A new issue of the Heterodox Economic Newsletter...
A new issue of the Heterodox Economic Newsletter seems to be the perfect way to start the new year, so here we are ;-)
I am super-happy to let you know that the Newsletter enters 2022 better prepared than ever before as Daniela Cialfi – a new member in our editorial team – joined us these days: Daniela is a cognitive and behavioural economist, heterodox economist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. Before this, she worked at Procter & Gamble. She holds a PhD in the Human Science curriculum in Economics and Statistics from the University of Chieti-Pescara and acts as a board member of the Society of Experimental Finance and the Italian Post-Keynesian Society. In her spare time, Daniela enjoys travel, reading, jogging, and coding. It goes without saying that we are all super-happy that Daniela joined the team ;-)
Aside from the usual Corona-induced calamities, one thing that pained me in 2021 was the fact that I could not find enough time to read a fair share of the excellent books we regularly feature in the Newsletter. Among those books that seemed to cover important issues for heterodox economists in general and that I probably should have discussed at some point in the editorial are Steve Keen’s manifesto on “The New Economics”, _Tim Jackson’s new book on “Post Growth”_ or de Muijnck/Tielemans’ ambitious book “Economy Studies”. While I will try to do better this year, let me add that the Newsletter is always happily accepting book reviews, especially on such titles that are, in some way, of general interest to heterodox researchers. In case you are interested to contribute here, please contact us anytime by writing us an email.
After publishing our last issue, we also received the sad news that Geoffrey Harcourt, a giant of heterodox economics and an always engaging supporter of the Newsletter, passed away at the age of 90. Until very recently Geoff wrote regular emails full of refreshing humor to the Newsletter pointing to upcoming events and noteworthy books as well as commenting on recent developments in the field. He will be greatly missed by our community.
All the best & have a good start,
Jakob