From the Editor
With this 69th issue, the fifth year of the
Heterodox Economics Newsletter begins.
Little did I realize when I started this venture
that it would become so popular and useful to
heterodox economists. To celebrate this
occasion, I have significantly revised and
expanded the Informational Directory for
Heterodox Economists. The number of
graduate and undergraduate programs, journals,
and book series has increased; and there are new
sections that cover publishers, heterodox
associations, heterodox/progressive blogs, and
institutes and other websites. Finally there is
an introductory chapter that introduces
heterodox economics.
The Directory is
found at
http://www.heterodoxnews.com/directory/index.htm
and on the website of the Newsletter
(http://www.heterodoxnews.com).
It can be freely downloaded or a hardcopy can be
obtained at
http://www.lulu.com/content/4294874. I have
also made some hard copies of the Directory
which shall be available at the upcoming 2008
EAEPE Conference in Rome and at the ASSA
meetings in San Francisco. Because the
Directory is online, it can be updated; so
if amendments need to be made, then please send
them to me. There is one omission in the
Directory—there is no section on teaching
heterodox/pluralistic economics. I will make
some effort to rectify this omission over the
next few months, but I will need a little help
from my heterodox friends. So if you are
interested, please e-mail me.
Fred Lee
In
this issue:
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Call for Papers |
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- 11th Conference of the Association for
Heterodox Economics
- Economics for Equity and the Environment Network
- Eastern Economics Association
- Managing Economic Transition
- Probleme der regionalen Währungsräume in der
globalisierten Welt
- Oeconomicus
- Fashions: Business Practices in Historical Perspective
- The Association for Institutional Thought
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Conferences, Seminars and Lectures |
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- Seminar at
University of Lille 1 on Pluralism and Heterodox Economics
and Heterodox Microeconomics
- How to make corporations accountable
- Keynes Seminar
- London Marx-Hegel Reading Group
- Pluralism in Economics: rethinking the teaching of
economics
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON FULL EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL
WELFARE AND EQUITY
- Marx and Philosophy Society
- Cognitive Capital & Spaces of Mobility
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Job Postings for Heterodox Economists |
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- Siena College
- University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
- Senior Researcher
- SUNY–New Paltz
- SUNY–New Paltz
- George Mason University
- University of Manitoba
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Heterodox Conference Papers and
Reports and Articles |
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- GDAE Publications
- Conflicting claims and equilibrium adjustment processes in
a stock-flow consistent macro model
- On the Determinacy of New Keynesian Models with Staggered
Wage and Price Setting
- Macroeconomics without the LM: A Post-Keynesian
Perspective |
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Heterodox Journals and Newsletters |
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- On The Horizon
- Review of Social Economy
- Economia e Sociedade, Campinas
- Ola Financiera
- International Journal of Political Economy
- Contributions to Political Economy
- New Socialist
- Rethinking Marxism
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Heterodox Books and Book Series |
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- The Political Economy of Hemispheric
Integration
- Pour une économie historique de la monnaie
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Heterodox Book Reviews |
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- Reclaiming Marx’s Capital |
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The HEN-IRE-FPH Project |
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- The HEN-IRE-FPH Project for Developing Heterodox Economics
and Rethinking the Economy Through Debate and Dialogue |
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Heterodox Graduate Program and PhD
Scholarships |
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- IMK-Doktorandenprogramm |
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Queries from Heterodox Economists |
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- History of Economics Playground |
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For
Your Information |
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- Open Invitation
- William R. Waters Research Grant
- The Current Importance of Marx, 150 Years After the
Grundrisse
- Labor Documentary
- Putting Doha on life support
- Political Cartoons of the US Financial Crisis |
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Call for Papers
11th Conference of the Association
for Heterodox Economics
Heterodox Economics and Sustainable Development, 20 years on
9-12 July, 2009
Kingston University, London
The Eleventh Conference of the Association of Heterodox Economics
(AHE) will be held at Kingston University, London from Thursday 9th
to Sunday 12th July 2009. In more than ten years the AHE has
established a reputation as a major national and international forum
for the discussion of alternatives to mainstream economics, and for
the interdisciplinary and pluralistic nature of its discussions. It
is also contributing to strengthening the community of heterodox
economists, and to the development of heterodox economic theory on
various themes through the dissemination of ideas and arguments.
This year, the Conference theme is Heterodox Economics and
Sustainable Development, twenty years on. Sustainable development is
the main challenge facing humankind for this century. The
recognition of fundamental failures within mainstream economics and
discontent amongst people concerned about environmental problems are
widespread. This make the case for alternatives, interdisciplinarity
and pluralism, i.e. all the core standpoints of the AHE movement.
The aim of this conference is to offer an overview of the current
insights of heterodox approaches to sustainability issues and to
serve as a call to action to the heterodox community to begin to
pull together a coherent perspective that would permit conscientious
and productive consideration of problems.
In that perspective we particularly encourage submissions on:
(1) The state of the art on sustainable development and in
particular the meaning of being heterodox with respect to this
challenge.
(2) The state of heterodox approaches on sustainability issues in
the broadest sense (including both environmental and social
concerns), including Critical Realism, Ecological Economics,
Feminist Economics, Green Economics, Austrian Economics,
Institutional economics, Marxian economics, Post-Keynesian
economics, and Social Economics.
(3) The potential trade-offs and/or synergies between various
heterodox perspectives on sustainability issues.
(4) The need for engagement in the wider public sphere, including
the theme of education for sustainable development. The conference
invites submissions of single papers or sessions which conform to
these aims; which deal with theoretical, applied, and historical
topics in heterodox economics; which draws upon contributions from
the other social sciences to address topics in heterodox economics;
and/or which critically examines aspects of mainstream economics. A
feature of the AHE is as a pluralist forum for dialogue, and we
encourage proposals for sessions which address a single issue or
theme from a variety of viewpoints or disciplines. The international
character of the conference has been a vital factor in its growing
success. Scholars requiring documentation in support of visa or
funding applications should indicate this in their initial
submission. At present the AHE regrets that it has no funds to
provide financial support, but is actively seeking it and welcomes
proposals from participants regarding organizations for the AHE
contact in search of support for participants from outside the US
and European Union.
To facilitate dialogue and timetabling, participants whose initial
submission is successful must provide a full paper by the deadline
of Sunday 3rd May. They should also register by Sunday June 7th, and
will be expected to take part in at least two full days of the
conference, in order to be included in the final programme.
Participants should also be prepared to serve as discussants and/or
session chairs.
This year poster sessions will also be organized for postgraduate or
postdoctoral students who would like to discuss their work with
others but are not yet in a position to provide a full paper.
The conference language is English.
Guidelines for submission
This year there will be two types of session, normal sessions and
poster sessions. Normal sessions will be 90 minutes long and will
usually consist of two papers with at least one discussant.
Arrangements for poster sessions, which are intended to encourage
new work by postgraduate or postdoctoral students, will depend on
the number of submissions and will be announced nearer the date of
conference.
Proposals for single papers: please send an abstract of not more
than 500 words by email only to the local organiser Julian Wells (
J.Wells@kingston.ac.uk
), AND the AHE coordinator, Alan Freeman (
afreeman@iwgvt.org ). Text,
HTML, Word and PDF format attachments are acceptable. Please
indicate in your submission whether your paper is intended for a
normal or poster session.
Proposals for complete sessions: please send a description of the
session of not more than 500 words together with the names and email
addresses of the proposed speakers, and attaching abstracts for
their presentations of not more than 500 words each for each paper.
Please send these by email only to Julian Wells and Alan Freeman, as
above.
Deadlines
Proposals for either single papers or complete sessions should be
received by Sunday 8th February 2009.
The AHE Committee will consider all abstracts and will notify you of
acceptance or rejection of your proposal by Monday 23rd February
2009.
Those whose abstracts have been accepted for a normal session must
send their full paper by Sunday 3rd May 2009 and must register, for
a minimum of two days of the conference, by Sunday 7th June 2009.
Registration details will be published later.
To see details of previous conferences, and to keep up to date with
the 2009 conference and other AHE activities please visit:
http://www.hetecon.com/
To keep yourself informed of AHE activities subscribe to the
AHE-ANNOUNCE mailing list.
Visit
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=AHE-ANNOUNCE
to sign up
Economics for Equity and the
Environment Network
Graduate Student Workshop
In Search of Relevant Environmental Economics:
Designing Practical, Just and Sustainable Policy
January 7-9, 2009 Washington DC
Economics for Equity and the Environment Network (E3) is pleased to
announce its Graduate Student Workshop to be held January 7-9, 2009
in Washington DC. The theme of this year’s workshop will be: In
Search of Relevant Environmental Economics: Designing Practical,
Just and Sustainable Policy. We invite applications from graduate
students in economics whose scholarly interests include applied
research in the fields ofclimate economics, sustainability, and
environmental justice. Preference will be given to doctoral students
in the early stages of their programs. Solving the global
environmental crisis demands new thinking and research that is
applicable to real-world challenges. This workshop explores
innovative new approaches to understanding the nexus between
inequality and environmental degradation, analyzing risk and
uncertainty, modeling technical change and preference formation, and
designing policy mechanisms that promote sustainability and
fairness. The workshop will assist graduate students in developing
research programs that have practical policy applications and
demonstrate for graduate students how their professional studies can
contribute to the well-being of society at large. The program will
consist of panel presentations, seminar sessions, and small group
discussions to provide a forum for networking with faculty who
publish in the field, and to promote dialogue among graduate
students and faculty participants about students’ individual
research projects. Representatives from NGOs and advocacy groups
will also be present to discuss their needs for economic analysis.
For a list of participants in this year’s workshop, please visit our
website at www.e3network.org. E3 Network is offering a stipend of
$400 to participating students to help offset travel costs.
Applications must be received by October 20, 2008. Applicants should
submit a curriculum vitae and a letter of not more than three pages
describing their research interests, their current status in
graduate school, and how they might benefit from attending the
Workshop. Applicants should also submit the names of at least two
references, preferably one’s graduate education advisor. References
may be contacted
before a final decision is made. Applicants will be notified of
their acceptance by early November. Applications must be submitted
electronically to:
ksheeran@ecotrust.org. Subject line: Apply Workshop. If
you have questions about the submission format please contact
Kristen
Sheeran,
ksheeran@ecotrust.org, 503-467-0811.
Eastern Economics
Association
FEBRUARY 27 -
MARCH 1, 2009
SHERATON NEW YORK, NEW YORK CITY
Early Paper Submission Deadline October 6, 2008
Paper Submission Deadline November 3, 2008
Conference Registration Deadline January 13, 2009
Hotel Reservations Deadline January 28, 2009
Managing Economic
Transition
It is our pleasure to announce the 22nd research seminar of the
Managing Economic Transition network, which is organized jointly
with t the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies
www.eaces.org.
The research seminar will be hosted by SSEES, University College
London on the 5th of December 2008. Prof. Marcus Miller (Dept. of
Economics, University of Warwick) kindly agreed to be our keynote
speaker for the seminar, discussing "Punishment without crime?
Prison as a worker discipline device".
We look forward to receive papers which relate to past or present
economic issues of Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia region,
both on macro and micro level. Our selection will be primarily based
on quality not on a particular choice of topics.
The papers or abstracts should be sent to Jens Hölscher
j.holscher@brighton.ac.uk
no later than on the 31st of October. The network seminars are free
for all, but we do not cover any costs.
http://www.eaces.org/
Probleme der regionalen Währungsräume
in der globalisierten Welt
Die Keynes Gesellschaft e.V. (
www.Keynes-Gesellschaft.de ) veranstaltet am 16. und 17. Februar
2009 in Wien ihre vierte wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung. Das
Rahmenthema der Tagung lautet: Probleme der regionalen Währungsräume
in der globalisierten Welt.
Entsprechend den Zielen, die sich die Keynes-Gesellschaft gesetzt
hat, sind auch Referate erwünscht, die sich mit den Bemühungen von
Keynes um die Lösung dieser Probleme beschäftigen. Der Vorstand
(Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kromphardt, Prof. Dr. Hagemann und PD Dr. Gustav
A. Horn) lädt Mitglieder und Nichtmitglieder ein, auf dieser Tagung
ein Referat zu übernehmen. Die Keynes-Gesellschaft plant, nach der
Tagung einen Tagungsband herauszugeben, der im Metropolis-Verlag
erscheinen soll. Sie bittet daher alle Referenten, nach der Tagung
eine schriftliche Version einzureichen, die die wichtigsten Aspekte
der Diskussion auf der Tagung berücksichtigt.
Die Keynes-Gesellschaft bittet alle Interessierten, den geplanten
Titel ihres Referats und eine kurze Inhaltsskizze (Abstract) bis
Mitte November 2008 an
J.Kromphardt@ww.tu-berlin.de zu schicken. Die Auswahl der
Vorträge findet Ende November statt.
Berlin, den 08.09.2008, J.Kromphardt (Vorsitzender der Keynes-Gesellschaft)
Oeconomicus
An all-student interdisciplinary journal of economic issues.
Oeconomicus is an interdisciplinary journal of economic issues
written, refereed, edited and published by current undergraduate,
M.A., and Ph.D. students in the social sciences. The focus of the
journal is on critical or heterodox approaches to issues of economic
methodology and theory, history of economic thought, economic
history, political economy, and economic policy. All heterodox
traditions within the social sciences—including, but not limited to,
Marxist, Institutionalist, Post Keynesian, Austrian, Feminist, and
Poststructuralist/Postmodern—are welcome in the journal. Oeconomicus
is sponsored by the Economics Club at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and is published annually.
We are currently soliciting submissions for our 2008-2009 issue and
welcome students at all levels to submit full-length articles, book
reviews, interviews or comments. Submissions should be no more that
5000 words and in MS Word format. Submissions and enquiries should
be sent to the editors at
karol.gil@umkc.edu. The deadline for submissions is
December 10th, 2008. For further information about detailed
instructions for authors, the journal, the Economics Club and/or the
UMKC Economic Department please visit our website
http://cas.umkc.edu/econ/Oeconomicus/.
Fashions: Business Practices in
Historical Perspective
11-13 June 2009, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Joint Meeting of the Business History Conference and the European
Business History Association
Click here for detailed
information.
The Association for Institutional
Thought
Third Annual Student Scholars Award Competition
The Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT) proudly announces
the Third Annual AFIT Student Scholars Award Competition. The aim of
AFIT is to encourage undergraduate and graduate students in
Economics and Political Economy to pursue research in topics within
the Institutional Economics framework.
Up to three winning papers will be selected. Winners are expected to
present their research during a special session at the Annual
Meetings of AFIT, held during the Western Social Science
Association’s 51st Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in
Denver Colorado, April 23-26, 2008.
Winners will each receive:
1. $300 cash prize
2. One year student membership in AFIT
3. Paid WSSA Conference Registration
4. Paid admission to the AFIT Presidential Address Dinner
Winning papers must be presented at a special AFIT session in order
to collect the cash prize. Cash prizes will be presented during the
AFIT Presidential Address Dinner.
Application Procedures and Deadlines
Papers must be between 25-40 pages in length, including references
and appendices. They should be submitted electronically (preferably
in Word format) by 12/1/08 to:
Carolyn Aldana, Ph.D.
Economics Department
CSU, San Bernardino
5500 University Avenue
San Bernardino, CA 92407
Phone: (909) 537-7315 Fax: (909) 537-7645 email:
cbrod@csusb.edu
Winners will be notified by 12/15/08
For more info about AFIT, visit our website
www.orgs.bucknell.edu/afee/afit/
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Conferences, Seminars
and Lectures
Seminar at University of Lille 1 on
Pluralism and Heterodox Economics and Heterodox Microeconomics
Tuesday 4 November 2008
L'axe HPES du Clersé (membre du réseau ADEK) de Lille 1 organise le
mardi 4 Novembre, de 14h à 17h, un séminaire à l'occasion de
l'invitation de Fred Lee à Lille. Fred Lee devrait faire deux
interventions : la première sur le débat sur le pluralisme dans
l'hétérodoxie le second sur la microéconomie hétérodoxe.
Pour plus de renseignements, contacter :
jordan.melmies@club-internet.fr
How to make corporations accountable
We cordially invite you to listen to Drs Dan Plesch and Stephanie
Blankenburg (Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS)
speaking and answering questions on
How to make corporations accountable
Friday 28th November 10.30-12.30
the HRM Suite, Room 215
Westminster Business School of the University of Westminster
35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS
(nearest tube Baker Street)
www.wmin.ac.uk/wbs
There is no need to register, but if you could tell us you are
coming – by replying to
kh22@soas.ac.uk – it would be helpful and appreciated as these
meetings can be full. This ensures you a place and helps forecast
catering provision. Please also email if you subsequently need to
cancel.
They have been invited to speak by the Central London branch of
BRITISH UNIVERSITIES INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION (BUIRA)
www.buira.org.uk in conjunction with THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER.
The Central London branch of BUIRA meets in the Westminster Business
School of the University of Westminster usually on the last Friday
of the month in the HRM Suite, Room 215, with coffee available from
10.15 and a sandwich lunch provided from 12.30.
The Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy
www.cisd.soas.ac.uk
Keynes Seminar
I am pleased to announce a weekly Keynes Seminar that will take
place in Robinson College, Cambridge, every Wednesday 7.30 – 9.30
pm, during Michaelmas and Lent Full Term in the new academic year.
Over the sixteen weeks we will alternate between a guest speaker and
a reading group to work through The General Theory. Each session
will begin with a prepared paper followed by open discussion. Papers
and supporting materials will be posted on our website for download
by members, especially those not able to attend.
The series will be opened on 8 October by our first guest speaker,
Professor Victoria Chick on “Why is The General Theory so hard to
read?” Full details of the first term’s programme and our list of
confirmed speakers can be found on our website.
- 8 October Victoria Chick, University College London
Why is The General Theory so hard to read? background paper
- 15 October Mark Hayes, Homerton, and Robinson College
General Theory Reading Group Session 1: Necessary preliminaries
background paper
- 22 October Gerhard-Michael Ambrosi, University of Trier
Keynes, Pigou and The General Theory
- 29 October Mark Hayes, Homerton, and Robinson College
General Theory Reading Group Session 2: Two Theories of Employment
- 5 November Claudio Sardoni, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
Keynes, Marx and The General Theory
- 12 November Mark Hayes, Homerton, and Robinson College
General Theory Reading Group Session 3: Measuring income and capital
- 19 November Michel De Vroey, Université catholique de Louvain
Keynes, Marshall and The General Theory
- 26 November Mark Hayes, Homerton, and Robinson College
General Theory Reading Group Session 4: Expectation and output
London Marx-Hegel Reading Group
The London Marx-Hegel Reading Group, having completed Marx's "Early
Writings", and, last year, Hegel's "Science of Logic", is now
turning to Marx's "Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of
Political Economy".
We will be using the Martin Nicolaus translation published by
Penguin in 1973.
The first meeting will consider the "Introduction", starting on p
81.
Meetings will be on alternate Wednesdays at 18:30 starting 1
October, in the Social Science Building, City University London,
junction of Whiskin Street and St John Street, London EC1V. The room
will be D113 with the exception of the meeting on 12 November, which
will be in D108. Both rooms are on the first floor.
Pluralism in Economics: rethinking
the teaching of economics
- What constitutes a pluralist or monist curriculum?
- Do benchmarking statements such as the QAA statement on economics
encourage a monist curriculum?
- What are the arguments for and against pluralism in the economics
curriculum and to what extent can they be justified by reference to
outcomes for students?
- What does pluralist teaching in economics look like and what are
the distinctive outcomes for students?
These are the questions to be addressed at a Workshop at City
University, London, on Saturday 18 October 2008, called by the
Association for Heterodox Economics and the International Review of
Economics Education, and supported by the Economics Network and the
Royal Economic Society. The programme and call for participants can
be seen at:
http://staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis/AHEworkshop.pdf
Pre-registration is essential. For further information, please
contact:
Andy Denis
Economics Department
City University London
+44 (0)20 7040 0257
a.denis@city.ac.uk
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/andy.denis
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON FULL
EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL WELFARE AND EQUITY
Which Way for a National Retirement Income Program?
(Preparing for a Post-Election Political Battle)
Professor Teresa Ghilarducci
Director, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, New School
for Social Research, NYC
David Langer, Consulting Actuary
David Langer Company, Inc., NYC
DATE: Monday, October 6, 2008
TIME: 7:15 - 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Common Room of the
Heyman Center - Columbia University (map and directions available
at:
http://www.heymancenter.org/visit.php )
Optional Dinner: Optional buffet dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m.
in the Common Room.
The price for dinner is $27. (RSVP required to Lisa Sachs at
Lisasachs@gmail.com )
There is mounting concern about the direction private employer and
individual retirement plans are taking. The public is facing grim
forebodings that there will not be adequate pension income and that
it may not be possible to ever stop working. Our speakers are
leading exponents of two major, contrasting approaches to the
problem.
Professor Ghilarducci’s new book proposes a mandated savings program
called Guaranteed Retirement Accounts. The federal government
subsidizes each account with an annual grant of $600; workers and
employers each pay 2.5% up to the Social Security maximum taxable
income. The government pays a guaranteed 3% rate of return above
inflation. The benefit goal, including Social Security, is 70% of
earnings at retirement.
Langer instead proposes Social Security be expanded to provide a
benefit that is 70% average earnings at retirement. He notes Social
Security is the only leg of the 3-legged pension stool firmly
standing and logically should be expanded to remain the nation's
primary pension plan. His research into its actuarial projections
has led him to conclude Social Security has no deficit as is claimed
and therefore offers a sound basis for expansion.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Teresa Ghilarducci’s latest book is, When I’m Sixty-four: The Plot
Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them. She testifies frequently
before Congress. She is the WURF fellow at the Labor and Worklife
Program at Harvard Law School and serves as a public trustee at the
Health Care VEBAs for UAW Retirees of General Motors and for the USW
retirees for Goodyear. Her research has been funded by the Alfred P.
Sloan Foundation, US Department of Labor and Ford Foundation. She
was a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame for 25
years.
David Langer has headed a consulting actuarial firm in New York City
since 1964. He chaired the Employee Benefits Committee of the
Actuarial Society of New York for 15 years. In 1995, he became
concerned about attacks on Social Security and decided to
investigate. His findings led him to conclude Social Security's
deficit was cooked by conservatives as part of a stealth attack to
cause the public to lose confidence in Social Security and pave the
way for privatization. His writings have appeared national, and he
has consulted with members of Congress.
Chairs, Columbia University Seminar on Full Employment, Social
Welfare, and Equity Helen Lachs Ginsburg, helenginsburg@yahoo.com
Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, trudygoldberg@msn.com Sheila Collins,
sheila.collins3@verizon.net
TO ATTEND Columbia University’S Seminar on Full Employment, Social
Welfare, and Equity (# 613):
Please reply by Monday, September 29, to Lisa Sachs at
Lisasachs@gmail.com <mailto:Lisasachs@gmail.com>, or call her at
212-854-0691, to let her know you will attend the Monday, October
6th Seminar and Optional Dinner. (If you are only attending the
Seminar, you have till Friday, October 3 to reply.) Payment by cash
or check only at the dinner.
Marx and Philosophy Society
Joe McCarney Memorial Conference
10.30 - 6, Saturday October 25 2008, 10.30am - 6.00pm London
Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, London WC1
Joe McCarney (1941-2007) helped to found the Marx and Philosophy
Society. To commemorate the anniversary of his tragic death this
conference is to be held, which will take up themes present in his
work. Copies of books by Joe McCarney are at:
http://www.josephmccarney.com/
Speakers:
Kai Nielsen
'Emancipatory Social Science: McCarney and Levine'
David MacGregor
'The Problem of Evil'
John Clegg
'A brief history of false consciousness'
Andrew Chitty:
'Can there be an ethical critique of capitalism?'
Chris Arthur
'The Concept of Critique'
Attendance is free but if you plan to come please register in
advance by emailing
arthurcj@waitrose.com
Directions and map:
http://tinyurl.com/ywmsvc Tube stations: Holborn and
Russell Square.
Cognitive Capital & Spaces of
Mobility
http://www.kurrents.org/sessions/index.html
November 1 & 2, 2008 Gothenburg, Sweden
Deadline for Call for Papers: October 1, 2008 Keynotes Antonio Negri
and Yann Moulier Boutang, cyrus Bina
Organized by University of Gothenburg and Kurrents
Click here for
detailed information.
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Job Postings for
Heterodox Economists
Siena College
Position: Assoc/Asst Professor in Economics
Application deadline: 11/7/2008
The Economics Department is accepting applications for one tenure
track position beginning Fall 2009. The ideal applicant should have
teaching and/or research interests in U.S. economic policy and at
least one of; macroeconomic policy, Public Economics; Health,
Education and Welfare; Labor and Demographic Economics; Urban, Rural
and Regional Economics. The applicant should also have
interests in teaching principles and intermediate theory to majors.
Teaching duties include nine contact hours per semester typically
split between principles and upper division courses; active research
and publication is expected. The Department of six faculty is housed
within the AACSB accredited School of Business; the major in
Economics is offered as either a B.A. or a B.S. We seek applicants
with
a passion for the highest quality undergraduate teaching, including
heterodox approaches, applied fields, and interdisciplinary work.
Domestic and international field experiences, mentoring
undergraduate research and innovative teaching approaches are
strengths. A completed Ph.D. and teaching experience are expected.
Send letter of application, c.v., statement of teaching philosophy
and
a summary of student evaluations, references who can attest to
teaching effectiveness, and graduate transcripts by November 7, 2008
to: Ms. Cynthia Kuemmel, School of Business, Siena College, 515
Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211.
Siena College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages
applications from all qualified candidates.
Contact Information:Ms. Cynthia Kuemmel
Siena College
School of Business
515 Loudon Road
Loudonville, NY 12211 USA
University of Massachusetts Boston,
Boston, MA
H7 -- State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
I2 - Education
I3 - Welfare and Poverty
J - Labor and Demographic Economics
R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
The Department of Economics invites applications for an anticipated
tenure track opening, beginning Fall 2009 (subject to final
budgetary approval). A successful applicant will have teaching and
applied research records in the broad area of urban social problems.
A person could approach urban social problems from a variety of
areas within economics, including but not limited to labor
economics, urban economics, poverty and social welfare, the
economics of race and discrimination, the economics of education,
the economics of migration, and the economics of state and local
government. An interest in comparing urban social problems across
countries would be valued.
B51 - Socialist; Marxist
L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise
N - Economic History
O54 - Latin America; Caribbean
The Department of Economics invites applications for an anticipated
tenure track opening, beginning Fall 2009 (subject to final
budgetary approval). A successful applicant will have teaching and
applied research records in at least one of the following areas:
applied industrial organization with a focus on NGOs and public
enterprise or some combination of American Economic History, Latin
America and Marxism.
Successful candidates should have a successful teaching record and
the capacity to contribute to undergraduate general education, the
economics major and, possibly, graduate instruction. We are
interested in candidates who will interact well with the applied
policy researchers currently in the department, and candidates with
an interest in interdisciplinary work are particularly encouraged to
apply.
Evidence of successful teaching with diverse students is highly
desirable.
Candidates must have completed the Ph.D. by September 1, 2009.
Evidence of progress towards an excellent scholarly record is
necessary.
Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2008, and continue
until the position is filled. We anticipate preliminary interviews
at the ASSA meetings in San Francisco.
Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of written
work, and three current letters of recommendation. UMass Boston is
an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Title IX employer.
CONTACT: Personnel Committee, Department of Economics, University of
Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125-3393.
Senior Researcher
The New York City Center for Economic Opportunity, in conjunction
with the Office of Evaluation and Research in the Human Resources
Administration, is recruiting a Senior Researcher to help lead
projects that develop and apply innovative measures of poverty,
well-being, and economic opportunity in the City of New York.
This position requires a research-oriented management professional
who will partner with researchers in other city agencies, other
governmental organizations, policy institutions, and universities;
develop new uses of administrative data and new surveys or
instruments for data collection; apply advanced statistical analysis
to administrative and survey data; prepare written reports including
technical and methodological papers; and make presentations at
meetings and seminars.
Qualifications: A minimum master's degree from an accredited college
or university with specialization in an social science and three
years of responsible full-time experience, including one year of
full-time experience in a supervisory, research capacity in the
appropriate field of specialization. Preference will be given to
candidates who have:
- A Ph.D. in economics, sociology, or other related social science.
- Expertise in statistical and econometric methods.
- Experience in working with complex micro-data sets.
- Knowledge of statistical packages including STATA, SAS, and SPSS,
and Arc View (or other GIS programs).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including an
ability to explain analytical work to a lay audience.
- Knowledge of relevant research literature.
Non-residents may be hired contingent upon becoming a New York City
resident within 90 days of employment. New York City offers an
excellent and comprehensive benefits package. Send cover letter,
writing samples of analytical research and resume to: Mark Levitan
180 Water Street – 23rd Floor New York, NY 10038 E-mail:
levitanm@hra.nyc.gov. Fax: (212) 331-4692
SUNY–New Paltz
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
- Schools of Economic Thought
- International Economics
- Economic History
- Economic Development
- Economy-wide Country Studies: Asia Pacific
The Department of Economics invites applications for a full-time,
tenure-track Assistant Professor position, starting in Fall 2009.
Ph.D. and teaching experience are required. ABD will be considered
if the
defense date is prior to the appointment. We seek an applied
Macroeconomist with specialization in at least two of the other
areas listed above. Desired courses include: Money and Banking,
Economics of Development, Economics of Asia Pacific Region,
International Trade and Finance, History of Economic Thought,
American Economic History, and Economics of Globalization.
Participation in the department’s ongoing program with the Istanbul
Technical University is required and an active interest in research
and publication is expected. Please send curriculum vitae, student
teaching evaluations and other evidence of teaching effectiveness, a
sample research paper, graduate transcript, and three current
letters of reference to: Search # F08-20, SUNY–New Paltz, Department
of Economics JFT 814,
600 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561-2440.
SUNY–New Paltz is an AA/EOE/ADA employer
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue
until the position is filled. To be assured of consideration for
interviews at the ASSA meeting in San Francisco, completed
applications must be received by December 1, 2008.
SUNY–New Paltz
- Feminist Economics
- Economics of Gender
- Labor and Demographic Economics
- Economic History
- Schools of Economic Thought
The Department of Economics invites applications for a full-time,
tenure-track Assistant Professor position with fifty percent of
teaching and service responsibilities in the Women’s Studies
program. In addition to a Ph.D. in Economics, academic credentials
in Women's Studies (e.g., a degree or certificate) or equivalent
academic expertise is required. Desired fields of specialization
include Labor Economics as well as other fields of specialization
listed above. Research should be applied in nature and the candidate
should have strengths in feminist economic theory. In addition to
core courses in Economics, teaching responsibilities include upper
division courses in Labor Economics, Women and Work, and lower
division courses in Economics of Gender and Women’s Studies. Other
possible courses are Economics of Globalization, and American
Economic Development. Participation in the department’s ongoing
program with the Istanbul Technical University is required and an
active interest in research and publication is expected. Please send
curriculum vitae, student teaching evaluations and other evidence of
teaching effectiveness, a sample research paper, graduate
transcript, and three current letters of reference to: Search #
F08-19, SUNY–New Paltz, Department of Economics JFT 814, 600 Hawk
Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561-2440.
SUNY–New Paltz is an AA/EOE/ADA employer
Deadline: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue
until the position is filled. To be assured of consideration for
interviews at the ASSA meeting in San Francisco, completed
applications must be received by December 1, 2008.
George Mason University
Assistant Professor, Computational Social Science
George Mason University, Department of Computational Social Science
seeks to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position.
Duties include teaching graduate courses in computational social
science, developing an externally-funded research program, and
participating in M.S.theses and Ph.D. dissertations. The department
is housed in new facilities within Research 1, the first dedicated
research building on Mason¹s Fairfax campus. Currently, department
members have several active, long-term research projects underway
through the Center for Social Complexity
http://socialcomplexity.gmu.edu , an interdisciplinary research
center within the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George
Mason University.
A Ph.D. is required by the starting date, August 2009. Experience
with one or more of the following computational methodologies is
required:
agent-based modeling /multi-agent systems, social network analysis,
complexity science, socioinformatics, visualization, or spatial
social science. Computational social scientists from any discipline
(i.e., anthropology, economics, geography, political science, social
psychology orsociology) or interdisciplinary area (i.e.,
computational finance, geospatial science, computational
statistics/econometrics, or computational organization theory) are
encouraged to apply.
George Mason University (
http://www.gmu.edu ) is located in the Fairfax County area
of Northern Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The university is
rapidly growing and was recently ranked in "U.S. News & World
Report" as the #1 "Up-and-coming"university in the nation.
For more information on this position please contact Karen Underwood
at kunderwo@gmu.edu. To apply for position F6561z, go to
http://jobs.gmu.edu/ and
electronically submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae,
statements of research and teaching interests, up to three
publications, and the names and contact information of five
references along with the faculty application. Review of
applications will begin November 1, 2008, and continue until the
position is filled. AA/EOE
University of Manitoba
The Department of Family Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology,
at the University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time
tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area
of family economic health. The successful applicant will be expected
to teach graduate and undergraduate courses, supervise graduate
students, conduct research, and provide service to the university
and community. The appointment will commence July 1, 2009 or as soon
as possible thereafter.
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (completed or nearing completion) in
the social sciences or a related field pertaining to family economic
health. Individuals with a strong interest and background in family
economics, consumer economics, financial planning, financial
counseling, family resource management or a closely related field
(e.g., applied micro-economics, community economic development) are
encouraged to apply.
The successful applicant will be expected to develop and conduct an
active research program funded by external granting agencies.
Teaching responsibilities will initially include undergraduate and
graduate courses in family resource management and family finance.
The Department of Family Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology,
has 10 full-time faculty positions and offers multidisciplinary
programs at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. For more information
please visit our website at:
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/human_ecology/family/index.shtml
Winnipeg has a great deal to offer, both culturally and
recreationally, with a number of professional arts groups and sports
teams, and many opportunities nearby for all types of outdoor
activities in all seasons. The Winnipeg housing market is one of the
most favourable in Canada. Learn more about Winnipeg at:
www.destinationwinnipeg.ca
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The
University of Manitoba encourages applications from qualified women
and men, including members of visible minorities, Aboriginal
peoples, and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are
encouraged to apply, however, Canadians and permanent residents will
be given priority.
Applications, including complete curriculum vitae, a statement of
research interests, a sample of publications, evidence of teaching
ability, and names of three referees, must be sent by e-mail to Dr.
Karen Duncan
(family_social_sciences@umanitoba.ca ), Chair of Selection
Committee, Department of Family Social Sciences, Faculty of Human
Ecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2.
Your cover letter and resume must clearly indicate how you meet the
qualifications. Enquiries by telephone (204-474-6702), FAX
(204-474-7592), or e-mail are welcome. Application deadline is
December
16, 2008 or until the position is filled.
Application materials, including letters of reference, will be
handled in accordance with the “Freedom of Information and
Protection of Privacy Act, Manitoba.”
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Heterodox Conference Papers and Reports and Articles
GDAE Publications
The Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University
(GDAE) announces the publication of new working papers by Jonathan
Harris and Brian Roach:
ECOLOGICAL MACROECONOMICS: CONSUMPTION,
INVESTMENT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE
by Jonathan Harris
The challenge of reducing global carbon emissions by 50-85 per cent
by the year 2050, which is suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change as a target compatible with limiting the risk of a
more-than-2ºC temperature increase, clearly conflicts with existing
patterns of economic growth, which are heavily dependent on
increased use of fossil fuel energy. While it is theoretically
possible to conceive of economic growth being “delinked” from fossil
fuel consumption, any such delinking would represent a drastic
change from economic patterns of the last 150 years. A path of
reduced carbon emissions would require major modifications in
economic growth patterns. Achieving a low-carbon path requires
population stabilization, limited consumption, and major investments
in environmental protection and social priorities such as public
health, nutrition, and education. Macroeconomic theory must be
adapted to reflect these new realities.
POLICIES FOR FUNDING A RESPONSE TO CLIMATE
CHANGE
by Brian Roach
This paper asserts that a significant increase in public funding for
climate change research and development (R&D) is needed in the
United States. While additional public R&D funding alone is unlikely
to provide a sufficient policy response to climate change, it is a
critical policy component in an effective long-run strategy. Quite
modest taxes on carbon emissions or gasoline could fund a
significant increase in public R&D funding for clean energy. As an
alternative to tax instruments, the paper also considers a program
of voluntary retirement contributions to a clean energy fund. These
clean energy retirement accounts (CERAs) would allow individuals to
directly contribute to a fund that would be used exclusively to
support climate change-related R&D.
The working papers are available at:
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/publications/working_papers/index.html
For more on GDAE’s climate change work and publications go to:
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/ClimateChange.html
Also available from GDAE:
ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
This new version of the teaching module Economics of Global Climate
Change includes coverage of the Nobel-Prize winning
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 report and the Stern
Review on the Economics of Climate Change, as well as new text boxes
on discounting, climate tipping points and surprises, and the
European Union carbon trading system. A downloadable PowerPoint file
with figures and tables from the module is also available.
This and other teaching modules, designed for use as supplements in
undergraduate-level courses, are available in Adobe Acrobat format.
Topics include: trade, global climate change, corporate power,
consumption, tax equity, and environmental justice. The module on
Corporate Power in a Global Economy has also been updated with new
data for 2008 use.
All GDAE teaching modules are available for FREE download at:
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/education_materials/modules.html
Conflicting claims and equilibrium
adjustment processes in a stock-flow consistent macro model
Dallery, Thomas / van Treeck, Till: Conflicting claims and
equilibrium adjustment processes in a stock-flow consistent macro
model, IMK Working Paper, Nr. 9/2008. Düsseldorf 2008:
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_imk_wp_9_2008.pdf
On the Determinacy of New Keynesian
Models with Staggered Wage and Price Setting
Flaschel, Peter / Franke, Reiner / Proaño, Christian: On the
Determinacy of New Keynesian Models with Staggered Wage and Price
Setting, IMK Working Paper, Nr. 11/2008. Düsseldorf 2008:
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_imk_wp_11_2008.pdf.
Macroeconomics without the LM: A
Post-Keynesian Perspective
Palley, Thomas I.: Macroeconomics without the LM: A Post-Keynesian
Perspective , IMK Working Paper, Nr. 13/2008. Düsseldorf 2008:
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_imk_wp_13_2008.pdf
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Heterodox Journals and
Newsletters
On The Horizon
Forthcoming Special Issue
Publishing, Refereeing, Rankings, and the Future of Heterodox
Economics
Edited by Wolfram Elsner and Frederic S. Lee
Review of Social Economy
Volume 66 Issue 3 is now available online at
http://www.informaworld.com.
This new issue contains the following articles:
The Economics of Outsourcing: How Should Policy Respond?, Pages 279
- 295
Author: Thomas Palley
A Critical Evaluation of Romantic Depictions of the Informal
Economy, Pages 297 - 323
Authors: Colin C. Williams; John Round
Measuring Women's Quality of Life: A Discussion of Alternative
Approaches, Pages 325 - 349
Authors: Siobhan Austen; Noelle Leonard
The Long-Term Impact of Labor Market Interruptions: How Crucial is
Timing?, Pages 351 - 379
Authors: Carole A. Green; Marianne A. Ferber
Karl Polanyi's and Karl William Kapp's Substantive Economics:
Important Insights from the Kapp–Polanyi Correspondence, Pages 381 -
396
Author: Sebastian Berger
Economia e Sociedade, Campinas
v. 17, n. 2 (33), p. 173-358, ago. 2008.
Click here
for detailed information.
New Political Economy
Volume 13 Issue 3 is now available online at
http://www.informaworld.com
This new issue contains the following articles:
The Rise of Pension Fund Capitalism in Europe: An Unseen
Revolution?, Pages 249 - 270
Author: Adam D. Dixon
Veto Players and Central Bank Gold Sales, Pages 271 - 292
Author: Mark Duckenfield
Gulf Cooperation Council Oil Exporters and the Future of the Dollar,
Pages 293 - 314
Author: Bessma Momani
Boundaries, Values and the Contested Nature of Market Expansion,
Pages 315 - 333
Author: João Rodrigues
A Pandemonium of Confusions: Kay and Marsh on Tiebout, Pages 335 -
348
Author: Keith Dowding
On the Tenacity of Tiebout: A Response to Dowding, Pages 349 - 355
Authors: Adrian Kay; Alex Marsh
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Pages 357
- 367
Author: Marcel Heires
The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World, Pages
369 - 373
Author: Richard Falk
Ola Financiera
http://www.economia.unam.mx/ola/
Ola Financiera nace con el objetivo de ampliar la investigación
científica y su difusión en los temas de la economía financiera
contemporánea. Se trata de un esfuerzo académico y universitario
respaldado por un numeroso grupo de investigadores cuya trayectoria
en el análisis de estos temas se remonta a más de dos décadas.
El dinámico y cambiante mundo de la economía financiera ha venido
mostrando su preeminencia en el devenir económico y político mundial.
El poder y el dinero se están redistribuyendo en el mundo actual y
las ciencias sociales y los ciudadanos requieren de mayor
información y análisis penetrantes y certeros en estos temas. Un
mundo con un nuevo reparto del poder, con potencias emergentes y la
declinación hegemónica del dólar y sus instituciones está
produciendo efectos en casi todos los sectores productivos y en los
mercados de las diversas regiones del mundo. Son múltiples las
consecuencias y a la vez las condicionantes de las contradicciones
del mundo financiero: inflación-deflación-estanflación; cambios en
los precios relativos y en los patrones de consumo y ahorro;
flexibilización laboral, caída en el empleo formal y en los ingresos
de los asalariados, y nuevos modelos productivos.
De ahí la importancia de tener un acercamiento propio, original y
bien fundamentado en economía financiera, que ofrezca un espacio de
reflexión al mundo científico nacional y regional, además de las
herramientas y el conocimiento necesario para poder desarrollar
ideas y políticas capaces de enfrentar los desafíos del desarrollo.
Aunque los temas son diversos y muy complejos, los universitarios
que dan soporte a este esfuerzo editorial poseen el liderazgo y la
capacidad de convocatoria para ofrecer a esta revista un futuro
promisorio.
Para la UNAM este es un nuevo esfuerzo conjunto entre la Facultad de
Economía y el Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, producto de
años de dedicación para consolidar este equipo de trabajo desplegado
tanto en la investigación como en la docencia y la difusión en
economía financiera. Este nuevo proyecto editorial busca mantener la
excelencia y originalidad del trabajo realizado, fruto del liderazgo
alcanzado en la investigación científica en estos temas. Por ello,
invitamos a los universitarios a unirse a esta tarea, participar con
nosotros y enviar sus contribuciones.
International Journal of
Political Economy
Volume 37 Number 1 / Spring 2008 of International Journal of
Political Economy is now available at
http://mesharpe.metapress.com.
This issue contains:
- Using Minsky's Cushions of Safety to Analyze the Crisis in the U.
S. Subprime Mortgage Market
Jan Kregel
- The World Bank: Development Agency, Credit Union, or Institutional
Dinosaur?
Chee Khoon Chan
- The Shrinking Gains from Global Trade Liberalization in Computable
General Equilibrium Models: A Critical Assessment
Frank Ackerman, Kevin P. Gallagher
- Expanding the Boundaries of the Economics of Crime
Steven Pressman
Contributions to Political
Economy
Volume 27 2008
CONTENTS
Global Finance and Systemic Instability
GEORGE ARGITIS AND CHRISTOS PITELIS
Mainstream Methodology, Financial Markets and Global
Political Economy
SHEILA DOW
New Technology
COSTAS LAPAVITSAS AND PAULO L. DOS SANTOS
Venture Capital Funds, Financial Foreign Direct Investment and the
Generation of Local Comparative Advantage in the Technology
Sector in Israel
TAMIR AGMON AND AVI MESSICA
Financial Crisis Management in Europe and Beyond
LOUIS W. PAULY
The Mystery of the Missing Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism
ERIC HELLEINER
Could the Crisis at Northern Rock have been Predicted?: An
Evolutionary
Approach
VICTORIA CHICK
Report from the February 2008 CIBAM Global Business Symposium
“Global Finance”, 21–22 February 2008, Emmanuel College and
Judge Business School
New Socialist
SPECIAL ISSUE ON 1968: YEAR OF GLOBAL REVOLT & ITS LESSONS FOR TODAY
New
Socialist
Ideas for Radical Change
Issue 64 2008-2
New Socialist is proud to publish a 64-page collection of articles
and interviews on the politics and culture of 1968 and the years
before and after that year of global revolt. International in scope,
this issue pays special attention to anti-racist & national
liberation struggles and to Canada & Quebec. Please see the attached
table of contents for details.
$4.95 at newsstands (or $3.00 if purchased at a New Socialist Group
event or directly from members or supporters of the NSG). For a
single copy, please send a cheque or money order for $7 made out to
“New Socialist” to Box 167, 253 College Street, Toronto, Ontario,
M5T 1R5. Contact us for information about bulk orders.
To purchase a magazine SUBSCRIPTION, see
http://newsocialist.org/index.php?id=84
New Socialist magazine welcomes debate. Letters will be printed on
our website. We encourage readers to submit articles engaging with
the ideas put forth in our pages for publication either in print or
on our website. Contact us at
magazine@newsocialist.org
Visit our website
www.newsocialist.org for news & analysis, think-pieces,
events listings and more.
Rethinking Marxism
Volume 20 Number 4
http://rethinkingmarxism.org/cms/journal/issues
- Editor's Introduction
- Etienne Balibar: Historical Dilemmas of Democracy and Their
Contemporary Relevance for Citizenship
- Editors: Introduction to Rethinking MARXISM
- Stephen Resnick; Richard Wolff: The Class Analysis of Households
Extended: Children, Fathers, and Family Budgets
- Kojin Karatani: Beyond Capital-Nation-State
- Kenan Ercel; Maliha Safri; S. Charusheela: Re/membering Twenty
Years of Rethinking Marxism: An Interview with David F. Ruccio and
Jack Amariglio
- Gayatri C. Spivak; Ben C. Baer : Redoing Marxism at the Gigi Café:
A Conversation
- Susan Jahoda: NASA spacecraft
- Editors: Rethinking Marxism: Ten Years On
- J. K. Gibson-Graham: Remarx: Place-Based Globalism: A New
Imaginary
- Antonio Negri; Gabriele Fadini: Materialism and Theology: A
Conversation
- Anjan Chakrabarti; Stephen Cullenberg; Anup Kumar Dhar: Rethinking
Poverty: Class and Ethical Dimensions of Poverty Eradication
- Jesal Kapadia: Ditto
- Antonio Callari: Imperialism and the Rhetoric of Democracy in the
Age of Wall Street
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Heterodox
Books and Book Series
The Political Economy of Hemispheric
Integration
The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration: Responding to
Globalization in the Americas
Edited by Diego Sánchez-Ancochea and Kenneth C. Shadlen
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
GDAE is pleased to announce the publication of a new book co-edited
by Senior Research Fellow Kenneth Shadlen, The Political Economy of
Hemispheric Integration: Responding to Globalization in the
Americas.
The 1990s and the early years of the 21st century have witnessed the
emergence and proliferation of regional and bilateral trade
agreements (RBTAs) between developed and developing countries in the
Americas. The first and most prominent of these agreements is the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which the U.S., Canada
and Mexico signed in the early 1990s. The contributors to this book
systematically evaluate the economics and politics of this new
pattern of North-South integration in the Americas. The book begins
by considering the developmental implications of this new pattern of
integration. Such agreements provide Latin American and Caribbean
countries with significantly improved access to the U.S. market, yet
purchasing such preferential access via negotiation of trade
agreements with the U.S. obliges countries to adopt U.S.-style
practices in areas such as the management of inward foreign
investment and intellectual property.
In assessing the complex trade-offs embodied in regional
integration, many of the contributors in this volume conclude that
the price of market access may be too high. The prevailing concern,
quite simply, is that RBTAs, which dramatically restrict countries’
opportunities for policy innovation, may lock in strategies of
economic development that have thus-far failed to spur economic
development. The book focuses on both the proliferation of RBTAs,
and, critically, the limits to the spread of such agreements.
For more on The Political Economy of Hemispheric Integration,
including ordering information, see:
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/PolitEcon_HemisInteg.html
For more on GDAE’s Globalization and Sustainable Development
Program:
http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/policy_research/globalization.html
Pour une économie historique de la
monnaie
Auteur : Jérôme Maucourant
Appartenance : UMR5206 TRIANGLE
Editeur : Editions Moneta
L’économie historique met à l’épreuve de l’histoire des outils issus
de la science économique, tout en se fondant sur des notions et
connaissances développées par des historiens. La monnaie constitue
le thème central de l’ensemble des textes de ce recueil car elle est
l’institution qui met le plus en question un certain nombre
d’analyses généralement acceptées. Une hypothèse de l’ouvrage est
que la monnaie règle le système de création, de circulation et de
destruction des dettes, qui ne sont pas forcément d’origine
économique.
La conception de l’économie historique développée dans ce livre
s’inscrit dans une école de pensée dite « institutionnaliste », qui
doit beaucoup aux travaux de Veblen, Commons, Mitchell et Polanyi.
Dans cette perspective, il ne s’agit pas de valider des
raisonnements élaborés a priori, ce qui est typique de l’économie
orthodoxe. Cette économie institutionnaliste s’oppose à l’approche «
néoinstitutionnaliste », avatar de l’orthodoxie. Elle contribue
aussi à dépasser l’opposition entre les approches moderniste et
primitiviste, laquelle connaît des formes renouvelées en histoire
antique.
Les textes constituant ce recueil abordent, pour une bonne part, des
questions propres à l’économie des mondes anciens, comme celle de
l’Egypte pharaonique. D’autres illustrent directement les
controverses théoriques propres à l’économie historique où,
notamment, les apports de Polanyi et son école sont confrontés à des
approches concurrentes. A cet égard, la question du troc est abordée
de façon centrale dans cet ouvrage, de façon à illustrer la portée
d’une analyse qui met au cœur de sa démarche, non pas la figure de
l’homme économique, mais bien « l’esprit institutionnalisé » cher à
Commons.
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Heterodox Book Reviews
Reclaiming Marx’s Capital
Andrew Kliman, _Reclaiming Marx’s Capital: A Refutation of the Myth
of Inconsistency_. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007. xvii +
231 pp. $65 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-7391-1852-8.
Reviewed for EH.NET by David Kristjanson-Gural, Department of
Economics, Bucknell University.
Click here to
download the review.
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The HEN-IRE-FPH Project
The HEN-IRE-FPH Project for
Developing Heterodox Economics and Rethinking the Economy Through
Debate and Dialogue
The Heterodox Economics Newsletter, The International Initiative for
Rethinking the Economy (IRE), and the Charles Leopold Mayer
Foundation for the Progress of Humankind (FPH) (
www.fph.ch ) have undertaken a joint
project to promote the development of heterodox economics. It
involves publishing in the Newsletter reviews, analytical summaries,
or commentary of articles, books, book chapters, theses,
dissertations, government reports, etc. that relate to the following
themes: diversity of economic approaches, regulation of goods and
services, currency and finance, and trade regimes. These themes
relate to heterodox economics and to the open and pluralistic
intellectual debates in economics. It is hoped that the reviews will
contribute to strengthening the community of heterodox economists,
and to the development of heterodox economic theory through the
dissemination of ideas/arguments. The final aim of this project is
to help heterodox economists come up with proposals, both
theoretical and applied, that would help adapt the economy to the
challenges facing humankind. The reviews will be published in the
Newsletter and will also be put on the IRE website
http://www.i-r-e.org. For
further information about the project, material available for
reviewing, and about reviewing the material click
here. Anyone
interested in contributing to and reviewing material for the
HEN-IRE-FPH project should contact Fred Lee, Editor of the
Newsletter by email ( leefs@umkc.edu
). I am particularly interested in getting recommendations of
material that should be reviewed.
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Heterodox
Graduate Program and PhD Scholarships
IMK-Doktorandenprogramm
Das Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK) in der
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung wurde Anfang 2005 gegründet, um der
gesamtwirtschaftlichen Perspektive in der ökonomischen Forschung und
in der wirtschaftspolitischen Diskussion ein stärkeres Gewicht zu
verleihen. Das Institut erforscht konjunkturelle Phänomene auf der
Basis gesamtwirtschaftlicher Modellzusammenhänge. Dabei steht die
empirische Forschung im Vordergrund. Sie stützt sich auf
keynesianisch geprägte Ansätze moderner Wirtschaftstheorie sowie auf
neueste ökonometrische Methoden.
Zur Förderung des keynesianisch orientierten wissenschaftlichen
Nachwuchses vergibt das Institut ab dem 01.04.2009 ein
Doktorandenstipendium an eine(n) junge(n) Forscher(in), die/der ihre/seine
Dissertation im Rahmen eines der Forschungsprojekte des IMK verfasst.
Die Förderungsdauer beträgt drei Jahre. Dabei wird die Dissertation
an einer Universität betreut. Wegen der engen Kooperation mit dem
IMK ist eine begrenzte Anwesenheit in Düsseldorf erforderlich. Das
IMK hat ein besonderes Interesse an empirischen Fragestellungen.
Zudem wird von Stipendiat(inn)en der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
gesellschaftspolitisches Engagement erwartet.
Wenn Sie Ihr Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre mit Prädikat
abgeschlossen haben, über sehr gute Ökonometrie-Kenntnisse verfügen,
sich mit keynesianischen Ansätzen identifizieren können und eine
Promotion auf einem unserer Themengebiete anstreben, dann würden wir
uns über Ihre Bewerbung freuen.
Bitte schicken Sie diese mit dem ausgefüllten Bewerbungsbogen
(Download:
http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/stufoe_promo_bewerb.pdf ) und den
darin genannten Anlagen (u.a. Exposé und Gutachten einer
wissenschaftlichen Betreuerin/eines wissenschaftlichen Betreuers)
bis zum 15.11.2008 an:
Dr. Torsten Niechoj
IMK in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung
Hans-Böckler-Str. 39
40476 Düsseldorf
Für Fragen steht Ihnen Herr Dr. Niechoj
(torsten-niechoj@boeckler.de, Tel. 0211-7778-113) gern zur Verfügung.
Umfangreiche Informationen über das Institut finden Sie auf unserer
Homepage unter
http://www.imk-boeckler.de.
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Queries from Heterodox
Economists
History
of Economics Playground
A group of HES Young Scholars have joined to write a collective blog
on the history of economics.
It is called the History of Economics Playground
http://historyofeconomics.wordpress.com/
There are still few of these venues in our discipline but we hope
more will come and fruitful discussion will emerge between and
within blogs. Our themes are historiographical and personal, public
and private, past and present. We invite you to visit us and join
the conversation.
Tiago Mata
on behalf of the "Kids"
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For Your Information
Open Invitation
UADPhilEcon, the University of Athens Doctoral Program in Economics,
is issuing an invitation to academics the world over to consider
visiting Athens for the purposes of building stronger transnational
links between pluralist staff and students of economics. You must be
committed to a pluralist education/research and ready to come to
Athens, at UADPhilEcon’s expense, for a period up to 3 weeks with a
view to presenting a seminar and participating in UADPhilEcon’s
teaching program.
Naturally, due to limited resources, only a small number of such
visits can be arranged per year. However, UADPhilEcon shall
endeavour to utilise its resources so as to establish durable and
creative links with departments and academics sharing its academic
values and commitments.
For more information on UADPhilEcon please visit our website
www.uadphilecon.gr
William R. Waters Research
Grant
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The Association for Social Economics sponsors each year a
competition for a grant of $5000 to support the research efforts of
a junior faculty member or a Ph.D. student nearing completion of the
degree. The Grant Application and instructions can be found on the
ASE website at www.socialeconomics.org.
ASE, established in 1941, advances research on the social and
ethical foundations of economics and supports economic analysis to
help shape scholarship and form policy.
Applications will be accepted until November 1, 2008.
The Award will be announced at the ASSA meetings in San Francisco,
CA, January 3-5, 2009.
The Current Importance
of Marx, 150 Years After the Grundrisse
Conversation with Eric Hobsbawm
September 16, 2008
By Eric Hobsbawm and Marcello Musto
ZNet,
http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/18828
Click here
to download the article.
Labor
Documentary
Labor Documentary MADE IN L.A. won the 29th News and Documentary
Emmy
Award for "Outstanding Coverage of News Story - Long Form"
This acclaimed film follows the remarkable story of three Latina
immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark
on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections. Through a
groundbreaking law suit and consumer boycott, they fight to
establish an important legal and moral precedent holding a giant
American retailer, Forever 21, liable for the labor conditions under
which its products are manufactured. An excellent documentary and
educational resource for discussion on issues related to labor, the
new economy, the outsourcing of production, immigration, and human
rights.
For more information go to:
http://www.newsreel.org/nav/title.asp?tc=CN0210
Now in its 40th year, California Newsreel is the country's oldest
non-profit distributor of documentary films.
Putting Doha on life support
Global trade negotiations can be revived if rich nations accept
that, for developing countries, one size does not fit all
Kevin Gallagher and Timothy Wise
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/sep/22/dohatradetalks.usa/print
Click
here
to download the article.
Political Cartoons of
the US Financial Crisis
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26761901/displaymode/1107/s/1/
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