Time: Sat. 2/16, 2pm
Location: UTC 3.102 (Changes will be posted on the door)
Speaker: Kevin Lee (AMD)
Topic: U.S. Economy and Housing Market
Presentation summary: The U.S. economy is losing its momentum because of the financial crisis associated with deteriorations in the housing market and sub-prime mortgage loans. From 2000 to 2006, the U.S housing market delivered huge returns on the investment. In some regions like California and Florida, home prices had doubled or even tripled in this time period. In this presentation, I will talk about the major factors that caused home values to skyrocket. In addition, I plan to show some mathematical formulas to explain why the mortgage banks make more profits by originating sub-prime mortgage loans. These risky loans were ultimately sold to individual investors by the Wall Street investment banks. Because many sub-prime mortgage loans are in default now, investors are no longer interested in buying mortgage notes. As a result, many financial companies are experiencing monetary liquidity problems; lenders are not able to convert their mortgage notes into cash for making new loans. When money supply is tight, banks will make fewer loans to business and consumers. This is a negative factor that is causing the U.S. economy slow down.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Almond 1/26/2008
After the long winter break, the first talk of this semester is right on this coming Saturday. Almond is going to talk about one of the hottest issues in Taiwan right now: the 2008 Taiwan Congress Election. Please come and join the discussion!
Time: Sat. 1/26, 2pm
Location: UTC 3.102
Speaker: Almond
Host: 李珮琳
Please see below for the abstract of Almond's talk.
都是制度惹的禍？談2008立法委員選舉
此次立委選舉結果顯現政黨得票率與當選席次有相當差距。一般評論皆認為是首次採行的單一選區兩票制所造成的結果，而這樣的結果，還招致了不利第三勢力、地方派系勢力茁壯和肉桶政治的批評。然而這樣的結果真是出乎意料嗎？「立委人數減半、單一選區兩票制」是2004年立法院經四分之三決議、而於2005年通過的主要修憲議題。亦即是，這樣的修憲主張在當時是主流的憲政改革議題。而今我們在歷經了選制改革後的首次選舉，各種選制改革的聲音又再次湧現。究竟什麼樣的選制比較符合人民的期待？政治學家如何看待不同選制的影響？我將初淺的以歷史制度論的角度來分析此次立委選舉的制度成因與影響，且一併討論選舉結果對台灣未來政治發展的可能走向。
Time: Sat. 1/26, 2pm
Location: UTC 3.102
Speaker: Almond
Host: 李珮琳
Please see below for the abstract of Almond's talk.
都是制度惹的禍？談2008立法委員選舉
此次立委選舉結果顯現政黨得票率與當選席次有相當差距。一般評論皆認為是首次採行的單一選區兩票制所造成的結果，而這樣的結果，還招致了不利第三勢力、地方派系勢力茁壯和肉桶政治的批評。然而這樣的結果真是出乎意料嗎？「立委人數減半、單一選區兩票制」是2004年立法院經四分之三決議、而於2005年通過的主要修憲議題。亦即是，這樣的修憲主張在當時是主流的憲政改革議題。而今我們在歷經了選制改革後的首次選舉，各種選制改革的聲音又再次湧現。究竟什麼樣的選制比較符合人民的期待？政治學家如何看待不同選制的影響？我將初淺的以歷史制度論的角度來分析此次立委選舉的制度成因與影響，且一併討論選舉結果對台灣未來政治發展的可能走向。
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
2008 Spring Schedule
date/speaker/host
1/26 Almond/Pei-lin
2/9 Kevin/Teh-sheng (2/16)
2/23 Chia-Liang/Wei-ching (3/1)
3/22 Teh-sheng/Chi-Tsun
4/5 Shang-Shang/Yi-huei (Lee) [canceled]
4/19 Kaiman/Long-nan
1/26 Almond/Pei-lin
2/9 Kevin/Teh-sheng (2/16)
2/23 Chia-Liang/Wei-ching (3/1)
3/22 Teh-sheng/Chi-Tsun
4/5 Shang-Shang/Yi-huei (Lee) [canceled]
4/19 Kaiman/Long-nan
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
維菁 12/1/07
Time: 12/1 Sat 2PM
Location: 湘韻家 (UT Brackenridge Apt)
Speaker: 王維菁 (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Radio, TV, Film)
Host: 蕭靜慧
第一階段講題與綱要如下:
Origins of Economic Inequality in the Age of Information Society: Wage Structure, Unemployment, and Occupation Transformation in Taiwan after 1980
本週討論將從批判政治經濟學的認識論—社會變遷與歷史、社會整體性、道德哲學、以及實踐—出發，探討台灣自1980年代進入知識、技術密集的資訊經濟生產時期後，經濟不平等所生的變化，並探究此一演變發生的可能核心因素。在討論中我們也將簡短回顧台灣經濟發展史，以理解政策、經濟生產模式等如何影響財富分配。至於本文中所欲探討的經濟不平等將聚焦於勞動市場結構，包括薪資不平等、失業、以及職業結構變遷等。
Introduction
The purpose of this research is to explore the changes in economic inequality, if any, that occur when a newly industrialized country (NIC) such as Taiwan ushers in an information economy, defined as information intensive and information technology (IT) production-centric; and further, to track the possible origins of this changing inequality. In terms of economy inequality, this dissertation will concentrate on labor market conditions, including wage inequality, unemployment, and occupation structure alteration, to see how the state and its policies, informationalization, industrial transformation, global competition, changed labor market institutions, and other possible economic factors might go hand in hand to shape the changes in wealth distribution and economic inequality in the age of information society. Since the 1980s, Taiwan industries have undergone a dramatic conversion from traditional labor intensive manufacturing to IT, information and skill intensive industries, as well as service industries. Both government and domestic enterprises were eager to promote this industrial upgrade by adopting informationalization and by expanding skill and information intensive industries such as IT, telecommunications, and knowledge-based industries. Consequently, from 1990 on, Taiwan has become a key producer of IT products and ranks highly worldwide in information and communication technology (ICT) penetration. In 2006, Taiwan’s service industry accounted for 73.44% of the total GDP, manufacturing accounted for 24.99%, and agriculture accounted for only 1.57%; among these sectors, knowledge concentrated manufacturing and service industries were estimated to jointly produce at least 45% of the total GDP. At a time when there are few relevant empirical studies of NICs in transition, Taiwan, whose industrial and economic transformation has been complete and well-documented, provides an excellent case study of changes in economic inequality in the transition from a NIC to an “information economy.”
(Data is calculated based on the Output-Input Data provided by the Council for Economic Planning and Development.)
第二部分的台灣聊天室 討論題目為目前台灣經濟發展狀況
Tentative focuses are
1. 目前台灣經濟發展狀況在國際環境下的優勢與劣勢
2. 未來台灣經濟發展的方向與可能性
3. 經濟成長與公平如何平衡，經濟成長對台灣大多數人是否真有獲益？ 進而思考
我們要的是一個什麼樣的社會？
Location: 湘韻家 (UT Brackenridge Apt)
Speaker: 王維菁 (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Radio, TV, Film)
Host: 蕭靜慧
第一階段講題與綱要如下:
Origins of Economic Inequality in the Age of Information Society: Wage Structure, Unemployment, and Occupation Transformation in Taiwan after 1980
本週討論將從批判政治經濟學的認識論—社會變遷與歷史、社會整體性、道德哲學、以及實踐—出發，探討台灣自1980年代進入知識、技術密集的資訊經濟生產時期後，經濟不平等所生的變化，並探究此一演變發生的可能核心因素。在討論中我們也將簡短回顧台灣經濟發展史，以理解政策、經濟生產模式等如何影響財富分配。至於本文中所欲探討的經濟不平等將聚焦於勞動市場結構，包括薪資不平等、失業、以及職業結構變遷等。
Introduction
The purpose of this research is to explore the changes in economic inequality, if any, that occur when a newly industrialized country (NIC) such as Taiwan ushers in an information economy, defined as information intensive and information technology (IT) production-centric; and further, to track the possible origins of this changing inequality. In terms of economy inequality, this dissertation will concentrate on labor market conditions, including wage inequality, unemployment, and occupation structure alteration, to see how the state and its policies, informationalization, industrial transformation, global competition, changed labor market institutions, and other possible economic factors might go hand in hand to shape the changes in wealth distribution and economic inequality in the age of information society. Since the 1980s, Taiwan industries have undergone a dramatic conversion from traditional labor intensive manufacturing to IT, information and skill intensive industries, as well as service industries. Both government and domestic enterprises were eager to promote this industrial upgrade by adopting informationalization and by expanding skill and information intensive industries such as IT, telecommunications, and knowledge-based industries. Consequently, from 1990 on, Taiwan has become a key producer of IT products and ranks highly worldwide in information and communication technology (ICT) penetration. In 2006, Taiwan’s service industry accounted for 73.44% of the total GDP, manufacturing accounted for 24.99%, and agriculture accounted for only 1.57%; among these sectors, knowledge concentrated manufacturing and service industries were estimated to jointly produce at least 45% of the total GDP. At a time when there are few relevant empirical studies of NICs in transition, Taiwan, whose industrial and economic transformation has been complete and well-documented, provides an excellent case study of changes in economic inequality in the transition from a NIC to an “information economy.”
(Data is calculated based on the Output-Input Data provided by the Council for Economic Planning and Development.)
第二部分的台灣聊天室 討論題目為目前台灣經濟發展狀況
Tentative focuses are
1. 目前台灣經濟發展狀況在國際環境下的優勢與劣勢
2. 未來台灣經濟發展的方向與可能性
3. 經濟成長與公平如何平衡，經濟成長對台灣大多數人是否真有獲益？ 進而思考
我們要的是一個什麼樣的社會？
Friday, November 23, 2007
維邦 11/3/2007
Time: 11/3 Sat 2PM
Location: UTC 3.102
Speaker: 王維邦
Host: 陳湘韻
Talk:The Social Causes of Depression: The Example of Aging Vector Model by Wei-Pang Wang (sociology)
Taiwan Chatting Room: "Going to the doctor and paying for the insurance---comparing TW and the US."
第一階段由邦邦哥 主講 講題與綱要如下
The Social Causes of Depression: The Example of Aging Vector Model
健康與病痛社會學 (Sociology of Health and Illness)是西方社會學界與人口學界近年最蓬勃發展的領域之一。該領域認為生老病死不僅是個人的各別生命經驗，更呈現社會因素所塑造的健康與病痛之不平等階層。雖然此觀點已在西方社會獲得廣泛的實證支持，相關議題卻甚少討論於台灣社會學界。
本講題因此試圖介紹教育程度—身為影響台灣社會階層的核心因素—是否亦影響台灣社會心理健康如憂鬱症狀（Depression）的不平等。演講內容將藉由台灣地區中老年身心社會生活狀況長期追蹤調查所提供長達十四年的長期貫時性資料及運用潛在成長曲線模型與老化向量圖(Latent Growth Curve Model with Aging Vectors Graphs)為帥氣又美麗的壇友們提供實證例子。
第二部分的台灣聊天室 討論題目為 「台美看病/保險 經驗/制度 比較」
相信大家對美國的醫療花費昂貴都有相當的感受 在台灣看病相較之下方便又便宜許多
但或許大家也聽說過'健保破產'的說法 甚至親身體驗到從前只要看一次的病 現在醫生要求你去診所兩次
這次的聊天室希望大家能分享自己在台灣跟美國（或是其他地方）的就醫與保險經驗 以及提供對兩地不同制度的認識
Location: UTC 3.102
Speaker: 王維邦
Host: 陳湘韻
Talk:The Social Causes of Depression: The Example of Aging Vector Model by Wei-Pang Wang (sociology)
Taiwan Chatting Room: "Going to the doctor and paying for the insurance---comparing TW and the US."
第一階段由邦邦哥 主講 講題與綱要如下
The Social Causes of Depression: The Example of Aging Vector Model
健康與病痛社會學 (Sociology of Health and Illness)是西方社會學界與人口學界近年最蓬勃發展的領域之一。該領域認為生老病死不僅是個人的各別生命經驗，更呈現社會因素所塑造的健康與病痛之不平等階層。雖然此觀點已在西方社會獲得廣泛的實證支持，相關議題卻甚少討論於台灣社會學界。
本講題因此試圖介紹教育程度—身為影響台灣社會階層的核心因素—是否亦影響台灣社會心理健康如憂鬱症狀（Depression）的不平等。演講內容將藉由台灣地區中老年身心社會生活狀況長期追蹤調查所提供長達十四年的長期貫時性資料及運用潛在成長曲線模型與老化向量圖(Latent Growth Curve Model with Aging Vectors Graphs)為帥氣又美麗的壇友們提供實證例子。
第二部分的台灣聊天室 討論題目為 「台美看病/保險 經驗/制度 比較」
相信大家對美國的醫療花費昂貴都有相當的感受 在台灣看病相較之下方便又便宜許多
但或許大家也聽說過'健保破產'的說法 甚至親身體驗到從前只要看一次的病 現在醫生要求你去診所兩次
這次的聊天室希望大家能分享自己在台灣跟美國（或是其他地方）的就醫與保險經驗 以及提供對兩地不同制度的認識
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