From the Editor
The dog days of summer or
winter (depending which side of the equator you
live on) are upon us. However this has not
stopped heterodox activities. The Post Keynesian
Summer School and Workshop and the Association
for Heterodox Economics conference went well. I
have heard that the Post Keynesian Economics
Study Group UK (which is formalizing its
membership and structure—see below for a
membership form) is thinking about holding Post
Keynesian conferences on the years that the PK
Workshop is not held at UMKC. Hopefully this new
endeavor links up positively with the AHE in
terms of holding summer conferences.
Returning to the research assessment theme, in
2006 there was an Italian research assessment
exercise that was based on publications for the
period 2001 to 2003. One area covered was
Economics and Statistical Sciences; and one
members of the review panel was Professor Luigi
Pasinetti. In Appendix 4 to the panel’s report (
http://vtr2006.cineca.it/pubblicazioni/Area_13.pdf
) Professor Pasinetti made some very important
and strong criticisms about such exercises as it
affects heterodox economics. His comments are
too important to be buried in a government
document! You should take a look at it. Perhaps
other well-placed heterodox economists should
also make statements. The entire exercise can be
found at
http://vtr2006.cineca.it. There seems
to be enough data available for an extensive
study on the state of heterodox economics in
Italian universities circa 2004 if someone would
want to undertake it.
Regarding the San Francisco ASSA meetings,
January 3-5 2008: the sessions of the
Association for Social Economics will be located
in the Hilton San Francisco. This probably means
that the sessions of the Association for
Evolutionary Economics will be held in the same
hotel. Remember you need to register for the
ASSA as soon as registration at the ASSA site is
open—delay will mean being in hotels quite a
distance away from the meetings.
Finally, it is heart lifting to see that a MA in
Political Economy is being established at the
University of Manchester. This is a much needed
program in the UK and hopefully it will feed
into heterodox doctoral programs such as at
SOAS. One last thing, you might want to take a
look at the article “Thought Control in
Economics”.
Fred Lee
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this issue:
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Call for Papers |
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- ESHET Conference
- World History and Historical Materialism
- The International Journal of Pluralism and Economics
Education
- Journal of Innovation Economics
- The Forum for Social Economics
- Regional Studies Association Winter Conference
- Industry and Innovation
- Rethinking Marxism
- Call for Conference Stream Proposals
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Conferences, Seminars and Lectures |
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- TSCF Malta II conference
- SCEME/PKSG Seminar
- World Forum of Applied Knowledge
- URPE Summer Conference
- World-Embracing Technologies in a Historical Perspective
- Automobility: A Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the
Model T
- History of American Capitalism
- Circulations: Economies, Currencies,Movements in American
Studies
- Anti-Union Employer Strategy: An Historical Analysis
- The Representation of Working People in Britain and France
- Character & Trajectory of the Indian Economic Formation in
an Era of Globalization
- Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics
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Job Postings for Heterodox Economists |
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- Technical University of Denmark
- State University of New York at New Paltz
- Research Director
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Heterodox Conference Papers and
Reports and Articles |
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- “Estados Unidos se encuentraen un
estado moribundo”
- Bubbles, Risk, Crunch and War
- Contingent Labor and Omnipotent Capital: The Open Secret
of Political Economy |
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International Confederation of
Associations for Pluralism in Economics - News |
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- ICAPE News |
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Heterodox Journals and Newsletters |
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- Review of Political Economy
- Associative Economics Bulletin
- Historical Materialism
- Feminist Economics
- Economic Sociology - the european electronic newsletter
- Intervention. European Journal of Economics and Economic
Policies
- Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
- Levy News
- International Journal of Public Policy (IJPP)
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Heterodox Books and Book Series |
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- The Political Economy of European
Union Competition Policy
- IPE Titles by Routledge
- L'argent des anthropologues, la monnaie des économistes
- Economic Rights: Conceptual, Measurement, and Policy
Issues
- The Political Economy of Work
- The Great Deficit Debacle
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Heterodox Graduate Program and PhD
Scholarships |
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- MA in Political Economy (Manchester) |
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Heterodox Websites, Associations and Blogs |
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- Heterodox Economics Group on Facebook
- Post Keynesian Economics Study Group |
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For
Your Information |
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- “Thought Control in Economics” by
Tom Green
- An Interview with Michael Hudson
- Economists Papers Project
- Yngve Ramstad |
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Call for Papers
ESHET Conference
13th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of
Economic Thought
23-26 April 2009
The 13th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History
of Economic Thought (ESHET) will be organized by the Economic
Departments of the University of Macedonia and the Aristotle
University and will be held at the University of Macedonia,
Thessaloniki, Greece. The special theme of the conference is
Technological Change and Economic Analysis
The kind of questions to be asked include: What can we learn from
the history of economic thought as regards the causes, the forms and
the effects of technological change? How do different approaches to
the problem compare with one another? Which ideas and concepts were
preserved over time, which got lost, and why? Topics for discussion
could include:
• Contributions to! an analysis of technological change by single
authors and entire schools
• Early debates on the dynamics of technological change
• Capital accumulation and technological change
• Technological change and income distribution
• Technological change and economic development
• Technological change and (un)employment
• Technological change and its impact on the labour process
• Technological change and the environment
Professor Robert Solow (MIT, Cambridge, MA) has kindly accepted to
give one of the keynote lectures.
Proposals for papers or sessions on all other aspects of the history
of economic thought are also welcome. An abstract of about 400 words
for a paper and about 600 words for a session should be submitted at
the latest by January 15, 2009. To submit an abstract, register at
the con! ference website and follow the instructions. (It is planned
to! publish a selection of papers on the special theme in a
conference volume.)
ESHET Young Scholars Seminar
ESHET invites young scholars (i.e. those who are working on or have
just completed a PhD, regardless of their age) to submit their work
to the Young Scholars Seminar to be held on the occasion of the
ESHET Conference. Four submissions will be selected: ESHET will
cover board, accommodation and registration fees plus travel
expenses up to €300. The authors of the selected papers will have 30
minutes each to present the paper and a senior scholar, appointed by
the ESHET Council, will discuss it. Papers may be on any topic
relevant to the history of economics, and are not restricted to the
conference theme. ESHET encourages young scholars to participate in
the conference. A one-year ESHET membership is offered to all young
scholars who submit a paper. Candidates should e-mail a paper no
longer than 9.000 words to Professors R! agip Ege and Tiziano
Raffaelli ( ege@cournot.u-strasbg.fr and
t.raffaelli@fls.unipi.it ),
by February 20, 2009. The results of the selection process will be
communicated to the candidates by 25 March 2009. Papers that have
not been selected will be considered for presentation at other
conference sessions.
Scientific committee: Harald Hagemann (Stuttgart-Hohenheim), Heinz
D. Kurz (Graz), Amos Witztum (London Metropolitan University),
Persefoni Tsaliki (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki), Lefteris
Tsoulfidis (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki), Joachim Zweynert
(Hamburg)
Local organizing committee: Theodore Ikonomou (Aristotle University,
Thessaloniki),
Stavros Mavroudeas (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki),
Persefoni Tsaliki (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki), Lefteris
Tsoulfidis (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki)
World History and Historical
Materialism
An International Conference at the Universityof Manitoba(Winnipeg,
Canada)
March 12-14, 2009
The field of World History has been a growing area of scholarship
and education over the last three decades. In focusing on the global
impact and implications of colonialism, imperialism, the mercantile
and industrial revolutions, as well as revolutionary resistance from
the early-modern period to the present, World History provides a
framework for understanding international capitalism, contemporary
politics, and the relationship between economic systems and the
dynamics of diverse societies.
This conference will examine the relationship between the historical
roots of World History and its contemporary social, political,
economic, and cultural dimensions. We invite paper submissions on a
range of topics related to World History and Historical Materialism
and encourage papers on the following themes:
• Class and Global Developments
• Authoritarian Capitalism and Human Rights
• Empire, Imperialism, and Neo-colonialism
• Political Economy of Gender and Sexuality in Global Contexts
• Revolution and World History
• History of Communism and the International Left
• Postcolonialism, Eurocentrism and the Politics of World History
• Global Finance and Neo-Imperialism
• Race and Racism in World History
• Labor, Work, and the History of Migration
• Democratic and Popular Resistance to Global Capitalism
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Bruce Cumings, Universityof Chicago
Karen Dubinsky, Queen’s University
Rosemary Hennessy, RiceUniversity
Rebecca Karl, New YorkUniversity
Hyun Ok Park, YorkUniversity
Mary Poovey, New YorkUniversity
(additional plenary speakers to be confirmed)
We welcome individual submissions as well as panel proposals. For
individual papers, please send a 250-word abstract and a one-page CV
(maximum); for panel proposals please send a 250-word panel abstract
along with a 250-word paper abstract and one-page CV for each
presenter. Proposals can be submitted by email, fax, or mail to:
Tina Chen ( chentm@ms.umanitoba.ca ) / David Churchill
( d_churchill@umanitoba.ca )
Department of History
University College
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3T 2M8
Canada
Fax: 204-474-7914
Travel subsidies may be available for graduate students who present
papers at the conference.
Deadline for submission of proposals: October 1, 2008
Hosted by the Interdisciplinary Research Circleon Globalization and
Cosmopolitanism and the Department of History at the Universityof
Manitoba.
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/history/research_circle/events.htm
The International Journal of
Pluralism and Economics Education
Inderscience announces publication of a new journal in economic
education, The International Journal of Pluralism and Economics
Education. The IJPEE will publish four issues a year, the first in
January 2009 and the remaining issues March June, September and
November. The IJPEE welcomes and encourages manuscripts from all
members of the heterodox and pluralist community. The Journal will
publish on all aspects of pluralism and economics education with
special attention, but not limited, to the following topics:
- Defining pluralism
- What is pluralism and how can we incorporate it into the classroom
- The rhetoric of pluralism: communicating within and across
disciplines
- Teaching the theory of the firm from a pluralist perspective
- Teaching pluralism in developing countries
- What can pluralists learn from Adam Smith and other classical
economists?
- Incorporating pluralism into online courses
- Using pluralism to construct a framework for solving global
problems
- Are there limits to extending pluralism?
- Pluralism and the individual
- Pluralism as a central component of honours courses
- Pluralism at the community college
- Encouraging pluralism at the high school level
- Necessary mathematics for pluralism
- Reaching out to other social sciences
- Teaching ecology from a pluralist perspective
- Understanding the financial crisis from a pluralist perspective
- Pluralism and system dynamics
Interested authors should consult the webpage at Inderscience.com
for specific requirements. Manuscripts should be e-mailed to:
Jack Reardon
Department of Management and Economics
School of Business
Hamline University
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104
reardon.laurie@yahoo.com
Journal of Innovation Economics
JIE n°1, De Boeck, Brussels and Research Network on Innovation,
Paris http://rri.univ-littoral.fr
You can find more information about the JIE and its online edition
on the CAIRN scientific website
http://www.cairn.info/revue-journal-of-innovation-economics.htm
The JIE is open to your paper proposals and remarks
Next issue: Dynamics of innovation and new forms of organisation and
governance of the firm (11, 2008)
Contact Information:
Dimitri UZUNIDIS
Editor of the JIE
http://rii.univ-littoral.fr
The Forum for Social Economics
Guest Editor: Geoffrey E. Schneider, Bucknell University
Guest Associate Editors: Daniel A. Underwood, Peninsula College;
Janet T. Knoedler, Bucknell University
The Forum for Social Economics is seeking papers of various types
related to Teaching Social Economics. Papers can be short (1000-2000
word) descriptions of classroom exercises or the application of
particular pedagogies (e.g., service learning, active learning, web
based interactive exercises) to teach social economics. Submissions
can also be longer in depth articles (up to 7500 words) which
explore a particular pedagogical issue, assess student learning
outcomes, or teaching issues related to social economics. Articles
should clearly stress a heterodox economic tradition (e.g., social
economics, institutional economics, post-Keynesian economics,
Marxian economics, Feminist economics, etc.) with an emphasis on how
that tradition can advance economic education.
Manuscript submissions should be sent in electronic form as an
e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word format to Geoff Schneider
( gschnedr@bucknell.edu ). The deadline for manuscript submission is
September 1, 2008. Articles must be in final form by December 31,
2008.
Papers will pass a double-blind referee process supervised and
subject to the final approval of John Marangos, Editor of the Forum
for Social Economics.
The Forum for Social Economics is an international journal, along
with the Review of Social Economy, sponsored by the Association for
Social Economics. For 35 years the Forum has published high quality
peer-reviewed papers. The Forum is a pluralistic journal publishing
work that addresses economic issues within wider ethical, cultural
or natural environmental contexts, and is sympathetic to papers that
transcend established disciplinary boundaries.
The journal welcomes stimulating original articles that are clearly
written and draw upon contemporary policy-related research.
Preference is given to non-technical articles of topical and
historical interest that will appeal to a wide range of readers. For
this special issue, the journal is particularly interested in
serving as an avenue for issues regarding teaching economics, in
particular teaching approaches to social and heterodox economics.
Instructions: Authors should place name, address, phone, fax, and
e-mail address on a separate cover sheet and remove identifying
information from the title page and body of the manuscript. They
should also include an abstract of no more than 150 words and a
brief biographical statement of no more than 125 words about each
author should be supplied. In addition a list of up to 5 key words,
suitable for indexing and abstracting services, should follow the
abstract. Authors should not submit articles that have been
previously published or that are under review for publication
elsewhere. Manuscripts should not exceed 7,500 words in length,
including notes and references. Include the article and all tables
and figures in the same electronic file. American rather than
British spellings should be used.
Regional Studies Association Winter
Conference
Friday 28th November 2008
In recent years, employment issues have been neglected in regional
studies debates as the focus has turned to issues of productivity,
growth and performance. In part this reflects relatively low rates
of unemployment in many regions in the developed world, but it is
also indicative of policymakers' concern with economic growth at the
expense of broader and alternative visions of regional development.
As the global economy enters a period of prolonged uncertainty, it
is timely to ask questions about current trajectories of regional
development and their implications for creating meaningful work and
livelihoods.
Despite recent processes of economic growth at a global level,
continuing evidence of uneven development between regions and
disparities in both the quality and quantity of jobs being created
suggests the need to put work and employment issues back to the
forefront of debate. Additionally, and despite apparently low
unemployment rates, low levels of labour market participation in
many regions have posed important dilemmas for policymakers, leading
to a raft of new ‘workfarist’ solutions, prompting important
questions about effectiveness and social impact.
The imbalance in employment opportunities between regions has also
resulted in an increase in labour migration over the past decade.
Inter-continental, international and inter-regional processes of
migration are creating increasingly complex local labour markets and
posing some important political, economic and social dilemmas for
policymakers, academics and citizens. In particular, supplying a
labour force to fuel economic growth and the ethics of providing
decent work and protecting vulnerable minorities has become an
important regional issue.
Contributions are welcomed on the following themes:
- Relations between employment and regional economic performance
- Unemployment, worklessness and regional employability
- Migration, mobility and local labour market segmentation
- Poverty, exclusion and the local labour market
- Commuting, mobility and the changing shape of the regional labour
market
- Active labour market policy and regional outcomes
Decent work, progressive regionalism and local living wage campaigns
Please submit offers of papers in the form of 400 word abstracts
through the Regional Studies Association on-line conference portal
by Monday 21st July 2008. Your MS Word file should contain your
name, telephone, fax and e-mail details. To submit go to
www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk and follow the Winter Conference
Call for Papers link.
Proposals will be considered by the Conference Programme Committee
against the criteria of originality and interest, subject balance
and geographical spread.
Lisa Bibby-Larsen, Regional Studies Association,
PO Box 2058, Seaford BN25 4QU, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1323 899 698, Fax: +44 (0) 1323 899 798, E-mail:
events@rsa-ls.ac.uk
Industry and Innovation
*"Experience the Creativity"*
A special issue of /*Industry and Innovation*/ focused on the
creative and cultural industries.
Guest Editors:
Richard Florida
Kevin Stolarick
Charlotta Mellander
*CALL FOR PAPERS*
Submission deadline: February 1, 2009
Final manuscripts: August 31, 2009
Publication: Industry and Innovation vol. 16, no. 6 (December, 2009)
Click here
for detailed information.
Rethinking Marxism
Call for Conference Stream Proposals
International Association for Feminist Economics Sessions at the
forthcoming annual society of heterodox economics conference
Sydney, Australia, December 2008
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Conferences, Seminars
and Lectures
TSCF Malta II conference
This is to inform you that the provisional program of the TSCF Malta
II conference on Social Capital and Social Inclusion has been
published on our conference site. If you have suggestions, or if you
feel that you may be involved in one or more sessions, please let us
know. Submissions and registrations are still open currently.
TSCF is also looking forward to having new active members. We are
looking for persons with various profiles and skills, such as
academic reviewers but also marketing and media specialists, web or
computer specialists, fundraisers, librarians and information
science specialists, and many others. If you are interested please
send cover letter + CV for deliberation.
Website:
http://www.socialcapital-foundation.org
Malta II Conference site
SCEME/PKSG Seminar
Call for participants for the SCEME/PKSG Seminar on 'Methodology
After Keynes' on Saturday 20th September in Stirling. The programme
and registration details are available at
www.sceme.stir.ac.uk
Please note that, if you want to make sure of campus accommodation,
it is advisable to book it by 8th August if possible. For further
information please contact Sheila Dow at
s.c.dow@stir.ac.uk
Seminar Program
Seminar Registration
Form
Additional
Information
World Forum of Applied Knowledge
http://fmsa.info/
http://foromundial.ulibre.org/
URPE Summer Conference
This is to remind you that the annual Summer Conference of the Union
for Radical Political Economics (
www.urpe.org ) is coming up in August!
PLEASE REGISTER BY AUGUST 1 FOR THE BEST RATE AND TO HELP THE CAMP
PLAN MEALS.
We invite you to attend, and also to organize (or participate in) a
PRESENTATION/PANEL/WORKSHOP. Some new panels have been organized
since the last listserv posting (see below, under plenary schedule),
but there is still room for more. Pat has been getting calls at the
National Office asking if the conference will include panels on the
current crisis. We have some, but not enough, so please consider
presenting on some of the urgent issues of the day, and the radical
theory behind them.
Please email Al Campbell at
al.campbell@utah.edu with an indication of what you would
like to present (and get feedback on).
Click here for detailed
information.
World-Embracing Technologies in a
Historical Perspective
Globalization revisited:
World-embracing technologies in a historical perspective is one
of the topic streams for the interdisciplinary international
conference "Technologies of Globalization" October 30 & 31, 2008 at
Darmstadt University of Technology.
Automobility: A Conference on the
100th Anniversary of the Model T
Automobility: A
Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Model T on November
6-7, 2008 at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware
focuses on the impact of motor vehicles in America since 1908.
History of American Capitalism
Grad Student Conference
The History
of Capitalism in the United States is a graduate student
conference at Harvard University on November 6-8, 2008.
Circulations: Economies,
Currencies,Movements in American Studies
The New York Metro American Studies Association and the Columbia
Journal of American Studies welcome papers on any historical period
for
Circulations: Economies, Currencies, Movements in American Studies
on November 8, 2008. Presentations that circulate across historical
and disciplinary borders are particularly encouraged.
Anti-Union Employer Strategy: An
Historical Analysis
Anti-Union Employer Strategy: An Historical Analysis is a
symposium/workshop on November 10, 2008 organized by the Business
and Labour History Group, Faculty of Economics and Business,
University of Sydney.
The Representation of Working People
in Britain and France
The Representation of Working People in Britain and France at
the Université de Rouen from November 13 to 15, 2008 constitutes a
reconsideration of representations of workers and the meaning and
experience of labor, and the ways in which the socio-political
relations of work were mediated from the medieval period to the 20th
century.
Character & Trajectory of the Indian
Economic Formation in an Era of Globalization
The opening keynote for
The Character and
Trajectory of the Indian Economic Formation in an Era of
Globalisation on November 26 to 28, 2008 at the University of
Delhi will be given by Professor K.M. Shrimali, on the mode of
production as a concept in Indian historiography.
Globalization: Cultures, Institutions
and Socioeconomics
"Globalization:
Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics," an international
conference to be held in Hong Kong, December 12 and 13, 2008 is
co-sponsored by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Washington
University in St. Louis.
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Job Postings for
Heterodox Economists
Technical University of Denmark
The Department of Management Engineering (MAN) at the Technical
University of Denmark invites applications for an
associate/assistant professorship in user-oriented innovation and
market creation. The position is available from 1 September 2008.
The position is attached to the section of Innovation and
Sustainability at MAN. The section covers research in innovation
processes as well as technological and environmental relations in a
business perspective and a social perspective. The activities are
based on cross-disciplinary competences from both technical research
and social sciences.
The position is part of a build up within newly established research
and educational programmes in engineering design and innovation at
DTU. The candidate will be offered challenging work in close
collaboration with a cross-disciplinary team of colleagues.
Qualifications requirements
The successful candidate will have a Master’s degree in engineering
or a similar degree (NB: socio-economists with an interest in
technology are welcome) and academic qualifications equivalent to
those obtained by holding an assistant professorship (for an
associate professorship) or the PhD level (for an assistant
professorship).
We are looking for a person qualified in user-oriented innovation
and market creation and who has a background in economic sociology
or innovation and organisation studies. The candidate should comply
with the requirements of an assistant or associate professor
position within one or more of the following areas:
- staging of user-oriented innovation
- co-creation of products and markets
- transition of industries leading to new types of product service
systems and use
Candidates must have a thorough command of English and if not Danish
speaking be prepared to acquire sufficient skills in the language to
be able to teach in Danish at BSc level.
More information:
http://www.dtu.dk/English/About_DTU/vacancies.aspx?guid=22832319
State University of New York at New
Paltz
Visiting Position at SUNY—New Paltz
The department of Economics at the State University of New York at
New Paltz is currently accepting applications for a visiting
position for the 2008-2009 academic year. A Ph.D. or ABD in
Economics is required.
Teaching responsibilities are 3 courses per semester. The desired
upper division courses include: Development, Labor, or History of
Economic Thought. Familiarity with heterodox approaches in political
economy is desirable. For consideration, submit a cover letter,
vita, 3 letters of recommendation, and student teaching evaluation
summaries to:
Department Chair
SUNY–New Paltz
Department of Economics JFT 814
600 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561-2440
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. SUNY—New
Paltz is an AA/EEO/ADA employer.
Research Director
Sustainable Prosperity Initiative
(based at University of Ottawa's Institute of the Environment)
Position: Research Director - Sustainable Prosperity Initiative
Location: University of Ottawa, Institute of the Environment
(location negotiable)
Salary: Negotiable, commensurate with experience
Start Date: September 2, 2008
Closing Date for Applications: July 31, 2008
Click here for
the detailed information.
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Heterodox Conference Papers and Reports and Articles
“Estados Unidos se encuentraen un
estado moribundo”
Entrevista con Cyrus Bina
Click here to
read the paper.
Bubbles, Risk, Crunch and War
By Cyrus Bina and Fernando Dachevsky
Click
here to read the paper.
Contingent Labor and Omnipotent
Capital: The Open Secret of Political Economy
by C. Bina and C. Davis
Click
here to read the paper.
International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in
Economics - News
ICAPE News
During the past few years, a number of articles
about pluralism and heterodox economics have appeared which make
reference to ICAPE and its statement of purpose, or at least that is
what is claimed. What is central to ICAPE’s approach to pluralism is
that different theoretical approaches have a right to exist and that
organizational/institutional power should not be used to compromise
that right. That is to say, pluralism does not exist, according to
ICAPE, if efforts by proponents of one particular approach use
various forms of social power such as research assessment exercises,
journal/book series editor/reviewer, and hiring to prevent
proponents of an ‘opposing’ approach from engaging in and publishing
their research and teaching their approach. ICAPE does not take a
position on which approach is right; rather it takes the position
that each approach has a right to speak out and that it encourages
proponents of the various approaches to engage in dialogue with each
other. ICAPE promotes this pluralism and dialogue by sponsoring
events and a display table at the ASSA meetings; and every three
years it holds an international conference (discussion is under way
to determine where/when the next conference will be held). Other
activities are currently being discussed.
ICAPE is an association of associations, so individuals cannot join
it (however, this is a topic that is always under discussion). If
you think the purpose and activities of ICAPE are worthwhile and
hence should be supported, approach your economics department, the
associations and research institutes to which you belong, and
economic journals to which you subscribe and/or publish in to join
ICAPE. ICAPE can only continue to promote pluralism in economics
with your support.
Fred Lee
Executive Director
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Heterodox Journals and
Newsletters
Review of Political
Economy
Volume 20 Issue 3 is now available online at informaworld
( http://www.informaworld.com
).
This new issue contains the following articles:
Self-Flagellation and Utility Maximization, Pages 307 - 318
Authors: Robert T. Jerome; Kristina Terkun; Robert N. Horn; Bridget
I. Butkevich
A Post-Keynesian Model of Accumulation with a Minskyan Financial
Structure, Pages 319 - 331
Author: Sébastien Charles
Josef Steindl and the Instability of Capitalism, Pages 333 - 340
Author: J. E. King
The Trade Cycle, Pages 341 - 348
Author: Josef Steindl
Foreign Banks and Political Sovereignty: The Case of Argentina,
Pages 349 - 366
Author: Wesley C. Marshall
The Emergence of the Law of Value in a Dynamic Simple Commodity
Economy, Pages 367 - 391
Author: Ian Wright
Can We Meaningfully Speak of Changes in Price under the Regime of
Changes in Techniques?, Pages 393 - 403
Authors: Paul Cockshott; Ajit Sinha
Why Economists should Choose their Inheritance: Physics and
Path-independence in Economic Systems, Pages 405 - 420
Author: Dany Lang
Finance and the Cambridge Equation: A Comment, Pages 421 - 432
Author: Man-Seop Park
Finance and the Cambridge Equation: Again on the Rate of Profits of
Financial Intermediaries, Pages 433 - 441
Author: Giuseppe Ciccarone
The Organizational Approach of Capability Theory, Pages 443 - 453
Author: Giampaolo Garzarelli
Associative Economics Bulletin
July 2008
Associative Economic Literacy
The Associative Economics Bulletin consists of news and views on
associative economics, including short extracts from Associative
Economics Monthly (available electronically for 1GBP an issue at
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1. Events at The London School of Economics
2. Associative Economic Literacy - Associative Economics Monthly
July 2008
3. Research Update
1) EVENTS AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
We plan to continue our series of events at the London School of
Economics this autumn. Each session will comprise two parts, the
first being an introductory course in associative economics leading
to a Diploma, the second an ongoing research group looking at
current events and issues from an associative perspective.
2) ASSOCIATIVE ECONOMIC LITERACY - ASSOCIATIVE ECONOMICS MONTHLY
July 2008
We have touched on financial literacy before (AEM December 2005 and
AEM July 2006), but this time our spirit is one of saying “let's get
on with it!”
In Air Beneath Their Wings we report on an on-going global project
to research ways in which literacy in economics, business and
finance can be introduced into a youth curriculum.
In Sign of the Times, Simon Jenkins shows how the problem of state
intervention in education is now well enough known and ripe for
fresh treatment.
The feature by Rudolf Steiner, Championing the Individual, provides
wide sociological underpinning of the importance of society today
celebrating rather than conditioning the individual human being. It
is also an economic commentary in that the costs to society can only
become greater and without any return, if the initiative of young
people, linked to their enthusiasm for their own destiny, is
thwarted or ignored. It does not take an economist to work out that
young people who are able to serve society out of the uniqueness of
their destinies cost far less than those who are not able to do so,
because discouraged from doing so. The first flourish, bringing
wealth to society; the second, lost in jail, merely incur costs.
This month's AE Hero provides a case in point. In that going Beyond
the Bottom Line is a key consideration for the teaching of economics
in high school.
Accountant's Corner treats of corporate social responsibility and
the importance of it being inherent to business conduct rather than
a requirement from outside.
3) RESEARCH UPDATE
Please contact Arthur Edwards if you would like a research update on
his doctoral study of Rudolf Steiner's idea of 3 kinds of money or
you would be interested to receive a pilot-study on the teaching of
economics through financial literacy undertaken within various
upper- school Waldorf contexts, which is part of the Centre for
Associative Economics education for initiative project (see above).
Historical Materialism
Research in Critical Marxist Theory
Click here to
read the contents of Volume 16 Issue 1 and Volume 16 Issue 2.
Feminist Economics
Volume 14 Issue 3 is now available online at informaworld
( http://www.informaworld.com
).
This new issue contains the following articles:
The crisis of care, international migration, and public policy,
Pages 1 - 21
Author: Lourdes Benería
Altruism in individual and joint-giving decisions: What's gender got
to do with it?, Pages 23 - 50
Authors: Linda Kamas; Anne Preston; Sandy Baum
Sources of crime in the state of Veracruz: The role of female labor
force participation and wage inequality, Pages 51 - 75
Authors: Lorenzo Blanco; Sandra M. Villa
Multiple identities, multiple-discrimination: A critical review,
Pages 77 - 105
Author: Kanchana N. Ruwanpura
Explorations: Time-use surveys in the south, Pages 107 - 152
Authors: Valeria Esquivel; Debbie Budlender; Nancy Folbre; Indira
Hirway
Book Reviews, Pages 153 - 172
Authors: Valeria Esquivel; Debbie Budlender; Nancy Folbre; Indira
Hirway
Notes on Contributors, Pages 173 - 176
Authors: Valeria Esquivel; Debbie Budlender; Nancy Folbre; Indira
Hirway
Economic Sociology - the
european electronic newsletter
Current Issue: Vol. 9, No. 3 - July 2008
http://econsoc.mpifg.de/newsletter/newsletter_current.asp
Intervention. European Journal
of Economics and Economic Policies
Vol. 5 (2008), Number 1 / Jg. 5 (2008), Heft 1
The journal:
http://www.journal-intervention.org
This issue:
http://www.journal-intervention.org/seiten/englisch/current_issue.shtml
Pdf downloads of single contributions:
http://www.metropolis-publisher.com/1/ausgaben/journal.do
Click here for detailed
information.
Journal of Post Keynesian
Economics
Volume 30 Number 4- Summer 2008 is now available at
http://mesharpe.metapress.com.
This issue contains:
- Consensus versus freedom or consensus upon freedom? from
Washington disorder to the rediscovery of Keynes
Mario Cedrini
- Replacing the failed Washington consensus
Jane D'Arista
- The discrete charm of the Washington consensus
Jan Kregel
- Capital controls and financial liberalization: removing the
ideological bias
André De Melo Modenesi, Rui Lyrio Modenesi
- The coordination problem: expectations and inaction
Miguel A. Duran
- Alternative money theories: a G7 testing
Yannis Panagopoulos, Aristotelis Spiliotis
- Cycles and trends in U.S. net borrowing flows
Nelson H. Barbosa-Filho, Codrina Rada von Arnim, Lance Taylor, Luca
Zamparelli
- Fiscal policy in a stock-flow consistent model: a comment
Bill Martin
- Is the current financial distress caused by the subprime mortgage
crisis a Minsky moment? or is it the result of attempting to
securitize illiquid noncommercial mortgage loans?
Paul Davidson
Levy News
July 16, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
Working Paper No. 538
The Buffett Plan for Reducing the Trade Deficit
Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Greg Hannsgen, and Gennaro Zezza
In 2003, billionaire investor Warren Buffett suggested an
incentive-based intervention to narrow the U.S. trade deficit,
whereby import certificates (ICs) would be granted to exporting
firms by the federal government and traded to importing firms in
organized markets. Using the Levy Institute macroeconomic model, the
authors evaluate the impact of the Buffett plan and find that it
would initially raise the price of (non-oil) imports by about 9
percent and reduce the current account deficit to 2 percent of GDP
more quickly than existing policies. The overall market value of the
ICs would translate into greater value added for the export sector.
Although Buffett’s proposal has several advantages over other
protectionist responses to the current account deficit, the authors
have serious concerns that it might not work well in practice: there
would be instability and uncertainty regarding the prices of the
ICs; the plan would require the creation of liquid markets,
including other complex financial arrangements; there could be an
adverse reaction from the World Trade Organization and possible
retaliation by U.S. trading partners; and there would be an increase
in exporters’ profits at the expense of workers and firms in
industries that rely on imported inputs.
The authors present an alternative method whereby ICs would be
auctioned by the government directly to importers and the proceeds
used to offset reductions in payroll taxes (a revenue-neutral plan).
Their approach would reduce the financial complexities of the
Buffett plan, leave the proceeds of IC sales in the pockets of
workers, be less vulnerable to fraud and less costly to administer,
and enhance economic growth over the short term.
Read complete text (pdf)
Working Paper No. 537
The Keynesian Roots of Stock-flow Consistent Macroeconomic Models:
Peering Over the Edge of the Short Period
Antonio Carlos Macedo e Silva and Claudio H. Dos Santos
Neoclassical economists seem to prefer the use of long-run models to
describe markets, while post-Keynesian economists tend to favor
short-run models. The authors argue that stock-flow consistent (SFC)
models describe short-period behaviors as well as balance sheet
dynamics from one period to the next. These models are compatible
with the views of John Maynard Keynes on the macroeconomic dynamics
of capitalist economies, so they are ideal tools for consolidating
and presenting the post-Keynesian research program as a real
alternative to the dominant short-run paradigm.
The authors acknowledge that the characteristics of the three kinds
of SFC model trajectories are present in the Levy Institute’s
Strategic Analysis series on the U.S. economy, which is based on a
macroeconomic model developed by Distinguished Scholar Wynne Godley.
The lesson to be learned from Godley’s analysis is that the tracking
of sectoral balance sheets under the heroic hypothesis of constant
behavioral parameters allows powerful insights about what is likely
to happen in the near future.
Read complete text (pdf)
Working Paper No. 536
Deficient Public Infrastructure and Private Costs: Evidence from a
Time-use Survey for the Water Sector in India
Lekha S. Chakraborty
Using time-budget data, this paper provides new evidence on the link
between public infrastructure and time allocation related to the
water sector in India. The author’s work represents the first
attempt to use a major macro-level time-use survey for a developing
country.
Chakraborty hypothesizes that increased investment in water
infrastructure will release rural women’s allocation of time to
market work. She finds that arguments against gender budgeting and
the notion that public infrastructure expenditures are nonrival in
nature are refuted by the time-budget statistics. There is a
negative relationship between infrastructure access and time
allocation, and women spend much more time on unpaid work than men
do. Time poverty affects income poverty, but time poverty is often
overlooked when framing macro policies. Therefore, infrastructure
investment using gender-sensitive policies can benefit women by
allowing them to spend more time on market-oriented activities.
Read complete text (pdf)
JULY 2008 REPORT
Volume 18, No. 3
The Report, a quarterly newsletter, is aimed at a diverse general
audience interested in policy matters. It includes interviews with
prominent scholars and public officials who can provide insights
into current topics of debate, editorials by Levy Institute research
staff, summaries of new publications, synopses of conferences and
other events, and news of the Institute and its scholars.
Read complete text (pdf)
International
Journal of Public Policy (IJPP)
Volume 3 - Issue 3/4 - 2008
Special Issue on European Integration, Regional Growth and Cohesion
Guest Editors: Peter Nijkamp and Iulia Siedschlag
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The Political Economy of European
Union Competition Policy
A Case Study of the Telecommunications Industry
By Tuna Baskoy
http://getir.net/58v
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 24th June 2008
About the Book
In the European Union (EU), competition policy occupies a central
place amongst other EU public policies and is the first truly
supranational public policy regulating market competition. One of
the stated objectives of EU competition policy is to prevent
excessive concentration of economic power in the hands of a few.
This book investigates the political economy of EU competition
policy by taking the European telecommunications industry as a case
study. Baskoy argues that the EU competition policy has failed to
achieve its objectives of preventing excessive market concentration
in the telecommunications industry over the past quarter-century. He
takes the controversial view that EU competition policy foremost
promotes an industrial policy that fosters the profitability of
European firms. Moreover, Baskoy argues that EU competition policy
is short of adequate theoretical and conceptual capacities to
comprehend the working dynamics of market competition and the market
behavior of firms. This exceptional book will be of interest to
scholars of Politics, Economics, Business, and International
Relations and Policies.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Theories of Market Competition: Towards a Theory
of Dynamic Market Competition (DMC) 3. The Political Economy of EU
Competition Law 4. The Political Economy of EU Telecommunications
Policy 5. Implementing EU Competition Law in Telecommunications 6.
EU Telecommunications Equipment and Services Market Analysis 7.
Concluding Remarks.
About the Author(s)
Tuna Baskoy is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and
Public Administration at Ryerson University.
IPE Titles by Routledge
The following IPE titles were published in June by Routledge. Please
click on the links below or scroll down for more information:
International Political Economy
Beyond States and Markets
Governing International Labour Migration
To download a library recommendation form for these titles
CLICK HERE
International Political Economy
Contrasting World Views
Raymond C. Miller, San Francisco State University, USA
This textbook is the perfect short introduction to the fundamental
models and issues of international political economy.
The text introduces students to the three main theoretical
approaches in IPE: free market, institutionalist and historical
materialist. The strengths and weaknesses of the theories are then
illustrated by a series of fascinating applied case studies in such
core areas as international trade, finance, transnational
corporations, development and the environment.
234x156: 274pp
Hb: 978-0-415-38408-7: £85.00
Pb: 978-0-415-38409-4: £22.99
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO ORDER A COPY CLICK
HERE
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Beyond States and Markets
The Challenges of Social Reproduction
Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
Edited by Isabella Bakker, York University, Canada and
Rachel Silvey, University of Toronto, Canada
Exploring difficult and crucial aspects of the transnational gender
politics of globalization, this book provides a unique and valuable
introduction to the history of the concept of social reproduction
from an inter-disciplinary perspective.
234x156: 206pp
Hb: 978-0-415-77585-4: £80.00
Pb: 978-0-415-77586-1: £22.99
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HERE
Governing International Labour Migration
Current Issues, Challenges and Dilemmas
Series: RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
Edited by Christina Gabriel, Carleton University, Canada and
Hélène Pellerin, University of Ottawa, Canada
Offers a critical examination of the way in which the nature and
governance of international labour migration is changing within a
globalizing environment.
234x156: 256pp
Hb: 978-0-415-43368-6: £70.00
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HERE
L'argent des anthropologues, la
monnaie des économistes
L'ADEK vous signale la parution de l 'ouvrage
"L'argent des
anthropologues, la monnaie des économistes", aux éditions
L'Harmattan, sous la direction d'E. Baumann, L. Bazin, P. Ould-Ahmed,
P.Phelinas, M. Selim et R. Sobel, avec des articles de membres de
l'ADEK. Vous trouverez ci-joint une présentation de l'ouvrage.
Qu'est-ce qui sépare la « monnaie » des économistes de l’« argent »
des anthropologues ? Cet ouvrage s'inscrit dans une volonté
d'élaboration collective d'une réflexion et de regards croisés entre
anthropologues et économistes hétérodoxes sur la question monétaire.
Ayant pour dénominateur commun de rejeter l'approche monétaire de la
théorie économique dominante qui offre une lecture essentiellement
économiciste et fonctionnelle de la monnaie, les anthropologues et
les économistes hétérodoxes saisissent néanmoins cette question sous
des angles différents.
Cet ouvrage vise à rassembler et à comparer un certain nombre de
recherches, certaines théoriques, d'autres s'appuyant sur des
enquêtes de terrain variées (Chine, Ouzbékistan, Égypte, Inde,
Amérique centrale et latine), d'autres enfin sur des comparaisons et
des cas historiques (États-Unis, Empire ottoman). Il met ainsi en
évidence que les points de contacts sont nombreux et que se
multiplient les occasions de dialoguer entre les deux disciplines,
dont les questionnements théoriques et méthodologiques, autrefois
marqués au coin de spécificités exclusives, sont de plus en plus
profondément partagés.
Economic
Rights: Conceptual, Measurement, and Policy Issues
Cambridge University Press, 2007, edited by Shareen Hertel and Lanse
Minkler
http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521690829
This edited volume offers new scholarship on economic rights by
leading scholars in the fields of economics, law, and political
science. It analyzes the central features of economic rights: their
conceptual, measurement, and policy dimensions. In its introduction,
the book provides a new conceptualization of economic rights based
on a three-pronged definition:
the right to a decent standard of living, the right to work, and the
right to basic income support for people who cannot work. Subsequent
chapters correct existing conceptual mistakes in the literature,
provide new measurement techniques with country rankings, and
analyze policy implementation at the international, regional,
national, and local levels.
While it forms a cohesive whole, the book is nevertheless rich in
contending perspectives.
The Political Economy of Work
By David Spencer
http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/The-Political-Economy-of-Work-isbn9780415457934
Against the background of increasing interest in the changing nature
and quality of work, The Political Economy of Work offers a new and
unique assessment of the theoretical analysis of work. The author
challenges some common preconceptions about work and promotes an
original approach to the field, contemplating the nature and
development of ideas on work and its impact on human well-being
drawing on such burgeoning literatures as the 'economics of
happiness'.
Spencer approaches the subject through a careful examination of the
history of thought on work over the last three hundred years. A key
focus is the development of ideas on work in mainstream economics,
starting with the mercantilists and the classical economists, and
continuing with neoclassical economists (e.g. Jevons, Marshall). The
contributions of modern approaches including the new
'information-theoretic' economics and the new 'economics of
happiness' are also discussed. The author sees flaws in the
depiction of work in mainstream economics and instead draws insight
from the writings of critics of the mainstream paradigm, such as the
nineteenth century 'utopian' writers (Godwin, Fourier, Carlyle,
Ruskin, Morris), Marx, and the old institutional economists
(Commons, Veblen). The alternative approach outlined in the book
stresses the barriers to rewarding work under capitalism and
develops a case for radical change in the organisation of work. The
book cuts across different disciplinary boundaries and is likely to
appeal to researchers in a number of different fields, including
labour economics, labour history, the sociology of work, industrial
relations, and human resource management. It will appeal to all
those who wish to promote a more critical understanding of the role
that work can and ought to play in society.
Reviews
"What can economics tell us about work? To answer this question,
David Spencer has investigated the role that work has played in
economic theory, from the time of the industrial revolution till the
present day. With the surprising range of perspectives he uncovers
he delivers a sharp critique to modern-day neoclassical orthodoxy,
and to recent theories of happiness at work. This is a deeply
insightful book that should oblige labour economists and
sociologists to think further about their most basic assumptions."
Francis Green, University of Kent
"Work matters! A timely and highly engaging intervention into
contemporary debates on the nature of work and the so-called
‘economics of happiness’ (why we’re not as contented as we could
be), Spencer shows us that another conception of work is possible."
David Harvie, University of Leicester, UK
"In The Political Economy of Work, David Spencer uniquely
accomplishes three things that are difficult to do in a single text:
it introduces economists to important aspects of work that have been
neglected in the mainstream economics literature; introduces
non-economists to important aspects of work that have been neglected
in the literature on the sociology of work (broadly defined); and
uses historical analysis to critically assess important examples of
contemporary theory (e.g. happiness research). The result is a
concise and very readable, interdisciplinary approach to the
political economy of work."
Steve Fleetwood Professor of Employment Relations Bristol Business
School, University of the West of England
Table of Contents
1 Introduction, 2 In the sweat of thy brow: concepts of work in
pre-classical and classical economics, 3 Work contra the classical
economists: pro-work sentiments in the late eighteenth century and
nineteenth century 'utopian' literature, 4 The Marxian view of work,
5 From pain cost to opportunity cost: the eclipse of the quality of
work as a factor in economic theory, 6 Institutional perspectives on
work, 7 Mainstream economics and the hidden abode of production, 8
Conclusion
About the Author(s)
David A. Spencer is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Leeds University
Business School.
The Great Deficit Debacle
Leclaire, Joëlle, 2008. The Great Deficit Debacle: Causes and
Consequences of American Federal Budget Surpluses and Deficits. VDM
Verlag.
ISBN: 363903077X
Over the entire post-war period the federal government has
consistently run budget deficits, with one major exception, the
surpluses from 1998 to 2001. What events and policy changes caused
this radical change in the US budget situation? And, what happened
in 2001 that pushed the budget back into deficit? These questions
and more are answered by The Great Deficit Debacle. Despite the fact
that in the US, a federal budget deficit is the normal situation,
Presidents and Congresses typically aim for surpluses. This
misguided policy goal increases the financial fragility of our
economy, and recession is the natural result. This book clears up
common misconceptions about what policymakers should be doing to
help stabilize the economy, especially now that financial flows have
become so prevalent. The Great Deficit Debacle will serve as an
invaluable reference to government economists and policymakers,
academic economists, and, concerned citizens who want to understand
what can be done to improve the economy’s capacity to create jobs,
wealth and prosperity.
Links to order:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Great-Deficit-Debacle/Joelle-Leclaire/e/9783639030778/?itm=1
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Deficit-Debacle-Consequences-Surpluses/dp/363903077X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216222437&sr=1-1
Heterodox
Graduate Program and PhD Scholarships
MA in
Political Economy (Manchester)
Course description
The MA in Political Economy
programme at Manchester University offers a cross-disciplinary
curriculum of study in political economy. The MA is housed in the
Centre for the Study of Political Economy, which brings together the
world-class research strengths in the field of political economy at
Manchester University. The programme is taught from members across
the Faculty of Humanities in the School of Social Sciences, the
School of Environment and Development, and the Manchester Business
School.
Each student will pursue their particular interests in political
economy through one of four pathways:
- Theoretical Political Economy
- Political Economy of Society, Space and Environment
- Political Economy of Finance, Business and Work
- Political Economy of Development.
Each pathway offers courses drawn from across the different
disciplines in the schools, offering the student an exposure to the
full breadth of the field of political economy.
Module details
All students take a core module, Theoretical Approaches to Political
Economy, which provides a thorough grounding in both classical and
contemporary theories of political economy and introduces the basic
concepts of the discipline. Students on the standard route will also
take at least two core modules from their chosen pathway together
with two other optional modules from that pathway. Students will
also research training units in Philosophy of Social Science and
Dissertation Research Design. Taught units comprise two thirds of
the programme. The remainder of the programme consists of a 15000
word dissertation on a substantial issue in political economy.
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taughtdegrees/courses/atoz/course/?code=06969&pg=all
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for student or retired members. The 2008-2009 subscription covers
the period until 31 December 2009.
Please return this
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(secretary @ postkeynesian . net). Do not send any money until you
receive an email request to do so. This request will include
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For Your Information
“Thought Control
in Economics” by Tom Green
Adbusters (78, July-August 2008,
www.adbusters.org )
Click
here to download the paper.
An Interview with
Michael Hudson
Getting to the Heart of America's Economic Crisis
By MIKE WHITNEY
http://www.counterpunch.org/whitney07012008.html
Economists Papers
Project
With the continued generosity of Duke University's Provost and the
Chair of its Economics Department, we again note the availability of
funding for young scholars to use the Economists Papers Project
materials at Duke's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library. Individuals may apply for a grant of up to $500 (paid
directly for lodgings) while using the archival collections.
Individuals interested in applying for these grants while visiting
Duke should visit
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/collections/economists/
and follow the directions sketched there. Please direct other
questions about the use of these funds to Professor E. Roy Weintraub
at erw@duke.edu.
Yngve Ramstad
YNGVE RAMSTAD, a longtime University of Rhode Island economics
professor and former department chair, died July 5, 2008, of
complications
from ALS. He was 67.
The Rhode Island chapter of the ALS Association honored Yngve with
its Brian
Dickinson Courage Award on June 12. Although Yngve was unable to
attend,
more than three dozen colleagues and friends, including two from his
high
school years, were present. His daughter, Kathryn Ramstad-Albert,
accepted
the award on his behalf.
Yngve was born March 20, 1941, in Norway, the oldest child of Egil
and
Petrine Ramstad. The family moved to the United States in 1949 when
Egil
accepted a professorship at Purdue University in West Lafayette,
Ind. After
high school, where he was an accomplished musician and multi-sport
athlete,
Yngve earned a bachelor's degree in industrial management from
Purdue
University. He worked at Gary (Ind.) Steel Works for four years and
served
two years in the U.S. Army before beginning graduate school at
Washington
State University, where he earned a master's degree in economics. He
received his Ph.D. in economics in 1981 from the University of
California at
Berkeley and joined the URI faculty in 1982. In 1984, Yngve married
Alexa
Albert, a URI professor of sociology. She died May 2, 2007.
Of his teaching, Yngve once wrote: 'My challenge has always been to
keep
students engaged long enough to overcome their sense of frustration
and to
discover . . . that they are interested in understanding more about
. . .
the 'worldly philosophy' known as economics.'
A self-effacing gentleman, he once explained: 'Having been brought
up in a
Lutheran household, I find it unbecoming for one to engage in
self-praise
and am uneasy doing so.' His academic colleagues, however,
effusively
praised his scholarship, especially that on John R. Commons. His
book
chapters, articles and conference presentations about that renowned
authority on labor relations received international acclaim. In
January
2009, Yngve's work on Commons will be the topic of a panel at the
annual
meeting of the Association for Evolutionary Economics, which he once
chaired.
Yngve, believing that 'it is extremely important for faculty to
participate
as good citizens in matters of self-government,' served URI in a
variety of
capacities, including several terms on the Faculty Senate and two
years as
vice-chair; the Teaching Effectiveness Committee; a General
Education Task
Force; and the Executive Board of the faculty union.
But it was his several terms on the Athletics Advisory Board, which
he
chaired from 2003-2006, and his work as NCAA Faculty Athletics
Representative that Yngve most enjoyed. He made it a point to attend
athletic events of all sorts and to get to know URI
student-athletes, whose
'unbelievable work ethic, self-discipline and strong competitive
urge' he
frequently acknowledged.
In October 2007, many of those student-athletes, along with their
coaches,
joined other URI students, faculty, staff and friends in a Walk
Around the
Quad to honor Yngve and raise money (more than $10,000) for the ALS
Association. Also participating in the walk was the URI Traditional
Jazz
Band, one of several groups Yngve performed with after returning to
trombone-playing in the late 1990s. He joined the Wakefield Civic
Band in
1998 and ROMPS (Retired Old Men Playing Swing) in 2001, and played
with both
until his illness. From 2001-2004, he also was a member of the Dixie
Gents.
In addition to his daughter, Yngve is survived by two sons, David
Ramstad
and Eric Ramstad, of Berkeley, Calif; his mother and brother, Tore,
of Sun
Prairie, Wis.; his sister, Liv May Ramstad, of Columbus, Ohio; his
sister-and brother-in-law, Lois and Marty Stanczak, of Ocean City,
N.J.;
four nephews, John Stanczak and Thomas, David and Kevin Drinan; and
a niece,
Jill Halbruner.
A celebration of Yngve's life will be held on Friday, August 1, 2008
at 3
P.M. in the U.R.I. University Club, 95 Upper College Road, Kingston,
RI
02881. Donations in his name can be made to the ALS Association -
Rhode
Island Chapter, 1637 Warwick Avenue, Warwick, RI 02889-1525.
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