We should begin with breaking news: Professor Pierangelo Garegnani died last Friday, October 14. It is a great loss to the entire heterodox economics community. He and his work will be remembered and honored for many years to come. May he rest in peace. We would like call your attention to ''Digital impact factors and rankings of English economics journals 2011'' carried out by Edward Fullbrook. He concludes, ''The digital top 20 includes most of the journals usually found in the top 20 of traditional rankings.  But it also contains five outsiders, including two that are neither US nor EU based. This suggests that in the digital age the traditional power structures of the economic profession are strategically vulnerable.'' Notably, according to this exercise, some heterodox journals ranked high: for example, Real-World Economics Review is ranked 5th; and the American Journal of Economics and Sociology is ranked 23rd out of 307 economics journals. See the rankings here. The Occupy Wall Street movement has become global as well as national. Many heterodox economists and associations have taken an active part in the movement. Check out a report from an URPE member here and find out various ways to participate in the movement, including signing a petition. In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews@gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com

 

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Call for Papers

AHE-FAPE-IIPPE Joint Conference 2012

 5-8 July 2012 | Paris, France
"Political Economy and the Outlook for Capitalism"

Organized by Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE), French Association of Political Economy/ Association Française D’economie Politique (FAPE), and International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE)

The collapse of Lehman Brothers on 16 September 2008 has opened a new stage of economic history, ushering in the world’s worst recession since WWII. The trajectory of global capitalism has been diverse but, after three years of deep crisis, protracted economic problems persist and are even intensifying, notwithstanding accelerated growth in a number of large developing countries.

In the global North, policies implemented in the aftermath of the crisis of financialised capitalism have neither ended the neoliberal agenda nor curbed the demands of a resurgent financial sector. Instead, after a diluted Keynesian moment centered on “quantitative easing”, the governments of the richest countries have launched a new set of neoliberal reforms characterized by harsh austerity measures. From 2009 onwards, this new neoliberal wave has spread progressively from peripheral European countries to the UK, the Eurozone, and now the USA. Along with surging unemployment rates, this economic onslaught, on those who are in no way perceived as accountable for the crisis and slump, promises a period of major social disruption in welfare provision and institutions, pressures on wages and working conditions and, in response across a growing number of countries, multitudes of spontaneous and, occasionally, mass actions as macroeconomic prospects deteriorate.

In the global South, the forces putatively driving catch-up remain limited and highly uneven, with the issue of global imbalances often placed at the forefront in deference to the US’s compromised if continuing hegemonic role. In contrast, not least in the face of the ongoing ecological disruption, the idea of a new frontier for social and economic development and thought is being promoted by a large spectrum of actors, ranging from proponents of no-growth or slow growth through to governments, international institutions and corporations who envisage a revival of capitalism thanks to and in pursuit of the green economy. These initiatives are indicative of an intellectual and material crisis but offer little by way of solution for which, as observed, a savage renewal of neoliberalism serves as the default option.

The scientific issues raised by the corresponding range of problems are formidable, but the blindness and reductionism of mainstream economics prevents them from being tackled within the discipline which has scarcely been disturbed by the acute exposure of its inadequacies by the crisis.

Taking pluralism as the means for bringing together the community of critical economists, this joint conference, called by two major international and one of the largest national networks of political economy and social scientists, will breathe fresh air into an otherwise moribund intellectual atmosphere. It is a major event that will bring together scholars from all strands of political economy and heterodox economics in order to discuss their future and the recent developments in the global economy and in economic science following the global economic crisis.

Submissions of individual abstract or panel proposals along the following non-exclusive themes are welcomed.

Theoretical Perspectives

• Critical Realism in Economics
• Feminist economics
• Green economics
• Institutional economics
• Marxist political economy
• Post-Keynesian economics
• Social Economics

Crisis

• Global economic crisis
• Austerity in the global north
• The crisis of the Eurozone
• Economic crisis and the developing world
• Chinaand the world economy
• Economics and the Arab world

Themes

• Neoliberalism
• Financialisation
• Ecology: global capitalism and climate change
• The global shift of capitalism / Global economy towards a multipolar world
• International Financial Institutions
• Labour markets
• Poverty

Methodology

• Economics and interdisciplinarity: crossing the disciplinary boundaries
• Economic methodology
• Economics and philosophy
• The ethics of economics
• History of economic thought
• Mainstream economics: not fit for purpose
• Pluralism and economic education

Important dates

• Deadline for abstracts: 31st January 2012 (Authors will be notified about our decision by the 15th of March 2012)
• Deadline for registration (with reduced fee): 14th May 2012
• Deadline for full refereed papers: 14th May 2012
• Deadline for non-refereed full papers: 1st June 2012

 

Online submission:
http://www.assoeconomiepolitique.org/political-economy-outlook-for-capitalism/

ASE at the 2012 Eastern Economic Association meetings

March 9 - 11, 2012 | Boston, MA

Please send your abstracts or session ideas by Monday, October 17, to Mark White at profmdwhite@hotmail.com. Also, feel free to ask about possible topics or themes, or about the meetings in general. The Eastern Economic Association meeting have always been very open to alternative approaches and viewpoints, as well as a wonderful forum for innovative ideas.

ASE at the 2012 Midwest Economics Association 76th Annual Meeting

March 30 - April 1, 2012 |Hilton Orrington, Evanston, IL
"Teaching Social Economics in the Real World"

Please submit your affiliation, contact information, paper title and abstract (up to 250 words) to Bruce Pietrykowski, Midwest ASE Regional Director at bpie@umd.umich.edu no later than October 17, 2011.

Please refer to the Midwest Economic Association web site for further information regarding the 2012 MEA Conference: http://web.grinnell.edu/MEA/

ASE at the 2012 Western Economic Association International 87th Annual Conference

June 29-July 3, 2012 | San Francisco, CA

All submissions are to be sent to John F. Henry, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City for initial screening. Submissions are to be sent via email to henryjf@umkc.edu. Please follow WEAI guidelines when preparing your paper.

All proposed papers must be submitted by November 30, 2011 to allow time to organize panels and submit the information to Joyce Rosendahl, WEAI organizer by December 15. The November 30 deadline is firm.

Critical Perspectives on International Business on "Transnational Corporations, Socio-Economic Change and Recurrent Crisis"

This special issue invites papers which explore the connections between corporate restructuring and financialization, and which propose explanations of these developments. How are TNCs complicit in, or otherwise involved with, the instabilities of contemporary capitalism? How far have the motives and actions of executives in control of corporations been similar to or connected with changes in banking policies and practices, the emergence of hedge funds and private equity groups and their profit-making schemes? How far have government policies – especially those concerned with corporate deregulation and changes in taxation - contributed to or limited such trends? How far can these changes be linked to the changed balance of power between finance and industrial capitalists and the changing composition of elites in both developed and emerging economies?

Download the full Call for Papers.

ESHET 16th Annual Conference

May 17-19, 2012 | St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, Russia | website

The Conference will be organized by the Department of Economics of St. Petersburg State University and the Leontief Centre.

ESHET 2012 welcomes papers and proposed sessions in all areas of the history of economic thought. To submit a proposal please send an abstract of about 400 words for a paper and/or a proposal of about 600
words for a session (together with the abstracts of the session papers) no later than the 15th December 2011.

The Conference will host a special theme:  Institutions and Values in Economic Thought

The standard view of economists that economics is a value-free science independent from political and social institutions has changed significantly. Even positive economics is value-laden in choosing its subject-matter, methods, concepts and scientific criteria. “Institutions matter” in economics, and there are many ways of studying institutions in different schools of economic thought. Though mainstream economics has neglected institutions, there remain important questions for historians of economics: What is the place of institutions in the different economic schools (Mercantilism, Classical political economy, the Cambridge school, Marxism, Austrian, Post-Keynesian and Evolutionary economics, and others)? Why were institutions neglected for so long in modern economic theory? What are the accomplishments of institutional thinking in economics? Can
bridges be built between Old and New Institutional economics? What are the cultural and national traditions of economic thought regarding  institutions?

Topics for discussion could include:

• Institutions in economic thought
• Old and New institutional economics
• National traditions and evolution of economic thought regarding institutions
• Various economic schools on the role of institutions in the economy
• Is economics a value-free or value-laden science?
• Role of institutions in shaping economic thought
• Institutions and economic performance
• Institutions and values in Transitional/Emerging/Developing markets

Keynote Speakers

• Geoffrey Hodgson, Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Institutional Economics
• Viktor Polterovich, Professor at the New Economic School

A selection of papers from all areas of the conference will be published in the Special Issue of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Important Dates

• December 15,  2011: Deadline for abstract submission
• January 30, 2012: Notification of accepted/rejected abstracts
• March 7, 2012: Last Date for Early Registration
• April 2, 2012: Deadline for visa application at local Consulates/Embassies of Russia
• April, 23: Deadline for registration for the Conference
• April 16, 2012: Deadline for sending full papers
• May 18, 2012: Conference Dinner & Boat Trip
• May 17-19, 2012: ESHET 2011 Conference
• Companies Act 2006: http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo

The Green Economics Institute Workshop

Reforming Economics Methodology to solve the current crises in the world Economy: Innovation, Philosophy, Scientific Realism and Methodology in Green Economics: Reworking the meaning of data, facts truth and reality. Environmental, ecological and green economics understanding and explaining the differences!

Case studies, discussion and debate! Workshops in groups on Green Economics model! Preparation for COP 17 Institute’s delegation and planning for RIO+20.

Please, find attached information with further details of registration, fees and program. Special offers for members. Join us NOW!

Papers submission deadline: 15th October, 2011.

International Labour Process Conference

 27-29 March 2012 | University of Stockholm | website
 
The 2012 International Labour Process will take place at the University of Stockholm. The deadline for submissions of proposals for abstracts and symposia is 31st October 2011. Details of the conference and how to submit abstracts through the conference website can be found here (http://www.ilpc.org.uk/).

The website now contains full details of the special streams that will supplement the general conference. These consist of:

• S1: Lean in ideology and practice: from labour process and societal effects perspectives
• S2: Putting labour in its place: The Global Commodity Chain, the Global Value Chain, the Global Production Network and Labour Process Analysis
• S3: Work or nature? The Effects of Climate Change on the Labour Process and the Responses of the Labour Movement in the Global South and the Global North
• S4: Global capitalism, national institutions and the comparative political economy of work and employment relations

SHE 2011 Conference: Deadline extension

December 5-6, 2011 | the Coogee Crowne Plaza Hotel, Sydney | website

A number of colleagues have let us know that they are snowed under during the current semester. As a result, we have extended the deadline for refereed papers to Monday 31st October, and for Unrefereed papers to Friday 4th November.

Please send papers as a word document to Peter Kriesler.

Registration fees

• Full Registration: $150 (includes GST) which includes a one year’s subscription to the Economics and Labour Relations Review
• Student, retired and unemployed persons registration: $50.00 (includes GST)
• One day registration: $75 (includes GST)

The Conference Dinner, which will be held on Monday 5 December, is included in all registration rates. Extra persons are invited at $40 per head.

 

Registration

There will be a 10% discount for online registration, which will be available from October 24th until Friday 2nd December. A special 2-in-1 Registration Package is available in partnership with the University of Newcastle Centre of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE) Conference. The CofFEE Conference will be held on the 7th and 8th of December 2011 at the University of Newcastle. For more details visit the CofFEE website.

Symposia

A number of symposia are scheduled for the conference, the names of each and their organisers are provided below.

• Keynes’ General Theory After 75 years: Please contact Peter Kriesler for details.
• Economics and Sociology: Organised by Ben Spies-Butcher.
• Valuing Care Work: The symposium aims to explore issues around valuing care work and progress policy debates. We particularly welcome papers with a focus on gender, aged care, and social and community services. Please contact Siobhan Austen for more information.

And  a session on Uncertainty, Conflict and History: Sociology meeting Heterodox Economics

• While the GFC has shaken our faith in neoclassical economics, the rise of austerity measures highlights the continued dominance of orthodox policy approaches. In building alternatives to neoclassical economics we suggest a re-engagement with a broader social scientific approach to the economy. Critical social science offers the possibility of addressing some of the most challenging aspects of a new financialised global economy, going beyond developments within the neoclassical tradition that attempt to incorporate limits to rational behaviour and knowledge. In particular we focus on three themes. First, the importance of uncertainty, and the way risk and uncertainty are managed by political and economic institutions. Second, the role of conflict in shaping economic institutions and outcomes. And third, the importance of politics and history in shaping economic life. We highlight the continuing dominance of the finance sector and the imposition of austerity measures as evidence of the need to develop new analyses of the role of government and of social movements in the economy. The workshop aims to open a dialogue between heterodox economists and other social scientists to better inform our understanding of the economy, and to develop more coherent alternatives to neoclassical approaches.

• For further details on this session, please contact: Ben Spies-Butcher ben.spies-butcher@mq.edu.au

14th International Conference of the Charles Gide Association for the Study of Economic Thought

June 7-9 2012 | Nice, France | website
Organized by GREDEG, CNRS and the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and with the support of ISEM.

« History of macroeconomics: from the years of « High Theory » (1926-1939) to modern approaches »
 

• Submission deadline: 15th of January 2012

 
In the context of the current economic crisis, macroeconomists have great incentives to investigate the founding contributions of macroeconomics as an autonomous field of research. The aim of this conference is to question the nature of those investigations and to analyze how macroeconomics has evolved.
Proposals for communications on the conference theme might fall within one or several of the following topics:

• 1. Modelling Expectations
• 2. Financial instability, deflation and debt policy
• 3. Business cycles theories, cyclical growth analyses
• 4. The finance-growth nexus
• 5. Theories of economic growth
• 6. Accelerator – multiplier models (debates, microeconomic foundations…)
• 7. Corridor of stability and macroeconomic policies
• 8. Disequilibrium theories
• 9. Monetary theories and policies
• 10. Keynes and Keynesianism
• 11. Economic theories and policies

Plenary addresses will be given by Kevin Hoover (Duke University), Pascal Bridel (Lausanne University) and Rodolphe Dos Santos Ferreira (Strasbourg University).

The 14th Charles Gide conference also encourages submissions of papers or open sessions in all other fields of History of Economic Thought.
 
A thematic issue will be published at the Cahiers d’Economie Politique: a specific call for papers will be diffused soon and posted on the websites of the Charles Gide Association for the Study of Economic Thought and of Cahiers d’économie politique.
 
Proposals for communications, in the form of abstracts of approx. 500 words, specifying whether or not the paper falls under the theme of the conference, should be sent before January 15, 2012, at Gide2011@gredeg.cnrs.fr. The decisions of the scientific committee will be made by February 20, 2012 and final papers will have to be sent before May 21, 2012. For further information, please visit http://www.gredeg.cnrs.fr/Colloques/GIDE/ or write to the organizing committee at Gide2011@gredeg.cnrs.fr.
 

Call for Participants

4th Annual Conference of Competition and Regulation in Network Industries

November 25, 2011 | Residence Palace, Brussels, Belgium

We have the pleasure to announce the holding of the Fourth Annual Conference of Competition and Regulation in Network Industries. The conference, organized in partnership with the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS), will take place on November 25th 2011 in Brussels at the Residence Palace.

The conference takes a multi-disciplinary approach and explores the legal, economic, institutional and public policy aspects of the reform of network industries. In doing so, it highlights dominant current trends and issues affecting various network-based and network-related industries through parallel sessions, including:

• Challenges in network industries
• Liberalization models in network industries
• Smart grids and smart meters
• Various sectors: airline, energy, telecommunications and railways

 

This edition of the conference will feature more than 60 papers. In addition, it will include a keynote speech by Dr. Jose Luis Guasch (Senior Advisor, World Bank).

Fees

• Member of academic/non-profit institution: EUR 150
• Member of business community: EUR 250

Registration will be open until the 1st of November 2011.  For more information about the venue, accommodation or papers from previous editions, please refer to our conference website at http://crni.epfl.ch/conference.php.

8th Historical Materialism Annual Conference

10-13 November 2011 | SOAS, London, WC1 | Website

"Spaces of Capital, Moments of Struggle"

See the provisional program.

15th Conference of the Research Network Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM)

28-29 October | Berlin, Best Western Premier Hotel Steglitz International

'From crisis to growth? The challenge of imbalances, debt, and limited resources'

A registration form is also attached. The deadline for registration is 9 October 2011. There are still rooms available in the conference hotel. Please send the completed form to katharina-kruse@boeckler.de.

The Research Network also organises a one-day workshop with Introductory lectures on post-Keynesian Economics on Thursday, 27 October 2011, from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm.

There are no fees but registration is required. Please use the attached registration form or register online: http://www.boeckler.de/35334_29110.htm

Updates of the conference programme will be made available online at: http://www.boeckler.de/35334_29110.htm

For more information about the research network, pleae visit: www.network-macroeconomics.org

75 years of General Theory

December 2- 3, 2011 | University of Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne, Maison des Sciences Économiques,
106, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75013 Paris, FRANCE

The year 2011 marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of Keynes's The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.  The conference aims at analyzing the influence of Keynes's book on current theories and policies. It will discuss the ways Keynes's ideas fueled the reflection of all economists, whether Keynesians or not, theorists or policy makers, and discuss how The General Theory was used, instrumented or hijacked both by economic theories and by economic policies.

For more information and registration, see the conference website: http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/75GT.htm

2011 E.L. "Ted" Wheelwright Memorial Lecture

27 October 2011 | University of Sydney

This year’s prestigious public lecture at the University of Sydney will be presented by Professor SHEILA DOW, the renowned post-Keynesian economist from Stirling University in Scotland. She will be coming to Australia specifically for this purpose.

Her topic will be "Policy in the Wake of the Banking Crisis: Talking Pluralism Seriously"

• When: 6pm on Thursday 27 October.
• Where: Eastern Avenue Auditorium at the University of Sydney.

Entry to this event is free and advance booking is not required.

On the following day (Friday, 28 October 2011) Professor Dow will also be a participant in a forum on

What are banks and bank regulation for?

Other panelists with Professor Dow will include:

• Professor Dick Bryan [University of Sydney], Dr Peter Docherty [University of Technology Sydney], Peter Kell [Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission] and a representative of the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority

The panel will discuss the role and design of banking regulation in the wake of the global financial crisis, the nature and purpose of money and banks.

• When: 10.30 am – 12.30 pm, Friday 28 October
• Where: Darlington Centre, The University of Sydney.

RSVP by Friday 14 October is essential if you wish to attend this forum. Please email: lynne.chester@sydney.edu.au or michael.beggs@sydney.edu.au

Advanced Pedagogy and Course Design Workshop: Cutting Edge Teaching Techniques and Strategies for Pluralistic Economists

Scholarships: Scholarships are available for graduate students and for untenured faculty who do not have financial assistance to attend the workshop. Scholarships in the amount of $125 are available to cover
conference registration and expenses related to attending the workshop (lodging, travel). Most of these scholarships are being provided by heterodox organizations, including URPE, AFEE, AFIT, and ASE, to their members, although a few scholarships are available to unaffiliated graduate students. To apply for a scholarship, please register for the workshop and include in your submission a letter of application including your name, email address, reason for requesting a scholarship, employment status (year in graduate school and expected date of completion, or year and location of employment) and whether or not you are a member of any of the heterodox associations listed above. Preference will be given to graduate students in their last two years of graduate school and visiting or untenured professors. Note that those receiving a scholarship will receive a check for $125 upon completion of the workshop, but no funds will be available prior to that point.

Overview: Most heterodox economists today end up working at teaching-oriented institutions. Thus, our success in the academy often depends significantly on our ability to teach successfully. This workshop is structured for heterodox graduate students and new faculty to give them a comprehensive background in advanced pedagogical techniques and strategies that will help them succeed in the classroom. Drawing on the latest pedagogical research, the workshop will cover constructing and meeting learning objectives, syllabus design, models for pluralistic teaching, active and collaborative learning techniques, and teaching controversial topics.

8:30-9:00  Registration; Pick up materials; Initial activity

I. Course design

9:00-9:30  Designing first day activities: establishing Customs, Connections, Community and Curiosity.
The first day of class sets the tone for the whole semester, and it is an opportunity to begin building the kind of classroom environment that you want. Participants will engage in a group activity modeling good first day activities, discuss best practices, and work on constructing their own activity that connects with their course material and that facilitates productive classroom interactions.

9:30-10:10  Constructing sophisticated learning objectives for an engaging, well-organized course.
Often the first thing that tenure and job search committees look at is your syllabus and its learning objectives. A well-organized course contains a coherent focus with sophisticated course-level learning objectives. Learning objectives should include the big ideas of the course, they should define what students should learn to do (e.g., solve a particular type of problem; understand the economic issues in a newspaper) and at what depth students should understand things.  A course should also be broken down into objectives for major
assignments which can be assessed. Participants will hear about best practices in constructing learning objectives and will construct some for their courses.

10:10-10:20  Break

10:20-10:50  Course rules vs. a Welcoming Syllabus
We are often told that a syllabus is our “contract” with the students. If we don’t have an iron-clad syllabus, we open ourselves up to students taking advantage of us. But many syllabi are lifeless and hectoring, written for the few bad apples instead of the many good students. We’ll work on creating a welcoming syllabus that also protects us from problem students. We’ll also consider designing a syllabus that serves as a useful study guide for students. This is important for pedagogical purposes and because constructing a welcoming syllabus can be quite useful for the job market and for the tenure process.

10:50-11:30  Meeting learning objectives: exams, papers and assignments that facilitate learning
We all use exams, papers, assignments and other techniques for assessing how well students meet our learning objectives, but they can be dry and formulaic. We will work on constructing exams and assignments that actually help students learn material, and design rubrics to facilitate learning and to make grading easier and more systematic.

11:30-12:00  Bringing pluralism into the economics classroom I: models for pluralistic teaching
Teaching heterodox material in the classroom can be complicated in that we sometimes face hostile colleagues or students. There are different methods for teaching heterodox economics, such as a heterodox-focused course, a multi-paradigmatic approach, or an implicitly pluralistic approach to the subject matter. Each of these comes with different opportunities and challenges. We will discuss the various approaches and determine which one suits our teaching environment and our personal style.

II. Lunch Roundtable: Teaching environments facing pluralistic economists

12:00-1:30  Invited guest speakers talk about their experiences teaching heterodox economics.
Panelists will include: Bob Prasch, Middlebury College; Martha Starr, American University; Paddy Quick, St. Francis College; and more. Guest speakers will offer advice for new teachers of heterodox economics. They will discuss the challenges they have faced as teachers, both from colleagues and from students, and share some of their most effective teaching strategies. After the panelists finish brief presentations, we will have an open discussion.

1:30-1:40  Break

1:40-2:10  Pluralistic Teaching II: Strategies for Teaching Controversial Topics
There is an art to teaching heterodox ideas in ways that are welcoming to students, even those who are the children of the bourgeoisie! We will discuss some classic strategies for teaching material that may seem quite controversial to many students. It is particularly important for heterodox economists to frame material so that they are seen as open-minded and fair.

III. Classroom interactions 2:00-4:00

2:10-2:50  Active Learning Techniques for Economics Classes
At teaching institutions today, the focus is on active, student-centered learning. We will focus on some classic active learning techniques to make the classroom more lively and to get students more engaged in the course material.

2:50-3:00  Break

3:00-4:00 Collaborative Learning Exercises for Economics Classes
Some of the most exciting and innovative classroom exercises involve collaborative learning. During this part of the workshop, participants will participate in and learn about collaborative learning exercises designed for use in economics classes. They will begin adapting some cutting edge collaborative learning techniques for their classes.

4:00-4:10 Wrap Up and Workshop Evaluation
About the workshop leader: Geoffrey Schneider received a BA from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  He is currently a Professor of Economics and Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Bucknell University. He has co-authored two textbooks, Introduction to Political Economy and Economics: A Tool for Critically Understanding Society, and authored or co-authored articles in the Journal of Economic Issues, The Review of Social Economy, The Review of Radical Political
Economics, The Forum for Social Economics, and Feminist Economics.  He is an award-winning teacher, author of several articles on pedagogy, and guest editor of two special issues of the Forum for Social
Economics on Teaching Heterodox Economics.

Cambridge Realist Workshop, Michaelmas Term 2011

Another year and yet another programme for the Cambridge Realist Workshop. As in the last few years we will be meeting monday evenings in Clare College, which is in Trinity Lane. For a map of the City centre see here. More specifically we will be meeting in the Latimer room, which is in the Old Court of Clare College. Once again we will be meeting only fortnightly, starting on the second week of term. This means that the first meeting is Monday October 17. As always l the seminars will start at 8pm, but drinks will be available from 7:30 pm.

The programme for the coming term is as follows:

Date: Monday October 17
Speaker: Tony Lawson (Cambridge)
Topic: Social Ontology and Economics

Date: Monday October 31
Speaker: Mary Wrenn (Cambridge)
Topic: Agency and Neo-Liberalism

Date: Monday November 14
Stuart Birks (Massey University, New Zealand)
Topic: Economic Theory: Consistentcy and Rhetoric

Date: Monday November 28
Speaker: Ha-Joon Chang (Cambridge)
Topic:Institutions and Economic Devopment: Theory, History and Policy For more information go to:
http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/seminars/realist/workshop_programme.htm

or, for those who have access:
http://www.talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/18031

The Capitalist Mode of Power

October 20-21, 2011, 9AM-7PM | Senate Chamber, N940 Ross Building, Keele Campus of York University, Toronto

This is the second in a conference series organized by the Forum on Capital as Power. The present meetings explore the capitalist mode of power. There are 26 presentations, including keynote addresses and guest presentations by Bob Jessop, Randall Wray, Michael Perelman and Jonathan Nitzan. Attendance is free and all are welcome.

Full text: http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/320/

Conference of Socialist Economists 2011 Annual General Meeting

Saturday, 29 October (room open at 10:45 for 11:00 am start) | SOAS - Brunei Gallery, Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG | website

For map & directions see here.

As last year, the Editorial Board of Capital & Class will hold a meeting following the AGM. We are provisionally allowing 2 hours for the AGM, although it may end sooner. The EB may prefer to break for lunch but the room is booked for the day.

Congreso Internacional: Crisis de la Teoría Económica y Políticas Alternativas ante la Crisis Global

A realizarse en la Facultad de Economía-UNAM, en la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- UAM-Xichilico y El Colegio de México, del 7 al 11 de noviembre de 2011.México.

Contacto: Alfonso Vadillo Bello -alfonsovadillo@gmail.com

ACTO INAUGURAL
Lunes 7 de Noviembre 11 AM: Auditorio del Posgrado Facultad de Economía-UNAM

Conferencias y Comentaristas.

1 Professor MASSIMO PIVETTI, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. Italia
Lunes 7 de Noviembre 12 AM

2 Profesor ALEJANDRO FIORITO, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Lunes 7 de Noviembre 6 PM

3 Professor GARY MONGIOVI, St. John's University, New York, USA.
Martes 8 de Noviembre 12 AM

4 Professor HEINZ D. KURZ, University of Graz, Áustria.
Miércoles 9 de Noviembre 12 AM

5 Professor ALDO BARBA, Università di Napoli Federico II. Italia.
Miércoles 9 de Noviembre 6 PM

6 Professor AMIT BHADURI, Delhi school of Economics. India.
Jueves 10 de Noviembre 12 PM

7 Professor FRANKLIN SERRANO, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Viernes 11 de Noviembre 12 AM

8 Profesor ELADIO FEBRERO PAÑOS, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. España.
Viernes 11 de Noviembre 6 PM

ACTO DE CLAUSURA: Viernes 11 de Noviembre 8 PM
Facultad de Economía-UNAM

The Euro crisis: Causes and Remedies

25 October 2011 | JG0001, John Galsworthy Building, Penrhyn Road Econ Club Panel discussion on:

With Dimitris Sotiropoulos, José R. Sánchez-Fung, Engelbert  Stockhammer and Nick Butler (chair)

Until two years ago the Euro was considered a big success: inflation  was low and the poorer countries were catching up rapidly. But since  then the situation has changed dramatically. Greece, Ireland and  Portugal are in deep recession and had to request support from the  other EU countries, because markets have stopped lending to them. A European rescue fund has been set up, but the crisis is spreading to  other countries. What are the causes of the crises? What reforms does  the Euro system need?

• Dimitris Sotiropoulos is a Lecturer at Kingston University. His  research focuses on changes in the financial sector and their societal  implications. He has recently published Rethinking Imperialism (with  J. Milios) He has been living in Greece until a few months ago and  will give a first-hand report of the situation there.
• José R. Sánchez-Fung is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Kingston  University and has been Visiting Researcher at the Bank of Finland in  Helsinki. His main research area is monetary economics with particular  reference to developing countries. He is co-author, with Subrata  Ghatak, of the textbook Monetary Economics in Developing Economies.
• Engelbert Stockhammer is Professor at Kingston University. He is  working on the macroeconomics of distribution and financialization. He has recently published A Modern Guide To Keynesian Macroeconomics And Economic Policies (with E. Hein). He will give a Keynesian account of the crisis.
• Nicholas Butler is Head of the School of Economics at Kingston  University.

The Econ Club will organise regular extra-curricular events at the  School of Economics to further discussion of timely issues in economic  policy and theory. We hope for student participation of these events
in the future.

International Economic Policies, Governance and the New Economics

Thursday 12 April 2012 | St Catharine's College, Cambridge, UK | website
A conference organised by the Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics

Purpose of conference
The conference will explore further the contributions to new thinking in economics (‘New Economics’) as the new mainstream. There will be a focus on the international aspects. The New Economics is concerned with institutional behaviour, expectations and uncertainty, as opposed to traditional economics with its emphasis on equilibrium, mathematical formalism and deterministic solutions. Given the financial crisis brought on by the unrestrained pursuit of personal and corporate profit, sanctioned by traditional economics, this is an opportune time to establish a new way of approaching economic understanding, based on new economic theory. It is also a good time to bring forward new ideas on the approach to economic policy across a wide range of areas (for example, macroeconomic and global governance, employment and unemployment, social security and pensions). 

New thinking in economics is an interdisciplinary approach to economic problems that acknowledges and respects the insights and analysis from other disciplines, e.g. those from ethics, history and engineering. It also recognises complexity and evolutionary theory as relevant to understanding economic systems and economic behaviour. We want to emphasise the thinking in economics that goes beyond the traditional approach, which is arguably no longer mainstream economics.
The conference will concentrate on the international financial aspects of this approach. It will be held under the aegis of the Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics, a charitable body.

Speakers:

• Nigel Allington, Cambridge Centre for Economic and Public Policy Research, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
• Philip Arestis, Honorary Departmental Senior Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Economic & Public Policy (CCEPP), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
• Terry Barker, Founder of the Cambridge Trust for New Thinking in Economics, Chairman of Cambridge Econometrics, and Departmental Senior Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
• Emiliano Brancaccio, Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
• Fernando Ferrari Filho, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• Jesus Ferreiro, Associate Professor in Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao
• Valpy FitzGerald, Professor of International Development Finance, University of Oxford
• Giuseppe Fontana, Professor of Monetary Economics at the University of Leeds; Associate Professor at the Università del Sannio, Italy
• John McCombie, Director, Cambridge Centre for Economic & Public Policy (CCEPP), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
• Luis Fernando de Paula, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Malcolm Sawyer, Professor of Economics, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
• Felipe Serrano, Professor in Economics, Department of Applied Economics, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao
• Howard Stein, Professor in the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan, USA
• John Weeks, Professor Emeritus of the University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies)

Full details and registration can be found at: http://www.neweconomicthinking.org/prog_12April2012.htm

London Seminar on Contemporary Marxist Theory 2011-12

The global economic and financial crisis has witnessed a deepening of interest in different forms of critical and radical thought and practice. Following a successful series in 2010/11, the London Seminar on Contemporary Marxist Theory in 2011/12 will continue to explore the new perspectives that have been opened up by Marxist interventions in this political and theoretical conjuncture. It involves collaboration among Marxist scholars based in several London universities, including Brunel University, King’s College London, and the School of Oriental and African Studies. Guest speakers – from both Britain and abroad – will include a wide range of thinkers engaging with many different elements of the various Marxist traditions, as well as with diverse problems and topics. The aim of the seminar is to promote fruitful debate and to contribute to the development of more robust Marxist analysis. It is open to all.

2011/12 Seminar Series
12th October, 6pm: King's College London, Strand Campus, Room S-3.18

• Alex Callinicos (King’s College, London): Slavoj Zizek and the Critique of Political Economy
  

9h November, 6pm: King's College London, Strand Campus, Room S-3.18

• David McNally (York University, Toronto): onsters of the Market. Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism
  

14th December, 6pm: King's College London, Strand Campus, Room S-3.18

• Jairus Banaji (SOAS): Retotalizing Fascism: reading Arthur Rosenberg through Sartre's ‘Critique’

The schedule for 2012 will be made available at a later date. Speakers will include Susan Marks (LSE)

For further information, please contact:

• Alex Callinicos, European Studies, King's: alex.callinicos [at] kcl.ac.uk
• Stathis Kouvelakis, European Studies, King's: stathis.kouvelakis [at] kcl.ac.uk
• Costas Lapavitsas, Economics, SOAS: cl5 [at] soas.ac.uk
• Peter Thomas, Politics and History, Brunel: PeterD.Thomas [at] brunel.ac.uk

PKSG: Keynes Seminar

Tuesday 18 October at 5.30 pm | the Garden Room at Robinson College, Cambridge.

• Cristina Marcuzzo and Murray Milgate will discuss Cristina’s paper on “Re-embracing Keynes”

Please also visit http://www.postkeynesian.net/forthcoming.html to see the programme so far for the coming year.

Post Keynesian Seminars in Paris, 2011-2012

The task group “Post-Keynesian analyses and modeling” of the CEPN is happy to announce the list of its seminars 4th Season, 2011-2012.

• Friday, October 7th: Louis-Philippe Rochon (Laurentian U., Canada)
• Friday, November 4th: Ricardo Araujo (Brasilia U., Brasil)
• Friday, December 2nd: Tony Lawson (Cambridge U., UK)
• Friday, February 24th: Bernard Vallageas (Sceaux U., France)
• Friday, March 30th: Edwin Le Heron (Sciences Po Bordeaux, France)
• Friday, April 13th : Gennaro Zezza (Cassino U., Italy)
• Friday, May 20th : Tom Stanley (Hendrix Coll., USA & L.S.E, UK)
• Friday, June 8th : Mark Setterfield (Trinity Coll., USA)
• Friday, June 22nd : Marc Lavoie (Ottawa U., Canada)

The attendance to the seminars is free. Most of these seminars will take place at the MSH of Paris 13 (See http://www.mshparisnord.org/acces.htm), and most of them will be in English. Further information on the CEPN's website: http://www.univ-paris13.fr/CEPN/. You can also send an E-mail to the coordinator: Dany Lang, lang.dany@univ-paris13.fr for further information.

Download the Flyer.

Séminaire d'Economie Politique

Lundi 24 octobre 2011, de 15h à 17h30, amphi 46 | Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, Les olympiades, immeuble Montréal, 105 rue de Tolbiac, 75013 Paris | Accès| website

Autour de l'ouvrage :L’empire de la Valeur. Refonder l’économie
par André Orléan (PSE), Seuil, à paraître, 20 octobre 2011 (voir introduction de l'ouvrage en bas de page)

Le débat sera introduit par : Frédéric Lordon (CSE), "La condition anarchique" et Jean-Marie Harribey (GREThA)

Seminar Series on the History and Methodology of Economics

Cedeplar-UFMG, through the Research Group on the History and Methodology of Economics, will organize a series of seminars during the second half of 2011. This initiative serves two essential purposes:

• firstly, to further interaction among Brazilian researchers working on the History of Economic Thought and the Methodology of Economics, thus creating a research network connecting several national academic institutions;
• secondly, to establish Cedeplar and UFMG as centers of reference in Brazil for all those involved in both of these research areas - professors, researchers, and students at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The seminars will be open to the general public, while also attended by an audience of specialists capable of actively engaging in the proposed discussions. Each seminar will be presented by a guest speaker, chosen among researchers with acknowledged expertise in the History of Economic Thought and the Methodology of Economics. Eventually, the thematic scope of the seminars will be enlarged so as to cover related areas such as Economic History and Political Economy.

Our intention is to transform the Seminar Series, once established, in a permanent event within the activities of UFMG, taking place at regular intervals and serving as a point of reference and support for Brazilian researchers who wish to present works in progress in front of a lively and qualified audience.

There will be three seminars during the second half of 2011, organized with financial support from Fapemig. The first session happened on September 15th, when our inaugural guest Prof. Maurício Coutinho, from Unicamp, discussed John Locke's monetary theory. The other sessions are scheduled for October 20th and November 10th.

For more information on the schedule of seminars for this semester: https://sites.google.com/site/mehipeceng/seminarios

The Way Forward - Austerity or Stimulus?

7-8 December 2011 | University of Newcastle, Australia | website
13th Path to Full Employment and 18th National Unemployment

Key Note Speakers

• We are pleased to announce our key note speakers for this year are: Dr John Falzon and Professor L. Randall Wray. For more information please go to: http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2011/Keynote_Speakers.cfm

Registration Now Open

• Early Bird Rate of AUD $380 expires 31st October 2011. Register here: http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/events/registration.cfm

• 2 in 1 Registration - register for the CofFEE conference (above) and SHE (Society of Heterodox Economists) conference in one registration. Early Bird rate of AUD $480 expires 31st October 2011. For 2 in 1 registration: http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/events/registration_2in1.cfm

Further information

• Please email our office, coffee@newcastle.edu.au or visit the conference website: http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2011/index.cfm

Job Postings for Heterodox Economists

Connecticut College, USA

A full-time tenure track position in economics (behavioral finance)

The Economics Department at Connecticut College invites applications in the field of behavioral finance for a full-time, tenure track position at the assistant level to begin July 1, 2012. Ph.D. in economics at the time of appointment is strongly preferred, demonstrated excellence in teaching and research required. Heterodox economists are encouraged to apply.

The Economics Department is both dynamic and diverse, and among the largest departments at the College in terms of faculty size and number of majors. The Department maintains strong interdisciplinary relationships with a number of departments including International Relations, Environmental Studies, and Mathematics.

Connecticut College is a private, highly selective institution with a demonstrated commitment to outstanding faculty teaching and research. Recognizing that intellectual vitality and diversity are inseparable, the College has embarked on a significantly successful initiative to diversify its faculty, student body and curriculum. The College seeks creative scholars excited about working in a liberal arts setting, with its strong focus on engaged teaching, participation in shared governance, and active involvement in an institution-wide advancement of diversity.

Tenure-track faculty members teach a 3-2 load (2-2 in the first year). In addition to providing ongoing strong support for teaching and research, the College offers the following resources for pre-tenure faculty: a summer stipend for the first two years, a supplementary research fund, and a semester's sabbatical after a successful third-year review. AA/EEO

Application letters, accompanied by a CV, research paper, evidence of teaching excellence, discussion of teaching philosophy, and three letters of reference should be sent to Dr. Edward McKenna, Box 5552, Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320. On-line applications will not be accepted.

Application deadline: Dec. 12, 2011. The Department will interview candidates at the ASSA meetings in January.

Hamilton College, US

Assistant Professor of Economics

The Economics Department at Hamilton College invites applications for a tenure-track position in financial economics at the assistant professor level beginning July 1, 2012. Applicants should be committed to excellence in both undergraduate teaching and scholarly research. While the successful candidate will teach a financial economics course and seminar on a regular basis, scholarship in related fields will also be welcome. The standard teaching load in the department, which has 12 full-time faculty members, is 5 courses per year, with a course reduction in the first year for beginning instructors. The College provides substantial support for research, including start-up funds. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in Economics or expect to complete all requirements by Fall 2012.

Applicants should send cover letter, vita, research sample, graduate transcript, and documentation of teaching effectiveness electronically to Prof. Chris Georges at the following email address: econsearch@hamilton.edu. Please also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to the same email address. For full consideration, completed applications should be received by November 25.

Hamilton College (www.hamilton.edu) is a highly selective residential liberal arts college located in the Mohawk Valley of upstate New York; for applicants with dual-career considerations, Hamilton participates in the regional Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, which posts additional area employment opportunities at www.upstatenyherc.org. Dual career couples should be aware that Hamilton is located within easy commuting distance from Colgate University in Hamilton, NY and that Colgate is also planning to make faculty appointments in a number of departments. A list of Colgate’s openings can be found at http://offices.colgate.edu/hr/faculty.htm .

Hamilton College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in all areas of the campus community. Hamilton provides domestic partner benefits. Candidates from underrepresented groups in higher education are especially encouraged to apply.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, USA

Economic Policy Analyst

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation-a Washington, DC think tank-is seeking to hire a policy analyst to conduct a research program on the economics of innovation and industrial competitiveness. The ideal applicant is familiar with the scholarly literature around innovation and competitiveness and appreciates the need for active government policies in these areas.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Develop and carry out a policy research program focusing on restoring U.S. innovation-based competitiveness, with a particular focus on tax and budget policies (e.g., analysis of the R&D tax credit and other tax policies)
• Write policy reports, op eds, and other materials on competitiveness policies
• Speak at forums, testify at hearings, and engage in other outreach efforts
• Organize policy conferences, roundtables, and other events on U.S. innovation and competitiveness policy
  

Qualifications Requirements:

• A doctorate in economics, public policy or related field or a Master's degree with at least 5 years experience
• Understanding of the relevant scholarly literature in the area of innovation and competitiveness
• Excellent writing skills and ability to write for policy audiences
• Ability to communicate results to both technical and non-technical audiences
• An understanding of and appreciation for "new-growth" theory (e.g., endogenous or evolutionary economics) as well as the limitations of the neoclassical economics approach to innovation
  

ITIF is a growing non-profit, non-partisan public policy think tank committed to articulating and advancing a pro-productivity and pro-innovation public policy agenda. We believe that innovation is central to spurring economic growth and addressing key societal challenges and that public policies should actively work to support innovation, productivity and economic competitiveness. ITIF works to help policy makers understand the critical importance of innovation and innovation policy. We produce publications, hold events, meet with policy makers, speak at forums and engage in other activities to shape innovation policy.

ITIF offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. Send resume with cover letter and writing sample to: Director of Personnel, ITIF, 1101 K. Street, NW, Suite 610, Washington, DC, 20005. Fax (202) 638-4922; or email jobs@itif.org. View our website at www.itif.org.

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Four Research Fellows

The Makerere Institute of Social Research in Kampala, Uganda, invites applications for four Research Fellow positions in the fields of Political Studies, Cultural Studies (including literature and anthropology), Political Economy, and History. All levels of experience and all areas of specialization will be considered. Applicants must have a well-defined research agenda and a strong commitment to teaching in a graduate programme. Research Fellows will be expected to pursue original research, publish consistently in international forums, teach two graduate seminars a year, and contribute to the institutional development of MISR as a premiere research institution in Africa. Applicants should have their Ph.D. by June, 2012 in an appropriate field.

Research Fellows will be appointed for a three-year term, with the possibility of renewal. The appointments will begin in 2012 contingent upon final budgetary approval. Salary is competitive. Interviews of selected candidates will be held at the African Studies Association conference in Washington, D.C., in November, 2011, or later by appointment Applications will begin to be considered October 31, 2011. The search will remain open until the positions are filled.

Applicants should send a letter of application, C.V., writing sample or published work, and three letters of recommendation to the MISR Director, Mahmood Mamdani, at director@misr.mak.ac.ug and mm1124@columbia.edu. Please send application materials to both addresses.

In addition, applications should be mailed to:

Before December 1:
After December 1:

For more information about the Makerere Institute of Social Research, please visit the website at http://www.misr.mak.ac.ug

Sarah Lawrence College, USA

An adjunct to teach a course in the Economics of Health

I'm looking for an adjunct to teach "The Economics of Health" this spring for the graduate-level Health Advocacy Program at Sarah Lawrence College (just outside NYC near the MetroNorth train line). The course, which enrolls primarily older women students with no background in economics, contrasts basic approaches to economic analysis (neoclassical, Keynesian, Marxist, behavioral, and feminist) and ends with an exploration of one or two current-day health-related issues such as health disparities by race and class, analysis of the recent health reform legislation, etc.. Class meets once weekly; pay is standard adjunct pay. Ph.D. preferred; advanced abd considered; teaching experience and evidence of teaching effectiveness required.

I'm currently teaching the course and love both the program and the students. But I'm overloaded this spring and am looking for a replacement. I'm happy to share my syllabus, scanned materials, etc. and discuss the course and the program with interested candidates.

If you're interested, please send me your c.v. And please forward this to anyone who might be interested. Thanks!

Kimberly (Kim) Christensen
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville NY

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA

Associate or Advanced Assistant Professor, Economics

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Economics Department invites applications for a tenure-system position starting Fall 2012, preferably at the Associate or advanced Assistant level, although outstanding candidates at the beginning Assistant level will be considered. Appointment is contingent on budgetary considerations. We seek expertise relating to: (1) public goods and the common good; (2) economic opportunity; and (3) power, institutions, behavior, and economic performance. Scholars from all fields of economics and closely related disciplines are encouraged to apply. A completed Ph.D. is strongly preferred, though ABD with a firm completion date will be considered. Candidates will be judged on their scholarly research as well as teaching. See http://www.umass.edu/economics/facjobs.html for more information. To apply electronically (strongly encouraged), submit cover letter, CV, three letters of reference or contact information for references, a recent research paper, and, if possible, evidence of teaching effectiveness at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/858. Letters of reference and complete applications also can be submitted by postal mail to Chair, Search Committee, Department of Economics, Thompson Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 200 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9277. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2011. Candidates may interview at ASSA (Chicago) and are encouraged to use AEA signaling. The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. We are committed to fostering a diverse faculty, student body, and curriculum.

Assistant Professor, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and Department of Economics

The University of Massachusetts Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and Economics Department invite applications for a tenure-track position starting Fall 2012, at the Assistant level. The primary appointment will be in Afro-American Studies with an adjunct appointment in Economics. Teaching, graduate-advising responsibilities, and service will be divided between the two departments. We seek expertise relating to: (1) Stratification Economics with an emphasis on racial stratification and discrimination; (2) Economics of Identity; (3) African American Economic History; and/or (4) Environmental Economics. Scholars from economics and closely related disciplines are encouraged to apply. A completed Ph.D. is strongly preferred, though ABD with a firm completion date will be considered. Candidates will be judged on their scholarly research as well as teaching. See http://www.umass.edu/afroam/ and http://www.umass.edu/economics/facjobs.html for more information. To apply electronically (strongly encouraged), submit cover letter, CV, three letters of reference or contact information for references, a recent research paper, sample syllabi, and, if possible, evidence of teaching effectiveness at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1130. Letters of reference and complete applications also can be submitted by postal mail to Co-Chairs, Search Committee, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, 329 New Africa House, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 180 Infirmary Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9289. Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2011. Candidates may interview at ASSA (Chicago) and are encouraged to use AEA signaling. UMass Amherst is a member of the Five College consortium along with Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and is also a member of the Academic Career Network, a resource for dual career couples. The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. We are committed to fostering a diverse faculty, student body, and curriculum.

Assistant Professor, Departments of Economics and History

The Departments of Economics and History of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invite applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship starting Fall 2012. Depending on qualifications, the scholar will be appointed to a tenure-track position in either History or Economics with an adjunct appointment in the other department. Teaching and graduate-advising responsibilities will be divided between the two departments. The position requires expertise relating to work and labor relations seen through the lens of South Asia or the South Asian Diaspora. We seek a scholar who can teach about South Asian labor and its interconnections to the globalizing world in ways that capture the effect of these processes on the lives of workers, their families, and their communities and how they have shaped the process of globalization. Candidates will be judged on their scholarly research as well as teaching. Scholars from history, economics, or closely related disciplines are encouraged to apply. A Ph.D. completed by 1 September 2012 is strongly preferred, although ABD with a firm completion date will be considered. See http://www.umass.edu/economics/facjobs.html andhttp://www.umass.edu/history/ for more information.

To apply electronically (strongly encouraged), submit cover letter, CV, three letters of reference, a recent research paper, sample syllabi, and, if possible, evidence of teaching effectiveness at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/979. Letters of reference and complete applications can also be submitted by postal mail to Co-Chair, Joint History-Economic Search Committee, Department of History, Herter Hall, 161 Presidents Drive, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003. Applications must be received by 4 November 2011. The search committee will conduct interviews at the AHA and ASSA annual meetings.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a member of the Five College consortium along with Amherst, Smith, Hampshire and Mt. Holyoke colleges and is also a member of the Academic Career Network, a resource for dual career couples. The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. We are committed to fostering a diverse faculty, student body, and curriculum.

FACULTY HIRING INITIATIVE

The Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has embarked on a faculty hiring initiative focusing on three key areas of contemporary economic analysis: (1) public goods and the common good; (2) economic opportunity; and (3) power, institutions, behavior and economic performance. We intend to make multiple appointments; rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications.

In this initiative, we seek to build on the Department's worldwide reputation as the premier center for research and teaching in heterodox economics. We remain committed to fostering a broad range of analytical perspectives, drawing on diverse paradigms. We aim to respond to the growing openness in the economics profession - and the demand from the public - for innovative approaches to economic theory and policy.

In our teaching, research and public service, we aim to build capacity to meet new economic challenges in an era of transitions. These include the transition from a global economy dominated by a few powers to a multi-polar world; from an economy based on fossil fuels to one based on renewable energy; and from economic philosophies that center exclusively on free markets to broader conceptions of the economy in which the public sphere is again recognized as crucial, and growing inequality is regarded as a problem rather than a correlate of progress.

Scholars from all fields of economics and related disciplines are encouraged to apply, including those engaged in inter-disciplinary work. We are particularly interested in scholars whose expertise involves theoretical or applied work related to the following emphases:

1. Public Goods and the Common Good. The Department seeks scholars who study economic theory and applied economics as these relate to multiple dimensions of human well-being and social welfare. In addition to the growth and distribution of income and wealth, we are interested in analyses of the non-market provision of goods and services. These goods and services include environmental quality, care for children and elders, open-source knowledge, scientific inquiry, and public health.

2. Economic Opportunity. The Department seeks scholars who study how economic opportunities are generated and distributed in society. We are interested in these questions at levels of analysis ranging from the family and the community to the regional, national, and global economies. We seek scholars whose research and teaching interests address such issues as social justice and inequalities; networks and information; education and skill acquisition; immigration policies; the macroeconomics of full employment; and the microeconomics of discrimination based on gender, race, or ethnicity.

3. Power, Institutions, Behavior and Economic Performance. The Department seeks scholars who study how power and institutions influence the economic behavior and the performance of the economy as a whole - and how economic behavior and performance in turn impact the distribution of power and the dynamics of institutional change. We are interested in how people behave not only as individuals but also as members of groups - groups defined, for example, on the basis of class, gender, race, or ethnicity - and in how group identifications affect political economy, the design and implementation of public policies, and propensities for conflict and cooperation.

University of Minnesota, Morris, USA

Tenure Track Opening in Economics

Summary. The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) announces an opening for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics, with specializations in Macroeconomics and either Economic Development or Regional Economics, beginning fall 2012.  Specific responsibilities include Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, courses related to either Economic Development or Regional Economics, and other introductory or elective courses in economics or in management. The annual teaching load is 5 semester-long courses (20 credit hours). Salary is competitive with mid-tier liberal arts colleges; both research support (including eligibility for internal grants through the University of Minnesota) and fringe benefits are strongly competitive. Success in both teaching and research are required for promotion and tenure; qualified candidates with an interest in a balanced teaching and research career at an undergraduate liberal arts college are strongly encouraged to apply. Position open until filled; application review will begin on Nov. 1. Candidates will be contacted for interviews at the ASSA in Chicago.

Location: One of five campuses of the University of Minnesota, UMM is located 160 miles west of Minneapolis in the rural community of Morris, MN (population 5,000).

Advantages: Small college life-style coupled with access to the University of Minnesota’s research support, libraries and information technology, and excellent students. Salaries are competitive with mid-tier liberal arts colleges, and fringe benefits are competitive with top tier research universities.

Colleagues: The economics and management program is an integrated department with a collegial faculty of seven persons working together to fashion an outstanding student experience centered on undergraduate learning and research. Our faculty includes both heterodox and mainstream economists.

Teaching: UMM places a strong emphasis on excellence in undergraduate teaching, and therefore we are seeking a person who has a genuine commitment in this regard.  The standard annual teaching load is five semester courses of four credits each.  Classroom and program innovation are encouraged, and excellent opportunities exist for institutional funding of educational innovations.

Research: The pursuit of an active research or creative program is expected of all faculty members at UMM, and in economics the expectation is that faculty will publish in refereed journals.  We are particularly interested in faculty who may involve undergraduates in their professional endeavors.  Internal funds are routinely available for student research, and Morris faculty have access to the full range
of University of Minnesota faculty research funds on a competitive basis, as well as some specific funds reserved for faculty on our campus.

Affirmative Action: The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Required Qualifications:

• i)  ABD, with a plan for degree completion, in Economics or a related field (for appointment at Instructor rank);
• ii)  evidence of successful undergraduate college teaching experience;
• iii)  evidence of a promising research program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• i)      Ph.D. (or an equivalent terminal degree) in Economics or a related field in hand at the position start date (for appointment at Assistant Professor rank);
• ii)     interest in and ability to teach advanced undergraduate courses in macroeconomics, and either economic development or regional economics; the additional ability to contribute to the Management curriculum will be a plus;
• iii)    interest in working at an undergraduate liberal arts institution;
• iv)     interest in and ability to supervise undergraduate research and internships; and
• v)      evidence that the candidate’s professional research program is viable at a liberal arts undergraduate institution.

How to Apply:
I.)  All candidates must apply online at the University of Minnesota online Employment System at http://employment.umn.edu.  This creates a required central record human resources record, but is not by itself sufficient for consideration. The letter of application and the CV may be submitted through this channel if the applicant prefers.

II.)  Then, to create the local records primarily used in evaluating applicants, please send  the following items:

• a.      A letter of application (also may be placed in the central record),
• b.      Curriculum Vitae (also may be placed in the central record),
• c.      Three letters of reference,
• d.      Graduate school transcripts (unofficial copies are sufficient for initial screening),
• e.      Teaching statement and evidence of undergraduate college teaching success (such as supervisor or student evaluations), and
• f.      Research statement and a sample of research output.

By surface mail to:
       Ms. Sharon Severance, Administrative Specialist
       Division of Social Science
       University of Minnesota, Morris
       600 East 4th Street
       Morris, MN 56267

Or by e-mail attachment to:
       Sharon Severance <severask@morris.umn.edu>

Direct questions to: Dr. Stephen V. Burks, Chair, Economics Search Committee, by surface mail at: Division of Social Science, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267; or by e-mail at svburks@morris.umn.edu; or by telephone at: 320-589-6191.

Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Canada

A tenure-track position in the History of Economic Thought
Deadline: 2011-12-31

The Department of Economics at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) welcomes applications for 1 tenure-track position in the History of Economic Thought. The expected starting date is June 1, 2012. A high research profile is required. Candidates should have a Ph.D., either in hand or firmly expected. They should also have a basic knowledge of French as it is the language of teaching at UQAM. We encourage all candidates to apply but in compliance with Canadian laws, preference will be given to Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

Candidates should ideally apply online at http://econjobmarket.org/ OR send a cover letter, a job market paper, three reference letters and their vitae before December 20th 2011 to :

Fedex applications should be sent to :

University of Redlands, USA

Assistant Professor of Economics

Application Deadline: Open until filled
Location: Redlands, CA, USA
JEL Classifications: EO - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

DESCRIPTION: The University of Redlands, Department of Economics invites applications for a full-time, tenure track assistant professor position (Ph.D in hand) beginning September 2012. We are searching for an open economy macroeconomist interested in and able to teach international finance and principles of economics. An interest in economic development would also be welcomed. An appreciation of the liberal arts perspective is expected, and an acquaintance with heterodox economics is welcomed.

TO APPLY: Send application letter, statement of teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching competency, writing sample, official graduate school transcripts, and three letters of reference to:


Inquiries may be directed to Dorene_Isenberg@redlands.edu. Please send all application materials to the address listed above and not via e-mail. E-mail applications will not be accepted and will be returned without consideration.

Interviews at 2012 ASSA meetings require the receipt of a complete application by December 1, 2011. Position remains open until filled. The University of Redlands is a private, comprehensive liberal arts institution located sixty miles east of Los Angeles, and is an equal opportunity employer. We actively encourage applications from women and under-represented populations.

SUBMISSION OF A RESUME OR APPLICATION INDICATES AGREEMENT THAT THE UNIVRESITY MAY VERIFY ANY AND ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN. MEMBERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds, NY, USA

Program Manager - Education Department

Requisition Number: 3471TEF

Responsibilities

• Research, evaluate and develop adult education programs for the 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds
• Effectively recommend future training and educational initiatives for the Training and Upgrading Fund; study healthcare industry trends and keep abreast of changes
• Provide qualitative and quantitative evaluation of existing education programs; recommend and design program improvements based on evaluation and research
• Design research methodology and conduct research on education program outcomes and promising education practices
• Serves as a liaison to higher education institutions including the City and State Universities of New York (CUNY and SUNY)
• Participate in the research, development and timely submission of grant proposals and applications to public and private funding sources to support creation of new programs; report and track outcomes
• Interface with union leaders, employers and human resource staff to design new education programs for 1199SEIU members
• Partner with the management team to establish organizational goals, monitor organization performance and problem solve issues
• Oversee, manage and evaluate project leaders, educational program leaders, temporary employees and contractors assisting in the research and development unit; design and oversee new program implementation
• Perform additional duties and projects as assigned by management
  

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Education, Training or equivalent years of work experience required; plus
• Minimum five (5) years experience conducting program research or development of adult education programs required
• Ability to understand and develop budgets, principles of statistics, percentages and proportions required; intermediate level of Microsoft Excel, Access and Word highly preferred
• Excellent track record of accomplishments in educational program development and implementation
• Demonstrated experience developing research methodology, conducting qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation of education programs
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain effective client relationships
• Good leadership skills with proven abilities to manage programs, track data, and oversee staff
• Ability to meet deadlines within short time frames and flexibility to shift focus from one project to another
• Solid analytic and problem solving abilities with exceptional organizational skills, driven by customer focus and goal oriented principles
• Must meet performance standards including attendance and punctuality

To Apply Please Do One of the Following:
1.      Click on the link here and follow the application directions there:
2.      Contact HR directly at (646) 473-6205 for submission of application and resume via fax or email
3.      Email: sandi.vito@1199funds.org
4.      Mail to: 1199 SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund, 330 W. 42nd Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036.

Conference Papers, Reports, and Articles

On Radicals and Economists

I posted on the blog the speech I had planned to give at the URPE membership on October 2, 2011 in Brooklyn.  You may find it here: http://urpe.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/on-radicals-and-economists/

Julio Huato

An Insidious Threat to the Occupy Movement

By Ismael Hossein-zadeh. Read the article here: http://politicaleconomics.info/papers/Occupy-Movement.pdf

Heterodox Journals

Bulletin 0f Political Economy, 4(2): December 2010

Journal website: http://www.serialspublications.com/journals1.asp?jid=197

Special Issue: Technology and Economic Analysis
Guest Editor:  Panayotis G. Michaelides

• What Drives the Process of Creative Destruction? / Dieter Bögenhold
• Why Did Scarcity Triumph Over Technology in Ricardo’s Thinking? / George E. Economakis & Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos
• Technological Progress and the Labor Market: Sumner Slichter Revisited / Ioannis A. Katselidis
• Employment Determinants in an Input-Output Framework: Structural Decomposition Analysis and Production Technology /  Athena Belegri-Roboli & Maria Markaki
• A Note on European Citizenship, Intercultural Education and New Technologies / Kostas Theologou, Veneti Anastasia &  Efrosyni-Alkisti Paraskevopoulou-Kollia

Capital & Class, 35(3): October 2011

Journal website: http://cnc.sagepub.com

Articles

• The breakup of Britain? / Gregor Gall
• Left agency and class action: The paradox of workplace radicalism / Sheila Cohen
• Housing and hegemony: The US experience / Maria N. Ivanova
• Capitalist care: Will the Coalition government’s ‘reforms’ move the NHS further toward a US-style healthcare market? / Kim Moody
• Relative surplus population and uneven development in the neoliberal era: Theory and empirical application / David Neilson and Thomas Stubbs
• Marx and the crisis / Nick Potts
• Debating abstract labour / Werner Bonefeld

Book reviews

• Outcast Labour in Asia: Circulation and Informalisation of the Workforce at the Bottom of the Economy, by Jan Breman / Tom Brass
• Revolution, Rebellion, Resistance: The Power of Story, by Eric Selbin / George Lawson
• Marxism and World Politics: Contesting Global Capitalism, by Alexander Anievas (ed.) / Hugo Radice
• Bonfire of Illusions: The Twin Crises of the Liberal World, by Alex Callinicos / Chris Grocott
• The Resistible Rise of Market Fundamentalism: Rethinking Development Policy in an Unbalanced World, by Richard Kozul-Wright and Paul Rayment /  Ronaldo Munck
• European Society, by William Outhwaite / Jonathan Joseph
• An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel, by Jeff Halper / Melike Kara Özberk
• The European Union and World Politics: Consensus and Division, by Andrew Gamble and David Lane (eds.) /  Emilian Kavalski
• Critical Social Theory and the End of Work, by Edward Granter / Thomas Klikauer
• What’s the Point of Industrial Relations? In Defence of Critical Social Science, by Ralph Darlington (ed.) / Horen Voskeritsian
• Capitalism and the Dialectic: The Uno-Sekine Approach to Marxian Political Economy, by John R. Bell / Dylan Kerrigan
• Flexibility at Work: Critical Developments in the International Automobile Industry, by Valeria Pulignano, Paul Steward, Andy Danford and Mike Richardson (eds.) /  Horen Voskeritsian
• The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace With the Planet, by John Bellamy Foster / David Layfield
• Following Marx: Method, Critique and Crisis, by Michael A. Lebowitz /  Vineeth Mathoor
• Global Auction of Public Assets: Public Sector Alternatives to the Infrastructure Market and Public Private Partnerships, by Dexter Whitfield / Hugo Radice
• Globalisation, Development and Transition: Conversations with Eminent Economists, by Brian Snowdon / MB Dhanya

Critical Perspectives on International Business, 7(3): 2011

Journal website: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/cpoib.htm

• Guanxi dynamics and identity construction: An interpretive look at the Chinese professional service firms / Katarzyna Kosmala, Chunyan Xian
• FDI and spillovers in the Swiss services/construction industry: Interaction effects between spillover mechanisms and domestic technological characteristics / Lamia Ben Hamida
• Knowledge transfer between Russian and Western firms: Whose absorptive capacity is in question? / Snejina Michailova, Irina Jormanainen
• The World Investment Report at 20 / Grazia Ietto-Gillies
  

Book Review

• 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown / Arvind K. Jain

International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 5(2): 2011

Journal website: http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~le1958/H9.htm

• Editorial: Capitalism and the global crisis – provocations / Michael Haynes
• Marx’s analysis and the present day crisis / Alex Callinicos
• Marx, Marxists and the financial forms of the crisis / David McNally
• Marx’s Capital and contemporary capitalist development / Lucia Pradella
• Austerity, labour market change and the transformation of work / Kevin Doogan

Regular Papers

• Conceptualising entrepreneurship, innovation and late industrialisation: the state creation of entrepreneurs in Malaysia / Jeff Tan
• The postsocialist experience and the resistible learning process of economic science / Bernard Chavance
• Financialisation in the primary commodity dependent developing countries: the case of Chile / Daniela Tavasci and Luigi Ventimiglia
• Investigative research and urban regeneration problems in the UK: a story of investigative journalism / D. Nigel Pivaro

International Journal of Political Economy, 40(2): Summer 2011

Journal website: http://www.mesharpe.com/mall/results1.asp?ACR=ijp

• Editor's Introduction: The Financial Crisis, Structural Transformations, and the Need for a New Regulatory Structure / Mario Seccareccia
• Minsky's Money Manager Capitalism and the Global Financial Crisis / L. Randall Wray
• The Structure and the Evolution of the U.S. Financial System, 1945-1986: A Minskian Approach Explaining the Emergence of Shadow Banking / Felipe Carvalho de Rezende
• Financial Regulation After the Crisis: Where Do We Stand? / Domenica Tropeano
• Can It Happen Again?: Structural Policies to Avert Further Systemic Crises / Sergio Rossi
• If the Financial System Is Complex, How Can We Regulate It? / Edoardo Gaffeo, Roberto Tamborini

Mother Pelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development, 7(10): October 2011

Theme: Gender Balance for Solidarity and Sustainability
Journal website: http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv07n10page1.html

Articles

• Editorial Essay ~ Gender Balance for Solidarity and Sustainability
• Five Axioms of Sustainability, by Richard Heinberg
• Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe?, by Dan Allen
• The global prisoners' dilemma of unsustainability, by David Lempert
• Population, Consumption, and Reproductive Health, by Victoria Markham
• Economic Development Leaving Millions Behind, by Kanya D'Almeida
• From King Coal to Carbon Tax, by Paul Sabin
• The Masculinity Conspiracy - Part 1, by Joseph Gelfer
• Land Rehabilitation in Burkina Faso , by Pauline Buffle and Chris Reij
• A Proposal to Hasten a Global Paradigm Shift, by Judith Hand

Supplement 1: Advances in Sustainable Development
Supplement 2: Directory of Sustainable Development Resources
Supplement 3: Strategies for the Transition to Clean Energy
Supplement 4: Tactics for the Transition to Clean Energy
Supplement 5: Status of Gender Equality in Society
Supplement 6: Status of Gender Equality in Religion

PSL Quarterly Review, 64(258): 2011

Journal website: http://scistat.cilea.it/index.php/PSLQuarterlyReview

• Introduction by Alessandro Roncaglia
• A critical assessment of the European approach to financial reforms by Elisabetta Montanaro, Mario Tonveronachi
• Will restricting proprietary trading and stricter derivatives regulation make the US financial system more stable? by Jan Kregel
• Rethinking regulation: international banks in Asian emerging markets by C.P. Chandrasekhar
• Financial governance and economic development: making sense of the Chinese experience by Dic Lo, Guicai Li, Yingquan Jiang
• Implications of regulating commodity derivatives markets in the USA and EU by Jayati Ghosh

Socialist Register 2012: The Crisis and the Left

Website: http://socialistregister.com/index.php/srv

• Leo Panitch, Gregory Albo, Vivek Chibber, Preface
• David Harvey, The urban roots of financial crises: reclaiming the city for anti-capitalist struggle
• David McNally, Slump, austerity and resistance
• Ursula Huws, Crisis as capitalist opportunity: new accumulation through public service commodification
• Larry Lohmann, Financialization, commodification and carbon: the contradictions of neoliberal climate policy
• Frances Fox Piven, The new American poor law
• Nicole M. Aschoff, A tale of two crises: labour, capital and restructuring in the US auto industry
• Adolph Reed and Merlin Chowkwanyun, Race, class, crisis: the discourse of racial disparity and its analytical discontents
• Adam Hanieh, Finance, oil and the Arab uprisings: the global crisis and the Gulf states
• Claudio Katz, The singularities of Latin America
• Ho-fung Hung, Sinomania: global crisis, China’s crisis?
• Jan Toporowski, Eastern Europe: post-communist assets in crisis
• Peadar Kirby, When banks cannibalize the state: responses to Ireland’s economic collapse

SYMPOSIUM ON THE EUROZONE CRISIS AND LEFT STRATEGIES

• Elmar Altvater, From subprime farce to Greek tragedy: the crisis dynamics of financially driven capitalism
• Costas Lapavitsas, Default and exit from the eurozone: a radical left strategy
• Michel Husson, Exit or voice? a European strategy of rupture

Heterodox Newsletters

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

We’ve got a challenge for you! The Amazing CCPA Membership Challenge, that is. We’re calling on CCPA members to join us in an ”amazing race” to sign up as many new members as possible by November 19th. For more info visit www.policyalternatives.ca/2011challenge or email Amanda at amanda@policyalternatives.ca.

Check out CCPA-MB's Policy Fix blog for their Election 2011 Unspun series including a band new piece on why this Manitoba election matters so much.

Bad economy, meltdowns, crime, oh my!
Behind the Numbers deliverers timely, progressive commentary on issues that affect Canadians, including the economy, poverty, inequality, climate change, budgets, taxes, public services, employment and much more. Go behind the numbers with:

• Armine Yalnizyan's Why Even Conservatives are Worried about Rising Inequality
• Paula Mallea's What's Wrong with Harper's Ominibus Crime Bill
• Ellen Russell's European Financial Meltdown (next in a series)
• Scott Sinclair's Buy American Issue is Back in the News

GDAE News

• Trading Away Stability and Growth: United States Trade Policies with Latin America by Kevin P. Gallagher. PERI Working Paper No. 266, September 2011
• Searching for Gold in the Highlands of Guatemala: Economic Benefits and Environmental Risks of the Marlin Mine. By Lyuba Zarsky and Leonardo Stanley
• U.S. Trade Policy: Moving backwards in the 21st century by Timothy A Wise
  
  

Global Labour Column

• Summer days on Utøya by Dan Gallin. October 10. 

• The dilemma of job creation and decent work by Edward Webster. September 26.
  

  
  

IDEAs

Websites: www.networkideas.org or www.ideaswebsite.org

Featured Articles

• Austerity Measures Threaten Children and Poor Households: Recent evidence in public expenditures from 128 developing countries by Isabel Ortiz, Jingqing Chai and Matthew Cummins. September 26, 2011
• Beware the Fallacy of Productivity Reductionism by Andrew M. Fischer. September 12, 2011

Events & Annoucements

• Call for Applicants for Training of Trainers on Gender Responsive Economic Policy Management, organised by GEPMI-AP, October 26-30, 2011, Seoul, Korea September 14, 2011

IDEAs Activities

• International Workshop on New Directions in Financial Regulation, organised by International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) and the Centre for Banking Studies, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 22 - 26 November 2011

Levy News

New Publications

• The Measurement of Time and Income Poverty, Ajit Zacharias. Working Paper No. 690.
• Effects of Legal and Unauthorized Immigration on the US Social Security System, Selçuk Eren, Hugo Benítez-Silva, and Eva Cárceles-Poveda. Working Paper No. 689
• An Unblinking Glance at a National Catastrophe and the Potential Dissolution of the Eurozone: Greece's Debt Crisis in Context, C. J. Polychroniou. Working Paper No. 688
• Access to Markets and Farm Efficiency: A Study of Rice Farms in the Bicol Region, Philippines Sanjaya DeSilva. Working Paper No. 687
• Estimating the Impact of the Recent Economic Crisis on Work Time in Turkey, Emel Memis and S. A. Kaya Bahçe. Working Paper No. 686

And more here.

Post Keynesian Economics Study Group

Two new working papers are available to subscribed members on the Working Papers page of the PKSG website: http://www.postkeynesian.net/members/working_papers.html (membership required to download working papers)

• Tanweer Ali on "The UK Future Jobs Fund"
• Guglielmo Forges Davanzati on "Gunnar Myrdal Revisited"

or by individual request to Dr. M.G. Hayes (mgh37@cam.ac.uk), the Secretary of Post Keynesian Economics Study Group

Heterodox Books and Book Series

A History of Heterodox Economics: Challenging the mainstream in the twentieth century

By Frederic S. Lee
Routledge. September 2011. New in paperback: 978-0-415-68197-1 | 2009 in hardback: 978-0-415-77714-8 | website | 20% discount offer

Economics is a contested academic discipline between neoclassical economics and a collection of alternative approaches, such as Marxism-radical economics, Institutional economics, Post Keynesian economics, and others, that can collectively be called heterodox economics. Because of the dominance of neoclassical economics, the existence of the alternative approaches is generally not known. This book is concerned with the community history of heterodox economics, seen primarily through the eyes of Marxian-radical economics and Post Keynesian economics.

Throughout the 20th century neoclassical economists in conjunction with state and university power have attacked heterodox economists and tried to cleanse them from the academy. Professor Lee, his groundbreaking new title discusses issues including the contested landscape of American economics in the 1970s, the emergence and establishment of Post Keynesian economics in the US and the development of heterodox economics in Britain from 1970 to 1996.

Download 20% Discount Offer.

The Dissemination of Economic Ideas

Edited by Heinz D. Kurz,  Tamotsu Nishizawa, and Keith Tribe
Edward Elgar. September 2011 c 392 pp 978 0 85793 557 1 (hb) | website

This highly illuminating book marks a significant stage in our growing understanding of how the development of national traditions of economic thought has been affected by both internal and external factors.

The Global Financial Crisis: What Have We Learnt?

Edited by Steven Kates
Edward Elgar. September 2011 c 264 pp Hardback 978 0 85793 422 2 | website

The Global Financial Crisis is a unique investigation into the causes of the most savage economic downturn experienced since the Great Depression. Employing wide and divergent perspectives – which are themselves critically examined – this study analyses the measures that have been taken to restore our economies to acceptable rates of unemployment and growth.

Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Growth

Edited by Mark Setterfield
Edward Elgar. 2010 488 pp, 978 1 84720 402 8 (hb) and September 2011, 978 1 84980 080 8 (pb) | website

Comprising specially commissioned essays, the Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of alternative theories of economic growth. It surveys major sub-fields (including classical, Kaleckian, evolutionary, and Kaldorian growth theories) and highlights cutting-edge issues such as the relationship between finance and growth, the interplay of trend and cycle, and the role of aggregate demand in the long run.

Institutions in Crisis: European Perspectives on the Recession

Edited by David Howden
Edward Elgar. September 2011 c 264 pp Hardback 978 0 85793 211 2 | website

‘The current European recession is being offered as an excuse for a wider, more expansive centralized Europe. Failure to recognize the true causes of the recession – failed institutions that have plagued Europe for years, and will continue to do so if permitted to continue – will prolong the current malaise, and hold Europe back from its new future. Let us hope that the current volume does much to bring this new Europe to us.’
– From the foreword by Jesús Huerta de Soto

Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes

By Sean Sayers
Palgrave Macmillan 2011. ISBN 9780230276543 (hb) | website

What does Marx mean by 'alienation'? What role does the concept play  in his critique of capitalism and his vision of a future society? Marx and Alienation deals in depth with some of the most important  philosophical assumptions of Marx's work. It sets Marx's account of  alienation and its overcoming in the context of the Hegelian  philosophy from which it derives, and discusses it in relation to  contemporary debates and controversies. It challenges recent accounts  of Marx's theory, and shows that knowledge of Hegel's philosophy is  essential for an understanding of central themes in Marx's philosophy. Marx and Alienation explains and discusses Marx's ideas in an original  and accessible fashion and makes a major contribution to Marxist  philosophy.

Political Economy and Globalization

By Richard Westra
Routledge. October 1st 2011. New in paperback. 978-0-415-69447-6 | website

Based upon distinguishing capitalism from other economic systems, as well as analysis of capitalist change across its stages of development, Richard Westra argues that the economic tendencies we refer to as globalization constitute a world historic transition away from capitalism. Westra forcefully rejects claims from both Right and Left sides of economic debate that globalization embodies the ultimate world diffusion of capitalism. He concludes that the choice facing humanity is no longer between capitalism and socialism but between socialism and global barbarism.

Three volumes on Crisis by Craig Calhoun & Georgi Derluguian

1. Business as Usual: The Roots of the Global Financial Meltdown

New York University Press.  July 2011 272pp 9780814772782 PB £11.99 now only £8 when you quote CS1011PSFU when you order

Situates the current crisis in the historical trajectory of the capitalist world-system, showing how the crisis was made possible not only by neoliberal financial reforms but by a massive turn away from manufacturing things of value towards seeking profit from financial exchange and credit. Much more basic than the result of a few financial traders cheating the system, this is a potential historical turning point. In original essays, the contributors establish why the system was ripe for crisis of the past, and yet why this meltdown was different. The volume concludes by asking whether as deep as the crisis is, it may contain seeds of a new global economy, what role the US will play, and whether China or other countries will rise to global leadership.

2. The Deepening Crisis: Governance Challenges after Neoliberalism

Response to financial meltdown is entangled with basic challenges to global governance. Environment, global security and ethnicity and nationalism are all global issues today. Focusing on the political and social dimensions of the crisis, contributors examine changes in relationships between the world’s richer and poorer countries, efforts to strengthen global institutions, and difficulties facing states trying to create stability for their citizens.

New York University Press. July 2011 272pp 9780814772812 PB £11.99 now only £8 when you quote CS1011PSFU when you order

3. Aftermath: A New Global Economic Order?

New York University Press. July 2011 272pp 9780814772843 PB £11.99 now only £8 when you quote CS1011PSFU when you order

The global financial crisis showed deep problems with mainstream economic predictions. At the same time, it showed the vulnerability of the world’s richest countries and the enormous potential of some poorer ones. China, India, Brazil and other countries are growing faster than Europe or America and they have weathered the crisis better. Will they be new world leaders? And is their growth due to following conventional economic guidelines or instead to strong state leadership and sometimes protectionism? These issues are basic not only to the question of which countries will grow in coming decades but to likely conflicts over global trade policy, currency standards, and economic cooperation

Possible Futures Series 3 volume set

The Possible Futures Series gathers together the great minds of social science to address the significance of the global economic crisis in a series of short, accessible books. Each volume takes on the past, present and future of this crisis, suggesting that the crisis has an informative history, that the consequences could be much more basic than stock declines, and that only fundamental changes – not fiscal band aids – can hold off future repetitions.

New York University Press. August 2011 pp 9780814772874 PB £33 now only £23 when you quote CS1011PSFU when you order

Where Does Money Come From? A guide to the UK monetary and banking system

By Josh Ryan-Collins, Tony Greenham, Richard Werner and Andrew Jackson

New Economics Foundation. September 2011 | website

Download the Foreword and Overview

Heterodox Graduate Programs, Scholarships, and Grants

PhD Scholarships at Brunel University, London, UK

The School of Social Sciences of Brunel University has recently announced nine PhD scholarships. Scholarships include fees, a living allowance, and teaching experience. More information is available here.

The Brunel Social and Political Thought Research Group is keen to encourage applications for these scholarships.

The BSPT Group's research explores different traditions and currents in critical social and political thought. Our individual and collective work covers the full range of modern social and political thought, from the Renaissance through to the twentieth century. We have a focus on the European context and tradition.

Particular research strengths include early modern political thought, the critique of political economy, the history of Marxism and theories of war and conflict. We are also engaged in debates in contemporary political theory and European philosophy, including state theory, the critique of security, critical IPE, concepts of the political and notions of monstrosity. As a group we have specialist knowledge of a diverse range of political theorists, including Machiavelli, Spinoza, Hobbes, Burke, Hegel, Marx, Gramsci, Schmitt, Althusser, Polanyi, Foucault and Negri. The Group is particularly keen to welcome research students working in these and related fields.

Key members of the research group in the School of Social Sciences include:

• Dr Gareth Dale, author of Karl Polanyi: The Limits of the Market (Polity Press, 2010)
• Dr Filippo Del Lucchese, author of Conflict, Power and Multitude in Machiavelli and Spinoza (Continuum Press, 2009)
• Prof Mark Neocleous, author of Critique of Security (Edinburgh University Press, 2008); The Monstrous and the Dead: Burke, Marx, Fascism (University of Wales Press, 2005)
• Dr John Roberts, author of The Competent Public Sphere: Global Political Economy, Dialogue and the Contemporary Workplace (Palgrave, 2009)
• Dr Peter D. Thomas author of The Gramscian Moment. Philosophy, Hegemony and Marxism (Brill Academic Press, 2009)

For more information, visit our webpages:

• <http://www.brunel.ac.uk/sss/politics/research-and-research-centres/social-and-political-thought>
• <http://www.brunel.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/modern-political-thought-violence-and-revolution-ma>
• <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brunel-University-Modern-Political-Thought/205393026150272?sk=wall

For enquires regarding the scholarships, please contact:

• Filippo Dellucchese <Fillippo.Dellucchese@brunel.ac.uk>
• Mark Neocleous <Mark.Neocleous@brunel.ac.uk>
• Peter Thomas <PeterD.Thomas@brunel.ac.uk>

CRC for Remote Economic Participation Scholarship Program

The CRC for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP) is now recruiting highly-motivated postgraduates to a range of research projects. These research projects will directly benefit jobs, lives, enterprises and communities of remote Australia. We strongly encourage postgraduate students to apply for CRC-REP research projects. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are particularly encouraged to apply. The CRC REP provides considerable support to students in addition to the stipends.

The CRC is able to provide a number of scholarships with preference for top-up scholarships rather than full stipends, to ease the financial burden to students of doing a PhD and to increase the number of students we can support. We would like to encourage universities where possible to consider quarantining an APA scholarship for this purpose to increase the potential for students.

Scholarship documents are available online from our website - www.crc-rep.com.au/education. These scholarship documents are for your distribution through your scholarship recruitment channels as an externally funded research opportunity. The contract that we propose to use follow the normal master contracts we use for other purposes.

Should you have any questions regarding available scholarships and the application process please contact Wendy Cowan on 08 8951 8348 or wendy.cowan@nintione.com.au or Jan Ferguson 0401719882. The closing date for receipt of application forms is 31 October 2011.

University of Massachusetts Boston: Master of Arts in Applied Economics

The Economics Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston is pleased to announce its new Master of Arts in Applied Economics. The curriculum offers three distinctive features: focus on urban economic issues; emphasis on practical application of research methods; and insights from both traditional and alternative economic approaches.

The 30 credit program, offered in late afternoons and evenings, is perfect for people currently working and is designed to provide the theoretical, analytical, and practical skills required of economic consultants, researchers, and governmental and non-governmental organization managers.

Faculty members are heterodox economists with expertise in feminist, behavioral, institutional, Marxian, and post-Keynesian approaches as well as applied economic research experience. Students are encouraged to tackle timely economic policy issues including income stratification, economic and environmental sustainability, progressive taxation, gender and racial inequality, financial reform, and urban transformation.

More information at http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/economics/grad/ma/.

Wright State University: M.S. in Social and Applied Economics

Wright State University’s M.S. degree in Social and Applied Economics incorporates a number of heterodox components. In addition to Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, students are required to take History of Economic Thought; Contemporary Political Economy; Economic, Social, and Ecological Systems; Econometrics; Forecasting; and an Economics Problem Seminar. Heterodox elective courses include Political Economy of Women; Comparative Capitalist Institutions; Labor Market Theory and Policy; and Development Economics. Most students complete the program in one year. The program has a good representation of heterodox economists: Paulette Olson; Rudy Fichtenbaum; Barbara Hopkins; Zdravka Todorova; and Sirisha Naidu. Heterodox perspectives include: Feminist; Post Keynesian; Ecological; Marxist; Institutional; and Social Economics. Wright State University is located in Dayton, Ohio. Historically the program has attracted local, as well as international students.

Contact the Director of the M.S. program Thomas Jenkins (thomas.jenkins@wright.edu).
For more information: http://www.wright.edu/coba/msecon/

Heterodox Economics in the Media

A Nobel for Freshwater Economics

By John Cassidy, October 12, 2012

"This week’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics got me thinking about the state of the subject, and my thoughts weren’t very positive. Three years after the great financial crisis of 2008 discredited the ruling orthodoxy in macroeconomics and finance, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has chosen to honor one of the leading creators of that orthodoxy: Tom Sargent, of New York University. And judging from the reactions to the Nobel announcement, most academic economists heartily approved of it."

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"This was the central point that the late Hyman Minsky put forward repeatedly, and which economists of the freshwater persuasion resolutely ignored. Unfortunately, Minsky isn’t around to collect the Nobel Prize, and neither is Charles Kindleberger, who helped to popularize Minsky’s theories. Even if Minksy and Kindleberger were still alive, I doubt the Nobel committee would have invited them to Stockholm. If they had wanted to honor somebody who has done interesting work in the tradition of Keynes-Minsky-Kindleberger, which actually had something useful to say about the financial crisis and subsequent recession, they could have picked out Axel Leijonhufvud, of U.C.L.A., Paul Davidson, of the University of Tennessee, or Jean Pascal Benassy, of the Paris School of Economics."

Queries from Heterodox Economists

Wanted: English translation of Rudolf Hilferding (1933), "Zwischen den Entscheidungen"

Dear all,

Next year Rudolf Hilferding's (10.8.1877 Vienna - 10.2.1941 Paris) writings enter the public domain. At present his "Finance Capital" (1910) is already available on the Net in English as well as in French but not in German. There is some hope that the BDIC at Nanterre (www.bdic.fr) is going to digitalise the German version.

Hilferding was a leading figure of the German social-democratic party. About his life: W. Smaldone: Rudolf Hilferding: the tragedy of a German Social Democrat. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press; 1998.

He wrote a very important article "Zwischen den Entscheidungen" (Between Decisions) which was published in 'Die Gesellschaft' January 1933.

If you are able and prepared to translate the article into English please contact me.

Yours,

Klaus Hagendorf

eurodos@gmail.com
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P.S. References

Hilferding, Rudolf (1933). Zwischen den Entscheidungen. Die Gesellschaft. Internationale Revue für Sozialismus und Politik. Vol. 10, No 1, January 1933, p. 1 – 9.

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Pierangelo Garegnani (1930 - 2011)

We are very sad to report that Professor Pierangelo Garegnani died on Friday October 14. Riposi in pace.

Pierangelo Garegnani (Milan, 1930 - Lavagna, 14th October 2011) was an Italian economist and professor of the Universitá degli Studi Roma Tre. He was the Director of the Fondazione Centro Piero Sraffa di Studi e Documenti at the Facoltá di Economia "Federico Caffè", and also the literary executor of the works, documents and papers left by the eminent Italian economist Piero Sraffa to the University of Cambridge's Wren Library. Professor Garegnani has been one of the leading theoretical critics of neoclassical economics. He has published several books and articles concerning the classical economic theory, from Ricardo to Sraffa, as an alternative theoretical foundation to analyse the capitalist economy. (from Wikipedia)

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Fallecio ayer a los 81 años. Una enorme pérdida para la teoría económica de uno de los principales teóricos económicos de los ultimos 50 años.

Vaya nuestro recuerdo y homenaje de nuestra parte que tuvimos la fortuna de conocerlo en Uniroma tre. Nos hemos quedado con el enorme bagaje de trabajos, y con la posta de continuar con su garra teórica, aunque no sea de su enorme nivel nuestro humilde caletre.



Se autodefinía un trabajador del aula y agregamos de la investigación teórica hasta el final, va su ultimo trabajo presentado en hope, este año, en un tema referido al "rigor vs relevancia" aca (from Revista Cricus, October 15, 2011)

IIPPE in Brief, Issue 7: Call for Contributions

We are seeking contributions for the next issue of the IIPPE newsletter due out in November 2011

These can be:

• Call for papers
• Announcements of publications and upcoming events
•  Short opinion pieces (up to 900 words)

See http://www.iippe.org/wiki/IIPPE_In_Brief for previous issues

Please send contributions to susanamynewman@googlemail.com.

Digital impact factors and rankings of English economics journals 2011

"Welcome to the first digital ranking of economics journals.  As research and its dissemination become increasingly digitally based, a digital impact ranking of journals seems overdue – hence this undertaking, which includes 307 English economic journals... The digital top 20 includes most of the journals usually found in the top 20 of traditional rankings.  But it also contains five outsiders, including two that are neither US nor EU based.  This suggests that in the digital age the traditional power structures of the economic profession are strategically vulnerable..." [Read more here] -- from Edward Fullbrook, Editor of Real World Economics Review.

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URPE supports Occupy Wall Street: a report from New York

People participating in Occupy Wall Street shared their experience at the URPE “War on the Working Class” conference in Brooklyn on Saturday October 1, and a group of 9 people also attended Sunday’s Membership Meeting. URPE members applauded the activists and the discussion turned to ways in which we could cooperate in working for our shared goals. It is clear that the activists will succeed in continuing the occupation for a long time, and also that the fledgling movement will grow. Already there have been occupations in 45 states, and increasing numbers of people are openly challenging “the system.” Two of the popular chants are: “They got bailed out, we got sold out” and “We are the 99%.”

The activists are eager to discuss their own perspectives and are open to a wide range of ideas. There is a general recognition that the economic system has failed to provide for the people and that the political system does not provide for their represention. Several URPE members have already visited “Liberty Park” where informal discussions are continually taking place. The occupants come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Young people who have never held regular jobs mix with students from both public and private universities and are joined by unemployed people from “Main Street” to “Wall Street.” There is a daily “General Assembly” each evening at 7 where decisions are made by consensus with scrupulous attention to democratic procedure, including a policy for preferential recognition of speakers from groups who are under-represented in traditional discussions. (This resembles URPE’s own “affirmative action” policy for recognition based on gender and race/ethnicity/nationality, but includes preference for GLBT people.)

URPE members also participated in the New York October 5th demonstration of 20,000 people which brought more than 30 trade unions, many community organizations and students walking out from several universities to march in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. It is hard to describe the ways in which the possibility of a broad-based, unified movement in opposition to “the system” generated a welcome sense of optimism about the future, in place of the despondency which has been an all too common a response to the increasing attacks we have been experiencing for a long, long time. On a small scale, the participation of Occupy Wall Street people in Sunday’s URPE Membership meeting was a terrific experience for URPE members, and the activists were delighted to be greeted with such enthusiastic support.

The activists are committed to a long-term struggle. They know that it will be hard to continue the actual occupation in New York in its present form in the cold months of winter, and there is ongoing discussion of how to build the movement into the future. New York activists talked, at Sunday’s URPE meeting, of setting up a “free university” which” would allow for more structured learning, and URPE offered to help in this. Sunday’s discussion included ways in which we could share out experiences on how to ensure transparency and accountability among our members/participants. In the meantime, please note the following:

• Email message from Sid Gurung gurus655@newschool.edu:

• For live feed go to: www.livestream.com/globalrevolution
• In New York, the people working on URPE and Occupy Wall Street are:

• URPE members who are active in this movement in other parts of the country are encouraged to share their experiences on URPE listserv.

• Sign Higher Education petition:

Report submitted: October 8, 2011
Paddy Quick (paddyquick@aol.com)