From the Editors

Like many heterodox economists, my (TJ's) new year began with the ASSA meetings in Chicago. It was very nice to meet many old and new friends. There were so many interesting heterodox sessions and activities. In particular, those young (and young-at-heart) heterodox economists who attended the Pedagogy and Course Design Workshop organized by Geoffrey Schneider (along with the support from heterodox journals and associations) told me that it was a well-organized and most helpful workshop. Hope we can have a similar or even better workshop at the next ASSA meeting in San Diego (see early calls for papers for the 2013 ASSA meetings here--HES, LERA, and URPE).

About a year ago, a number of heterodox economists endorsed a letter urging that ''the AEA create and then promote adherence to a professional code of ethics that at a minimum requires transparency with respect to potential conflicts of interest'' (see the letter here). In response to the letter the AEA Executive Committee announced on January 5, 2012 that AEA ''adopted extensions to its principles for authors’ disclosures of potential conflicts of interest in the AEA’s publications.'' See the press release on this here.

 

There have been some very interesting pieces on heterodox economics in the mainstream media.  In particular,The Economist magazine ran a long article that included a look at Austrian economics, the so-called Market Monetarist approach, and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) or what they labeled Neo-Chartalism, where Warren Mosler and UMKC were featured prominently.  MMT in particular has been getting a lot of coverage in the Blogosphere. You can find links to some of these interesting discussions in the media section and debates on Randy Wray's blog.

Lastly, we'd like call your attention to our own efforts to organize a heterodox economic activity taking place at Buffalo State College on March 2nd. It is a workshop and a public lecture devoted to heterodox microeconomics. Both events are free and open to the public. We hope many heterodox economists in the region can join us. If you are interested, contact Tae-Hee at taeheejo@gmail.com.

Happy new year to all and we wish we have many exciting news for heterodox economists around the world!

In solidarity,

Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors

Email: heterodoxnews@gmail.com

Webpage: http://heterodoxnews.com