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This paper surveys the academic and policy debate on the origins of global imbalances, their pros... more This paper surveys the academic and policy debate on the origins of global imbalances, their prospects after the global crisis, and their policy implications. A conventional view of global imbalances considers them to primarily result from macroeconomic policies and cyclical forces that cause demand for goods to outstrip supply in the United States and other rich countries and that have the opposite effect in major emerging markets. An alternative view holds that global imbalances are the result of structural distortions and slow-changing factors that primarily affect assets markets. This paper reviews the analytical underpinnings of these two perspectives and the empirical evidence of their respective merits. The paper then assesses the outlook for global imbalances after the crisis, particularly in terms of policy action to reduce their magnitude. Policy intervention is warranted to the extent that the imbalances are driven by welfare-reducing distortions, but in this case, the primary target of policy intervention should be the distortions rather than the imbalances. Finally, the paper examines various forms of international spillovers that may call for multilateral action to limit global imbalances.
We are all God's Madmen": The Orchestration of Gazing in Bram Stoker's Dracula"... more We are all God's Madmen": The Orchestration of Gazing in Bram Stoker's Dracula" (2008).
Journal of Labor and Society, 2018
This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations' Political Action Committe... more This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations' Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC) as a case study of effective labor education. Papers from the collection of CIO-PAC Southeastern Editorial Director Stetson Kennedy, including work by Kennedy and other CIOPAC writers, exemplifies the teaching of civic literacy, a notion given insufficient scholarly attention in labor studies. Civic literacy, defined as “the knowledge, agency, and actions of engaged citizens,” exhibits six characteristics answering the journalists' questions—that is, who, what, where, when, why, and how workers practice civic literacy. By analyzing archival materials and applying notions of the public sphere, this new theory of civic literacy provides a deeper understanding of the CIO-PAC education model's success. CIO-PAC writers taught workers and wider publics about voting rights, voting restrictions, candidates, and policy issues during the run-up to the 1944 election. The author concludes by offering ways in which the CIO-PAC's 1944 model might inform civic discourse in the current U.S. political public sphere.
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2010
... patricia m. malesh mary ann cain david coogan william mary ann cain david coogan william dege... more ... patricia m. malesh mary ann cain david coogan william mary ann cain david coogan william degenaro degenaro gerard a. hauser gerard a. hauser brian jackson brian jackson patricia m. malesh patricia m. malesh erin daina mcclellan erin daina mcclellan moira amado-miller ...
Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2013
Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and architecture, this study examines the Ce... more Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and architecture, this study examines the Celsus Library at Ephesus through the lenses of literacy studies and hegemony. By drawing on first-hand observations of the extant structure and historical studies that re-create its original appearance and relationship with its architectural context, the author speculates on the uses and functions of the library during the early second century CE. While the library's elite patrons experienced its instrumental impact, passersby from all levels of society witnessed the building's hegemonic display of Rome's cultural and political power.
Interactions, Mar 22, 2006
Journal of Labor and Society, 2018
This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations' Political Action Committee (CIO-P... more This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations'
Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC) as a case
study of effective labor education. Papers from the collection
of CIO-PAC Southeastern Editorial Director Stetson
Kennedy, including work by Kennedy and other CIOPAC
writers, exemplifies the teaching of civic literacy, a
notion given insufficient scholarly attention in labor studies.
Civic literacy, defined as “the knowledge, agency,
and actions of engaged citizens,” exhibits six characteristics
answering the journalists' questions—that is, who,
what, where, when, why, and how workers practice civic
literacy. By analyzing archival materials and applying
notions of the public sphere, this new theory of civic literacy
provides a deeper understanding of the CIO-PAC education
model's success. CIO-PAC writers taught workers
and wider publics about voting rights, voting restrictions,
candidates, and policy issues during the run-up to the
1944 election. The author concludes by offering ways in
which the CIO-PAC's 1944 model might inform civic discourse
in the current U.S. political public sphere.
Community Literacy Journal, 2012
Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and architecture, this study examines the Ce... more Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and
architecture, this study examines the Celsus Library at Ephesus
through the lenses of literacy studies and hegemony. By drawing on first-hand observations of the extant structure and historical studies that re-create its original appearance and relationship with its architectural context, the author speculates on the uses and functions of the library during the early second century CE. While the library’s elite patrons experienced its instrumental impact, passersby from all levels of society witnessed the building’s hegemonic display of Rome’s cultural and political power.
This paper surveys the academic and policy debate on the origins of global imbalances, their pros... more This paper surveys the academic and policy debate on the origins of global imbalances, their prospects after the global crisis, and their policy implications. A conventional view of global imbalances considers them to primarily result from macroeconomic policies and cyclical forces that cause demand for goods to outstrip supply in the United States and other rich countries and that have the opposite effect in major emerging markets. An alternative view holds that global imbalances are the result of structural distortions and slow-changing factors that primarily affect assets markets. This paper reviews the analytical underpinnings of these two perspectives and the empirical evidence of their respective merits. The paper then assesses the outlook for global imbalances after the crisis, particularly in terms of policy action to reduce their magnitude. Policy intervention is warranted to the extent that the imbalances are driven by welfare-reducing distortions, but in this case, the primary target of policy intervention should be the distortions rather than the imbalances. Finally, the paper examines various forms of international spillovers that may call for multilateral action to limit global imbalances.
We are all God's Madmen": The Orchestration of Gazing in Bram Stoker's Dracula"... more We are all God's Madmen": The Orchestration of Gazing in Bram Stoker's Dracula" (2008).
Journal of Labor and Society, 2018
This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations' Political Action Committe... more This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations' Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC) as a case study of effective labor education. Papers from the collection of CIO-PAC Southeastern Editorial Director Stetson Kennedy, including work by Kennedy and other CIOPAC writers, exemplifies the teaching of civic literacy, a notion given insufficient scholarly attention in labor studies. Civic literacy, defined as “the knowledge, agency, and actions of engaged citizens,” exhibits six characteristics answering the journalists' questions—that is, who, what, where, when, why, and how workers practice civic literacy. By analyzing archival materials and applying notions of the public sphere, this new theory of civic literacy provides a deeper understanding of the CIO-PAC education model's success. CIO-PAC writers taught workers and wider publics about voting rights, voting restrictions, candidates, and policy issues during the run-up to the 1944 election. The author concludes by offering ways in which the CIO-PAC's 1944 model might inform civic discourse in the current U.S. political public sphere.
Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, 2010
... patricia m. malesh mary ann cain david coogan william mary ann cain david coogan william dege... more ... patricia m. malesh mary ann cain david coogan william mary ann cain david coogan william degenaro degenaro gerard a. hauser gerard a. hauser brian jackson brian jackson patricia m. malesh patricia m. malesh erin daina mcclellan erin daina mcclellan moira amado-miller ...
Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2013
Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and architecture, this study examines the Ce... more Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and architecture, this study examines the Celsus Library at Ephesus through the lenses of literacy studies and hegemony. By drawing on first-hand observations of the extant structure and historical studies that re-create its original appearance and relationship with its architectural context, the author speculates on the uses and functions of the library during the early second century CE. While the library's elite patrons experienced its instrumental impact, passersby from all levels of society witnessed the building's hegemonic display of Rome's cultural and political power.
Interactions, Mar 22, 2006
Journal of Labor and Society, 2018
This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations' Political Action Committee (CIO-P... more This article analyzes the Congress of Industrial Organizations'
Political Action Committee (CIO-PAC) as a case
study of effective labor education. Papers from the collection
of CIO-PAC Southeastern Editorial Director Stetson
Kennedy, including work by Kennedy and other CIOPAC
writers, exemplifies the teaching of civic literacy, a
notion given insufficient scholarly attention in labor studies.
Civic literacy, defined as “the knowledge, agency,
and actions of engaged citizens,” exhibits six characteristics
answering the journalists' questions—that is, who,
what, where, when, why, and how workers practice civic
literacy. By analyzing archival materials and applying
notions of the public sphere, this new theory of civic literacy
provides a deeper understanding of the CIO-PAC education
model's success. CIO-PAC writers taught workers
and wider publics about voting rights, voting restrictions,
candidates, and policy issues during the run-up to the
1944 election. The author concludes by offering ways in
which the CIO-PAC's 1944 model might inform civic discourse
in the current U.S. political public sphere.
Community Literacy Journal, 2012
Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and architecture, this study examines the Ce... more Building upon the insights of historians of rhetoric and
architecture, this study examines the Celsus Library at Ephesus
through the lenses of literacy studies and hegemony. By drawing on first-hand observations of the extant structure and historical studies that re-create its original appearance and relationship with its architectural context, the author speculates on the uses and functions of the library during the early second century CE. While the library’s elite patrons experienced its instrumental impact, passersby from all levels of society witnessed the building’s hegemonic display of Rome’s cultural and political power.