This is the 299th issue of the Heterodox...
This is the 299th issue of the Heterodox Economics Newsletter and, contrary to all odds in this somewhat pre-apocalyptic stage of history, in this short editorial I will focus on some good news:
First, I wanted to share that we have a new job ad out at the University of Duisburg-Essen. We are searching for a post-doctoral researcher in heterodox economics and/or political economy for five years to support our core mission in research and teaching at the Institute for Socio-Economics (ifso). So, in case you want to work at one of the homes of the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, you are welcome to check out the details here and to submit your application. In case this position is no fit for you, be sure to check out the other recent job ads listed further below!
Second, it’s a time of anniversaries: The real-world economics review (see also here) celebrates it’s 100th issue with a collection some of the best and most popular articles ever published in the review. Aside from the fact that the review is always a source of inspiration to me, the selected articles make me nostalgic as they include many that I read during my studies and which helped gain some orientiation in a contested research environment. As probably many of us do, I feel indebted to Edward Fulbrook and Jamie Morgan, who have steered this important project for many years now. It is also worth mentioning, as you can deduce from the fist line of this edictorial, that another fantastic anniversary is coming up in a few weeks… ;-)
Finally, I was delighted to to see that the current issue of the Journal of Economic Literature features a symposium on “Race and Economic Literature”, featuring papers on stratification economics, race laws and black political economy. These efforts of the AEA journals to cover up some blind spots here (see also the recent issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, on which I commented a few weeks ago) are surely overdue, but still laudable. Nonetheless, I sincerly hope that this will be an on-going effort on the side of the mainstream (that could probably be even emulated by some heterodox traditions), and not just a collection of one-time spotlights. In addition, one should also note that said issue features a paper on satisficing, which could also be of interest to some of our readers…
I hope you‘ll excuse me trying to look at the bright side for once ;-)
All the best,
Jakob