thanks for this very important correction.. the presenter's name is Paul Streeten, not Streen!! please, consider it corrected here, since it is correct in the flyers... Mine >Gunder Frank wrote: > >his name is Streeten > >gunderOn Fri, 31 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:34:48 -0500 (EST) > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Talk at SUNY Albany (fwd) > > > > > > > > I think that the folks will be interested in this. State University of New > > York at Albany, Nelson A. Rockeffeller College, Graduate School of Public > > Affairs, The Department of Public Administration and Policy presents Paul > > Streen, founder of the influential journal World Development who will > > speak on "What is Wrong with Comtemporary Economics?", Milne 200, > > Rockefeller College, Tuesday, April 11, 2000, 4 p.m. Paul Streen is a > > leading thinker on international development who has written on diverse > > subjects ranging from the history of economic thought to international > > trade to the measurement of social progress. As a reviwer of one of his > > more recent works, Thinking about Development (1995) noted, Dr. Streen's > > great legacy is: "his dedication to the proposition that behind > > economists' stacks of equations and piles of tables are people > > too many of whom lack opportunities to earn decent incomes, to secure > > basic health and education, and to enjoy personal freedoms". Dr.Streen is > > Professor of Emeritus of Economics at Boston University. He is a fellow of > > Balliol College at Oxford University, and served as a visiting professor > > at many universities throughout Europe. His many books include, What Price > > Food? Beyond Adjustment, Strategies for Human Development and The United > > National and the Brettton Woods Institutions. Asked where he called home, > > the awowed "heterodox economist" said, "Having moved from Austria to > > England, Scotland and America, my roots are not in the soil but > > are aerial, across national boundries". Dr. Streen's cosmopolitan > > background offers an unique vantage point to analyze the evolution of > > thought and strategies on international development and its present scope. > > > > A reception will follow the talk. For more information please call Dori > > Brown (518) 442-5258 or Prof. Holy Sims (518) 442-5268. > > > > You can also e-mail me (Mine) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To obtain Enrollment Information Call, (518)-442-5244. Visit our web site > > at www.albany.edu/gspa > > > > > > -- > > Mine Aysen Doyran > > Phd Student > > Department of Political Science > > SUNY at Albany > > Nelson A. Rockefeller College > > Western Avenue 135, > > Milne 102, Albany/NY, 12222 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ANDRE GUNDER FRANK > Visiting Professor of International Relations > University of Miami & Florida International University > > 380 Giralda Ave. Apt 704 Tel: 1-305-648 1906 > Miami - Coral Gables FL Fax: 1-305-648 0149 > USA 33134 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Personal/Professional Home Page> http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/agfrank/ > > My NATO/Kosovo Page> http://csf.colorado.edu/archive/agfrank/nato_kosovo/ > > My professional/personal conclusion is the same as Pogo's - > We have met the enemy, and it is US > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Mine Aysen Doyran PhD Student Department of Political Science SUNY at Albany Nelson A. Rockefeller College 135 Western Ave.; Milne 102 Albany, NY 12222