From the Editors
This issue of the Newsletter is relatively short,
but you will still find many interesting news entries. In particular,
graduate students and junior or even senior heterodox economists must
take a look at nine job postings in this
issue. We want to remind you that an important function of the Newsletter
is to help young heterodox economists find jobs, especially in the
middle of the global economic recession. If your institution is
planning to hire heterodox economists, don't forget to send us your job
adverts.
Another item we'd like to draw your attention to is a new book series, "Perspectives
from Social Economics'', edited by Mark D. White. It is
expected that ''this series will feature a sharp discussion of the
explicit ethical/social components of important policy and social
issues, drawing on the varied approaches used by social economists
around the world.''
In other news, good to see the attack on mainstream
economics continues, even in the mainstream press. A Letter to
the Financial Times last week suggested that "economics
could be declared as a failing discipline and could be taken over by a
successful discipline such as physics." This was followed up with
a letter which stated, "today's economists have conveniently forgotten
that economics is a dimension of ethics as envisioned by Adam Smith,"
and that economics would be better served by appointing an eminent
philosopher to head the "dismal science." The letter
writers would be well served by reading this recent piece by Philip
Mirowski in The Hedgehog Review, " The
Great Mortification: Economists' Responses to the Crisis of 2007-(and
counting)."
In solidarity,
Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors
Email: heterodoxnews@gmail.com
Website: http://heterodoxnews.com
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Table of Contents
Call
for Papers
The 3rd Conference of the
Buddhist Economics Research Platform
Buddhist Insights for a New World Economy
January 18-19, 2011 | Brisbane, Australia
A partnership of the Buddhist Economics Research Platform, and Griffith
University’s School of Environment and Multi-faith Centre, are
pleased to announce the 3rd Conference of the Buddhist Economics
Research Platform titled “Buddhist Insights for a New World
Economy.”
The conference welcomes people from all perspectives and backgrounds
and is intended to be a think-tank identifying practical knowledge and
wisdom, with a focus upon Buddhism, for new economies where people
matter (Schumacher, 1973).
Please have a look at the attached PDF file for details.
Submissions
Interested participants should email
an abstract of their planned presentation (about 250 words) accompanied
by a biographical note (100 words) electronically by September 15, 2010
to Peter Daniels
Dr. Peter Daniels
Environmental and Ecological Economics
Urban Research Program
Griffith School of Environment
Griffith University, Nathan 4111
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
Phone: Australia 61-7-3735-7189
FAX: Australia 61-7-3735-7459
Email:
p.daniels@griffith.edu.au
The 5th
Annual Conference on the History of Recent Economics (HISRECO)
29-30 April 2011 | Duke University, North Carolina, USA
The Second World War and its aftermath marked a major stage in the
establishment of economics as one of the dominant discourses in
contemporary societies. The spread of economic ideas into many areas of
social life invites mutually profitable engagements between historians
of economics and historians of other social sciences. It also presents
great potential for those working on the history of economics to
broaden their audience beyond those that they have traditionally
addressed.
The past decade has been witness to a surging interest in the history
of economics post-WWII. This new scholarship has made good use of newly
available source-materials, rehearsed new methodologies for the study
of the past and looked across disciplinary boundaries for insights. In
its fifth consecutive year, the HISRECO conference offers a venue for
review and development of this work. We are inviting submissions of
papers that deal with the post-WWII era. Though all proposals will be
carefully considered, our preference is for papers that place post-war
economics in a broader context, whether this is parallel developments
in other social sciences, politics, culture or economic challenges. To
this end, we solicit proposals from scholars trained in history,
economics, sociology, or any field that may yield insights. Proposals
from doctoral students and junior researchers are actively encouraged.
If you are interested in participating, please submit a proposal
containing roughly 500 words and indicating clearly the original
contribution of the paper (if you have a draft of the paper, we would
be happy to see that as well). The deadline for the submission of paper
proposals is 30 September 2010. Notice of acceptance or rejection will
be sent by 1 November 2010 and completed papers will be due on 15
February 2011 so that we can provide feedback and then give discussants
time to prepare comments.
Proposals should be sent electronically to tiago.mata@gmail.com.
The organizing committee consists of Roger Backhouse (University of
Birmingham), Philippe Fontaine (École normale supérieure
de Cachan and Institut universitaire de France), Yann Giraud
(Université de Cergy-Pontoise) and Tiago Mata (University of
Amsterdam).
For further information about the conference please contact: Tiago
Mata, tiago.mata@gmail.com.
The 6th Forum of the World
Association for Political Economy
Responses to Capitalist Crisis:
Neoliberalism and Beyond
University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA | May 27-29, 2011
| Website:
www.wrpe.org.
Topics:
1. Class analysis of the responses to
the financial and economic crisis.
2. Is neoliberalism on the way out or will it survive the economic
crisis? What might replace it?
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the revived Keynesian
economics?
4. What problems are posed by the rising national debt in many
countries?
5. The prospects for major institutional and regulatory reform in the
global economy and in various countries.
6. Class analysis of the growth of right-wing movements in response to
the economic crisis.
7. Lessons from the history of past capitalist crises for the current
situation.
8. The problems of, and opportunities for, building socialism in the
midst of capitalist crisis.
9. Can the euro survive the current economic crisis?
10. The danger that tensions among states due to the economic crisis
may lead to serious conflict.
Proposals for both individual papers and complete sessions are welcome.
Please send your application, including curriculum vitae and a paper
abstract of 500 words (in Chinese or English), to Professor Xiaoqin
Ding at
wape2006@gmail.com.
Deadline for applications:
January 15, 2011. Applicants will be
notified about acceptance of their paper by February 15, 2011. Papers
(in Chinese or English), of up to 6,000 words, will be due by March 31,
2011.
Official Languages of the Forum: Chinese and English
Hotel Accommodations
Individuals will be able to reserve
hotel rooms at the University of Massachusetts Campus Center Hotel or
at nearby hotels. Information about reserving a hotel room will be
available later.
Marxian economists from all over the world are welcome to attend the
forum whether or not they will present a paper. The WAPE Forums aim to
encourage cooperation among Marxian economists and to enlarge and
strengthen the influence of Marxian economics in the world.
WAPE. The World Association for Political Economy, registered in Hong
Kong, China, is an international academic organization founded in 2006
by Marxian economists and related groups around the world. The mission
of WAPE is to utilize modern Marxian economics to analyze and study the
world economy, reveal its laws of development, and offer policies to
promote economic and social progress on the national and global level.
The first five WAPE forums were held in Shanghai, Shimane (Japan),
Beijing, Paris, and Suzhou (China) during 2006-2010. Participants in
past WAPE forums have come from X countries in Asia, Australia, Africa,
Europe, and North and South America.
WRPE. The World Review of Political Economy is a new peer-reviewed
quarterly journal of Marxian Political Economy sponsored by WAPE and
published by Pluto Press. For more information about WRPE, including
types of submissions that will be considered, go to
www.wrpe.org.
WAPE Award. The Distinguished Achievement Award of World Political
Economy of the 21st Century, established by WAPE, has been granted
annually since 2009. It is intended to promote research in modern
political economy around the world by granting the award to economists
who have made important innovations in the theory or methodology of
political economy since the year of 2001. The 2011 WAPE Award will be
granted at the opening ceremony of the Sixth WAPE Forum. Nominations
and applications can be sent to
wape2006@gmail.com.
The 9th Society of Heterodox Economists
Conference: Extra Symposia
December 6-7, 2010 | University of New South Wales, Australia
For more information, visit Conference Website and SHE
website.
Association
for Social Economics at EEA 2011
Feburary 25-27, 2011 | New York City
I invite you to submit abstracts and/or session proposals for the
Association for Social Economics
sessions at the
2011
Eastern Economic Association meetings, to be held at the Sheraton
New York Hotel and Towers in New York City, February 25-27.
I welcome any proposals dealing with the concerns of social economics,
whether theoretical or practical, methodological or policy-oriented, or
anything in between. As always, I am particularly interested in papers
exploring the intersection of economics and ethics (which fits under
the social economics umbrella), as well as economics and philosophy in
general.
You do not have to be a member of ASE to participate in the EEA
sessions, though if you are not a member, I do encourage you to
visit the website and
consider joining. (In fact, even if you choose not to participate in
the meetings, it's a good idea to visit the website and consider
joining!)
Please send me your abstracts or session ideas by Monday, October 4 at
profmdwhite@hotmail.com -
also, feel free to ask me about possible topics or themes, or about the
meetings in general. The Eastern Economic Association meetings have
always been very open to alternative approaches and viewpoints, as well
as a wonderful forum for innovative ideas.
Mark D. White
Professor, Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy
College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, CUNY
Series Editor:
Perspectives
from Social Economics (Palgrave Macmillan)
Associate Editor:
Forum
for Social Economics (Springer)
Blogs:
Economics and
Ethics (group blog),
Maybe
It's Just Me, But... (at Psychology Today)
Business History Conference
2011
St. Louis, MO, USA | 31 March-2 April 2011
The next Business History Conference will have "Knowledge" as its main
theme. I am planning to organize a panel on the role of international
economic advisors to less developed countries after World War II as
central actors in the transmission, creation, and transformation of
institutional knowledge across countries. International economic
advisors are particularly interesting figures in international economic
relations, since they are essential intermediaries between different
public economic entities, such as countries, central banks, and
multilateral institutions. After World War II, foreign economic
advisors helped less developed countries establish (and sometimes run)
new monetary institutions like central banks, prepare and implement
long-term development plans, establish regional or sectoral development
agencies and authorities, and coordinate efforts to develop
international trade and bring local economies into the new
international economic order. During the Cold War, the United States
were by far the largest and most active provider of international
economic advice. The Soviet Union also played a role, although more
limited in scope and area of influence.
Advisors had each a different story: they came from different
institutions - including the US State Department, the Federal Reserve,
and the World Bank - and brought with them a wealth of personal and
institutional knowledge. They had to mediate between their initial -
and official - terms of reference, and the specific needs of and
pressures by the hosting countries. This was a learning process that
shaped the advisors' own body of knowledge, brought feedback to the
original institution, and influenced the subsequent career paths of the
advisors. From a more theoretical perspective, the advisors' knowledge
and its evolution was a fundamental constituent in the shaping of the
new field of development economics, specifically as regards the role of
central banks and public economic institutions in fostering the
economic development
of a country.
In sum, economic advisors were both intermediaries and creators of
knowledge. They found themselves at the crossroads between local
countries or entities and the international settings; economic theory
and
policymaking. Through their stories, each of them idiosyncratic and
unique, we can get an excellent overview of transnational flows of
people, ideas, cultures, political and economic relations, and how they
connect with each other; this, in turn, offers a fresh perspective on
how the postwar international economic landscape took shape.
I invite all the interested scholars to send me a proposal for a paper
or an expression of interest by September 15, 2010. Final submission of
the panel proposal is due by October 1, 2010. While all paper proposals
will be taken into due consideration, a particular focus on the period
1940s- 1960s will be preferred, as well as work based on archival
material that can broaden our knowledge of advisory activities in the
postwar years
and link them to the history of politics, ideas, ideologies, and
economic history of those times. To discuss possible topics or send a
paper proposal, please write to Michele Alacevich at
michele.alacevich@gmail.com
The 2011 Business History Conference will be held in St. Louis, MO on
31 March-2 April 2011.
For the 2011 BHC annual meeting, see
http://www.thebhc.org/annmeet/call2011.html
JMCE Research Student
Workshop: "Rethinking Europe after the Crisis"
London, King's College London | 8 October 2010
As we approach the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the
European project continues to show its age-old problems – and a
new powerful vector of instability. While the tormented path of the
European Constitution, as amended by the Lisbon Treaty, has made
palpable the gravity of the democratic deficit and has compounded the
obstacles in agreeing to common foreign and economic policies and in
coordinating the response to external events, the shock-waves of the
global economic crisis have for the first time threatened the stability
of the Euro and prompted speculation of defaults, exit strategies and a
two-speed Europe.
How can we assess the various dimensions of the crisis (political,
social, economical, institutional...) and its impact on the future
trajectories of the EU and of the European member states? Does it
require us to reconsider the tools and methodologies of the different
disciplines and to develop new analyses and approaches?
Workshop theme
The workshop aims to explore the following topics:
- new developments in the law and governance of the EU and member
states;
- national or comparative assessments of the impact of the coming
austerity measures on class, gender, racial, generational and other
divides;
- social and political mobilisation between apathy, mass anti-cuts
struggles and the rise of far right movements;
- theorising the role of the national state after the rescue of
the banking system;
- the debate over Euro and over a common European economic
government;
- the relationship between the European core and the Southern and
Eastern European peripheries: uneven development, structural imbalances
and political dimensions;
- rethinking the European disciplines: critical evaluations,
interdisciplinary dialogue and new approaches;
- rethinking the EU as a multilayered/interdisciplinary scientific
object
- We are also happy to consider papers on different but related
topics.
Call for papers
Postgraduate researchers from across the EU and all the social science
disciplines (especially public policy, law, European studies, political
science, international relations and economics) are invited to submit
paper proposals outlining their original research contributions to be
presented at the workshop, and for discussion of key issues in a
closing round-table debate.
The day-long interdisciplinary workshop is organised by PhD students
with the aim of providing an opportunity to showcase the work of
leading postgraduate researchers on the future of Europe in the light
of the most recent developments. Limited travel bursaries may be
available to help speakers with travel expenses: please e-mail Paolo
Chiocchetti (
paolo.chiocchetti@kcl.ac.uk)
for application details.
Submission of abstracts
If you would like to submit a paper to
the workshop for consideration please e-mail us your proposal,
including the title, author, abstract (no more than 250 words) and
institutional affiliation by 30 August 2010. Please send your proposal
and/or any query to Paolo Chiocchetti (
paolo.chiocchetti@kcl.ac.uk)
JSHET Conference 2011
May 21-22, 2011 | Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan
The 75th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for the History of
Economic Thought (JSHET) will be held on May 21-22, 2011 at Fukushima
University, Fukushima, Japan. The organizing committee invites
proposals for individual papers (in English or in Japanese) on all
aspects of the history of economic
thought. Submissions should be mailed to eriguchi[at mark]
mtj.biglobe.ne.jp.
Each author should send his/her abstract of about 600 words in English
or 2000 letters in Japanese for a paper, as an attached document (PDF
or WORD format) to an electronic mail, containing the title of the
paper, his/her name, affiliation, postal and electronic addresses and
the fax number. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2010.
A complete list of accepted contributions and a provisional programme
would be available at the beginning of December 2010. The outlines
(within 6 pages of format A4) of the paper should be submitted by
February 28, 2011. They will be printed and mailed to all participants
one month before the conference.
The fee for non-members of JSHET to present a paper at the conference
is 6,000 yen. Further information of JSHET and the conference may be
found on the website:
http://jshet.net/ For any additional information, please send your
request to Eriguchi[at mark]
mtj.biglobe.ne.jp.
Conferences,
Seminars and Lectures
Causes Behind the Global
Financial Crisis and 70′s Stagflation
119th Annual Henry George Commemorative Dinner | Thursday Sept 2nd, 6pm
onwards | RSVP by Friday 27th August | Presenter: Steven Spadijer (ANU)
Steven Spadijer is an honours student in Arts/Law at the Australian
National University, where he is currently completing a series of
papers on business cycles the role federalism could play in lead to a
resurgence of Georgist ideas. In addition to this, he has written on
the utility that Georgist principles can contribute toward business
cycle research, having presented papers at History of Economic Thought
Society (HETSA).
He is is also writing a book which involves applying the insights of
George into the population debate and what he calls ‘single tax
enterprise zones’ and is an avid supporter of federalism through
the Samuel Griffith Society, taking a keen interest in constitutional
law.
Steven will dispel on the night the notion that
“stagflation” was caused by the 1973 oil price shock.
Instead, he will detail how a synthesis of the Georgist, Austrian
(Hayek, Schumpeter) and post-Keynesian theory (Minsky, Sweezy) provide
a more viable explanation for the 1973-75 recession. He will then apply
this to the current GFC.
He promises a lively presentation – we hope you can join us. RSVP
pls by Friday 27th August if possible.
Meals are on a pay as you go basis – meals are $15. We will
gather at around 6.30pm with meals preferably ordered by 6.45. The
venue is the Conservatory, Pumphouse Hotel, 128
Nicholson St, Fitzroy. See this map for more detail.
University of Sydney: Two
Public Lectures
The University of Sydney will host two public lectures in our Sydney
Ideas series that maybe of interest to you and your members. More
information is below and online at www.sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas
If you could circulate information about them that would be most
appreciated.
Wednesday 18 August
J K Galbraith: Economic Reform and the Good Society
Professor Frank Stilwell, Political Economy, Faculty of Arts
The distinguished political economist John Kenneth Galbraith
(1908-2006) thought economic reform should help to create ‘the
good society’. He excoriated orthodox economists for being overly
enamoured with the free market economy. He warned that capitalism,
unless strongly regulated by government, would generate social
imbalance, economic instability and unacceptable inequalities between
rich and poor. Reform would require changing the structures of
political economic power. This lecture will examine Galbraith’s
place in the contest of political economic ideas, his attempt to
refocus economic thinking on progressive social goals and the relevance
of these challenging ideas in the twenty-first century. Part of the
Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers series.
- Venue: Lecture Theatre 101, Sydney Law School Building, Eastern
Avenue, Camperdown Campus
- Time: 6.00pm to 7.30 (includes Q & A)
- Bookings: Free events, no registration or booking required
Monday 30 August 2010
How the war on terror contributed to the credit crunch and to the
crisis of the Euro
Loretta Napoleoni, Italian economist and terrorist financing
expert
The response of George Bush to 9/11 triggered a chain of events which
led to the credit crunch and to the current crisis of the Euro. In a
globalised economy new economic inter-dependencies exist among
countries that need to be taken into consideration not only when
developing economic policies but also when implementing key foreign
policy decisions. Loretta Napoleoni is the best-selling author of Rouge
Economics, Terror Incorporated and Insurgent Iraq. She is an expert on
financing of terrorism and advises governments and international
organization on counter-terrorism., V
- Venue: Seymour Centre, University of Sydney
- Time: 6.30pm lecture start
- Cost: $20 adult / $15 concession/ Free for University of Sydney
staff, students and Alumni (ID required)
- Bookings: phone 02 9351 7940 or online www.sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas
Conference
New Solutions @ 20
Greening the Workplace: Problems and Possibilities
September 25, 2010 | Brooklyn College Graduate Center, New York
City
New Solutions, a Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health
Policy, will celebrate 20 years of publication with a one day
conference in collaboration with the Brooklyn College Graduate Center
for Worker Education.
The event will be held on September 25, 2010 from 9:00 am to 6:00
pm at the Brooklyn College Graduate Center, located at 25
Broadway 7th floor, New York City
To register go to www.regonline.com/greening_the_workplace
and follow the instructions, or R.S.V.P by
calling the Brooklyn College Graduate Center at (212)-966-4014
Job
Postings for Heterodox Economists
Bard College, USA
A full-time or two-thirds time visiting
faculty in economics
Bard College at Simon's Rock is looking for a full-time or two-thirds
time visiting faculty in economics to teach Microeconomics,
Macroeconomics, as well as additional intermediate and/or advanced
courses in economics (Political Economy would be a plus). This is a
one-year position (the full-time position will involve a 3-3 course
load; the 2/3 position, a 2-2 load) with rental housing available on
campus and health insurance benefits. Salary will depend on prior
experience and number of courses that will be taught.
Interested parties should contact--and send CV to-- Anne O'Dwyer, Dean
of Academic Affairs, Bard College at Simon's Rock at
aodwyer@simons-rock.edu.
Bucknell University, USA
Assistant Professor of International Relations in
International Political Economy.
Bucknell University is seeking to fill a tenure track position at the
Assistant Professor level in the Department of International Relations,
beginning in August 2011. Ph.D. at time of appointment is preferred. A
strong grounding in economics is essential. Qualified applicants will
have no more than four years of full-time teaching experience beyond
the completion of the doctorate and will have a degree in one of the
following disciplines: International Relations, Political Science,
Economics, or Political Economy. Other relevant interdisciplinary PhD
degrees will be considered. We are seeking an International Political
Economist with a Latin American regional specialization, as well as a
specialization in Globalization and Sustainability/Global Resources. An
ability to teach international economics would be an important
advantage. Interest in developing interdisciplinary courses that would
appeal to a broad university audience is encouraged.
The successful candidate would teach a five course annual load (to also
be listed or cross-listed for Economics, Environmental Studies, and/or
Latin American Studies credit). The ideal candidate would be able to
teach, among others, a Junior/Senior level required course for IR
majors on the Political Economy of Contemporary Globalization, Latin
American Economic Development, a course on Sustainability/Global
Resources, and a senior required IR Topics Seminar.
Applications must be made online at: www.bucknell.edu/jobs. Online
applications require a cover letter, CV, a teaching portfolio
(including teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, and course
evaluations), research portfolio (including a statement on the
candidate’s scholarly agenda and one writing sample), and three
letters of reference. Please send a transcript to Emek Ucarer,
Department of International Relations, Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
PA 17837. All application materials must be received by November 15,
2010.
For additional information about Bucknell University, please see www.bucknell.edu. Bucknell
University values a diverse college community and is committed to
excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. As an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, Bucknell University
especially welcomes applications from women and minority candidates.
Foundations for European
Progressive Studies
Coordinator of projects in economics (temporary
position, 4 months)
The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) currently has a
vacancy for a temporary full-time contract from September –
December 2010. The position will be coordinator of projects in
economics.
Tasks will include:
- Overseeing the ongoing activities in
economy of the Foundation
- Organising conferences and seminars
- Taking the minutes of these meetings
- Attending conferences and seminars of our networks
- Keeping up to date with current economic and financial affairs
- Assisting in putting in place the activity plan of the Foundation for
2011 concerning economic affairs
- General daily office tasks
Profile:
- Master’s in economy or
equivalent
- Fluent in English and good French, other languages are always an asset
Please send your CV and cover letter in English to the following email
address info@feps-europe.eu
by the 25th August 2010. You will be contacted shortly afterwards and
interviews will be held at the end of August/beginning of September.
Hampshire
College, USA
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Hampshire
College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution and
member of the Five College Consortium, is accepting applications for a
three-year Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics.
The School of Critical Social Inquiry (formerly School of Social
Science) seeks an economist with a central focus on environmental
economics and political economy of U.S./E.U. capitalism. Priority will
be given to candidates with a strong commitment to teaching, with
collateral interests that include financial markets and institutions
and heterodox approaches to theory and practice.
Teaching load is two courses per semester. Active research in support
of teaching and interest in assisting students with their own
independent research projects are expected. Interdisciplinary
approaches encouraged. Ph.D. required.
Hampshire College is committed to building a culturally diverse
intellectual community and strongly encourages applications from women
and minority candidates.
This position begins Fall 2011 with possible continuation at the end of
three years, depending on budgetary considerations. Review of
applications will begin September 30, 2010. Applicants should submit a
statement of educational philosophy, teaching and research interests,
curriculum vita, sample of written work, and three letters of
recommendation to economics@hampshire.edu.
Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to
diversity in education and employment.
Sate University of New York
at New Paltz, USA
A full-time, one-year position as a
Visiting Assistant Professor
The Department of Economics at SUNY New Paltz invites applications
from broadly trained economists for a full-time, one-year position as a
Visiting Assistant Professor, starting in Fall 2010. Teaching
experience is required. Ph.D. is desired, but advanced ABDs will be
considered. Preferred areas of specialization are International Trade
and Finance, Economic Development or Comparative Economic Systems.
Teaching responsibilities would consist of four courses each semester.
Topics include economic theory, International Trade and Finance,
Economics of Development, and lower-division General Education courses
in Economics of Globalization and American Economic Development.
Please send curriculum vitae, student teaching evaluations and other
evidence of teaching effectiveness, a sample research paper,
transcript, and three current letters of reference to:
State University of New York at New Paltz
Department of Economics - JFT 814
600 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561-2440
SUNY New Paltz is an AA/EOE/ADA employer. Screening for this position
begins on July 30, 2010, and continues until the position is filled.
Queens College, USA
The Department of Economics at Queens College is looking for a
lecturer who will be teaching the following course in the Fall 2010
semester:
ECON208: The Process of Economic Development
Mon,Wed 4:30 - 5:45 PM
The causes of differences in the levels of economic performance among
countries; major theories of economic development; policies for
economic development.
If you are qualified and interested email your CV, references and
questions to
Joan Nix, Ph.D
joan.nix@qc.cuny.edu
Deputy Chair, BBA Program
Department of Economics
Queens College
60-38 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
PH 310A
718-997-5447
Research Assistant with Gar
Alperovitz, USA
Salary: $35-45,000 DOE, includes 3 wks annual vacation, health benefits
Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or
higher preferred
Location: Washington, DC
Posted by: National Center for Economic and Security Alternatives
Job Category: Research
Sector: Nonprofit
Type: Full time
Last day to apply: September 7, 2010
Area of Focus: Politics
Review of applications will begin September 7, 2010. Late applications
will be considered only in special cases. Applications received after
September 10, 2010 will not be considered.
Two-year commitment (contingent on satisfactory 90-day and annual
review) is necessary to
insure continuity of support in completion of book in progress.
Position can extend beyond two
years by mutual agreement. Please do not apply if two-year commitment
is not possible.
Start date: October 1st (Preferred). Later start date will be
considered, but strongly prefer to start no later than November 1st.
Send detailed cover letter regarding your interest in and desire to
make a contribution to Dr. Alperovitz's work, a
CV/résumé, and relevant writing sample to Steve Dubb at
sgdubb@yahoo.com.
Please be so kind as to include your last name at the beginning of the
file names (e.g., smith-cv.doc, smith-writing-sample.doc,
smith-resume.doc)
Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply. (Only
applicants meeting minimum qualifications for the position will be
considered. No phone calls please.)
For more information, download
the job advertisement.
United
Nation’s Children and Armed Conflict
In 1999, Security Council resolution 1261 affirmed the protection of
children as a peace and security concern. Reports of the
Secretary-General to the Council on children and armed conflict have
since provided an essential base for situation specific actions
required of Member States and other stakeholders.
In resolution 1379 (2001)the Security Council recommended that the
Secretary-General list parties recruiting and using children in armed
conflict. In its resolution 1460 (2003) the Council called on parties
to prepare and implement concrete, time-bound action plans for the
cessation of all violations against children. Action plans provide a
mechanism to engage parties in practical steps to fulfill their
obligations in regard to children.
Another milestone was the adoption of resolution 1612 (2005), in which
the Security Council established a monitoring and reporting mechanism
and the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. Collecting
information on grave child rights violations as a basis for targeted
measures against offenders, has proved to have both a preventive and
deterrent effect.
In 2008, the Security Council, outlined a number of important measures
to move forward its agenda on children and armed conflict in two
presidential statements (S/PRST/2008/6 and S/PRST/2008/28).
Since the adoption of its first resolution, the actions taken by the
Security Council have produced tangible progress. Formal and informal
action plans have been concluded between parties to conflict to
identify and release children from fighting forces and to prevent
further recruitment. Thousands of children associated with armed groups
have thus been released. Specific provisions have been included in
peace processes and agreements. Child protection provisions have been
incorporated in the mandates of a number of United Nations peacekeeping
and political missions. Regular reviews and reports to the Council by
the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, as well as its
valuable recommendations to the Council combined with the application
of international standards and country visits by the Special
Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, along with the work
done by UNICEF and other UN agencies such as UNHCHR, OHCHR and ILO,
have contributed to those achievements.
An extraordinary impetus now exists for the application of
international standards and norms that demonstrates the remarkable
commitment of the international community to child protection in armed
conflict. It is imperative to maintain that momentum in order to
further advance the agenda and to better protect our children from war
and contribute enormously to achieve the UN millennium goals.
Current vacancies in the United Nation’s Children and Armed
Conflict [in the order of Position title | Location | Remuneration]:
- Senior Rural Development Specialist | Kathmandu- Nepal / Belgium
| ( $185,200 ; 00) Usd
- Senior Management Officer | India - New Delhi / France /
Bangladesh / Pakistan | ($185,350: 00) Usd
- Women Technical Senior Officer | France / Afghanistan |
($220,165:00) Usd
- Evaluation Officer | Vienna, Austria | ($ 219,650:00) Usd
- Food Safety Specialist (Traceability) | Seibersdorf, Austria /
Ontario,Canada | ($ 228,760: 00 )Usd
- Water and Sanitation Delegate (Field), 6 posts | Haiti –
Auto province |($230,169 : 00) Usd
- Chief Engineer | France/Belgium/New York/Britain/Austria/Sweden
| ($265,550:00 ) Usd
- Community Mobilization Program Manager | Uganda - Karamajo | ($
218,820: 00) Usd
For more details including application information, download
the job announcement.
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Conference Papers, Reports,
and Articles
Marxism,
Conspiracy, and 9-11
Co-authored by David MacGregor (Kings University College, University of
Western Ontario) and Paul Zarembka (SUNY Buffalo) has just been
published in the peer-reviewed SOCIALISM AND DEMOCRACY, vol.
24, no. 2, July 2010, pp. 139-163. The unpublished abstract reads:
"While left commentators typically agree on the convenience for the
U.S. ruling class of the outcomes of 9-11, such as the occupation of
Afghanistan and Iraq and the demonization of the wider Muslim world,
many are unwilling to question whether the attacks actually conformed
to officially validated accounts. After recalling a prescient comment
by Adam Smith that capitalist interests habitually engage in secret
combinations, this article discusses Karl Marx’s account of the
hidden machinations behind the rise of Louis Bonaparte - an
understanding now widely accepted but not at the time - as the single
most important presentation of Marx’s view of the political
dimension. We then turn to the work of Peter Dale Scott regarding the
JFK assassination and his resulting presentation of ‘deep
politics’. The article thus becomes prepared to review evidence
about 9-11, evidence that has cast significant doubt toward the
official version. The authors give particular attention to the
collapses of three WTC buildings, the numerous war games that were
scheduled for the same day, and the evidence regarding the identities
of the alleged hijackers. The authors also note how Marxist theory
contends that the state operates in the interest of the dominant
economic class, yet has failed in including an articulated conceptual
distinction between acts of the state that are public and open to
direct investigation, and those that are concealed, secret, and indeed
conspiratorial."
Access to the full article may be available through your library,
through www.sdonline.org (who
would send the entire issue for $15 within the US or $20 abroad),
and/or from www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713727607
The
Validus Medicus and a New Gold Standard
By Stephen T. Ziliak (Professor of
Economics, Roosevelt University). The Lancet (July 31, 2010). Read the
article here or download it.
Here is an excerpt:
"Of England’s decision to leave the gold standard in 1931, Lord
Keynes quipped: “There are few Englishmen who do not rejoice at
the breaking of our gold fetters." . . .
A similar phenomenon can be observed in medical science under a gold
standard descending from Statistical Methods for Research Workers
(1925) by Ronald A Fisher. The gold standard is a set of assumptions
about “valid” statistical methods now in use in medicine
and other sciences that can’t turn on a dime. Since the late
1920s, one incarnation of the gold standard or other has regulated
statistical science—from clinical trials on pharmaceuticals to
observational studies in psychology and field experiments in poor
nations. After Galileo few doubt the need for developing good
experimental science. But the statistical gold standard is a fetter on
knowledge, wellbeing, and output. It drags down health, raises costs,
irritates scientists, and distorts the demand and supply of goods and
services by sending incorrect price-quality signals and commodities to
the market under the guise of validity and statistical signifi cance.
Meantime, good services and commodities are systematically blocked or
barely seen through a glass halfcracked— insignifi cant. There
are few scientists who would not rejoice at the breaking of our gold
fetters."
A Critique
of the Cold War Definition of Labour Values
I am pleased to be able to present to you what I consider a
break-through in Marxian economics and a very important contribution to
the Theory of Historical Materialism, my paper:
A Critique of the Cold War Definition of Labour Values. Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1650646
Together with my paper on Gossen "A Critique of Gossen's Fundamental
Theorem of the Theory of Pleasure". Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1615522
it serves as a Marxian microeconomic foundation for a Marxian
macroeconomic policy.
Please take notice also of my comments to the AHE conference in
Bordeaux, France, in July 2010 on my homepage: http://eurodos.free.fr/mime.
This is a revolution in Marxism and so victims cannot be avoided. But
all of you who see their positions in economic theory being refuted -
and that is to say most of you! - should not take my attack personally.
Instead I would like to ask you to admit, that in general, you have
been overlooking the important contributions made by Kantorovich and
because of this were driven into a cul-de-sac, abandoning the labour
theory of value.
I advise you to study my contributions carefully and to understand the
incredible potentials of a fruitful development of Marxian economics
for a promising future economic, social and political development.
Best wishes, bonnes vacances ...
Klaus Hagendorf
eurodos@gmail.com
http://eurodos.free.fr/mime
SSRN Author
Page
One
Big Dip and we are in it (so to speak)
A commentary by John Weeks. Read it here.
Heterodox
Journals
Economy
and Society, 39(3): Aug. 2010
Journal website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03085147.asp
Special Issue: Asian Families as Sites of State
Politics
- Asian families as sites of state politics: introduction \
Youyenn Teo
- State and family in modern Japan: a historical perspective \
Sheldon Garon
- Shaping the Singapore family, producing the state and society \
Youyenn Teo
- Making majority, undoing family: law, religion and the
Islamization of the state in Malaysia \ Maznah
Mohamad
- Governing the middle-class family in urban China: educational
reform and questions of choice \ Mary W. Crabb
- The global child and non-governmental governance of the family
in post-Suharto Indonesia \ Jan Newberry
History of
Economics Review, 51: Winter 2010.
Journal website: http://www.hetsa.org.au/historyeconreview.html
Articles
- Amartya Sen Reading Adam Smith / Franz F. Eiffe
- Contribution of E.L. Wheelwright to Political Economy: Public
Scholar, Economic Power and Global Capitalism / Phillip Anthony
O’Hara
- Pioneers of Financial Economics: Das Adam Smith
Irrelevanzproblem? / Geoffrey Poitras and Franck Jovanovic
Communications and Notes from the Archives
- Obituary: Warren Pat Hogan, 3 April 1929 – 17 December
2009: Academic Economist, Adviser to Business and Government / Tony
Aspromourgos
- A Conversation with Arnold Zellner / Michael McLure, Darrell
Turkington and Ernst Juerg Weber
- An Index to Malthus’s Essay on the Principles of
Population, 1798 / John Pullen
- A Revised Bibliography of Publications by W. Stanley Jevons /
Michael V. White
Book Reviews
- Antoin E. Murphy, The Genesis of Macroeconomics: New Ideas from
Sir William Petty to Henry Thornton / David Colander
- Ross Williams (ed.), Balanced Growth. A History of the
Department of Economics, University of Melbourne / Peter Groenewegen
- John E. King, Nicholas Kaldor / Susan Howson
- Peter Groenewegen, Educating for Business, Public Service and
the Social Sciences:
- A History of the Faculty of Economics at the University of
Sydney 1920–1999, and Gavan Butler, Evan Jones and Frank Stilwell
(compilers), Political Economy Now! The Struggle for Alternative
Economics at the University of Sydney / J.E. King
- G.C. Harcourt and Prue Kerr, Joan Robinson / Michael Schneider
-
Industrial and Corporate
Change, 19(4): August 2010
Journal website: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/3924/5
- Cédric Schneider and Reinhilde Veugelers / On young
highly innovative companies: why they matter and how (not) to policy
support them
- Alireza Naghavi and Gianmarco I. P. Ottaviano / Outsourcing,
complementary innovations, and growth
- Moosup Jung and Keun Lee / Sectoral systems of innovation and
productivity catch-up: determinants of the productivity gap between
Korean and Japanese firms
- Zélia Serrasqueiro, Paulo Maçãs Nunes,
João Leitão, and Manuel Armada / Are there
non-linearities between SME growth and its determinants? A quantile
approach
- Erik Stam, Roy Thurik, and Peter van der Zwan / Entrepreneurial
exit in real and imagined markets
- Jacob R. Holm, Edward Lorenz, Bengt-Åke Lundvall, and
Antoine Valeyre / Organizational learning and systems of labor market
regulation in Europe
Special Section: Dynamic Capabilities and Beyond
- Valery S. Katkalo, Christos N. Pitelis, and David J. Teece /
Introduction: On the nature and scope of dynamic capabilities
- Giada Di Stefano, Margaret Peteraf, and Gianmario Verona /
Dynamic capabilities deconstructed : a bibliographic investigation into
the origins, development, and future directions of the research domain
- Neil M. Kay / Dynamic capabilities as context: the role of
decision, system and structure
- John H. Dunning and Sarianna M. Lundan / The institutional
origins of dynamic capabilities in multinational enterprises
- Christos N. Pitelis and David J. Teece / Cross-border market
co-creation, dynamic capabilities and the entrepreneurial theory of the
multinational enterprise
- A. Georges L. Romme, Maurizio Zollo, and Peter Berends / Dynamic
capabilities, deliberate learning and environmental dynamism: a
simulation model
- Brian J. Loasby / Capabilities and strategy: problems and
prospects
International
Review of Applied Economics, 24(4):Aug. 2010
Journal
website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/02692171.asp
- Effects of female labour force attachment
on health in Australia, Pages / Robert M.
LaJeunesse
- Bubbles in UK house prices: evidence from
ESTR models / David G. McMillan; Alan
Speight
- Productivity, innovation strategies and
industrial relations in SMEs. Empirical
evidence for a local production system in northern Italy/ Davide Antonioli;
Massimiliano Mazzanti; Paolo Pini
- The contribution of the publicly-funded
R&D capital to productivity growth and
an application to the Greek food and beverages industry / E. C. Mamatzakis
- A tale of industrial stagnation from
Africa / Hulya Dagdeviren; Hatim A. Mahran
International Review of
Social History, 55(2): August 2010
Journal Website: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=ISH&volumeId=55&issueId=02
Research Articles
- Experiences in Common: Slavery and “Freedom” in the
Process of Rio de Janeiro’s Working-Class Formation
(1850–1910) / Marcelo Badaró Mattos
- Transnational Experts in Social Reform, 1840–1880 / Chris
Leonards and Nico Randeraad
Suggestions and Debates
- “The World the Horses Made”: A South African Case
Study of Writing Animals into Social History / Sandra Swart
Survey
- A Brave New World: The Left, Social Engineering, and Eugenics
in Twentieth-Century Europe / Leo Lucassen
Review Essays
- New and Old Spirits of Capitalism / Sara R. Farris
- Comparing Labor Politics in the US and Australia: New Light on
an Old Question / Shelton Stromquist
Book Reviews
- Beate Sturm. “Wat ich schuldich war”: Privatkredit
im frühneuzeitlichen Hannover (1550–1750).
[Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte:
Beihefte.] Steiner, Stuttgart 2009. 336 pp. €62.00 / Jaco
Zuijderduijn
- Jerry Z. Muller Capitalism and the Jews. Princeton University
Press, Princeton 2010. 267 pp. $24.95; £16.95 / Mario Kessler
- Civil Society, Associations and Urban Places: Class, Nation
and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Europe. Ed. by Graeme Morton,
Boudien de Vries, and Robert John Morris. Ashgate. Aldershot
[etc.]. 2006. xiv,220 pp. £55.00 | Social Capital and
Associations in European Democracies: A comparative analysis. Ed.
by William A. Maloney and Sigrid Roßteutscher. [Routledge
Research in Comparative Politics.] Routledge, London [etc.] 2007.
xvii, 308 pp. £70.00. / Irina Novichenko
- Reşat Kasaba. A Moveable Empire: Ottoman Nomads, Migrants,
and Refugees. [Studies in Modernity and National Identity.]
University of Washington Press, Seattle [etc.] 2009. x, 194 pp.
$70.00. (Paper $30.00.) / M. Erdem Kabadayı
- Lucien Van der Walt and Schmidt Michael. Black Flame. The
Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism.
[Counterpower, Vol. I.] AK Press, Edinburgh [etc.] 2009. 395 pp. $22.95
/ Ruth Kinna
- The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. Ed by Aaron
Brenner, Benjamin Day, and Immanuel Ness. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk,
New York [etc.] 2009. xxxix, 750 pp. Ill. $175.00 / Paul F.
Lipold
- Elena Shulman. Stalinism on the Frontier of Empire: Women and
State Formation in the Soviet Far East Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge 2008 /Marianna Muravyeva
- Jacob Eyferth. Eating Rice from Bamboo Roots. The Social History
of a Community of Handicraft Papermakers in Rural Sichuan,
1920–2000. Harvard University Press. 335 pp. Ill. $45.00;
£33.95; € 40.50 / Christine Moll-Murata
Journal of Post Keynesian
Economics, 32(4): Summer 2010
- The global financial crisis and a new capitalism? / Luiz
Carlos Bresser-Pereira
- Are conventions solutions to uncertainty? contrasting visions of
social coordination / John Latsis, Guillemette de Larquier, Franck
Besis
- Keynes's uncertainty is not about white or black swans / Andrea
Terzi
- Black swans and Knight's epistemological uncertainty: are these
concepts also underlying behavioral and post-Walrasian theory? / Paul
Davidson
- Liquidity traps or Minsky crises: a critical review of the
recent U.S. recession and Japan's Heisei recession in the 1990s / Peter
C. Y. Chow, Kevin R. Foster
- Federal Reserve policy and the recession of 1937-1938: let's not
ignore Telser's analysis / Robert F. Stauffer
- Institutional economics and the concept of equilibrium / Katia
Caldari
- Back to the future: Latin America's current development strategy
/ Esteban Pérez Caldentey, Matías Vernengo
- On the relation between currency depreciation and domestic
investment / Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Massomeh Hajilee
- Making dollars and sense of the U.S. government debt / Paul
Davidson
International
Journal of Political Economy, 39(2): Summer 2010
-
Editor's Introduction: Keynes, Minsky, and Analyses of the
Financial / Mario Seccareccia
-
Has "It" Happened Again? / Louis-Philippe Rochon, Sergio
Rossi
-
Minsky, Keynes, and Financial Instability: The Recent
Subprime Crisis / Elisabetta De Antoni
-
From 2009 to 1929: Lessons from Fisher, Keynes, and Minsky /
Ludovic Desmedt, Pierre Piégay, Christine Sinapi
-
The Current Financial Crisis, Monetary Policy, and Minsky's
Structural Instability Hypothesis / Domenica Tropeano
-
The Financial Crisis, Its Economic Consequences, and How to
Get Out of It: A Keynesian Perspective / Angel Asensio, Dany Lang
-
Financial Fragility, the Minskian Triad, and Economic
Dynamics / Piero Ferri, AnnaMaria Variato
MONETA E CREDITO, 63(250):
2010
Journal website:
http://sead-pub.cilea.it/index.php/MonetaeCredito/issue/view/15/showToc
(papers are available here)
- Introduzione / Alessandro Roncaglia
- La crisi: aspetti economici e sociali / Alberto Quadrio Curzio
- Le origini culturali della crisi / Alessandro Roncaglia
- Sulla transizione dal capitalismo all’autogestione / Bruno
Jossa
- Rileggendo "La forza delle idee" / Mario Sarcinelli
PSL Quarterly Review,
63(253): 2010
Journal website:
http://sead-pub.cilea.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview/issue/view/17/showToc
(papers are available here)
- Contributions on monetary and financial issues: an introduction
/ Alessandro Roncaglia
- Past and future regulation to prevent a systemic financial
crisis / Mario Sarcinelli
- Financial innovation and system design / Mario Tonveronachi
- Monetary policy and world commodity markets: 2000-2007 / Hossein
Askari, Noureddine Krichene
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estática comparativa de distribución y crecimiento
'postkaleckiano' con coherencia 'stock-flujo' ('Financialisation' in a
comparative static, stock-flow consistent Post-Kaleckian distribution
and growth model), Ekonomiaz. Basque Economic Review, 2010, No. 72:
120-139.
- Eckhard Hein, Engelbert Stockhammer: Macroeconomic policy mix,
employment and inflation in a Post-Keynesian alternative to the New
Consensus model, Review of Political Economy, 2010, 22:
317-354.
- Eckhard Hein, Artur Tarassow: Distribution, aggregate demand and
productivity growth – theory and empirical results for six OECD
countries based on a Post-Kaleckian model, Cambridge Journal of
Economics, 2010, 34: 727-754.
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shareholder power in Kaleckian/Post-Kaleckian models of distribution
and growth, Review of Political Economy, 2010, 22: 205-233.
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Debt, the
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Harris, Brian Hunt, Christine Pagnoulle and Diren Valayden, with the
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state unravelling. This book is essential reading for anyone who wishes
to understand the dynamics of conflict and development in the 21st
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social economists and policy makers.
We welcome inquiries from authors
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The
Political Economy of Israel's Occupation: Repression Beyond
Exploitation
By Shir Hever. Pluto Press. £17.99 only £13.99 on the Pluto
site
A careful and illuminating analysis of the economics dimensions of the
Palestine-Israel conflict. Invaluable for students, journalists and
activists.
'Shir Hever has emerged as one of the most incisive analysts of the
critical Israeli Left. A truly engaged intellectual, Hever straddles
the academic/activist divide. Unlike armchair analysts, he has "been
there" in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. This is the kind of
book upon which effective political organizing depends. ' - Jeff
Halper, Director, The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
(ICAHD)
The Rise
and Fall of Neoliberalism: The Collapse of an Economic Order?
Edited by Kean Birch and Vlad Mykhnenko. London and New York: Zed
Books, 2010 | Hardback: £70.00 ISBN: 9781848133488 | Paperback:
£18.99 ISBN: 9781848133495 |Book website.
The World Bank in India:
Undermining Sovereignty, Distorting Development
By Michele Kelley and Deepika D’Souza. 2010 Oriental Black Swan |
Hardback. 535 pp. ISBN: 978-81-250-3864-1.
For more details, visit the publisher webpage. If you are interested in
reviewing this book, contact Michele Kelley at michele@octobertech.com.
Heterodox
Book Reviews
A History
of Russian Economic Thought
By Vincent Barnett. New York: Routledge, 2005. xiv + 172 pp. $135
(cloth), ISBN: 0-415-35264-9.
Reviewed for EH.NET by
Natalia A. Makasheva, Department of Economics, Moscow State University,
and Warren J. Samuels, Department of Economics, Michigan State
University. Read the review here.
Elgar
Companion to Adam Smith
Edited by Jeffrey T. Young. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2009.
xxv + 374 pp. $215 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-84542-019-2.
Reviewed for EH.Net by Jonathan B. Wight, Department of Economics,
University of Richmond. Read the review
here.
Good Money: Birmingham
Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage,
1775-1821: Private Enterprise and Popular Coinage
By George Selgin. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2008.
xvii + 345 pp. $40 (cloth), ISBN:
978-0-472-11631-7.
Reviewed for
EH.NET by
John Wood, Department of Economics, Wake Forest University. Read the
review
here.
Pivotal Decade: How the
United States Traded Factories for Finance in the Seventies
By Judith Stein. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. xvi + 367
pp. $32.50 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-300-11818-6.
Reviewed for
EH.NET by Joshua C. Hall,
Department of Economics, Beloit College. Read the review
here.
Marx and Philosophy Review
of Books
- Philip Cunliffe on Hegel and Haiti
- David Hill on Ranciere
- Iain MacKenzie on Badiou
- Steven Sherman on capitalist realism
- Jelle Versieren on capitalism and the dialectic
- And a new list of books for review.
Read the reviews here:
www.marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviewofbooks/
Heterodox
Economics in the Media
Finance Reform: Can We
Prevent Another Collapse?
Featuring Eric Tymoigne at Lewis and Clark College, USA. Watch the
video
here.
Queries from Heterodox
Economists
Inquiry
into Crisis Impact on Women in US
Rania Antonopoulos, of the Levy Economics Institute, and I are
writing a small piece where part of our charge is to survey current
work in the field concerning the impact of the Great Recession on women
in United States. If you have any forthcoming pieces that you would
like to share for mentioned in our piece, please let me know. It goes
without saying that all appropriate attribution will be given.
To share our take: while many classify the current crisis as a
"mancession" - at least for the United States - this overlooks female
dominated sectors that have seen large cuts as states pull back social
services. Such cuts exacerbate the time-tax on women due to the dual
role many women occupy as formal workers and unpaid service providers.
Relief to date has focused on male-dominated sectors of the economy,
making feminized sectors an important candidate for direct job creation
in any future stimulus efforts.
Thank you in advance for taking the time to share.
Regards,
Taun Toay
Research Analyst, Levy Economics Institute
toay@levy.org
845.758.7745
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Over Fifty Australian
Economists Agree Fiscal Stimulus Prevented A Major Recession
Nobel Laureate Professor Joseph Stiglitz has stated publicly that the
Australian Fiscal Stimulus was a well designed package that saved the
Australian economy from a major recession that has hit almost all the
other OECD economies. He argued that the Australian package was a model
for other economies facing similar problems.
The attached letter was
signed by over fifty academic economists. Twenty other academics and
economists supported this view about the Fiscal Stimulus Package that
prevented the Australian economy from a deep recession and prevented a
massive increase in unemployment.
The Australian economy has come out of the Global Financial Crisis in
surprisingly good shape thanks to this Stimulus Package.
The Australian unemployment rate is amongst the lowest of any of the
OECD economies.
Unlike the US and Europe, we are not facing the possibility of a double
dip recession.
The current level of government debt (the lowest in the OECD economies)
is due to tax revenues falling during a slow-down in the economy,
whilst social security payments increase. Most of the increase in the
debt would have happened independently of the increased government
expenditures associated with the Stimulus Package.
The Stimulus Package has led to an increase in infrastructure
investment that would help the long-term development of the Australian
Economy.
For further details please contact Raja Junankar, 0416 511 694
Professor P.N. (Raja) Junankar
Emeritus Professor
University of Western Sydney
and
Professorial Visiting Fellow,
School of Economics
University of New South Wales,
and
Research Fellow
IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit IZA - Institute for the
Study of Labor
Web:
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