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Robert Scott Gassler, PhD

Professor of Economics

Tel. +32 2 629 26 86 / Fax +32 2 629 36 37
E-mail: rsgassle@vub.ac.be

Office Hours:

Fall 2011

Subjects taught:
  • Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
  • Environmental and Ecological Economics
  • International Political Economy
  • Economics of the European Union
  • IA Capstone

Education:

University of Colorado
Ph.D. Economics - 1981
Colorado, USA

University of Washington
Master of Arts in Economics - 1976
Seattle, Washington, USA

Columbia University
Master of Science in Library Service - 1974
New York, New York, USA

Oberlin College
Bachelor of Arts in Economics - 1970
Ohio, USA

Research Interests:
  • International Political Economy
  • Economics of Information and Organization
  • Environmental and Ecological Economics
  • Political and Social Economics

Select Publications:

“A Systems Approach to Ecological Economics,” in progress.

“How to Fight Recession under Climate Change,” in progress.

with Bert Mosselmans, “Waarom geschiedenis van het economisch denken?” (“Why History of Economic Thought?”) TPEdigitaal, 2009 jaargang 3(4), 6-21.
http://www.tpedigitaal.nl/assets/static/1_Mosselmans-Gassler-4-2009.pdf

“Political and Social Economics: Beyond Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy,” Forum for Social Economics, 2007, 36: 109-20.

“Political and Social Economics and the Legacy of Oskar Lange,” Contemporary models of the market economy and the thought of Oskar Lange: Conference to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the great Polish scientist, Warsaw, 27th September 2004.

Beyond Profit and Self-Interest: Economics with a Broader Scope. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2003.

Languages:

English with some knowledge of Dutch, French, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Nationality:

American