Professor Michael Veseth
Robert G. Albertson Professor and Director

International Political Economy
University of Puget Sound CMB 1057
Tacoma, Washington USA 98416-1057
 

(253) 879-3720 voice (253) 879-3500 fax
E-mail: Veseth@ups.edu

www.ups.edu/faculty/veseth/

www.michaelveseth.com

WineEconomist.com

Michael Veseth is Robert G. Albertson Professor and Director of the International Political Economy Program at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington USA, where he has taught since 1975.  Veseth is currently researching a book on the global wine market.  The working title is The Future of Wine: Globalization, Two Buck Chuck and the Revenge of the Terroiristes. His blog, The Wine Economist provides a peek at where this work is going.

Professor Veseth is an authority on the political economy of globalization.  He has taught at the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems (Prague, 2005, 2006) and at the Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (Bologna, Italy, 1997).  He was Academic Advisor to the educational website for the PBS/WGBH series, The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (2002).

An economist by training, Professor Veseth is author, editor or co-author of more  than a dozen books, including Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), Introduction to International Political Economy 3/e (with David Balaam Prentice Hall, 2005), The New York Times's Review of the 20th Century: The Rise of the Global Economy (Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2002), Selling Globalization: The Myth of the Global Economy (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998) and Mountains of Debt: Crisis and Change in Renaissance Florence, Victorian Britain, and Postwar America (Oxford University Press, 1990).   

Professor Veseth's trilogy of books on globalization has drawn considerable attention.  Selling Globalization presents a critique of pro-globalization policies and rhetoric based upon the instability of global finance.  The New York Times volume traces the "double movement" of globalization in the 20th century using more than 500 newspaper articles that span the 20th century.  Globaloney completes the series by presenting a critique of anti-globalization rhetoric and examining the diversity of globalization effects on the ground as opposed to the broad generalizations of popular theory.

Professor Veseth has received a number of teaching awards. His book Globaloney, was named a Best Business Book of 2005 by Library Journal.

Selected Publications

Globaloney: Unraveling the Myths of Globalization.  Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, 2006. Excerpts from the book have appeared in a number of publications.

Introduction to International Political Economy 3/e (with David Balaam). Prentice Hall, 2005. (Previous editions 1996 and 2001).  Also Instructor's Manual, Prentice-Hall - ABC News IPE Video supplement, and Prentice-Hall - New York Times IPE supplement.  Veseth has retired from this project and did not contribute to the 4th edition.

The New York Times's Review of the 20th Century: The Rise of the Global Economy (introduction and editor). Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2002.

"International Political Economy" in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, International Relations. Oxford, UK [http://www.eolss.net], 2002.

Selling Globalization: The Myth of the Global Economy. (Lynne Rienner Publishers, August 1998.)

Introduction to International Political Economy: A Reader (edited with David Balaam) Prentice-Hall, 1996.

Mountains of Debt: Crisis and Change in Renaissance Florence, Victorian Britain, and Postwar America. Oxford University Press, 1990.

Economics: Cost & Choice. (with J.R. Clark). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. Macroeconomics: Cost & Choice. Microeconomics: Cost & Choice. (with J.R. Clark) HBJ, 1987.

Introductory Macroeconomics. Academic Press, 1980, 1981, 1984.

Public Finance. Reston Publishers, 1984.

"Moderate Rent Controls: A Microeconomic and Public Choice Analysis," AREUEA Journal, Journal of the American Real Estate & Urban Economics Association, (Fall 1983), with Bruce D. Mann.

"Illusive Progress in Economics," Business Horizons (July 1982), with D.W. Hands. Reprinted in Annual Editions: Economics, John Piscotta, editor (Duskin Publishing Group, Inc., 1985, 1986).

Introductory Economics. Introductory Microeconomics. Academic Press, 1981.  Coursebook for Introductory Economics. Academic Press, 1981.

"Alternative Policies for Preserving Farm and Open Areas," The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (January 1979).

"The Effect of Inflation on the Income Elasticity of Taxes," Public Finance Quarterly (July 1976), with J.P. Suyderhoud.

State Taxation of Military Income and Store Sales, (with John H. Bowman), ACIR, 1975.

Property Tax Circuit-Breakers: Current Status and Policy Issues, (with John H. Bowman), ACIR, 1975.

Selected Professional Presentations:

"The Essence of Globalization." Open Classroom series: Globalization and its Discontents, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, 2002.

"The Useful Future of Economics." Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Liberal Arts, Banff, Canada, 1998.

"International Political Economy." Pacific Northwest Economics Educators Conference, 1994.

"Public Finance from Groves to Rosen." National Tax Association, St. Paul, 1993.

"Unsettled Perspectives: The Controversial Relationship Between Art and Economy in Renaissance Italy." Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society, 1992.

"Is Economic History Passé?" National Tax Association, Williamsburg, 1991.

"Why Victorian Britain Failed." Center for British Studies, University of Colorado, 1991.

"Five Hundred Years of Tax Reform." (Keynote Address) Western Tax Association, Seattle, 1991.

Other Professional Activities:

Economics Professor, American Institute on Political and Economic Systems, Prague, 2005-2006. (A joint program of The Fund for American Studies, Georgetown University and Charles University for university students from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.)

 

Academic Advisor, educational website for WGBH series on The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy broadcast April 2002.

Visiting Professor of International Political Economy, Bologna Center of The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy, Spring 1997.

Author of dozens of short book reviews for Choice and other publications.

Scores of lectures and speeches to university, business, and civic groups.

Memberships on many university, regional, and national committees including, for example, Puget Sound Board of Trustees Presidential Search Committee and Institutional Advancement Committee, Puget Sound Faculty Advancement Committee and Professional Standards Committee, and the National Tax Association Committee on Public Finance Education.

Selected Honors and Awards:

One of the "Best Business Books of 2005" award by the Library Journal for Globaloney.

Alpha Phi Professor of the Year, 1999.
RHA Outstanding Faculty Member, 1994.
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa (alumni member), 1993.
John D. Regester Lecturer, 1991.
Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award, 1988.
John Lantz Senior Research Fellowship, 1988-89.
Elected to Phi Kappa Phi (faculty member), 1988.
Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Member, 1987.
ASUPS Outstanding Faculty Member, 1987.
S&H Foundation Lectureship, 1984.
Jeanne S. Mattersdorf Award, NTA-TIA, 1974.
Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award, Purdue University, 1973.

Education:

Ph.D. Economics, Purdue University (1975).
M.S. Economics, Purdue University (1974).
B.A., Economics & Mathematics (Honors in Economics). University of Puget Sound (1972).