forthcoming with
OUP), which attempts to provide a model of a society of equals
bringing together both abstract philosophical theory and concrete
social policy. Other major research projects include the philosophical
analysis of public policy, the regulation of safety, and the
ethical treatment of animals. He was a member of the Gambling
Review Body (2000-1), and the Nuffield Council Working Party
on the Ethics of Research Involving Animals (2004-5). He currently
sits on the Academy of Medical Science Committee on Brain Science
Drugs and Addiction, the Home Office Homicide Review Group,
and the steering committee of the Accounting for Sustainability
Group.
If you're interested in attending this conference,
please email joanberry@stanford.edu
Location:
Stanford University
Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
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