I am a Professor in the Department of Economics at Vassar College , Poughkeepsie , New York. I served as the Director of the Program in International Studies until June of 2007; Pinar Batur is the current Director.
The second edition of my book, A New View of Comparative Economics was recently published and you might want to visit the text book support website.
Perhaps you want to drop in on my comparative systems research website at Vassar.
This semester I will be teaching Comparative Economics, Monday and Friday 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm in KH 133, and Introduction to Microeconomics, 9:00 am - 10:15 am in KH 132. You can access the reading list here.
My office hours for this semester will be:
Mondays 10:30 am - 12:00 noon and Thursdays, 10:00 am - 11:45 am in BH 124