Teach-In Asks What Led to Economic Mess

Occupy Redlands is scheduled to host another teach-in on Monday, this one focusing on the financial crisis.

Titled A Walk on the Wild Side - Neo-liberalism Unbound, the discussion will examine whether or not the country’s economic woes are “simply the result of recent economic policies ‘gone bad.’”

The event is scheduled from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the University of Redlands, Gregory Hall 161, 1200 East Colton Ave. Redlands. Admission is free.

Dorene Isenberg will present the teach-in. Eisenberg received her Ph.D in Economics from University of California at Riverside. Organizers said she would discuss crucial changes that signaled an altering of our path and explain why and how these changes have been instrumental in producing the Great Recession and our non-existent recovery.

Isenberg will also look at where the economy is now, Occupy officials said.

Isenberg has been a faculty member at the University of Maine and Drew University. She is a professor at the University of Redlands. She’s the co-editor of a book, Seeking Shelter on the Pacific Rim: Financial Globalization, Social Justice, and the Housing Market with Prof. Gary Dymski at UCR. She has authored many articles on financial instability, financial institutions, housing finance and markets, and the Great Depression.