General Interest | Ralph P Hall

Oxford Conference – Feb 8-9, 2019

7 02 2019

On February 8-9, 2019, I will be taking part in a conference at St. Bennet’s Hall, Oxford University, on Endogenous Growth, Participatory Economics, and Inclusive Capitalism. The conference will run from 10:00am to 4:30pm each day and is open to anyone interested in these subjects. I have provided an outline of the conference agenda below.

Friday, 8 February 2019

Welcoming Remarks
Dr. George Bitsakakis, Official Fellow
Director of Studies in Economics at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford University

Achieving Fuller Employment and Per Capita Growth by Broadening Capital Acquisition With the Earnings of Capital: A Theoretical Overview
Professor Robert Ashford
Syracuse University

Conference Luncheon

Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Endogenous Growth
Dr. George Bitsakakis, Official Fellow
Director of Studies in Economics at St Benet’s Hall, Oxford University

Simulating Company-Specific Benefit from Broadening Capital Acquisition with the Earnings of Capital
Dr. Shyam Ranganatha, Assistant Professor
Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech

A Game Theoretic Model of Broadening Capital Acquisition with the Earnings of Capital: Prospects of More Inclusive Capital Markets Based on Binary Economics
Michael Kotarinos, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Master of Statistics, University of Florida Department of Statistics, University of South Florida

General Discussion
All Participants and Attendants

Saturday, 9 February 2019

Welcoming Remarks
Dr. George Bitsakakis, Official Fellow
Director of Studies in Economics at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford University

Achieving Fuller Employment and Per Capita Growth by Broadening Capital Acquisition With the Earnings of Capital: A Theoretical Overview (Brief Recap)
Professor Robert Ashford
Syracuse University

Inclusive Capitalism and Sustainability
Dr. Ralph P. Hall, Associate Professor
School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech

Conference Luncheon

Robert Ashford’s Inclusive Capitalism: Using Stock Purchase Loans
Professor Demetri Kantarelis (via Skype)
Department of Economics, Assumption College

Robert Ashford’s Approach to Inclusive Capitalism as the Best Available Proposal for Addressing the Problems that Result from Automation
Paul Davidson (via Skype), Founding Editor, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
Holly Chair of Excellence in Political Economy Emeritus, University of Tennessee

Broadening Capital Acquisition With the Earnings of Capital in China:
An Innovative Means of Promoting Domestic Consumption and Economic Growth
Professor Tony Fang, Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Economic and Cultural Transformation
Department of Economics, Memorial University of Newfoundland

General Concluding Discussion
All Participants and Attendants

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Beloved Community Initiative Event, November 27

6 11 2018

The School of Public and International Affairs, in partnership with the Center for Humanities, and Virginia Union University, present The Beloved Community Initiative Event that will be coinciding with the Advancing the Human Condition Symposium on November 27.

The Beloved Community Initiative is a partnership between VT and Virginia Union University to explore and advance Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s conception of the Beloved Community in the 21st century. In 2017, the VT-VUU partnership launched the inaugural Beloved Community Initiative Essay Contest. The essay contest invited junior and senior high school students to choose one set of historical figures and prepare an exploration of those two (or three) persons, focusing on how the legacy of their life’s journey came together to advance the Beloved Community.

On November 27, 2018, The VT-VUU Beloved Community Initiative will celebrate the essay contest winners. The event will feature two panels on:

the history of the Civil Rights movement through the lens of the winning essays; and
understanding contemporary forms of structural inequality implications for creating systems of economic and social justice, paradigmatically captured in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for a “Beloved Community.”

The event will take place in Assembly Hall in Holtzman Alumni Center on November 27, from 1:30- 5pm. No registration is required and the event is open to the public.

The following panelists will be speaking during the event:

Afira DeVries (President and CEO, United Way of Roanoke Valley)

Dr. Corey Walker (Vice President, Virginia Union University)

Dr. Owen Cardwell (Rosel Schewel Distinguished Chair of Education, University of Lynchburg)

Dr. Virgil Wood (Church Leader, Educator, and Civil Rights Activist)

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Living Legacies of the Too Soon Gone – LSCRC Intersections Event

5 10 2018

On Oct 10, 3-5pm, Dr. Virgil Wood will speak (via Zoom) at the Leadership and Social Change Residential College (LSCRC) for an Intersection on the “Living Legacies of the Too Soon Gone.” During the event, Dr. Wood will talk about the ancestors of the Beloved Community and engage with students in a conversation about how they can help advance the work of the VT-VUU Beloved Community Initiative.

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The New SPIA Undergraduate Program Launches

11 08 2018

In one week we will welcome our first cohort of students into the new Smart and Sustainable Cities (SSC) and Environmental Policy and Planning (EPP) majors. Over the past two years, faculty in the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) have worked to completely revise the Bachelors of Arts in Public and Urban Affairs (PUA) that is now the home of these two majors. The PUA degree will provide students with a solid foundation in U.S. government and politics, the legal foundations of planning, collaborative policy-making and planning processes, urban public issues, transdisciplinary problem solving, and public service leadership. It has been carefully designed to ensure student learning outcomes are introduced, reinforced, and assessed throughout the curriculum, which provides significant opportunities to integrate signature projects/problems within the curriculum.

The SSC major consists of two unique tracks in urban analytics and urban sustainability, an integrative course on data and the art of decision-making, and a capstone studio. The PUA degree core and SSC major creates one of the first undergraduate degrees in the nation to integrate governance and planning processes, urban analytics, and urban sustainability. See the video below for a little more information on the new SSC major.

The EPP major draws from the long and successful legacy of the Bachelors of Science in Environmental Policy and Planning, and will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand complex environmental challenges and develop enduring solutions. EPP majors will be able to analyze how environmental policies are implemented at national and sub-national levels, and evaluate how environmental policies are managed across sectoral and jurisdictional boundaries.

Students at Virginia Tech will be able to major or minor in SSC and EPP, or complete a double major in SSC and EPP. Students will also be able to take advantage of other majors and minors at Virginia Tech to develop their own unique combination of knowledge and skills. To support their decision-making, we have enhanced our undergraduate advising capacity to ensure that each student receives the help they need when selecting majors, minors, courses, and potential career pathways.

For more information about the new SPIA undergraduate program, please visit our website or contact Chris LaPlante (540-231-3831; chrisl@vt.edu).