Our next department seminar is next Wednesday, October 14 at 11:15am with Daniele Paserman (Boston University). Daniele is presenting "Female Labor Force Participation and Intergenerational Mobility". See below for details.
Jonathan Cogliano
@jfcogliano.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at UMass Boston | Marxian Political Economy, Exploitation & Class, Agent-Based Modeling, Computational Economics, History of Economic Thought | www.jonathancogliano.com
Our 2026-27 Department Seminar Series kicks off next Wednesday, September 16 at 11:15am with Giorgos Gouzoulis (Queen Mary University of London). Giorgos is presenting "Debt and the Future of Workers: Financialization as Exploiation in the 21st Century". See below for details.
It was a beautiful day yesterday for graduate commencement at @umassboston.bsky.social! Congratulations to all of our M.A. in Applied Economics graduates!
A beautiful day for undergraduate commencement here @umassboston.bsky.social! Congratulations to all of the graduates and our Economics majors!
Keren Horn@kerenhorn.bsky.social · 5mo agoGrateful for these fantastic colleagues! @umassboston.bsky.social @umassbostonecon.bsky.social #GoBeacons #Classof2026
The annual David G. Terkla Seminar is on Tuesday, March 31 at 4pm with guest speaker Peter Q. Blair. Peter will be presenting "The Economics of Skill Recognition: Defining, Measuring, and Rewarding Skill in a Changing World of Work". Details below.
Our next department seminar is Wednesday, March 25 at 11:15am with Marcio Santetti (Emerson College). Marcio is presenting "The Sraffian Supermultiplier in the U.S. Economy".
Our first department seminar of the spring semester is Wednesday, February 25 at 11:15am with Joanna Venator (Boston College). Joanna is presenting "Reproductive Policy Shocks and Defensive Investments in Contraception". (Details below)
Excited to talk about some of my work on exploitation and inequality with @ineteconomics.bsky.social, particularly the concept of exploitation intensity developed with my co-authors Roberto Veneziani and Naoki Yoshihara. Exploitation provides a notion of inequality that (1/n)
INET - Institute for New Economic Thinking@ineteconomics.bsky.social · 10mo agoExploitation isn’t abstract—it’s measurable. 👉 youtu.be/0jJZV7NgCVg 👀 Jonathan Cogliano @umassbostonecon.bsky.social shows how inequality runs deeper than income or wealth.
Our next department seminar is Wednesday, December 10 at 11:15am with Cody Cook (Yale University). Cody is presenting "The Short-Run Effects of Congestion Pricing in New York City". (Details below)
A last minute reminder: we are hiring in health economics this year (JOE ad linked below). Review of applications begins November 15!
UMass Boston Economics@umassbostonecon.bsky.social · last yr.We are hiring! We are conducting a tenure-track search in health economics (Assistant Professor level). Our department is committed to methodological & theoretical pluralism, with focus on issues of poverty, inequality, gender, & race. The JOE ad is here: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Our next department seminar is Wednesday, November 12 at 11:15am with Amanda Pallais (Harvard University). Amanda is presenting "Inefficient Social Disconnection". (Details below)
Very excited my paper (co-authored with Roberto Veneziani), "Classical competition and equilibrium: an agent-based analysis" is forthcoming in the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This paper develops an agent-based computational model (ABM) of (1/n)
Classical competition and equilibrium: an agent-based analysis*
In A Mathematical Formulation of the Ricardian System, Pasinetti (1960) lays out the foundations of what has been dubbed the canonical classical model. He proves the model to be logically consisten...
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The Oct. issue of History of Political Economy was recently published, including my paper, "Scarf's, Shapley's, and Shubik's Applications of the "Core" to General Equilibrium". The paper & entire issue are open access for a limited time: read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article.... @hopecenter.bsky.social
Scarf's, Shapley's, and Shubik's Applications of the “Core” to General Equilibrium | History of Political Economy | Duke University Press
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Jonathan Cogliano@jfcogliano.bsky.social · last yr.Always wonderful to see hard copies of publications. "Scarf's, Shapley's, and Shubik's Applications of the `the Core' to General Equilibrium" in the October issue of History of Political Economy recently arrived: doi.org/10.1215/0018...
Our next department seminar is Wednesday, October 22 at 11:15am with David McMillon (Emory University). David is presenting "Does Racial Hierarchy Really Harm Everyone? Relative Racial Status Resentment and the Economics of Reparative Reforms". (Details below)
We are hiring! We are conducting a tenure-track search in health economics (Assistant Professor level). Our department is committed to methodological & theoretical pluralism, with focus on issues of poverty, inequality, gender, & race. The JOE ad is here: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
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Our first department seminar of the year is next Wednesday, October 1 at 11:15am with Patricia Cortés (Boston University). Patricia is presenting "Making Information Stick: Evidence from Correcting Misperceptions toward Paternity Leave-Taking in Japan". (Details below)
Always wonderful to see hard copies of publications. "Scarf's, Shapley's, and Shubik's Applications of the `the Core' to General Equilibrium" in the October issue of History of Political Economy recently arrived: doi.org/10.1215/0018...
The Economics Department at UMass Boston has joined Bluesky! Stay tuned for news, updates, and events from our department.
The other day while driving my 5 year-old saw the map on the car’s display & asked why it doesn’t show the colors of trees & houses. Having taught intro micro for years & using the map analogy to explain economic models & abstraction, I knew this was my moment…
I'm thrilled to announce that I have been promoted with tenure to Associate Professor of Economics at UMass Boston! This was made official with the trustees' vote last week. I'm very excited to be a part of the incredible Economics Department at UMB and looking forward to this next chapter!
Super excited that my paper "Scarf, Shapley, and Shubik's Applications of the 'Core' to General Equilibrium" is now forthcoming in History of Political Economy & available as an advance publication: doi.org/10.1215/0018... (1/n)
Scarf, Shapley, and Shubik's Applications of the “Core” to General Equilibrium | History of Political Economy | Duke University Press
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It’s a beautiful day for graduate commencement! Congrats to our UMass Boston MA Applied Economics grads!
It’s still always nice to see hard copies of papers in journals. “Karl Marx’s reading of Adam Smith”, co-authored with Duncan Foley, just arrived. Free access read-only version here: rdcu.be/d5GvW
Article: Karl Marx’s reading of Adam Smith, by Jonathan F. Cogliano & Duncan K. Foley buff.ly/SXAodcl
Very happy to have a new paper "Karl Marx's reading of Adam Smith" co-authored with Duncan Foley published in a special issue on Adam Smith edited by Heinz Kurz. Thread below. doi.org/10.1007/s414... (1/n)
Karl Marx’s reading of Adam Smith - Homo Oeconomicus
Adam Smith and Karl Marx are commonly viewed as opposites, both in terms of their approaches to political economy and their ideological outlooks: Smith as a champion of individual self-interest and un...
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