Mahmoud El-Gamal on May 13

Please join the workshop on Tuesday, May 13 from 12-1:20 in Social Sciences Room 108, as we welcome Mahmoud El-Gamal for a discussion of Islamic Finance. This workshop will be co-sponsored by the Middle East History and Theory Workshop and the Islamic studies workshop.

Viviana Zelizer- Friday, May 2

Please join the Money and Markets Workshop for a special session, Friday, May 2, as we welcome Viviana Zelizer, professor from Princeton University, delivering a paper on 'circuits of capital.' Please note that we will meet in Cobb 107 for this special session.

Millo at Money and Markets

Dear Members of the Workshop-

Please join us on Tuesday, April 22 for a discussion of Yuval
Millo's paper called "The Usefulness of Inaccuracy: The
Emergence of Financial Risk Management." Per custom, the
meeting runs from 12-1:20 in Social Sciences 108.

Consumption in China!

Enjoy your Spring Break...

...and please join the Money and Markets Workshop, well-rested
and re-vitalized for the spring quarter, this Tuesday, April 1
as John Osburg presents his paper: "From Fruit Plates to
License Plates: Consumption, Status, and Recognition Among
Chengdu's Elite."

Please note that we will meet this quarter from 12-1:20 in
Social Sciences Room 108. Please see below the preliminary
quarter schedule of presentations; the workshop is still
looking for one or two other presentations this quarter.
Contact me if interested.

David

Tuesday, April 1: John Osburg (U. of Chicago) presenting on
consumption among the new rich in China.

Tuesday, April 22: Yuval Millo (LSE) presenting on fieldwork
among derivative traders.

Friday, May 2: Viviana Zelizer (Princeton University)
presenting "Circuits of Capital."

Tuesday, May 13: Mahmoud El-Gamal (Rice University) on Islamic
finance. 

Imitation in Organizations and Markets

Please join the Money and Markets Workshop on TUESDAY, MARCH 4, as we welcome Pablo Boczkowski of Northwestern University for a discussion of his paper entitled "Imitation at Work: Knowledge, Cognition, and Reputation in the Practice of Mimicry." The paper examines the saliency of imitation in the workings of markets and organizations. Full event details follow below. Copies of the paper may be attained in advance by emailing dbholat@uchicago.eduWe look forward to seeing you.David M. BholatTuesday, March 412-1:20Social Sciences 107

Tuesday, Feb. 12: FICO Scores and Sub-Prime Mortgage Markets

Please join us for a timely discussion on the making of the
market for mortgage-backed securities and their articulation
with FICO scores next TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 at 12 PM, as the
Money and Market Workshop welcomes Martha Poon, graduate
student at the University of California, San Diego.

Refreshments from Panera Bakery will be served. Please email
me for advanced copies of the paper.

David Bholat

MONEY AND MARKETS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12
12-1:20
SOCIAL SCIENCES 107

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Marxian Analysis- An Evening with David Ruccio

Please join the Money and Markets Workshop for a special
session next MONDAY, JANUARY 28 at 6 PM, as we welcome David
Ruccio, Professor of Economics at Notre Dame and editor of the
journal "Re-thinking Marxism." Professor Ruccio will speak
about his forthcoming book "Planning, Development, and
Globalization: Essays in Marxian Class Analysis."

Following the talk, the workshop will be sponsoring a dinner
with Professor Ruccio at Cedars. The workshop will pay for
meals up to $15 per person. Dinner participants are expected
to have also attended the talk.

We will meet in Social Sciences 107.