From the Editor
Unlike
the last Newsletter, I have no hot news item to
report. However, I would like to push heterodox
activities taking place in Mexico, Brazil, France,
and the Ukraine. There is also a conference in honor
of A. Allan Schmid that looks very interesting.
Allan has had a long career of supporting heterodox
economics and he has recently published a book,
Conflict and Cooperation: Institutional and
Behavioral Economics, which deserves a wide read.
Finally, I would like to point out the journal
Metroeconomica. It is a heterodox journal that seems
to me to not be very well known among heterodox
economists in general. The contents of its most
recent issue are given below—take a look at it and
also take a look at the back issues if you can. You
very well may find the journal of great interest.
Fred Lee
In
this issue:
-
Call
for Papers
-
Second Seminary of Heterodox Micro-economy October 2007
- The 1st Brazilian
Colloquium on Political Economy of the World-Systems
- Segundo Seminario de
Microeconomía Heterodoxa Octubre 2007
- Journal of
Organizational Change Management
- The INFER Research
Network
- Conferences, Seminars
and Lectures
- The 9th International Workshop on Institutional Economics
- Canadian Economics
Association Conference, June 1-3
- Seminaire Arc 2
- Various Approaches to
Evolution and Impact of Alternative Institutional Structures
- Post Keynesian
Economics Study Group
- Global Development
Forum
- Permanent Seminary of
Heterodox Microeconomics
- The CASE 2007 Winds of
Change
- Post Keynesian
Economics Study Group
-
Job Postings for
Heterodox Economists
- Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
- Sustainable Development
Commission- Assistant Policy Advisor, Whitehall Branch
- Sustainable Development
Commission- Assistant Economics Advisor
- Business Manager for
Conference of Socialist Economists
- Heterodox
Conference Papers and Reports and Articles
- Wars and
Natural Resources
-
Heterodox Journals and Newsletters
- Challenge
- Metroeconomica
- Review of Political
Economy
- Levy News
- EAEPE Newslette
-
Heterodox
Books, Book Series, and Book Reviews
- A New Political Economy
Call for Papers
Second Seminary of Heterodox
Micro-economy October 2007
The goal of the Second Seminary of Heterodox Microeconomics at Mexico is
to be a space of microeconomics analysis from a heterodox perspective.
This seminary desire contributes to the investigation’s development,
discussion and communication, between the researches community of who
are working on the field of heterodox microeconomics: the monopoly,
oligopoly, industry, firm, consumer, etc., and the microeconomic
foundations.
The Second Seminary of Heterodox Microeconomics will be held at the
Faculty of Economics, at UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MEXICO UNAM
from 11th to 13th of October 2007. The deadline to accept papers is
September 1 2007.
We are inviting to participate in this effort professors, researches,
and intellectuals through essays, articles, and research concluded or in
process in the field of the microeconomics.
The central subject of the Second Seminary of Heterodox Microeconomía
is:
THE MONOPOLY, THEORY AND PRACTICE
The Seminary’s committee encourage to present paper dealing with theory
and practice about monopoly, oligopoly, megacorporations, multinational
firms.
The paper can be developing issues theoretical or applied, in for
example; Agro industry, mining, industry, services, banking system,
telephony, etc.
The seminary will consider papers on the following fields of knowledge:
a. Inflation and growth,
b. Definitions and general concepts of the microeconomics c. Supply
Theory and praxis d. Demand Theory and praxis e. Contributions to
education and learning of the microeconomics from the perspective of the
heterodox microeconomics.
Some other subject of relevance in the field of the microeconomics could
be put under consideration of the committee.
In this Second Seminary, we emphasize that we are looking forward to
create a space of discussion and analysis. This is the reason why the
presentation of each subject will consist on a maximum of 30 minutes of
presentation and 20 minutes of discussion, with the aim that the speaker
will be beneficiates from observations of specialists on the subject.
The documents to submit can be: theoretical or empirical, in process or
finished and they must consist on maximum of 30 pages, double-spaced,
including an abstract of not more than 500 words by email. It will be in
Spanish and English. The participants are to submit their application by
e-mail as soon as possible.
The documents presented in the seminary will be evaluated in order to
publish them if it is possible in an anthology of works on heterodox
microeconomics.
The field of heterodox economics
What is the heterodox economics? The heterodox economics is promoting
the development of economic science using instruments, methodologies,
and sets of knowledge which differentiates it from the orthodox economy.
These alternative thoughts can be supported on the traditional schools
of the Classic economists, new trends or those relegated by the dominant
neoclassic thought.
In effect, the topics that covers the heterodox concept is very wide, on
this can participate, Keynesians, Post Keynesian, Marxist,
institucionalists, regulacionists, evolutionists, ecological, sraffians
economists, etc. But the common denominator is the search of scientific
explanations, that offer to us clearly and in rigorous way to understand
the real dynamics of the economy.
In other words the heterodox economics represents an alternative vision
to the orthodox approach of the economics,
The documents will have to be sent to the professors:
Dr. Gustavo Vargas Sanchez. Faculty of Economics UNAM.C.U. Cubículo 24,
email:
vargassanchez@hotmail.com
Dr. Rogelio Huerta Quintanilla. Faculty of Economics UNAM. C.U.Cubículo
23,
email:
rhuerta@servidor.unam.mx
Dr. Mauro Rodríguez. Faculty of Economics UNAM.C.U. Cubículo 21,
email: kykloz@yahoo.com.mx
Organizers of the event:
Faculty of Economics: Gustavo Vargas, Rogelio Huerta , Mauro Rodriguez
Enep Acatlan: Mtra. Teresa López
Institutional support: Faculty of Economics of the UNAM:
Dr. Roberto Escalante: Principal of the Faculty of Economics, UNAM.
Mtra. Irma Escárcega, chief of Professional Studies in the Faculty of
Economics.
Dr. Gerald Fuji Gambero; chief of the Division of Studies of Postgrado
in the Faculty of Economics, CU-UNAM
The 1st Brazilian Colloquium on
Political Economy of the World-Systems
09th and 10th July 2007
Florianópolis – SC – Brasil
The 1st Brazilian Colloquium on Political Economy of the World-Systems
has the aim of developing and spreading in Brazil academic researches on
topics that are relevant to World-Systems Analysis, especially those
related to Latin America. For that purpose, international conferences,
presentations of scientific researches and mini-courses will take place
during the meeting.
For detailed information:
Colloquium-Brazil.pdf
Segundo Seminario de
Microeconomía Heterodoxa Octubre 2007
El Segundo Seminario de Microeconomía Heterodoxa tiene como objetivo
constituirse en un espacio de análisis de la microeconomía desde una
perspectiva teórica no convencional, y contribuir con ello al desarrollo
de la investigación, comunicación y discusión entre la comunidad de
estudiosos de los ámbitos de la empresa, del consumidor, la industria,
el mercado y los fundamentos microeconómicos de la macroeconomía.
Con dicha meta invitamos a participar de este esfuerzo a profesores,
investigadores, e intelectuales mediante la presentación de un ensayo,
artículo, investigación concluida o en proceso de elaboración. Su
contribución puede ser de carácter teórico o empírico, en proceso o
terminada, consistir en un máximo 30 cuartillas a doble espacio, con un
resumen de una página máximo, en español y en inglés. Los participantes
deberán solicitar su inscripción, a la brevedad posible y vía correo
electrónico, con algún integrante del comité organizador cuyo e-mail se
proporciona abajo, a quienes se deberá enviar asimismo las
contribuciones al seminario.
En este segundo seminario, deseamos enfatizar buscamos crear un espacio
de discusión y análisis por lo que la exposición de cada tema contará
con un máximo de 30 minutos de exposición y una réplica de 10 a 20
minutos por uno o dos comentaristas, con objeto de que el ponente se vea
beneficiado de observaciones de especialistas del tema. El comité
organizador designará los comentaristas, quienes leerán y formularán por
escrito sus observaciones al ensayo, las que se reenviarán al autor,
para su consideración y discusión durante el seminario.
El evento tendrá lugar en las instalaciones de la Facultad de Economía
de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, los días 11, 12 y 13 de
octubre del 2007. Los documentos presentados al seminario serán
evaluados con objeto de su posible publicación en una compilación de
trabajos de investigación.
La fecha límite para recibir los documentos es el primero de septiembre
de 2007.
Otra meta de este Segundo Seminario Nacional de Microeconomía Heterodoxa
consiste en convocar a los investigadores en microeconomía heterodoxa
del país, a fundar la Sociedad Mexicana de Microeconomistas Heterodoxos,
cuyos fines en términos generales serán promover y estimular la
investigación en este campo de estudios, y cuyos aspectos específicos
propondrá el cuerpo directivo de esa asociación, a formarse.
Espectro del campo de la economía heterodoxa.
¿Qué es la economía heterodoxa? La economía heterodoxa es una corriente
de economistas que promueve el desarrollo de la ciencia económica
utilizando instrumentos, metodologías, y conjuntos de conocimientos
diferentes a la logística de la economía neoclásica. Estas escuelas de
pensamiento alternativas al main stream pueden estar soportadas en la
tradición de escuelas del pensamiento clásico, nuevas corrientes o
aquellas relegadas por el pensamiento ortodoxo.
En efecto, el espectro que cubre el concepto heterodoxo es muy amplio.
En él pueden converger economistas keynesianos, postkeynesianos,
marxistas, institucionalistas, regulacionistas, evolucionistas,
ecologistas, sraffianos, socio-economistas, etc., pero su común
denominador es la búsqueda de explicaciones científicas, claras y
rigurosas de la dinámica real de la economía. No se trata solo de la
construcción de explicaciones alternativas al modelo neoclásico, sino
fundamentalmente de aceptar y afrontar el reto cognitivo y explicativo
de los fenómenos que enfrentan los economistas. En otras palabras la
economía heterodoxa representa una visión alternativa al enfoque
convencional de la microeconomía que busca encajonar la compleja y
cambiante realidad económica en el marco del equilibrio general. La
corriente heterodoxa busca romper y trascender este estrecho modelo en
que los economistas ortodoxos han enmarcado a la ciencia económica.
Campos de conocimiento
El tema central del Segundo Seminario de Microeconomía Heterodoxa es:
EL MONOPOLIO, TEORÍA Y PRÁCTICA
Los investigadores interesados pueden desarrollar temas meramente
teórico y/o de investigación aplicada, en por ejemplo, agroindustria,
minería, industria, servicios, sistema bancario, telefonía, etc.
También se pueden presentar documentos sobre los siguientes campos de
conocimientos:
a. Inflación y crecimiento,
b. Definiciones y conceptos generales de la microeconomía c. Teoría y
práctica de la oferta d. Teoría y práctica de la demanda.
f. Contribuciones a la enseñanza y aprendizaje de la microeconomía desde
la perspectiva de la microeconomía heterodoxa.
Algún otro tema de relevancia en el campo de la microeconomía podrá ser
puesto a la consideración del comité promotor.
Los documentos deberán enviarse al comité organizador, integrado por los
siguientes profesores:
Dr. Gustavo Vargas Sánchez, Facultad de Economía, UNAM, e-mail:
vargassanchez@hotmail.com
Dr. Rogelio Huerta Quintanilla, Facultad de Economía, UNAM, e-mail:
rhuerta@servidor.unam.mx
Dr. Mauro Rodríguez, Facultad de Economía, UNAM, e-mail:
kykloz@yahoo.com.mx
Organizadores del evento:
Facultad de Economía: Gustavo Vargas, Rogelio Huerta, Mauro Rodríguez
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Profesionales (Acatlán): Mtra. Teresa López
Apoyo institucional, Facultad de Economía de la UNAM:
Dr. Roberto Escalante: Director
Mtra. Irma Escárcega, Jefa de Estudios Profesionales Dr. Gerardo Fuji
Gambero; Jefe de la División de Estudios de Posgrado
Journal of Organizational Change
Management
Special issue call for papers
Historical Approaches in Organizational Research
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/jocm/cfp_historical.jsp
The INFER Research Network
The INFER research network will hold a workshop on
"The economic history of the provision and financing of higher education
and its reflection in the history of economic thought."
July 27-29, 2007 at Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt,
Germany .
Workshop Objectives:
This INFER workshop provides an opportunity for all those interested in
Economic Theory, Economic History and the History of Economic Thought to
exchange ideas.
Researchers, especially young researchers, are invited to submit
theoretical and applied papers broadly consistent with the following
topic:
The economic history of the provision and financing of higher education
and its reflection in the history of economic thought.
Researchers are also encouraged to organize their own sessions.
Keynote speakers will be invited to speak on this year's topic.
Participants:
The workshop is open to anybody involved in Economic Theory, Economic
History and the History of Economic Thought, including both young and
experienced researchers, post-doctoral students, and professionals from
business, government and non-governmental institutions.
Submission of Papers:
Only full papers may be submitted. All papers must include a cover page
with the following information:
. An abstract of up to 500 words, with JEL classification and no more
than 5 key words; . Authors' full name, affiliation; . Contact details
for corresponding author, such as address, phone, and e-mail.
All papers and organized sessions should be submitted electronically to
the workshop organizer,Prof. Dr. Ingo Barens at barens@vwl7.tu-darmstadt.de
as doc or pdf files (preferably pdf) on or before May 2, 2007.
Papers must be in English, and should not exceed 25 pages (A4 or letter)
including all references, tables and the like. The text should be
formatted in Times New Roman 14pt with 1.2 line space and 2.5 cm (1
inch) margin on each side. Footnotes should be formatted in 12pt with
1.2 line space. Please avoid colors in graphs and pages in landscape.
All papers will be peer reviewed. Authors of accepted papers will be
notified no later than June 4, 2007.
Paper presenters are expected to discuss one other paper during the
workshop. The discussant assignments will be made by the workshop
organizers at a later date.
Publication of papers:
A selection of papers presented at the workshop will be published in one
or more INFER volumes in due course after the workshop. For details of
possible publication outlets see http://www.infer-research.net/Publications/Publications.
Registration Fee:
The registration fee for speakers and other participants will be:
. INFER private members: 40 EUR,
. institutional INFER members: 40 EUR,
. non-members: 100 EUR.
Please note: the annual membership fee for private INFER members is 25
EUR only (institutional INFER members 200 EUR). You are invited to
become a member!
Location:
The workshop will be held at the Faculty of Economics of Darmstadt
University of Technology. Darmstadt is a lively university city close to
Frankfurt am Main, easily accessible by plane, train or motorway. More
information about the University and the city of Darmstadt can be found
here:
http://www.darmstadt.de/en/index.html
http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/international/
http://www.darmstadt.de/en/index.html
Further Information:
Updated information concerning registration details, downloadable
registration forms, travel and accommodation facilities, etc. will be
provided in due course on this page.
Questions may be directed to the workshop organizer:
Prof. Dr. Ingo Barens (Darmstadt University of Technology),
at
barens@vwl7.tu-darmstadt.de
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Conferences, Seminars and
Lectures
The 9th International Workshop
on Institutional Economics
The 9th International Workshop on Institutional Economics will be held
on 21-22 June 2007 at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield in
England.
THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE CAMBRIDGE POLITICAL ECONOMY
SOCIETY TRUST, A LIMITED NUMBER OF SUBSIDIZED PLACES FOR STUDENTS ARE
AVAILABLE. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.
The workshop theme is:
Property, money and firms: the forgotten role of law and the state
Speakers: David Gindis (University of Lyon II), Geoffrey Hodgson
(University of Hertfordshire), Geoffrey Ingham (University of
Cambridge), Thorbjoern Knudsen (University of Southern Denmark), Patrick
O'Brien (LSE), Itai Sened (Washington University at St Louis).
Further details and booking information can be found on the following
website:
http://www.geoffrey-hodgson.info/p37.htm
Canadian Economics Association
Conference, June 1-3
The Progressive Economics Forum will once again be active at this year's
Canadian Economics Association conference, June 1-3, Dalhousie
University, Halifax. For more information on the CEA conference,
including registration, accommodation and other info, click here. Please
join us.
The 2007 meetings will be extra special as the PEF is happy to announce
a new prize in
economics: The John Kenneth Galbraith Prize. We will award the first
prize in 2008. This year, we will be joined by Jamie Galbraith to
inaugurate the Prize with a keynote lecture. It looks like this will
take place on June 3, 10:30 am.
In addition to the Galbraith lecture, we will be presenting six panels.
In past years, we have put on some interesting sessions that have added
much value to the CEA conference (in our humble opinion), and have had
our share of capacity crowds. We expect this year to be no different.
More details to come on our specific time slots, abstracts and all that.
Here are the panels, organizers and line-ups as of today:
Topics in Emerging Markets, Mathieu Dufour
Mathieu Dufour, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, International
financial crises Sripad Motiram and Vamsi Vakhulabaranam, Dalhousie
University and Queens College, Rural-urban migration and peasant
agriculture:
India
Armagan Gezici, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Real sector firm
behavior with respect to uncertainty after financial
liberalization:Turkey Cihan Yalcin, Central Bank of the Republic of
Turkey, Financial position of firms and their interaction with the
macroeconomic environment of Turkey
Taxation and Social Democracy, Erin Weir
Erin Weir, Canadian Labour Congress,
Competitiveness and Corporate Taxes: A Reappraisal Andrew Jackson,
Canadian Labour Congress, Progressives and Personal Tax Progressivity
Stephen Gordon, Université Laval, The Nordic Approach to Taxation Marion
Steele, University of Guelph, Taxes and Housing Policy
Prospects for the Atlantic Regional Economy, David Pringle
Michael Bradfield Dalhousie University
David Chaundy Atlantic Provinces Economic Council Douglas May Memorial
University of Newfoundland Pierre-Marcel Desjardins Université de
Moncton
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Economic Issues, John Smithin
Heiner Gannsmann, Free University of Berlin, TBA Brenda Spotton Visano,
York University, Confronting uncertainty: the fragility of financial
institutions in structuring social interaction John Smithin, York
University, Economics and politics Nick Falvo, Street Health,
Alternative approaches to the affordability of low-income housing
The State and the Economy: New Directions?, Fletcher Baragar
Fletcher Baragar and Robert Chernomas, University of Manitoba, An
invasive stage of capitalism Marc Lee, Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives, TILMA: The framework of investor rights John Loxley,
University of Manitoba, Trade union pension fund involvement in PPPs
Jesse Hajer, University of Manitoba, Effects of globalisation on public
expenditures and tax revenues in OECD countries
Panel: Inequality Ellen Russell
Ellen Russell and Mathieu Dufour, Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives and University of Massachusetts at Amherst James Galbraith,
University of Texas at Austin Armine Yalnizyan, Community Social
Planning Council of Toronto
Seminaire Arc 2
ACCUMULATION, REGULATION, CROISSANCE ET CRISE
CEPREMAP - GERME (Paris VII) - IRISES (Paris IX)
CEPN (PARIS XIII) - MATISSE (PARIS I)
LUNDI 19 MARS 2007
DEMI JOURNEE (15h-19h)
ENS Jourdan
Salle 10, bâtiment principal (rez-de-chaussée)
48 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris
http://www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/accue/zacces.php
Variété du Capitalisme à l'Est
15h-15h15 : Introduction
C. Durand, D. Gatti et J. Mazier (Paris XIII)
15h15- 17h : Varieties of Capitalism in Eastern Europe: Strengths and
Weaknesses of Mixed-Market Economies in Poland and Ukraine
Présentation : Vlad Mykhnenko (CPPR - Université de Glasgow)
Contre point : F. Bafoil (CNRS - CERI) et B. Chavance (Paris VII)
17h-17h15 : Pause
17h15 – 19h : La Russie ne peut-elle produire qu'un Capitalisme d'Etat?
Les structures du capitalisme russe actuel en perspectives historiques
Présentation : Jacques Sapir (EHESS)
Contre point : R. Motamed-Nejad (Paris I) et J. P. Touffut (Centre
Cournot)
Des textes seront disponibles début mars.
Les informations relatives au calendrier du séminaire ARC2 sont
disponible aux liens suivants :
http://www.paris-jourdan.ens.fr/semin/index4.php?option=agenda&code=ACCRCCR
http://www.arc2.org
Various Approaches to Evolution
and Impact of Alternative Institutional Structures
A Workshop in Honor of the Career of Professor A. Allan Schmid
For detailed information:
MSUConference.doc
Post Keynesian Economics Study
Group
New Perspectives on Keynes’s General Theory
Friday 25 May 2007
Homerton College, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 8PH
www.homerton.cam.ac.uk
(01223) 507111
Programme
2 pm–6 pm (gathering from 1 pm)
Session 1: The Economics of Keynes in Historical Context
Speaker: Michael Lawlor (Wake Forest University)
Discussant: Victoria Chick (University College, London)
Session 2: Keynes’s General Theory, the Rate of Interest and ‘Keynesian’
Economics
Speaker: Geoff Tily (Office for National Statistics)
Discussant: Jan Toporowski (SOAS)
Session 3: The Economics of Keynes: A New Guide to The General Theory
Speaker: Mark Hayes (University of Cambridge)
Discussant: Roy Rotheim (Skidmore College)
Summing up: Geoff Harcourt (University of Cambridge)
There is no registration fee, but please do advise
cambridge@postkeynesian.net
if you plan to attend so we can plan afternoon refreshments. Thanks to
the generous support of Triodos Bank, we will consider applications by
post-graduate students for reimbursement of APEX rail fares within the
UK.
Meals and accommodation: lunch and dinner are available in Homerton from
12 pm and 6 pm. There is a Travelodge just opposite Homerton College
(0870) 191 1601, and a list of local guest-houses and hotels is also
available on request.
Directions:
By rail: 1215 from London Kings Cross, take bus #1 or #7 travelling
south (Fulbourne, Sawston–every five minutes), get off at third stop
directly opposite Homerton College. Alternatively 20 minute walk. Follow
signs to “Ibberson Reception” to conference reception area (number 5/6
on campus map see
http://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/pdf/homerton.pdf ), or ask at
Porter’s Lodge.
Global Development Forum
St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London W1
7 to 8.30pm
7th March
Who defines democracy and good governance?
14th March
Aid must always be an extension of foreign policy
21st March
Physical security is the first requirement in development
28th March
The future of Africa is with China
For further information please click
here
Permanent Seminary of Heterodox
Microeconomics
At UNAM – National University of Mexico in Mexico City
Coordinator: Dr. Gustavo Vargas Sánchez –
vargassanchez@hotmail.com
Dr. Mauro Rodriguez
The seminary will be every Friday from: 12 to 14 hs.
At room Octaviano Campos Salas
Faculty of Economics
Session 1. March 9
Inauguration event: Principal: Dr. Roberto Escalante
Conference: “The theoretical and methodology’s characteristics of
heterodox micro analysis
Dr. Gustavo Vargas S.
2. March 16
Microfundatios of economics analisys. Kalecki’s view
Mtro. Emilio Caballero Urdiales
Dr. Gustavo Vargas S.
Dr. Mauro Rodríguez
3. March 23
The Transaction´s Cost
Dr. Fernando Jeannot UAM
Dr. Gustavo Vargas S. UNAM
4. March 30
The social capital in the productivity
Dra. Lilia Domínguez
Dra. Flor Brow
Dr. Mauro Rodríguez
5. April 13
Some Teoretical elements of Transnational firm.
Dra. Angelina Gutiérrez Arreola IEE
Dr. Gustavo Vargas FE
6. April 20
Monopoly theory
Mtro. Miguel Cervantes Jiménez UNAM
Dr. Mauro Rodríguez UNAM
7. April 27
Institutionalist Theory of the firm
Dr. Bruno Gandlgruber
Dr. Gustavo Vargas Sánchez
8. May 4
The firm theory in the E. Penrose’s view
Mtra. Irma Escárcega
Dr. Gustavo Vargas S.
The CASE 2007 Winds of Change
The Impact of Globalization on Europe and Asia; 23-24 March 2007 Kyiv,
Ukraine
With high growth rates in Asia, most notably China,India, and South-East
and Central Asia, Eurasia’s economic centre of gravity is rapidly
shifting to the East. At the same time, most of Europe faces serious
barriers to growth in the long term. The CASE 2007 Winds of Change
conference will examine the causes and consequences of this major shift
in economic power and consider the options available to policymakers in
various parts of Europe and Asia.
For detailed information:
2007 Conference
News 4.pdf
Post Keynesian Economics
Study Group
Date for your diary
SOAS, London 16 November 2007
“Post Keynesian perspectives on development economics”
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Job Postings for
Heterodox Economists
Bucknell University, Lewisburg,
PA
B5 Current Heterodox Approaches
C1 Econometric and Statistical Methods¬General
D0 Microeconomics
E0 Macroeconomics
AF Any Field
The Economics Department at Bucknell seeks applications for one or
possibly two entry-level visiting assistant professors for academic year
2007-2008. At least one of the positions carries with it the possibility
of appointment for a second year. Appointment will be as a visiting
assistant professor, Ph.D. preferred, but candidates with ABD status
will be considered. The successful candidate(s) will be able to teach
both core and elective courses that could include one to two sections of
intermediate political economy, two sections of intermediate
macroeconomics, as well as other core courses (principles, intermediate
microeconomics), and other economics electives, at the intermediate
level, in a field compatible with the candidates’ expertise, and
consistent with departmental needs. Letters of application should be
sent by March 21, 2007, and should be accompanied by a curriculum vita,
evidence of teaching effectiveness, three letters of recommendation, and
a short (one or two page) statement of the applicant’s teaching
philosophy. Contact: Janet Knoedler, Chair, Economics Search Committee,
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 17837. Information on the Economics
program at Bucknell can be obtained on the web at
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/economics/. An equal
opportunity-affirmative action employer.
Sustainable
Development Commission- Assistant Policy Advisor, Whitehall Branch
2 year contract, Salary scale £24,439-£28,846 pa
(depending on experience)
Flexible working arrangements considered, including secondment
Are you passionate about sustainable development? Would you like to help
build capability for sustainability across government? If so, the
Sustainable Development Commission could be the place for you.
We are seeking a committed policy advisor for our Whitehall team, to
work closely with a range of government departments and agencies to
assist them in contributing to the UK Government Sustainable Development
Strategy – Securing the Future.
We are seeking someone with good knowledge of sustainable development
and an understanding of government processes. You will need an ability
to assess quickly where others are “starting from”, and an enthusiasm to
explore new ways of working to achieve sustainability results, applying
your knowledge to a range of policy areas.
Interested? To discuss the post, contact Emma Downing, Whitehall Team
Leader on 020 7238 4989. Application forms and a job description are
available below. Applications can be made to mariam.saleemi@sd-commission.org.uk
and postal applications to Mariam Saleemi, SDC, Ground Floor, Ergon
House, Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2RL, quoting Ref: RCRE 567.
Full Job Description
Application Form
Application Form Guidance
Core Competence Framework
Ethnic Questionnaire
Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 9 March 2007.
Sustainable
Development Commission- Assistant Economics Advisor
2 year contract, Salary scale £24,439-£28,846 pa
(depending on experience)
Flexible working arrangements considered, including secondment
We are seeking a committed economic policy advisor for our Economics
team, to provide robust support for SDC’s policy analysis across a broad
range of sustainability areas.
The SDC's current work programme includes analysis of the relationship
between GDP growth, sustainability and human well-being which will
contribute to government thinking on well being measurement and policy
development. You will also contribute to reviewing Government economic
policy in relation to sustainable development objectives including input
and analysis of Pre-Budget Reports, annual Budgets and economic
spending. You may also be asked to work with SDC colleagues to
contribute to other areas of policy work.
We are seeking someone with good knowledge of the economics of
sustainable development and an understanding of government processes.
You will need enthusiasm to explore new ways of working to achieve
sustainability results, applying your knowledge to a range of policy
areas.
To discuss this post further, contact Victor Anderson, Economics Advisor
on 020 7238 6308.
Full Job Description
Application Form
Application Form Guidance
Core Competence Framework
Ethnic Questionnaire
Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 9 March 2007
and interviews will be held during the week of 19th March.
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/vacancies.html
Business
Manager for Conference of Socialist Economists
Essential skills include financial management, proficiency in
Word/Excel, good written/verbal English, and commitment to CSE's
political project.
Knowledge of marketing, academic publishing or website administration an
advantage.
Starting salary £24,000, pro-rata for 2.5 days.
Download application pack from
http://www.cseweb.org.uk/cse_application.pdf
Closing date 12 March
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Heterodox Conference
Papers and Reports and Articles
Wars and Natural Resources
At last summer's URPE Conference, Bill Tabb participated in a plenary
entitled "Wars and Natural Resources." The talk he gave became an
article which was published in the January 2007 issue of Monthly Review.
You can also find this article on Monthly Review's website:
http://www.monthlyreview.org/0107tabb.htm
We have also added it to a page on the URPE website called "Political
Economy of War, Natural Resources, Oil, and the Military," under the
section "Natural Resources."
http://urpe.org/res_war_oil_mil.htm
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Heterodox Journals and
Newsletters
Challenge
Volume 50 Number 1 / January-February 2007 of Challenge is now
available at
http://mesharpe.metapress.com.
This issue contains:
Metroeconomica
Volume 58, Issue 1,
February 2007
Special issue on "Growth and Distribution Recent Developments"
ARTICLES
- INTRODUCTION
Neri Salvadori
- GROWTH, COMMODITY PRICES, INFLATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
Harry Bloch A. Michael Dockery C. Wyn Morgan David Sapsford
- INCOME DISTRIBUTION, TECHNICAL CHANGE AND THE DYNAMICS OF
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
Michael A. Landesmann Robert Stehrer
- DEMAND POLICIES FOR LONG-RUN GROWTH: BEING KEYNESIAN BOTH IN THE SHORT
AND IN THE LONG RUN?
Marco Missaglia
- WORKFORCE AGEING AND THE SUBSTITUTION OF LABOUR: THE ROLE OF SUPPLY
AND DEMAND OF LABOUR IN AUSTRIA
Alexia Prskawetz Thomas Fent
- CAN THE POOR COUNTRIES CATCH UP? MIXED RESULTS FROM EXTENDED SOURCES
OF GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR THE EARLY 21st CENTURY
Lance Taylor Codrina Rada
- THE UNEQUALIZING EFFECTS OF ICT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH
Leonardo Becchetti Stefania Di Giacomo
- IS A THEORY OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY REALLY NEEDED?
Jesus Felipe John S. L. McCombie
Review of
Political Economy
Volume 19 Issue 1 is now available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com).
This new issue contains the following articles:
A Random Walk Down Maple Lane? A Critique of Neoclassical Consumption
Theory with Reference to Housing Wealth p. 1
Authors: Greg Hannsgen
Beyond Utilitarianism and Deontology: Ethics in Economics p. 21
Authors: Irene Van Staveren
Ethics, Ontology and Capabilities p. 37
Authors: Nuno Martins
The Point of Effective Demand p. 55
Authors: Mark G. Hayes
A Comprehensive Incentives Analysis of the Potential Performance of
Market Socialism p. 81
Authors: James A. Yunker
Book Reviews p. 115
Levy News
Digital Newsletter of The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
February 2007
1.Public Policy Brief
2.Policy Note
3.LIMEW
4.Report
5Summary
6.Working Papers
7.Save the Date—16th Annual Hyman P. Minsky Conference
1. PUBLIC POLICY BRIEF
The Economics of Outsourcing: How Should Policy Respond?
No. 89, 2007
By THOMAS I. PALLEY
http://www.levy.org/pubs/sa_nov_06.pdf
2. POLICY NOTE
The April AMT Shock: Tax Reform Advice for the New Majority
No. 2007/1
By DIMITRI B. PAPADIMITRIOU and L. RANDALL WRAY
http://www.levy.org/pubs/ppb_86.pdf
3. LIMEW
Wealth and Economic Inequality: Who’s at the Top of the Economic Ladder?
By EDWARD N. WOLFF and AJIT ZACHARIAS
http://www.levy.org/pubs/limew1206.pdf
4. JANUARY 2007 REPORT
Vol. 17, No. 1
http://www.levy.org/pubs/rpt_17_1.pdf
5. SUMMARY WINTER 2007
Vol. 16, No. 1
http://www.levy.org/pubs/sum_16_1.pdf
6. WORKING PAPERS
Expensive Living: The Greek Experience under the Euro
No. 484
By THEODORE PELAGIDIS and TAUN N. TOAY
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_484.pdf
The Balance Sheet Approach to Financial Crises in Emerging Markets
No. 485
By GIOVANNI COZZI and JAN TOPOROWSKI
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_485.pdf
Global Imbalances, Bretton Woods II, and Euroland’s Role in All This
No. 486
By JÖRG BIBOW
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_486.pdf
Class Structure and Economic Inequality
No. 487
By EDWARD N. WOLFF and AJIT ZACHARIAS
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_487.pdf
Demand Constraints and Big Government
No. 488
By L. RANDALL WRAY
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_488.pdf
Fixed and Flexible Exchange Rates and Currency Sovereignty
No. 489
By C. SARDONI and L. RANDALL WRAY
http://www.levy.org/pubs/wp_489.pdf
7. SAVE THE DATE —16th ANNUAL HYMAN P. MINSKY CONFERENCE
Global Imbalances: Prospects for the U.S. and World Economies
Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20, 2007
EAEPE
Newsletter
The latest EAEPE Newsletter online can be downloaded at:
http://eaepe.org/images/february2007.pdf
The newsletter features
*) The Call for Papers for the EAEPE Conference 2007 in Porto
*) The Programme of the 2nd EAEPE Symposium that will be held in Delft
in March 2007
*) Book reviews, discussing the following books:
Morroni, Mario (2006): Knowledge, Scale and Transactions in the Theory
of the Firm, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 358 pages; reviewed
by Jackie Krafft
Miroslav N. JOVANOVIC (2005) The Economics of European Integration.
Limits and Prospects, Chelteham (UK): E. Elgar, 918 pp., Paperback.;
reviewed by Angelo Reati
Marco BUTI and Daniele FRANCO (2005) Fiscal Policy in Economic and
Monetary Union. Theory, Evidence and Institutions, Cheltenham
(UK): E. Elgar, 320 pp.; reviewed by Angelo Reati
Jörg HUFFSCHMID (Ed.) (2005) Economic Policy for a Social Europe. A
Critique of Neo-Liberalism and Proposals for Alternatives,
London: Palgrave Macmillan, 308 pp.; reviewed by Angelo Reati
Beckert, J. and Zafirovsky, M., editors, 2006. International
Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, London and New York: Routledge, 773
pp.; reviewed by Reinhard Pirker.
Please, don't forget to have a look at Calls for events that may
interest you on the EAEPE website:
http://eaepe.org/eaepe.php?q=node/view/85
Furthermore, please do not hesitate to consider the EAEPE website to
post job adverts for your institution, as well as announcements and
calls that may interest the EAEPE community.
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Heterodox Books, Book Series, and Book Reviews
A New
Political Economy
Edited by Martin McIvor and Hetan Shah
This is the second volume in Compass Programme for Renewal. A New
Political Economy explores the economics of The Good Society. This
report sets out, for the first time, a comprehensive route map for
the centre-left to manage the forces of global capitalism in the
interests of society.
Copies are currently available priced £10 each.
http://clients.squareeye.com/uploads/compass/documents/ANewPoliticalEconomy.pdf
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