This issue of the Newsletter contains an important...

This issue of the Newsletter contains an important item directed at our younger readers, namely the call for applications for the international “Erasmus Mundus” Master Program in “Economic Policies in the Age of Globalisation” (EPOG). The call for this outstanding program, which also includes the possibility to obtain an EU-funded scholarship, is open till the 21st of January. Of course, the Newsletter also features a lot of other interesting material: beginning with this issue I even decided to slightly increase the Newsletter’s coverage by including not only calls for submissions related to academic awards, but also short statements announcing the winners of the respective awards and providing links to their “award-winning” contributions. Let fame go to all those, who deserve it ;-)

Another thing that caught my eye in this Newsletter is the critical exchange on Modern Monetary Theory between Tom Palley and Eric Tymoigne/Randy Wray in the current issue of the Review of Political Economy. Although lack of access and time forced me to postpone a close reading of these papers to the upcoming holidays, I think they not only make a worthwhile read but also raise a series of important questions for those researchers, who are interested in developing an integrated heterodox approach to monetary theory.

Additionally, please note that the publication of the next issue of the Newsletter is scheduled for the 5th of January, which directly collides with the ASSA-conference 2015 in Boston, where I am presenting two papers (see here in case you are interested). Although the editorial team will try to stick to its duties and thereby withstand the transatlantic divide, there is a small probability that the publication of the next issue will be slightly delayed due to the editor’s absence. Should this indeed be the case, please do not panic but rather simply excuse the delay.

Many thanks and all the Best,

Jakob