Michael Bernstein Compares Great Depressions of 1929 and 2008 in Lebanon Valley College Presentation

ANNVILLE, PA (01/18/2012)(readMedia)-- Michael Bernstein, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Tulane University, will discuss "American Economic Decline: Comparing the Great Depressions of 1929 and 2008" on Thursday, Feb. 2 at 11 a.m. in the Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Gallery at Lebanon Valley College. Bernstein's talk is part of the College's Colloquium Series on MONEY.

Also a professor of history and economics, Bernstein's teaching and research interests focus on the economic and political history of the United States, macroeconomic theory, industrial organization economics, and the history of economic theory. His publications connect political and economic processes in modern industrial societies, as well as explore the interaction of economic knowledge and professional expertise with those processes as a whole. Bernstein has published four volumes: "The Great Depression: Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in America, 1929-1939," "Understanding American Economic Decline," "The Cold War and Expert Knowledge: New Essays on the History of the National Security State," and "A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth Century America."

A former Fulbright Scholar at Christ's College (Cambridge University), Bernstein has held numerous research grants, such as those from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association and the Economic History Association. In addition, he has been an Andrew Mellon Fellow at the National Humanities Center and has held a Residency Fellowship at Sophia University (Tokyo) under the joint auspices of the Organization of American Historians and the Japanese Association for American Studies.

MONEY is a year-long integrated series of guest speakers, roundtable discussions, films, and courses that consider society's idea of money. It will involve presentations on problems such as unemployment, poverty, and the gender wage gap, as well as discussions on tax policy, the job market and entrepreneurship, and finally a theoretical consideration of the very idea of money, the ideology of the free market, and the morality and theology of capitalism.

Posted Wednesday January 18, 2012 at 10:25 am by Lebanon Valley College
Last Updated Friday January 20, 2012 at 11:48 am