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Issue-34, November 2, 2006
From the Editor
The
Newsletter shows again how active heterodox
economists are. There are some new calls for papers,
announcements for various conferences and seminars,
and many new job postings for heterodox economists.
In addition, there are links to various newsletters,
including a report from ICAPE. You might want to
look at the ICAPE Report in fact it details its
activities, such as contributing to the ASE
reception at the ASSA in Chicago and putting on the
ICAPE Conference next summer at Utah; also the
report lists the associations, institutes and
journals that are currently members of ICAPE. If
associations to which you belong at not members you
might want to query them about it.
In the previous Newsletter I mentioned that ICAPE
sent a letter to John Siegfried protesting the move
to reduce the number of ASSA sessions allocated to
URPE. He sent me a response which is the following:
Professor Lee:
Thank you for your e-mail about the reallocation of
sessions at the Allied Social Science Association
meetings. The AEA appreciates learning of your
concerns with regard to the organization of the ASSA
meetings, and we shall do our best to take into
account the concerns of all the allied associations.
Let me fill in some background. Because our
information showed that the marginal AEA session at
the ASSA meetings has been considerably better
attended than the marginal sessions of many of the
other societies, the Executive Committee asked the
Session Allocation Committee (which includes
representatives from the Association of
Environmental and Resource Economists, the American
Finance Association, the National Association of
Economic Educators, the Society for Economic
Dynamics, and the Union of Radical Political
Economists) to reallocate 13 sessions. The Committee
tried to reallocate on as reasonable a basis as
possible. Attendance is used as a basis for the
evolution of the program because it identifies those
academic programs that more registrants choose to
see and hear in the marketplace for ideas.
We try to balance the interests of all meeting
attendees. There is little doubt that at least some
of the reallocation serves the interest of
attendees. Attendance at the marginal session for
societies that have lost sessions has been quite
low. Some of these sessions have attracted almost no
attendance beyond the speakers and discussants,
while many sessions of other societies, including
the AEA, attracted crowds spilling out the door. The
13 scheduled session reductions for 2008 and 2009
include 3 of 43 sessions that have been organized by
the five associations who are members of the
International Confederation of Associations for
Pluralism in
Economics: AFEE, ASE, EPS, IAFE, and URPE.
In view of your e-mail and also that of some others
who have voiced their concern I will ask the
Executive Committee at its January 4 meeting whether
it wishes to revisit the scheduled reductions. The
decision is not mine to make, but you can be assured
that I will represent your concerns to the Executive
Committee.
Whatever is decided regarding the 13 sessions, we
will also open a new limited-use session slot, from
12:30 to 2:15 pm on each of the first two days of
the meetings, beginning in 2008. Because there will
be no AEA, American Finance Association, Labor and
Employment Relations Association, or Econometric
Society sessions in the new time slot, the new slot
should provide a prime time opportunity for allied
associations to attract participants who commonly
attend the sessions of the larger associations.
Participation in the program by allied associations
is welcome by the AEA so as to diversify the menu of
intellectual options available to attendees. We
believe the sessions organized by various
associations should be balanced so as to reflect the
interests of those attending the meetings. But we
also want you to know that we are listening to your
concerns and will make an effort to take them into
account. I appreciate your taking the time to write
us. This gives us feedback that we need to serve you
and the other societies at the ASSA convention.
John Siegfried
Secretary-Treasurer
As you evaluate his response, it is important to
note that numbers in the audience does matter. This
suggests that heterodox associations may need to
take a more pro-active stance regarding
participation at the ASSA. That is, for example, if
an individual gives a paper at a session of
association X, then it perhaps could be expected
that the individual also attend other sessions of
association X instead of disappearing and never
appearing at any other sessions. Another point to
note is that it appears that working as a collective
of associations produces response. Perhaps it is
time for heterodox associations to think and act
more collectively.
Fred Lee
In
this issue:
-
Call
for Papers
-
ICAPE Conference, 1-3 June 2007
- Association for Heterodox
Economics 9th Annual Conference 2007
- Altermondialisme –
Anticapitalisme
- EGOS Conference
- ITVA Conference
- Association for Institutional
Thought (AFIT)
- Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007):
Classical Development Economics and Its Relevance Today
- Conferences, Seminars
and Lectures
- The Political Economy of the Budget in the Americas
- Historical Materialism
conference
- Research Seminars at
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
- Seminars in London
- Philosophy of Green
Economics Conference
- ‘Political Economy of
Development Seminar Series’
- 2007 Left Forum
- Job
Postings
for Heterodox Economists
- The Department of Economics at SUNY—New Paltz
- Occidental College
- Buffalo State College
- University of South
Florida
- University of Redlands
- York University
- Connecticut College
- Michigan State
University
- Hobart and William
Smith Colleges
-
Heterodox
Graduate Program and PhD Scholarships
-
Dissertation Fellowship Program at CASE&E
-
Heterodox Journals and Newsletters
- Review of Political Economy
- International
Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics
- Review of Social
Economy
- The Talking Economics
Bulletin
- PERI IN FOCUS FALL 2006
- Economic Sociology -
The European Electronic Newsletter
- International Journal
of Public Policy
-
For Your Information
- Second Annual AFIT Student Scholars Award Competition
- Economic Democracy: A Worthy
Socialism that Would Really Work
Call for Papers
ICAPE Conference, 1-3 June 2007
The next ICAPE conference is on the horizon, and I hope you will
consider participating in it.
Soon to celebrate its 13th birthday, ICAPE (the International
Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics) is an
international consortium dedicated to the active promotion of
intellectual pluralism in economic education and scholarship.
Next June (1-3) on the campus of the University of Utah in beautiful
Salt Lake City, ICAPE will host its second international conference,
"Economic Pluralism for the 21st Century."
We invite proposals for papers and panels that address the value (or
costs) of economic pluralism in any of its domains: economic theory and
philosophy, economic institutions and policies, or economic education.
For further details -- including a list of plenary sessions -- please
see the attached documents, visit our website (http://icape.org/conf2007.htm)
or contact one of the organizers:
Al Campbell (al@economics.utah.edu)
Wilfred Dolfsma (wdolfsma@rsm.nl)
Edward Fullbrook (edward.fullbrook@btinternet.com)
Rob Garnett (r.garnett@tcu.edu)
Neva Goodwin (neva.goodwin@tufts.edu)
John Henry (henryjf@umkc.edu)
Mary King (kingm@pdx.edu)
Fred Lee (leefs@umkc.edu)
Ed McNertney (e.mcnertney@tcu.edu)
Judith Mehta (judith.mehta@ntlworld.com)
Erik Olsen (olsenek@umkc.edu)
Martha Starr (mstarr@american.edu)
Association for Heterodox
Economics 9th Annual Conference 2007
Pluralism in Action
13 – 15 July, 2007
University of the West of England, Bristol
The Ninth Annual Conference of the Association of Heterodox Economics (AHE)
will be held at the University of the West of England from 13th to 15th
July 2007.
Last year’s highly successful AHE conference yielded a stimulating and
original range of papers on pluralism in the social sciences. A striking
feature of the conference was the interdisciplinary character of the
contributions which explored the relation between economics and other
branches of the social sciences. The Ninth Annual Conference will build
on this success.
The conference will have both a thematic part and an open part. The AHE
is happy to consider papers of both types; however, priority will be
given to papers addressing the conference theme, “Pluralism in Action”.
Papers are particularly encouraged dealing with the impact of heterodox,
pluralistic and interdisciplinary approaches both on problems of policy,
and on the advancement of understanding, where mainstream approaches
have failed or fallen short.
For the open part of the conference, as in previous conferences we
welcome submissions dealing with issues of fundamental theory, teaching
and learning in economics, and the history of economic thought.
This year, the committee seeks to broaden the range of heterodox
viewpoints. We encourage single papers or sessions addressing Austrian,
Behavioural, Critical Realist, Ecological, Evolutionary, Feminist,
Institutionalist, Marxist, Post-Keynesian, Schumpeterian, or other
non-mainstream approaches. A feature of the AHE is as a forum for
dialogue between different viewpoints, and we encourage proposals for
sessions which address a single issue or theme from a variety of
viewpoints.
The international character of the conference has been a vital factor in
its growing success. Scholars requiring documentation in support of visa
or funding applications should indicate this in their initial
submission. At present the AHE regrets that it has no funds to provide
financial support, but is actively seeking it and welcomes proposals
from participants regarding organizations for the AHE contact in search
of support for participants from outside the US and European Union.
Deadline for submission:
Proposals for single papers: please send an abstract of not more than
500 words by email only to the local organiser, Andrew Mearman (andrew.mearman@uwe.ac.uk),
AND the programme coordinator, Alan Freeman (afreeman@iwgvt.org ), by
19th January 2007. Text, HTML, Word and PDF format attachments are
acceptable.
Proposals for sessions and streams: please indicate exactly what you are
proposing, giving the names and email addresses of the proposed
speakers, and attaching the abstracts (of not more than 500 words each)
for their papers. Send by email to Andrew Mearman and Alan Freeman, as
above, by Friday 19th January 2007.
The AHE Committee will consider all abstracts and will notify you of
acceptance or rejection of your proposal by Monday 12th February 2007.
Those whose abstracts have been accepted must send their full paper and
completed registration to be received by Friday 26th April 2007.
Parallel sessions will be 90 minutes long and will consist of two
papers. Sessions may have a discussant for each paper. The conference is
to be conducted in English.
To see details of previous conferences, and to keep up to date with the
2007 conference and other AHE activities please visit:
www.hetecon.com
Altermondialisme – Anticapitalisme
Pour une cosmopolitique alternative
Appel au Congrès Marx International V
Université de Paris-X, du 3 au 6 octobre 2007
Au seuil du IIIe millénaire, le capitalisme déploie une dynamique
d’asservissement et de violence renouvelée. Le néolibéralisme met en
concurrence les travailleurs du monde entier. Il nivelle les acquis du
mouvement ouvrier et démocratique, des luttes des femmes, des combats du
Tiers-monde. Il liquide les identités et autonomies nationales. Il
dissout les diversités culturelles au profit de substituts marchandisés.
Il nous précipite vers la catastrophe écologique.
De la dynamique globale des résistances de tous ordres émerge une force
unificatrice. Le mouvement altermondialiste a fait surgir une logique
mondiale des solidarités qui donne à l’internationalisme un nouveau
visage. Il a mis en avant un mot d’ordre universel : « un autre monde
est possible ». De multiples composantes travaillent à en définir les
conditions économiques, politiques, culturelles, sociales. Mais
pourra-t-il éluder les questions les plus redoutables : comment changer
le monde dans le capitalisme ? Et pour quel autre monde non capitaliste
? L’ambition de ce Ve Congrès Marx International est de mettre en débat
ces interrogations. Il s’agit de penser de bas en haut une autre
cosmopolitique.
Notre appel s’adresse aux chercheurs de toutes disciplines, à tous les
collectifs de recherches,
académiques ou non, qui se reconnaissent dans la perspective d’un «
autre monde ».
Organisation de la rencontre
Elle est construite sur la base de Sections Scientifiques : Philosophie,
Economie, Droit, Histoire, Sociologie, Culture, Langages, Sciences
Politiques, Anthropologie.
Et de Sections thématiques : Etudes Féministes, Ecologie, Socialismes,
Marxismes.
Des plénums interdisciplinaires rassembleront les congressistes sur des
thèmes transversaux.
Les revues théoriques co-organisatrices y développeront leurs propres
projets.
Présidents du Congrès : Jacques Bidet et Gérard Duménil
Contact : Actuelmarx@u-paris10.fr
L’information s’affichera progressivement sur notre site :
http://netx.u-paris10.fr/actuelmarx/
EGOS Conference
Subtheme 8 on 'Trust and law', convenors Reinhard Bachmann, Peter Smith
Ring and Bart Nooteboom.
July 5-7 2007, Vienna.
Deadline abstract 15-01-2007.
Abstracts are to be submitted before january 15th, through the EGOS
website: www.egosnet.org,
which gives also instructions how to proceed.For detailed information:
EGOS Conference.doc
ITVA Conference
The International Thorstein Veblen Association (ITVA) will hold a
conference at the New School University in New York City, March 22-24,
2007. Those interested in presenting papers or acting as moderators or
discussants should contact Sidney Plotkin, ITVA Director, <plotkin@vassar.edu>
or Dept. of Political Science, Box 260, Vassar College, 124 Raymond
Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604.
Association for Institutional
Thought (AFIT)
The annual meeting of AFIT will be held
April 11-14, 2007
Calgary, Alberta
Hyatt Regency Calgary
700 Centre Street SE,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
In conjunction with the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) 49th
Annual Conference
Theme for the 2007 Conference:
Borders and Boundaries in Institutional Economics
With recognition of the role of culture in organizing economic activity,
institutional work draws its inspiration from messy reality-- the
overlap of disciplinary boundaries, the interaction between diverse
intellectual traditions, and the conflict and cooperation between social
groups within and between societies. Possible themes for papers and/or
panels could include the influence of other social science traditions on
institutional economics, the application of interdisciplinary work in
pragmatic policy analysis, the connection or overlap between diverse
elements within heterodox economic theory, and the relevance of cultural
norms and cross cultural conflict in the study of economic systems.
In addition to the above topics, AFIT welcomes papers reflecting the
tradition and analytical perspective of institutional economics and
applications of institutional analysis to current policy issues.
Submissions from economists of other heterodox schools of thought are
also welcome. AFIT encourages proposals from graduate students, and it
is anticipated that at least one and possibly more panels of graduate
student papers will be included in the program this year.
AFIT hopes to continue the tradition of having one or more roundtables
on ideas, experiences, and materials helpful for incorporating
institutionalism and heterodox economics into our teaching. Participants
in these roundtables are encouraged to submit their materials for
posting on the AFIT web site.
Anyone interested in attending the AFIT Conference or in finding out
more about the organization may visit the AFIT web site at
http://www.orgs.bucknell.edu/afee/afit/ . The WSSA web site can be
found at http://wssa.asu.edu.
Send proposals by E-mail (with the subject line AFIT 2007 Proposal
Lastname and file attachment in Microsoft Word or RTF format preferred)
to the Vice President of AFIT:
Eric R. Hake
Department of Economics
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
Ph: (217) 581-6333
E-mail: erhake@eiu.edu
Ragnar Nurkse (1907-2007):
Classical Development Economics and Its Relevance Today
AUGUST 31 – SEPTEMBER 1, 2007, TALLINN, ESTONIA
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and The Other Canon
Foundation, Norway, invite abstract proposals for a conference
commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Ragnar Nurkse’s birth. Ragnar
Nurkse’s writings on economic development and on the problems of finance
are as relevant today as they were when he wrote. This conference will
discuss Nurkse’s work also in relationship to his contemporaries in
development economics, and the common elements of development economics
from Antonio Serra to Nurkse – among them technology, finance,
institutions, problems of foreign ownership – will be highlighted.
The conference includes a visit to Nurske’s birthplace in the Käru
estate, Estonia. Abstract proposals no longer than 1,000 words should be
sent either to Erik S. Reinert at erik.reinert@othercanon.org or to
Rainer Kattel at kattel@staff.ttu.ee. Deadline is December 31, 2006.
Papers should be submitted by May 1, 2007. For a selection of speakers,
travel and accommodation support will be available. The papers will be
published in an edited volume. The conference is supported by the
Estonian Science Foundation. For detailed information:
flyer.pdf
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Conferences, Seminars and
Lectures
The Political Economy of the
Budget in the Americas
International Conference
Date: 3 November 2006 (10am to 5:30pm)
Place: Chatham House, 10 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4LE
The Institute for the Study of the Americas of the University of London
would like to invite you to the following international conference.
Why does the US have more freedom to run public deficits than Brazil?
What is the impact of tax reforms in different countries in the
Americas? This one-day international conference co-organized by the
Institute for the Study of the Americas and Chatham House will address
some of these questions. In particular, we will concentrate in three key
issues in the political economy of the budget in the Americas: (1) the
impact of public deficits in different countries of the region; (2) the
characteristics and impact of tax reforms in the Americas; and (3) key
policy issues on budget management for the future.
Participants include Aaron Schneider, Edmund Amman, Collin Lewis, Jason
Furman, Manuel Agosin, Dennis S. Ippolito, Carlos da Silva
For more information and registration go to
www.americas.sas.ac.uk/events or email
Olga.jimenez@sas.ac.uk
or call 020-7862-8871
Historical Materialism conference
Details of the Historical Materialism conference in London 8-10 December
2006 can be downloaded from
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis/hm.pdf
Research Seminars at Anglia Ruskin
University, Cambridge
The seminars are heterodox friendly. If you would like to present a
paper at the seminar contact Ioana Negru (ioana.negru@ntu.ac.uk)
Wed., 4th of October
4-5.30 Institutions and Transition Economies;Prof.Geoffrey Hodgson,
Hertfordshire University COS 124
Wed., 25th of October
4-5.30 Decision-making at The Bank of England; Dr.Andrew Mearman,
University of West England COS 124
Wed. 15th of November
4-5.30 Care and economic policies; Vinca Bigo, University of Cambridge
COS 124
Wed, 22 of November
4–5.30 My Six-year-old Son Should Get a Job- Rethinking Trade and
Development; Dr.Ha Joon Chang,
University of Cambridge COS 124
6th of December
4–5.30Regional well-being in England Dr.Bruce Philp, Nottingham Trent
University COS 124
Seminars in London
16:30-18:00 Wednesday 15 November
City University Economics Department seminar Michael Green, State
University of New York at Oneonta "Institutions, Identities, and
Instabilities"
Full paper:
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis/cul.doc
Room DLG08, Lower Ground Floor, Social Science Building, corner of St
John Street and Whiskin Street, London EC1V.
17:00-19:00 Friday 17 November
LSE Occasional Seminars in History and Philosophy of Economics Michael
Green, State University of New York at Oneonta "Uncertainty, Emotions,
and Economics"
Full paper:
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis/lse2.doc
CPNSS Seminar room, T206, 2nd Floor, Lakatos Building, LSE, Portugal
Street, London WC2A
Philosophy of Green Economics
Conference
Saturday 18th November 2006 10:00 -18:00
It is taking place at
Lancaster University.
Your Invitation to come along to a conference based on a brand new
innovative concept!
You are warmly invited to come to the first ever conference on green
economics and philosophy which has a range of world class speakers who
will be discussing the need for green economics today to solve the
worlds problems and what that should look like.
They come from different perspectives so there is something for everyone
from eco feminism to top names in critical theory, this promises to be
one of the most important conferences we have run todate!
If you would like to come along - please email Volker Heinemann Director
of the Institute on volkerheineman@yahoo.de and he will reserve a place
for you. When you have done this can you fill in the booking form
attached and pop a cheque for 15 in the post to: The Conference Manager,
The Green Economics Institute, 166 Divinity Road, Oxford OX4 1LR
For detailed information:
lancaster flyer and
booking
www.greeneconomics.org.uk
‘Political Economy of Development
Seminar Series’
Tuesday, 5pm, Room G50.
10th October Professor Prabijit Sarkar (Jadavpur University), ‘Trade
Openness and Growth: Is There Any Link?’
17th October Dr. Subir Sinha (SOAS), ‘The Powers of Social Theory:
Common Property and Community in Neoliberal India’?
24th October Dr. Phil McMichael (Cornell), ‘Food regimes and agrarian
questions'
31st October Dr Pritam Singh (Oxford Brookes University Business School)
‘North-South inequality, global capitalism and sustainability: Some
criticisms of Marxist and Green perspectives’
14th November Professor John Weeks (SOAS), ‘'Debt Relief for Africa,
does it create fiscal space: the case of Zambia'
21st November Dr Andries de Toit (University of the Western Cape), ‘In
Search of South Africa's 'Second Economy' understanding 'structural
poverty' in the Eastern Cape and Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
28th November Dr Cris Cramer and Dr Carlos Oya (SOAS), ‘Working to Stay
Poor or Working to Escape from Poverty? Labour Markets in Rural
Mozambique’
5th December Dr Ben Groom (SOAS), ‘Relaxing Constraints with
Compensation: Evaluating Off-farm Labour Responses to Reforestation in
China’.
12th December Professor Frances Stewart (QEH, Oxford), ‘tbc’
For further details,please contact:
Matthew McCartney,
Department of Economics,
Mm80@soas.ac.uk
Henry Bernstein,
Department of Development Studies,
hb4@soas.ac.uk
2007 Left Forum
Each spring Left Forum convenes the largest gathering in North America
of the US and international Left. Continuing a tradition begun in the
1960s, we bring together intellectuals and organizers to share new
perspectives, strategies, experience and vision. Last March’s 2006 Left
Forum, held at Cooper Union, included 6 panels and 280 speakers from
over 40 countries. For the US and the world, revitalizing an American
Left has never been more urgent; Left Forum has a critical role to play
in that undertaking.
For detailed information:
flyer.doc
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Job Postings for
Heterodox Economists
The Department of Economics at
SUNY—New Paltz
E0 Macroeconomics & Monetary Economics
F0 International Economics
O5 Economy-wide Country Studies: Asia Pacific
The Department of Economics at SUNY—New Paltz invites applications from
broadly trained economists for a full-time, tenure-track position at the
Assistant Professor level, starting in Fall 2007. Ph.D. and teaching
experience are required. ABD will be considered if the date of defense
is prior to September 2007. Research specialization must be applied in
nature, and focus on Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics with an
emphasis on the Asia Pacific region. Teaching responsibilities would
include Macroeconomics, Economic Development of Asia Pacific Region,
International Trade and Finance, and a lower division General Education
course on the Economics of Globalization. Responsibilities include
participation in the department's ongoing summer program with the
Istanbul Technical University, with some shared administrative duties.
An active interest in research and publication is expected. Please send
curriculum vitae, student teaching evaluations and other evidence of
teaching effectiveness, a sample research paper, transcript, and three
current letters of reference to: Search #F06-14, SUNY—New Paltz,
Department of Economics JFT 814, 600 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY
12561-2440. Deadline: December 1, 2006. An equal opportunity-affirmative
action employer.
Occidental College
Urban & Environmental Policy Program
Los Angeles, California
Position: Tenure Faculty
Application Deadline: November 17, 2006
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Occidental College invites applications for a tenure-track position at
the Assistant Professor level, beginning Fall 2007 in the Urban and
Environmental Policy (UEP) Program. Applicants should be prepared to
develop and teach courses in two or more of the following areas:
Community Economic Development, Immigration in American Society, The
Environment and Sustainable Development, Labor, Community, and the
Environment. We encourage candidates who also have an interest in
teaching related courses in Methods of Policy Analysis, Economics for
Public Policy, Social Change Across Borders, and Urban and Environmental
Planning. UEP is an interdisciplinary major that involves faculty in
politics, sociology, economics, history, biology, geology, and other
disciplines. We will consider candidates with training in a variety of
disciplines, including urban planning, political science, sociology,
environmental studies, public policy, economics, history, and law.
Candidates with practical political/community/planning experience are
strongly encouraged to apply. We encourage candidates who are familiar
with Los Angeles. Candidates should be immersed in the pedagogy of
community based learning and able to expand the College's efforts to
promote internships, community based learning in classes, and
partnerships with public, private, and non profit organizations in Los
Angeles, California, and Washington, D.C. The UEP program is closely
linked with the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, through which
students, faculty and staff engage in applied research and community
engagement. (http://www.uepi.oxy.edu)
Applicants should submit a letter of interest demonstrating a commitment
to academic excellence in a diverse liberal arts environment, and
including a statement of teaching philosophy, areas of teaching
interest, and plans for research/creative work; a curriculum vitae;
samples of scholarly or creative work; and three letters of
recommendation to:
Professor Peter Dreier
UEP Program Search Chair
Occidental College MS-M1
1600 Campus Road
Los Angeles, CA 90041
All materials are due by November 17, 2006.
Occidental College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
The College is committed to academic excellence in a diverse community
and supporting interdisciplinary and multicultural academic programs
that provide a gifted and diverse group of students with an educational
experience that prepares them for leadership in a pluralistic world.
Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Please visit our website for more information about Occidental College:
http://www.oxy.edu/
Buffalo State College
D – Microeconomics
DO – General
D6 – Welfare Economics
Buffalo State College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track
position in the Department of Economics and Finance, beginning September
2007. Primary teaching responsibilities are in the fields of applied
microeconomics and an MA-level cost-benefit analysis course. Preference
is for candidates who show evidence of high-quality teaching,
scholarship, and interest in undergraduate and graduate student
research. Potential for teaching statistics and econometrics will also
be considered. Ph.D. (must be completed by August 1, 2007) in economics
or finance with a concentration in micro economics is required. The
Department has a tradition of openness to alternative paradigms. For
more information and position requirements, see “Jobs” at:
www.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr.
Applicant must submit a cover letter (to include a statement of teaching
philosophy and research interests), curriculum vitae, evidence of
teaching competency, sample of written work, and three letters of
reference to Professor Alex Ratkowski, Chair Search Committee,
Department of Economics and Finance, 1300 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo State
College, Buffalo NY, 14222.
To schedule an interview at the ASSA meetings in Chicago, all materials
must be received by December 15, 2006. However, applications will be
accepted until March 1, 2007. Electronic submissions are preferred.
Please direct electronic submissions to Ms. Kathy Crehan at
crehanka@buffalostate.edu.
Buffalo State College is an urban campus with a diverse student
population. Additional information about the College and its mission and
facilities is available at www.buffalostate.edu. Buffalo State is an
affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
University of South Florida
Department of Africana Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN AFRICAN DIASPORA POLITICAL ECONOMY
Position # 13077
The Department of Africana Studies, University of South Florida, invites
applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in
African Diaspora Political Economy, with specialty in health and
development. The appointment will become effective August 2007 and will
be based on a nine-month contract. Salary will be commensurate with
experience and accomplishment. Responsibilities will include graduate
and undergraduate teaching, research and publication, and community
engagement/service. The successful candidate will have a tenure earning
position in the Department of Africana Studies.
Minimum qualifications: A Ph.D. by date of employment to be appointed as
Assistant Professor or the Department reserves the right to withdraw the
offer; discipline open, but the candidate must have had graduate
training in political economy and/or economics; teaching experience
consistent with rank; a record of scholarly accomplishments relating to
the African Diaspora; and a clearly articulated research agenda.
Scholarship should be firmly grounded, theoretically and empirically, in
the field of political economy, with demonstrated high level of comfort
with and skill in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The
department is willing to consider an outstanding junior scholar whose
primary interest is not currently health, per se, but who is committed
to move his/her scholarship in that direction immediately.
Preferred Qualifications: The preferred candidate’s training and
research will include issues related to health, sustainable human
systems, and human security (broadly defined) in Africa and the African
Diaspora. We are particularly interested in scholars who display the
following: a commitment to interdisciplinary research that has both
theoretical and applied value; demonstrated inclination towards the
development of new paradigms to guide diaspora health security research;
leadership aptitude and desire to help develop a new academic direction
(diaspora health security) for a small department.
Application: Send letter of application, curriculum vita, a sample of
published work, and three letters of reference to the address below. The
letter of application should include a narrative of the applicant’s
academic history and research plans, his/her theoretical orientation,
and a description of teaching experience and methods. The position is
open until filled; evaluation of applications will begin January 19,
2007.
Dr. Edward Kissi
Political Economy Search Committee Co-Chair
Department of Africana Studies
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue, FAO 270
Tampa, Florida 33620.
USF is an AA/EO/EA institution. For ADA accommodations, please contact
the Department of Africana Studies (813/974-2427) at least five days in
advance. According to Florida law, applications and meetings regarding
them are open to the public
According to Florida Law, applications and meetings regarding them are
open to the public. For ADA accommodations, please contact Yvonne
Eisenhart at 813/974-4177 or yeisenha@cas.usf.edu at least five working
days prior to need. USF is an AA/EEO institution.
University of Redlands
A0 General Economics and Teaching
C1 Econometrics and Statistics
The University of Redlands invites applications for a full-time, tenure
track position in the Department of Economics, beginning September 2007.
Primary teaching responsibilities are in the area of quantitative
economics (including undergraduate courses in econometrics and
introductory statistics) and principles of microeconomics. Other
teaching opportunities include managerial economics and mathematical
economics. Appropriate training in applied econometrics is necessary. An
appreciation of the liberal arts perspective is expected, and an
acquaintance with heterodox economics and alternative paradigms is
welcomed. Candidates must have completed the Ph.D. in economics by the
time of appointment. Rank is open. Salary is dependent upon rank. The
teaching load is six courses per year.
Send application letter, statement of teaching philosophy, curriculum
vitae, evidence of teaching competency, sample of written work, official
graduate school transcripts, and three letters of reference to Chair,
Econometrics Search Committee, Department of Economics, P.O. Box 3080,
Redlands, CA 92373-0999. Please specify the position you are applying
for as we have two open positions. Queries may be directed to
Christopher_Niggle@redlands.edu. Please send materials through the mail.
E-mail attachments will not be accepted.
Candidates seeking interviews at the January 2007 ASSA/AEA meeting in
Chicago should submit credentials by December 1, 2006. 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. Additional
information about the University and its mission and facilities is
available at www.redlands.edu.
York University
The Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, York University
invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant
Professor level in Comparative Political Economy.
Required qualifications include a completed PhD in Political Science, or
equivalent, and an ongoing program of research in political economy from
a comparative perspective. The successful candidate must be suitable for
prompt appointment to the Graduate Program in Political Science.
The position, to commence July 1, 2007, is subject to budgetary
approval.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, including a curriculum
vitae, teaching dossier and sample publication, and arrange to have
three confidential letters of reference sent to: Professor David
McNally, Chair, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, S669
Ross Building, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M3J 1P3. Tel: 416.736.2100, x20266. Fax: 416.736.5686.
York University is an Affirmative Action Employer. The Affirmative
Action Program can be found on York’s website at www.yorku.ca/acadjobs
or a copy can be obtained by calling the affirmative action office at
416.736.5713. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however,
Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.
Deadline: November 15, 2006
Connecticut College
F, O54 - International Economics, Latin
America
The Department of Economics has an opening for a Tenure Track position
at the level of Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2007, with expertise
in Latin American economics with focus on international finance and
trade. The successful applicant will teach five courses, which may
include introductory and intermediate theory courses, econometrics, and
upper level field courses. Qualified applicants should expect Ph.D. by
August 2007 and have some experience teaching.
Connecticut College is a private, highly selective college with a strong
commitment to the liberal arts tradition and an emphasis on broad
interdisciplinary teaching and research and is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. The College is committed by mission
to developing and sustaining a diverse faculty and staff. Candidates
should have the ability to work with students from diverse backgrounds.
See
www.conncoll.edu/facultysearch/index.html for more details.
Cover letter, CV, graduate transcripts, evidence of teaching ability
(particularly summaries of teaching evaluations), and three letters of
reference should accompany applications. Applications sent to Economics
Department Search, Box 5552, Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320
by December 1, 2006 will receive full consideration. Questions directed
to Prof. Candace Howes
chow@conncoll.edu but please no electronic submissions.
For detailed information:
Economics Connecticut College AD Oct 06 (3).doc
Michigan State University
Assistant Professor Global Markets and the Environment
Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies (CARRS)
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR)
and
Department of Sociology College of Social Science and
Environmental Science & Policy Program (ESPP)
The Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation Resources and
Sustainability (CARRS) and the Department of Sociology, together with
the Environmental Science & Policy Program (ESPP), seek applicants at
the assistant professor level for a social or behavioral scientist
studying global markets and the environment.
CARRS is a multidisciplinary department that addresses critical issues
at the interfaces of agriculture, natural resources, recreation, and
communities both domestically and internationally. Its mission is to
assist the development of sustainable communities by conducting
excellent scholarly research, teaching and outreach in (1) leadership,
education, and communication, (2) community, food, and agriculture, (3)
natural resources, land use, and the environment, and (4) recreation and
tourism. The Department of Sociology has a history of research, teaching
and service that focus on the challenges of global understanding of
social, political and cultural differences and how a global context
accounts for social processes, change, and inequality both locally and
abroad. The Department of Sociology organizes its scholarship around the
areas of food and agriculture, environment, science and technology;
family and gender; urban, race and migration;, and health and wellbeing.
The Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP) is a university-wide
research and graduate education program focusing on interdisciplinary
environmental science (See
http://environment.msu.edu/ ).
Appointment Overview: The position to be filled is in the tenure system
at the assistant professor level with an academic year appointment. This
position will be jointly appointed in CARRS and Sociology with one of
these two departments being the tenure home for the appointment.
Position Description: The successful candidate is expected to develop a
coordinated research, teaching, and outreach program relevant to global
markets and the environment. The successful candidate will be expected
to develop an internationally recognized program of scholarly research,
as evidenced by scholarly publications, external support, and
disciplinary and professional involvement in her/his areas of inquiry.
Development of external grants and/or contracts to support this research
and attendant graduate student support is necessary. The successful
candidate will initially be expected to teach at least two full courses
or equivalent per year. This can include a mix of a departmental
foundational courses, undergraduate specialty courses and graduate
courses. The final teaching portfolio will be developed in consultation
with the department chairs based on candidate s interest and
departmental needs. Mentoring and funding graduate students in thesis
and dissertation research will be expected. General departmental and
university responsibilities are a component of all tenure track
appointments, as are outreach to stakeholder groups, and involvement in
disciplinary and professional organizations, relevant to the candidate s
scholarship. Candidate s substantive areas of interest should complement
MSU's environmental strengths (see http://environment.msu.edu). The
successful applicant will be expected to be an active and contributing
member of CARRS, the Department of Sociology, and the Environmental
Science & Policy Program.
The scholarly agenda of the successful applicant might include such foci
as: i) the relationships between agrifood production and ecosystems
functions and services, ii.) consumer demand for goods and services that
have been produced in environmentally and socially beneficial ways; iii)
the social, economic and environmental impacts of grades and standards;
and/or, iv) the roles of government, the private sector, and civil
society in defining and supporting markets. Applicants are expected to
evidence expertise in a coupled human and natural systems framework and
computational modeling relevant to their scholarly focus. Preference is
for a scholar with international and foreign language competence.
Qualifications: Minimum qualifications for this position are a Ph.D.
degree in a relevant field. Post-doctoral degree experience preferred
but not required.
Salary: Salary is competitive and dependent on qualifications.
Application and Deadline Process: Deadline for applications is December
15, 2006 or until suitable candidates are identified. Starting date will
be either August 15, 2007 or date to be agreed upon. Applicants should
submit to the chair of the search committee: 1) a letter of application
describing fit to the job description, 2) CV, 3) a brief essay (250
words) on teaching and research accomplishments and goals, 4) official
university transcripts, 5) the names and contact information of three
individuals writing letters of reference, and 6) up to 3 reprints of
publications or other examples of scholarship. Letters of reference
should be sent directly to the committee by the referees by the
deadline.
Submission of materials in electronic format is preferred.
Submit applications to:
Dr. Michael D. Kaplowitz
Chair; Global Markets and the Environment Search Committee
Dept. of CARRS
153 Natural Resources
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222
kaplowit@msu.edu
For further information please contact Michael Kaplowitz in CARRS at
kaplowit@msu.edu or
517-355-0101, or Craig Harris in the Department of Sociology at
harrisc@msu.edu . More
information about the departments can be found at
www.carrs.msu.edu and
www.sociology.msu.edu.
MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution
Hobart and William Smith
Colleges
Geneva, New York
B4 Political Economy and Methodology
B5 Current heterodox approaches
B54 Feminist Economics
Hobart and William Smith Colleges invite applications for a tenure track
position at the Assistant Professor level for fall 2007. The position
requires a specialization in political economy and methodology, with
emphasis on heterodox approaches in political economy. Ph.D. preferred,
AbD considered. Teaching responsibilities include five courses per year
and would typically be one section of a core course in political economy
(comparative theory and methodology), elective courses in radical and
feminist analysis, possible section(s) of principles of economics, and
one other course which could be in the Colleges' interdisciplinary
programs or general education areas.
Hobart College for men and William Smith College for women are
coordinate, undergraduate liberal arts institutions sharing a single
faculty and residential campus in the Finger Lakes region of Western New
York. The Colleges are strongly committed to interdisciplinary programs,
to global studies and off-campus programs, and to gender studies. The
faculty is an active intellectual community reaching across disciplinary
lines to do significant teaching and research. Both the Colleges and the
city of Geneva are diverse communities.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are committed to attracting and
supporting a faculty of women and men that fully represent the racial,
ethnic, and cultural diversity of the nation and actively seek
applications from under-represented groups. The Colleges do not
discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status,
national origin, age, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation
or any other protected status.
Candidates should send a letter of application, c.v., evidence of
teaching experience, and arrange to have three recommendations sent to
Christopher Gunn, Chair, Department of Economics, Hobart and William
Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456. Consideration of applications will
begin November 15, 2006, and continue until the position is filled.
Interviews will be conducted at the Allied Social Science Associations
meetings.
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Heterodox
Graduate Program and PhD Scholarships
Dissertation Fellowship Program at
CASE&E
The Center for the Applied Study of Economics & the Environment (CASE&E)
is pleased to announce the launch its Dissertation Fellowship program.
Applicants should be enrolled in a PhD-granting institution in the
United States, and should have completed all degree requirements except
for the dissertation. The dissertation research project should
contribute to CASE&E's aims of developing and applying economic
arguments for the active protection of human health and the natural
environment. This year, an area of special interest is the economics of
climate change; proposals on other topics are also welcome. The
Fellowship will provide up to $10,000 and can be used for field
research, write-up, or both. Applications are due by December 1, 2006;
awards will be announced in February 2007. For more information and for
an application, please visit our website at www.case-and-e.org
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Heterodox Journals and
Newsletters
Review of
Political Economy
Volume 18 Number 4/October 2006 of Review of Political Economy is now
available at
http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk.
This issue contains:
- Capitalists, workers, and the burden of debt
Thomas R. Michl
- What do we know about the real exchange rate? A classical cost of
production story
John Sarich
- A note on the long-run behaviour of Kaleckian models
Mario Cassetti
- Merit goods in a utilitarian framework
Stefan Mann
- Paradigms and pluralism in heterodox economics
Robert F. Garnett Jr.
- The neglect of replacement investment in keynesian economics
Michael Perelman
- Harrod's interwar papers and correspondence: a review essay
Esteban Pérez Caldentey
Book Reviews
Call for Papers: Review of Political Economy Special Issue on Nicholas
Kaldor's Contributions to Economics
International
Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics
Download: ICAPE REPORT 1
Review of Social
Economy
Volume 64 Number 3/September 2006 of Review of Social Economy is now
available at http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk.
This issue contains:
- Prolegomena to a Post Keynesian health economics
Stephen P. Dunn
- The healthy development of economies: A strategic framework for
competitiveness in the health industry
J. Robert Branston, Lauretta Rubini, Roger Sugden, James R. Wilson
- On markets and morality: Revisiting Fred Hirsch
Luís Francisco Carvalho, João Rodrigues
- The changing employment situation in some cities with living wage
ordinances
James A. Buss, Arthur Romeo
- David Hume's model of man: Classical political economy as “inspired”
political economy
Alain Marciano
- Labour market segmentation and union wage gaps
Rudy Fichtenbaum
- Editorial – RoSE to use Manuscript Central
The Talking Economics Bulletin
The Talking Economics Bulletin consists of news and views on associative
economics, including short extracts from Associative Economics Monthly
(available electronically for £1 an issue at www.cfae.biz/aem or in a
hard copy format - tel (UK) 01227 738207). To unsubscribe from this
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PERI IN FOCUS FALL 2006
1. RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE IN ARIZONA
Next week, voters in six states (Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana,
Ohio and Nevada) will vote on whether their state should set a minimum
wage higher than the $5.15 federal rate. If these proposals pass, these
states will join the eighteen states and the District of Columbia with
minimum wages exceeding the federal rate.
This month, PERI researchers Robert Pollin and Jeannette Wicks-Lim
completed an analysis of the Arizona ballot proposal to set a $6.75
minimum wage with automatic inflation adjustments. The research was
sponsored and published by the Center for American Progress. The report
provides the basic facts that policymakers and voters need to assess the
likely economic impact of this proposal. Pollin and Wicks-Lim presented
their study in Phoenix on October 31, in a series of press events and
meetings with policymakers.
Among the studies key findings are:
- About 345,000 workers--13% of Arizona's total workforce--will
receive wage increases through this measure.
- The average net income gain for low-wage workers and their
families will be between $650 and $700 per year.
- The total costs of these wage increases to businesses in Arizona
will be about $312 million per year, 0.08% of the total sales by these
businesses in 2005.
- These costs can be readily absorbed by businesses and consumers,
primarily through very small price increases. A representative
restaurant would have to raise the price of a $20 meal to $20.28 to
cover its costs of 1.4% of sales.
- The rough fiscal savings for the State of Arizona would be $4.1
million, the net result of positive and negative impacts on tax
revenues, increased public employee wage costs, and savings in
state-funded health care programs.
2. ALTERNATIVES TO INFLATION-TARGETED CENTRAL BANK POLICIES
Inflation targeting--an almost exclusive focus of monetary policy on
keeping inflation in the low single digits--has become the operational
objective for many central banks around the world. Many economists,
international organizations such as the IMF and central bankers have
promoted this focus on inflation to the exclusion of other concerns,
such as employment creation and poverty reduction, even as these
problems are growing around the world. However, after several decades of
experience with this approach, the policy record has been rather
disappointing for many countries.
Over the past two years, PERI and Bilkent University in Turkey, led by
PERI co-director Gerald Epstein, have organized an international team of
economists to analyze more socially-useful alternatives to
inflation-targeting policies. These economists have written country
studies on Argentina, Brazil, India, Mexico, The Philippines, Turkey,
Vietnam, and South Africa. These studies analyze the current central
bank policies, and propose country-specific alternatives policies that
can promote employment, reduce poverty, and generate economic growth,
while maintaining a moderate level of inflation and stabilizing exchange
rates. The project also includes thematic papers, including a study of
the gender impacts of monetary policy, inflation and poverty, and the
impact of inflation on economic growth.
3. ALTERNATIVE ECONOMIC PLANS IN AFRICA
Following the July 2006 release of their United Nations Development
Programme-commissioned book, An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for
South Africa, Robert Pollin, James Heintz, and Leonce Ndikumana traveled
to Johannesburg and Cape Town to present their findings in a series of
seminars and lectures at the Industrial Development Corporation, the
University of Cape Town and an academic conference between October
20-24. The South African media covered the events and ensuing debate
extensively. A sampling of articles, interviews, and reviews from the
main press outlets in South Africa are below.
Robert Pollin and James Heintz, along with Mwangi wa Githinji of the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Economics Department, also traveled
to Nairobi, Kenya, to present a preliminary draft of their UNDP-commissioned
study, An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for Kenya at two
workshops at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies. The final version of
this Kenya study should be available at the PERI website in early 2007.
ONLINE RESOURCES:
>> Review of An Employment-Targeted Economic Program for South Africa in
Business Day
>> Op ed in the Mail & Guardian
>> "Unemployment level could worsen by 2014" on SABC News
>> "Researchers urge bold employment plan" in Business Report
>> Coverage of debate at the Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies /
University of Cape Town Development Policy Research Unit conference in
Business Report
>> "Rates 'must be lower for economy to grow'" in Business Day (also
published on AllAfrica.com, in the Sunday Times, and on iafrica.com)
>> "UN calls for subsidised job creation" in Business Day
>> Interview with Robert Pollin in Business Day
>> "Labour laws are 'not that rigid'" in the Daily Dispatch (also
published in the Sowetan)
4. NEW PERI WORKING PAPERS
Globalization, economic policy and employment: Poverty and gender
implications
James Heintz
When we speak of the impact of globalization on national and local
economies, those economies are, in reality, composed of a wide variety
of individuals, each of whom will be affected differently by large-scale
economic forces. In this paper, produced for the U.N.'s International
Labour Office, James Heintz demonstrates how global labor markets are
sex-disaggregated, and how any analysis of the impact of macroeconomic
policies on growth, employment and poverty reduction needs to be
undertaken with this in mind. Heintz addresses how macroeconomic
policies differentially effect women's and men's employment, looking at
monetary policy, trade policy, exchange rates, and public sector
restructuring.
Mass Privatization and the Postcommunist Mortality Crisis
Lawrence King, David Stuckler & Patrick Hamm
During the transition to capitalism, postcommunist countries have
experienced unprecedented mortality crises, although there has been
considerable variation within and between countries and regions. Much of
this variation is unexplained, although alcohol and psychological stress
have been found to be major causes of declining life expectancy. The
authors move beyond this finding by showing that the implementation of
rapid large-scale privatization programs was a major determinant of the
declining life expectancy. They find that mass privatization also
increased alcohol-related deaths, heart disease, and suicide rates,
evidence that mass privatization created psychosocial stress that led
directly to higher mortality.
Social Models, Growth and the International Monetary System:
Implications for Europe and the United States
Lilia Costabile & Roberto Scazzieri
This paper explores the relationship between economic growth and the
welfare state. The authors argue that: (i) the constraints set by the
international monetary system may be at least as effective determinants
of growth differentials between countries as the different dimensions of
their welfare states; (ii) the European currency reshapes some
pre-existing constraints and opens up new opportunities; and (iii) in
the new international setting, Europe is facing a choice between
alternative models. In one alternative, the 'welfare system' is reduced
to a minimum; in the second, its role is enhanced and made more active,
through an appropriate mix of policies oriented towards promotion of
social well-being and policies oriented towards promotion of productive
capacities.
5. NEW BOOKS FROM PERI AUTHORS
Reclaiming Nature:
Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration
Edited by James Boyce,
Sunita Narain & Elizabeth A. Stanton
Reclaiming Nature charts a course between denial and despair over
environmental problems. The authors realize that human activities can
have positive impacts on nature's wealth as well as negative. The
question is how we can tip the balance in favor of the positive. In
essays by well-known economists, environmentalists, and activists, this
book offers hope for tomorrow, inspired by examples of people across the
world who are building natural assets by adding value, capturing
benefits, democratizing access, and defending the commons.
New in Paperback: Financialization & the World Economy
Edited by Gerald Epstein
Financialization - the increasing importance of financial markets,
institutions and motives in the world economy - is described and
analyzed in this rigorously researched volume, edited by PERI
co-director Gerald Epstein. The contributors, top scholars in their
fields, explore the quantitative and qualitative dimensions of
financialization and tally its costs and benefits for society as a
whole. They explore the puzzling promotion of financial liberalization
by governments despite its enormous costs, and describe what can be done
to alter the destructive path toward excessive financialization that
most countries are taking.
The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy
Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, Nancy Folbre & James Heintz
Revised and updated, The New Field Guide to the U.S. Economy brings key
economic issues to life with a unique mix of cartoons, words, and
accessible graphs and figures. This edition features brand new material
on: the war in Iraq, the Department of Homeland Security, lotteries, the
prison industrial complex, foreign aid, the environment, and
pharmaceutical companies. Complete with a glossary and analytical 'tool
kit,' this primer covers a wide range of subjects including workers,
women, people of color, government spending, welfare, education, health,
the environment, macroeconomics, and the global economy. It also
features a detailed but easy-to-understand analysis of the severe harm
that the Bush administration has inflicted on the majority of the U.S.
population.
Economic
Sociology - The European Electronic Newsletter
Current Issue:
Vol. 8, No. 1 - November 2006
Note from the Editor
It is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to this issue of the European
Economic Sociology Newsletter as its new editor. I follow in the
footsteps of my able predecessor Olav Velthuis whom I thank for his
great work over the past two years as well as his generous advice and
support during the editorial transition. I am grateful to the Editorial
Board for their vote of confidence.
I take on my editorial responsibilities with excitement and commitment
to contribute to a project, which strives to be a forum for new ideas
and stimulating discussions in economic sociology. With more than 1200
subscribers and many regular website visitors, the European Economic
Sociology Newsletter (EESN) is a wide reaching outlet in Europe and
beyond. I look forward to helping this project grow further in its
theoretical, empirical and geographical scope. The issue in front of you
is a step in this direction.
While providing a broad range of stimulating contributions, this issue
pays special attention to comparative cross-national economic sociology.
Comparison, as Durkheim claimed, is integral to sociology. Not
surprisingly, an increasing number of economic sociologists employ
comparisons to examine the varieties of economic outcomes across
countries, regions, organizations, and other social groups. Comparison
helps reveal the diversity and/or commonality in macro-economic
organization, market outcomes, work patterns, economic practices within
households, and other areas of economic life. This issue presents a
sampling of this diverse research and extends an invitation to economic
sociologists to think in broadly comparative terms.
Setting the comparative stage, Lars Mjøset reflects upon the study of
Nordic varieties of capitalism to put forth, as he states, "a plea for
contextual generalization through comparative specification." Moving
from a cross-national comparison of capitalist organization to a
cross-national comparison of organizational outcomes, Marta Kahancová
employs an opportune research design by contrasting work practices and
industrial relations of four firms in different European countries, all
subsidiaries of one multinational corporation. Using data from countries
as diverse as Sweden, the U.K., India and Turkey to highlight
commonalities rather than differences, Patrik Aspers examines emergence
and persistence of order in global garments markets. Erik Larson reports
some of his research findings from an interesting study of the creation
and operation of stock market exchanges in Fiji, Ghana and Iceland.
Interested in households as settings of economic activity, Judith Treas
and Sonja Drobnič provide a short overview of their cross-national
research on the household division of labour in Germany, Finland and the
U.S.
The contribution that follows attests to the spirit of EESN as a forum
for cutting-edge ideas in economic sociology. Viviana Zelizer, one of
the most prominent scholars in contemporary economic sociology
contributes a piece in which she develops further her ideas on circuits
of commerce. Zelizer extends an invitation to researchers to
conceptualize and empirically analyze economic activities that cannot be
captured well by more traditional foci on markets, organizations,
networks or dyadic economic relations.
The issue also includes the »interview« and »read and recommended«
sections that a regular reader will have expected and a newcomer will
likely find of considerable interest. Laurent Thévenot, from the École
des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, engagingly answers ten
questions about economic sociology. Yuval Millo, from the University of
Essex, recommends not only a book and an article but also a piece of
software that might be of interest to many readers. We also include book
reviews of some major new additions to the economic sociology
scholarship, as well as an announcement of a new economic sociology
Ph.D. program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, directed by
Ezra Zuckerman and Roberto Fernandez.
Nina Bandelj
nbandelj@uci.edu
International
Journal of Public Policy
I would like to invite you to consider the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
PUBLIC POLICY (www.inderscience.com/ijpp), of which I am a regional
editor, as an outlet of your research.
The IJPP is supposed to provide a forum for a wide range of theoretical
and empirical research on macroeconomic and macropolitical issues not
only, but also from a non-mainstream background.
As the IJPP is a rather new journal, I would like you to help me in
establishing a medium for outstanding heterodox research.
You can e-mail contributions directly to me - I will direct the usuall
double-blind referee process.
Please feel free to forward this mail to other colleagues that might be
interested.
I am looking forward to getting loads of interesting submission.
Best regards
Arne Heise
Prof.Dr.Arne Heise
University of Hamburg
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences Department of Economics and
Politics VMP 9
D-20246 Hamburg
Arne.Heise@wiso.uni-hamburg.de
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For Your Information
Second Annual AFIT Student
Scholars Award Competition
The Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT) proudly announces the
Second Annual AFIT Student Scholars Award Competition. The aim of AFIT
is to encourage graduate students in Economics and Political Economy to
pursue research in topics within the Institutional Economics framework.
Three winning papers will be selected. Winners are expected to present
their research during a special session at the Annual Meetings of AFIT,
held during the Western Social Science Association’s 49th Annual
Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, April
11 - 14, 2007.
For detailed information:
Oct26AFITResearch2006rev-1.doc
Economic
Democracy: A Worthy Socialism that Would Really Work
by David Schweickart,
www.SolidarityEconomy.net
[Chicago's David Schweickart, Philosophy, Loyola, is in Venezuela,
invited to present his theory of 'Economic Democracy' as a market
socialist alternative for the 21st Century that is in tune with global
justice, paticipatory democracy and Karl Marx's orginal ideas as well.
What follows is just the introdction to his presentation, which is much
longer, and can be found at
www.solidarityeconomy.net --CarlD]
'Economic Democracy: A Worthy Socialism that Would Really Work' laid out
a model that was to form the basis of my book Against Capitalism,
published by Cambridge University Press in 1993. The article, like the
book itself, was a theoretical response to the triumphalism of the TINA
crowd (There Is No Alternative) that followed the collapse of Soviet
Union and the rejection of socialism by its satellite states in Eastern
Europe. 'A Worthy Socialism' was intended to demonstrate rigorously that
there is an alternative, at least in theory: an economically viable form
of socialism that would be more democratic than capitalism and at least
as efficient. Against Capitalism made the same point, but extended the
argument further. Economic Democracy would be not only as efficient as
capitalism and more democratic, but also more rational in its growth,
more stable, more egalitarian, less prone to high unemployment, more
ecologically friendly. I was sick of hearing even progressives say that
'we are going to have to stop using the term ‘capitalist economy’ as if
we knew what a functioning non-capitalist economy would look like.'
(these words from the well-known philosopher and public intellectual
Richard Rorty, writing in the widely read liberal magazine.)
In 1998 I was approached by a publisher to do a more popular version of
Against Capitalism, less oriented to professional philosophers and
economists, more accessible to students, labor organizers and other
sympathetic non-academics. I agreed, and began what I thought would be
quick and easy project.
The project was not so 'quick and easy.' The result, After Capitalism,
did not appear until 2002. It was longer in coming than I had
anticipated. I had to do more than update statistics and alter the
style. For the world had changed significantly since the early 1990s,
and, as a result (I came to realize) my own focus had changed. My
thinking had become (and remains) more praxis-oriented than it had been
earlier. Moreover, this change of focus suggested certain supplements to
my original model, which I set out in the Postscript to my article,
which is also included in this volume. What I will say to you today
draws heavily on that supplement to the original article.
The World Has Changed
History has not moved along the path foretold a decade and a half ago by
so many confident prognosticators. In particular:
-- The socialist experiments have not all collapsed, as was so widely
expected.
-- The neoliberal experiments have failed almost everywhere.
-- A new resistance movement has come into being.
In the early 1990s it seemed to most people that socialism was over, at
least for the foreseeable future. The socialist experiment in the Soviet
Union had failed. The various attempts that had been undertaken in
Eastern Europe to modify, humanize, and make more efficient the basic
Soviet model had been brought to a halt. It seemed only a matter of
time, the interval presumed to be short, before Cuba, China, Vietnam and
North Korea would abandon their socialist pretenses and join the
capitalist club. But they didn’t.
Cuba, despite a further tightening of the embargo, went through a very
difficult 'special period,' but has seen its economy rebound
significantly. Vietnam and especially China have done more than survive.
Vietnam has seen its economy grow rapidly, despite the million or so
citizens killed by the Americans and their (our) puppet-regimes and the
millions of gallons of poison sprayed on their countryside. China has
succeeded over the last quarter century in lifting more people out of
poverty than any country has ever done in human history, and, at the
same time, has established itself as one of the world’s major economic
powers.
It should be noted that all three of these countries, which still
identify themselves as socialist, have introduced market mechanisms into
their economies, which, as we shall see shortly, the theory underlying
Economic Democracy recommends. By way of contrast, the North Korean
economy remains relentlessly non-market, and continues to deteriorate—as
the theory underlying Economic Democracy predicts.
It is not the economies of the countries that continue to profess
socialism that have collapsed but the economies that most fervently
embraced the new capitalist orthodoxy. More precisely, the greatest
economic disasters of recent years have been those on the extremes—on
the one hand, North Korea, which refuses all concessions to the market,
and on the other hand, those ex-socialist countries that embraced
capitalism most avidly. Among the latter, the Soviet Union stands out,
having experienced the worst economic decline in time of peace of any
country in modern history. Clearly, the euphoria that once informed the
neoliberal project has evaporated, as those countries that followed the
U.S. Treasury/IMF/World Bank prescriptions have all experienced either
sharp decline or, at best, minimal growth: not only the countries that
once comprised the Soviet Union, but also Mexico, Haiti, most of Eastern
Europe, most of Central and South America, most of Southeast Asia,
almost all of sub-Sahara Africa—the list goes on and on....
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