May13
“THE BURDEN OF DEBT: HOW SERIOUS & WHO WILL PAY?”
Speakers [each giving 20 minute talks on the topic]:
- Dr Jim Stanford, Canadian Auto Workers Union, author of ‘Economics for Everyone’ and presenter of last year’s Ted Wheelwright lecture at the University of Sydney.
- Associate Professor Steve Keen, University of Western Sydney, author of DeBunking Economics and recently well publicised walker to the top of Mount Kosiosko.
- Chair: Frank Stilwell
Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 6:00pm – 7.30pm
Location: Gaelic Club, Level 1 upstairs/lift, 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
I should have posted details of this earlier! I look forward to meeting anyone on the blog who can make it along.
That sounds much more like my kind of thing (as opposed to walking!): talking about economics and politics, with union people, sundry lefties, and other interesting people, while enjoying a beer (well, maybe more than one).
Unfortunately, that’s where I have to curse my being a proletarian: I have to work while others have fun.
Anyway, have fun everyone.
Dr Jim Stanford made a joke at the talk about derivatives trade in the bar at the Gaelic Club.
Here it is: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62N51X20100324?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true
“The Exchange Bar & Grill, set amid the bustling shops and pubs of the Grammercy Park neighborhood, is replete with a ticker tape flashing menu prices in red lettering as demand forces them to fluctuate.
Customers can move prices for all beverages and bar snacks such as hot wings ($7 for 6 pieces) or fried calamari ($9). The prices will fluctuate in $.25 cent increments, but will most likely plateau at a $2 change in either direction.
A glass of Guinness starts at $6 but could be pushed to a high of $8 or a low of $4, depending on popularity”