Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

6.30 – 8.30 pm

Skylight Room

Graduate Center | 365 Fifth Ave

Prabhat Patnaik is a renowned Marxist economist and political writer, vice-chairman of the Kerala State  Planning Board, and member of a four-person UN task force on the 2008 financial crisis. He taught economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for over thirty years.

Prior to the lecture, from 4 pm to 6 pm in Room 5109 there is also a seminar, open to the public, with Prof. Patnaik to discuss economic recession and the world food crisis. A pre-circulated paper, “The Emerging Context for Social Science Practice,” is accessible here.