Issue-14 , July 30, 2005

In this issue:

- Call for Papers

          - URPE 2006 ASSA Conference Notice
          - Heterodox Pedagogy Workshop—January 2006
          - The Creating a Culture of Full Employment Conference
          - XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology 2006RC-40: Sociology of Agriculture and Food
          - Association for Institutional Thought [AFIT]

- Conferences, Seminars and Lectures

           - International Forum on the Political Economy of Globalization
           - Conference on Radical Economics in the 20th Century: Radical Economics and the Labor Movement
           - Colloquium "The Representation of Capital 1700-2000: Speculation and Displacement"
           - Critical Labour Studies Workshop: The Future of Labour and Employment
           - 2005 USSEE Conference
           - IVth International Conference - 4ème Colloque International Democracy and Economy/ Démocratie et économie
           - Institutional Economics and the Next Generation Infrastructures

- Job Postings for Heterodox Economists

           - EAEPE 2005 Conference-Job Market
           - Hampshire College

- Heterodox Conference Papers, Reports and Working Papers

           - Association for Heterodox Economics

 - Heterodox Journals and Newsletters

           - Monthly Review
           - Review of Social Economy

- Heterodox Books and Book Series      

            -David R. Howell, ed., Fighting Unemployment: The Limits of Free Market Orthodoxy (with a preface by Richard Freeman)
           

- Heterodox Graduate Program and PhD Scholarships

           - National University of Ireland, Galway

- Heterodox Associations and Institutes

           - Institut für Makrooekonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK) in der Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung
           - Foro de Estudiantes de Economía

- For Your Information

            - The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics
            - URPE's new Social Security web page

Call for Papers

URPE 2006 ASSA Conference Notice

Boston Labor Tour Cancelled

Due to a scheduling conflict with the day-long pedagogy workshop, the Boston Labor Tour will not be held on January 5, 2006. The panel, In the Commonwealth of Toil: A Roundtable on Massachusetts Labor Movements will be held from 4-5:30p as previously announced.
Hazel Dayton Gunn, Managing Editor, RRPE

Heterodox Pedagogy Workshop—January 2006

Heterodox Content: Ideas for Integrating, Including and Innovating in the Economics Classroom
A pedagogy workshop is scheduled prior to the ASSA meetings in Boston in January 2006. Several heterodox economics organizations are supporting this initiative designed to focus on course design and content and implementing active learning strategies in economics classrooms

Date: Thursday, January 5, 2006

Time: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (those participating in the URPE afternoon trip to Lowell, MA will leave at noon)

Location: Simmons College, Boston, MA USA

Cost: $50 For Members of Sponsoring Associations; $35 students; $65 All others (includes a boxed lunch, bagel, cookie and coffee breaks and materials.)

For registration form: HPW.doc

The Creating a Culture of Full Employment Conference

The Call for Papers is now open for the The Creating a Culture of Full Employment Conference which will incorporate the 7th Path to Full Employment Conference and the 12th National Conference on Unemployment. It will be staged in Newcastle (Australia) over two days - Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December 9, 2005. Many of you will know this as the Annual CofFEE Conference.

The aim of the Conference is to develop approaches which will help our communities develop the necessary cultural shifts that will compel policy-makers to move our economy back to full employment.

There are many themes available:
- Cultural issues in the achievement of full employment;
- Social networks and their role in local labour market outcomes;
- welfare to work issues;
- Placing the proposed industrial relations changes in the context of full
employment;
- macroeconomic policy and full employment;
- long-term, youth and indigenous unemployment;
- employment policy for the disabled;
- policy responses to unemployment.
- GDP growth, jobs, and the environment;
- the future of work including issues regarding sustainability and job design;
- regional employment/unemployment;
- social, economic and environmental sustainability;
- creating more secure employment and environmental futures.
- Spatial analysis in social sciences focusing on local and regional labour
markets and housing.

The main conference home page is at:
http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2005/index.cfm

The Call for Papers page with all the details is at:
http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/conferences/2005/Call_for_Papers.cfm

Registrations are also open via the main home page.

XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology 2006RC-40: Sociology of Agriculture and Food

Deadline for submission of abstracts is August 31, 2005.

Decent Work, Livelihood Strategies, and the Environment

The concept of decent work can be usefully applied to the fuzzy frontiers between sectors, occupations, social networks, and locations, and then tied to the realities of people’s lives and the spaces they live and work in. Countervailing laws and conditions (such as labour, commodity, and environmental regulations, available technologies, and resource scarcity) affect how livelihood strategies are carried out. In turn, the strategies often have environmental impacts. The session considers how work strategies for men and women are played out in a range of arenas (formal-informal, rural-urban), sectors (agriculture, business and trade, wage labour), and environments (regulated-unregulated, rural-urban).

The primary and specific focus of this session will be rural and urban livelihoods in the informal and formal sectors in the 21st millennium.

How can we envisage 'decent' work in the workplace and outside workplaces?
How has liberalisation affected the 'on the ground' conditions of work and prospects for decent work?
How might conditions of 'decent work' differ for men and women in particular societies, and/or for different class and racialised groupings?

Abstracts should be sent to:
Anita Spring                                Tidings P. Ndhlovu
PO Box 117305                           Department of Economics
University of Florida                      Manchester Metropolitan University
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305           Mabel Tylecote Building, Cavendish St.
United States of America              Manchester M15 6BG
springanita@yahoo.com               United Kingdom
                                                  T.Ndhlovu@mmu.ac.uk
Susie Jacobs
Department of Sociology
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manton Building
Manchester M15 6LL
United Kingdom
S.Jacobs@mmu.ac.uk

Association for Institutional Thought [AFIT]

The annual meeting of AFIT will be held April 19-22, 2006 at Wyndham Hotel Phoenix, Arizona in conjunction with the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) 48th Annual Conference

Theme for the 2006 Conference:
What’s Right with Institutional Economics; What’s Wrong with Institutional Economics?
Institutional economists have long promoted a far-ranging program, addressing theoretical, methodological, and policy issues. As with any enterprise, it is necessary from time to time to take stock of the body of knowledge that has accumulated over the decades, and to make an estimate as to what has been accomplished and what is required if further progress is to be achieved. Is there consensus on the main theoretical corpus of institutional economics? What should be the institutionalist stance on major policy issues? Is a single, unified approach to issues possible? Is this desirable? It is hoped that this conference brings out differences on these and other matters, encouraging good debate and attempts at resolution.
For detailed information: AFIT2006.pdf

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Conferences, Seminars and Lectures

International Forum on the Political Economy of Globalization

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, London
Renmin University of China (RUC), Beijing
Study Group on Contemporary Issues and Marxian Economics, Tokyo

Founding Conference
SOAS, 16-18, September 2005

Conference Theme
“Comparative Political Economy of Globalization: Towards a Systemic Perspective”
For detailed information: SOAS2005.pdf

Conference on Radical Economics in the 20th Century: Radical Economics and the Labor Movement
Call for Participants
September 15-17, 2005
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.

CELEBRATING THE 100 ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD

To commemorate the anniversary, Fred Lee and Jon Bekken in conjunction with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) are hosting the conference on radical economics. The Conference theme is the role of radical economics in the labor movement in the United States and around the world. Radical economics includes but is not restricted to anarchism, Marxism, syndicalism, radical Institutionalism, left-wing Keynesianism, and plain old-fashion radical economics. Topics covered include syndicalism past and present, local organizing education, radical economics and democracy, industrial relations, labor, and Latin American workers, the economics of the IWW, and Sraffa and organized labor. There will also be a session on radical economics and the IWW in song and theater; and if possible a tour of labor struggles in Kansas City. Come participate in a conference that occurs only once every 100 years.

Information about the Conference including Registration Form which includes Accommodation information, Program, and local information, can be obtained at its web site: http://cas.umkc.edu/econ/iwwconf/.
Fred Lee
Is a Professor of Economics at University of Missouri-Kansas City and a long-standing member of the IWW. He was instrumental in retrieving Joe Hill’s ashes from the National Archives in 1988.

Jon Bekken
Is an Associate Professor in Communications at Albright College and a long-standing member of the IWW. He is currently the editor of the Industrial Worker, the official newspaper of the IWW.

Conference is supported by the Union for Radical Political Economics

For registration form: IWWrf.doc

Colloquium "The Representation of Capital 1700-2000: Speculation and Displacement"

14 - 17 September, 2005
Institute for Commonwealth Studies, London Institute for English Studies, London

More info at:
http://www.sas.ac.uk/ies/events/confs/Capital1700-2000/index.htm

Critical Labour Studies Workshop: The Future of Labour and Employment

First meeting – 2nd and 3rd December 2005:

Location: The University of Leeds, Continuing & Adult Education

Initial Organizers: Jo McBride & Miguel Martinez Lucio (Bradford University), Valeria Pulignano (Warwick University), John Stirling (Northumbria University), Ian Greenwood and Mark Stuart (Leeds University), Steve Jefferys (London Metropolitan University) Paul Stewart (University of the West of England), Phil Taylor (Stirling University)

Cost: £50.00 – includes attendance at conference, coffee and tea, and lunch for Saturday (accommodation is not included)

For detailed information: LaborStudies2005.pdf

2005 USSEE Conference

The US Society's Biennial meetings provide a national forum to focus on the latest issues and share the latest developments in Ecological Economics. Our conference shall bring together experts, government officials, environmental and business leaders to address pressing issues that beset their programs and provide solutions through a trans-disciplinary approach. The conference will be held July 20-23 at the Tacoma Convention Center in Washington State.
Click here for more information about the USSEE conference and click here for the Conference Program.

The USSEE
The United States Society for Ecological Economics was officially founded in the spring of 2000 and currently has about 300 members nationwide. These members represent academia, government agencies, businesses, non-profit organizations, grass-roots organizations, elected government officials and concerned individuals. Our mission is to provide a national organization that will allow this diverse membership to easily communicate with and learn from each other on a regular basis. We believe this will better enable members of the USSEE to develop solutions to our most pressing economic, social and environmental problems. The USSEE seeks to create a holistic and strong community of ecological economists in the United States, and is affiliated with the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE).
Ecological Economics
Ecological economics is a transdisciplinary field of inquiry that facilitates understanding between economists, ecologists and many others interested in real solutions to environmental problems and the integration of new ideas to create a sustainable world. It includes a preanalytic vision of the economy as a part of the relevant whole, i.e. planet Earth, which is a thermodynamically closed and non-materially growing system.. Consequently the field addresses the optimal scale of the economy, efficiency in the allocation of resources (goods & services), and the equitable distribution of this resource flow among alternative people, and between humans & other species.
Check About Us for more information on what we do.

IVth International Conference - 4ème Colloque International Democracy and Economy / Démocratie et économie

Rennes, 4 – 6 Nov 2005
Université de Rennes 2 – Haute Bretagne, France.

For detailed information: PEKEA2005.pdf and PEKEA2005b.pdf

Institutional Economics and the Next Generation Infrastructures

Speakers: Geoff Hodgson, Deirdre McCloskey, Bart Nooteboom, Bill Melody, Claude Mėnard and Ernst ten Heuvelhof
Date: 25 November 2005
Location: Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Organisation: Association for Institutional and Political Economy (AIPE/VIPE)
Sponsor: Foundation Next Generation Infrastructures
For more information about the program and registration:
http://www.vipe-economie.nl/?2005_Conference
With kind regards,
John Groenewegen
Rolf Künneke

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Job Postings for Heterodox Economists

EAEPE 2005 Conference-Job Market

At the EAEPE 2005 Conference there will be a one-day job market on Friday 11 November. A large room has been reserved for interviews. Contact Wolfram Elsner at [welsner@uni-bremen.de] for more information.

 If you are planning to interview for positions at the Conference, please send Dr. Fred Lee the job advert in whatever language is appropriate and he will distribute it via the Newsletter. (leefs@umkc.edu)

Hampshire College

Hampshire College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution and member of the Five College consortium, is accepting applications for an Assistant Professor of Economics. The School of Social Science seeks an economist with a central focus on international economic development. Priority will be given to candidates with a strong commitment to teaching, with interests in areas such as the political economy of globalization, comparative economic systems, and heterodox approaches to theory and practice. Teaching load is two courses per semester. Active research in support of teaching, and interest in assisting students with their own independent research projects is expected. Interdisciplinary approaches encouraged. Ph.D. preferred.

The position begins fall 2006. Applicants should submit a statement of educational philosophy, teaching and research interests, curriculum vita, sample of written work, and three letters of recommendation by October 31, 2005. The College will be interviewing at the January ASSA meeting in Boston. Mail applications to:
Economics Search Committee
School of Social Science
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002-3359

Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a vigorous Affirmative Action Program. Minority and women candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
We are a heterodox and interdisciplinary department. Folks can contact Laurie Nisonoff directly for questions and suggestions at lnisonoff@hampshire.edu or phone number above.

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Heterodox Conference Papers, Reports and Working Papers

 Association for Heterodox Economics
Seventh Annual Conference, 15-17 July 2005, City University London

The Seventh Annual conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics was held on 15 – 17 July in City University London’s new Social Science Building. The theme of the conference was ‘Pluralism in Economics’. Over 100 people took part and 74 papers were presented, 33 from the UK, and the rest from 18 other countries. Economists from various strands of Neoclassical, Post Keynesian, Marxian, Austrian, Institutionalist, Feminist, and Behavioural economics took part. Academic economists and graduate students were joined by practitioners and journalists in economics, and by participants from other disciplines, notably several psychologists.

Participants expressed considerable satisfaction and enjoyment at the design, structure, and organisation of the conference, and many commented on the conference’s spirit of openness and friendship. The conference was pluralist in name and in deed. This was symbolised by a special presentation of ‘economics art’ by senior Department of Health policy adviser, Stephen Dunn. In his series of paintings entitled Market: Works, Stephen explored links between themes in the history of economic thought and the history of art by means of images of the Marshallian supply and demand diagram. The exhibition of paintings will remain on display in the Social Science Atrium for a further month.

A major stream of sessions was devoted to the conference theme of ‘pluralism in economics’. Several highlights are worth mentioning. Alan Freeman and Andrew Kliman argued that heterodoxy is not necessarily synonymous with pluralism, and that rules of engagement are necessary. Other papers explored the boundaries of pluralism: Andy Denis, for example, argued that Austrian and Marxian economists share a dialectical approach. Several papers argued that various areas of economic theory and practice displayed some degree of pluralism: development economics, central banking, Sen’s capability approach, critical realism, teaching economics, public ownership and policy, and value theory were all examined pluralistically. Papers in several sessions explored work at the borders of economics and literary studies, and economics and psychology.

Two excellent plenary sessions explored the nature of dialogue within economics, particularly between heterodox economics and the orthodoxy. Geoff Harcourt and Roger Backhouse, in a panel discussion of Edward Fullbrook’s new edited volume, A Guide to What’s Wrong with Economics, agreed that the book correctly diagnosed many of the problems of economics. Backhouse, however, was concerned that the tone of the critique was an obstacle to engagement with thoughtful neoclassical economists. In a second plenary session, on “Franco Modigliani and the Keynesian Legacy”, Gary Mongiovi, editor of the Review of Political Economy, reopened the debate on the ‘meaning of Keynes’, IS-LM, and the emergence of Post Keynesianism. He suggested that until the 1970s there was considerable consensus between neoclassical Keynesians and those later identified as Post Keynesians. His discussant, Victoria Chick, instead stressed what she considered fundamental differences between the neoclassical interpretation and Keynes’s own position.

A well-attended and enthusiastic Annual General Meeting of the AHE, held on the second day of the conference, agreed unanimously to confer Honorary Life Membership of the Association on Professor Frederic Lee, of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, for his outstanding contribution over many years to the cause of heterodox economics. The meeting also agreed to hold the Eighth Annual Conference at the LSE, where the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science had offered to host it, in July 2006.

Copies of the papers given at the conference can be found at: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/denisa/schedule.doc

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Heterodox Journals and Newsletters

Monthly Review
Monthly Review magazine has begun a webzine (www.mrzine.org). We started up on Bastille Day, July 14. We are planning daily updates. We are looking for articles, about 500-1,000 words, on any subject. We would especially like to get articles on the national and international economy.

Our webzine editor is Yoshie Furuhashi. She can be reached at
yoshie@monthlyreview.org You can also send queries or articles to me at
mikedjyates@msn.com

Monthly Review is one of the world's premier left journals, in continuous operation since 1949. Most articles are published also on our website: www.monthlyreview.org Check this out to see the general political orientation of the magazine. And please check out our webzine.

In solidarity,

Michael Yates
Associate Editor
Monthly Review

Review of Social Economy

Call for Papers for a Special Issue with the Theme:
“Living Standards and Social Well-Being”

Guest Editors: John Marangos and Deborah M. Figart

The Review of Social Economy would devote a special issue with the theme “Living Standards and Social Well-Being,” with papers that will explicitly deal with these issues from a social economics perspective. The special issue would consist of a collection of papers primarily recruited from the ASE sessions at the 2006 ASSA Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Unsolicited papers would also be considered. The special issue would examine how economies across the globe come to understand what constitutes a living and how we can improve living standards and social well-being, including balancing paid work with family life and civic responsibility. The focus may be, but is not restricted to: an evaluation of the work of John A. Ryan and other social economists who address living standards; improved quantitative and qualitative measures of socioeconomic status and well-being; the role of public and private sectors in improving living standards; and policy proposals to reduce work time, improve earnings, reduce inequality and discrimination, provide food and health security, enrich work life, alleviate underunemployment, reconcile work and family, etc.
Papers will pass a double-blind referee process supervised by the Guest Editors subject to the final approval of the Review of Social Economy Co-Editors. The special issue would include one Graduate Student Research Paper. The editors of the special issue would invite graduate students to submit research papers. Proof of graduate student status should be provided with the submission. While the students’ papers will go through the regular review process and be held to the same standards for acceptance as other submissions, the panel of reviewers will serve a mentoring role to advise the student to strengthen the paper. The best student paper will be published.

Completed papers should be submitted by March 1, 2006 as an email attachment to:

John Marangos,
RoSE Special Issue
Department Of Economics
Colorado State University
1771 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, Co 80523-1771, USA
Tel: (970) 491-6657, Fax: (970) 491-2925
e-mail John.Marangos@colostate.edu


Heterodox Books and Book Series

David R. Howell, ed., Fighting Unemployment: The Limits of Free Market Orthodoxy (with a preface by Richard Freeman)

Keywords: flexibility, unemployment, inequality, wages, earnings, labor markets, labor market regulation, deregulation, labor market institutions, welfare state, free markets

Much of Europe remains plagued by high levels of unemployment. Fighting Unemployment critically assesses the widely accepted view that the culprit is excessive labor market regulation and overly generous welfare state benefits. The chapters include both cross-country statistical analyses and country case studies and are authored by economists from seven North American and European countries. They challenge the standard free market prescription that lower wages for less skilled workers, weaker labor unions, greater decentralization in bargaining, less generous unemployment benefits, and much less job security are necessary for good employment performance. The larger message of this book is that fundamentally different labor market models are compatible with low unemployment, ranging from the free market ‘American Model’ to the much more regulated and coordinated Scandinavian systems.
For detailed information: Howell_FightingUnemployment.pdf

Heterodox Graduate Program and PhD Scholarships

National University of Ireland, Galway

There is the opportunity for a graduate student to complete a Ph.D in the area of stages of capitalism and globalization. Several students within the economics and management departments at the National University of Ireland, Galway are currently working within the overall framework of social structures of accumulation/early regulation theory/long waves of capitalist development. The question for investigation is whether neoliberal globalization forms the
basis for a new stage of capitalism.

Generally a master’s degree in economics, management or a cognate field is required. The ability to self-finance would be helpful though there may be the possibility of fellowship and teaching assistance support. A
September/October or January start are both possible.

For information contact:

Terrence McDonough
Dept. of Economics
National University of Ireland, Galway
Ireland
353-91-555706
terrence.mcdonough@nuigalway.ie

Terry McDonough
Dept. of Economics
National University of Ireland, Galway

Heterodox Associations and Institutes

Institut für Makrooekonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK) in der Hans-Boeckler-Stiftung

Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) at the Hans-Boeckler-Foundation
http://www.imk-boeckler.de
IMK News 1/2005, 15 July 2005
This new e-mail service informs you about current activities, staff and publications of the IMK.
To subscribe please visit http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/hbs/hs.xsl/36370.html
In this issue:
- The Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) - a new economic research institute in Germany
- The IMK's first publications are now available online
- Newspaper articles by IMK researchers, interviews in the press and press releases can be downloaded in German
- Contact and services to the public
For detailed information: IMK.pdf

Foro de Estudiantes de Economía
www.foroeconomia.com.ar
Número 4
18 de julio de 2005


Desde la última vez que enviamos una newsletter, logramos poner en marcha nuestro sitio web. Nuestra intención es que las futuras newsletters constituyan un medio de difusión activa de los eventos que se registren allí. A continuación, resumimos algunas novedades del Foro.
Actualmente la newsletter llega a más de 2.000 estudiantes y profesores de Economía de la Argentina. Si quiere difundir eventos de interés académico para este público, envíe un e-mail a info.foroeconomia@gmail.com.

:: Nuevos cursos omitidos en el cuadernillo de inscripciones de la FCE-UBA: el Departamento de Economía de la FCE nos informó que este cuatrimestre se abrirán tres nuevos cursos que no figuran en el cuadernillo de inscripciones. Los cursos corresponden a las asignaturas Organización Industrial (B. Kosacoff, R. Bisang, D. Maceira, A. Ramos, I. Apella), Estructura Económica Argentina (M. Kulfas, M. Schorr, K. Forcinito) y Desarrollo Económico (R. Astarita). En el Foro pueden encontrar la carta que nos envió el secretario del departamento detallando las características de estos cursos.
:: Nuevo llamado a becas PROPAI: la FCE-UBA abrió el llamado para las becas de investigación PROPAI, destinadas a estudiantes que tengan entre el 50% y el 75% de la carrera aprobada. La inscripción está abierta hasta el 22 de julio. Más información aquí.
:: Entrevistas estructuradas (link). Varios economistas ya respondieron una entrevista estructurada que les realizamos con preguntas que creemos de interés para los estudiantes de Economía. Por el momento, se pueden hallar las respuestas de Daniel Heymann, Andrés López, Walter Sosa Escudero, Alberto Müller y Fernando Tohmé.
:: Foros de discusión (link). Uno de los objetivos del Foro es albergar discusiones de interés para economistas y estudiantes de Economía. Por el momento, los intercambios de información y opiniones se refieren a los cursos que conforman la carrera de Economía de la FCE-UBA, pero esperamos que este rango se expanda en el futuro!!!.
:: Guía de cursos en la FCE-UBA (link). El Foro dispone de comentarios y material brindado por los docentes acerca de numerosos cursos de la Licenciatura en Economía de la UBA. El objetivo inmediato de esto, es contribuir a que los estudiantes diseñen sus inscripciones con más y mejor información. Para ampliar esta base, invitamos a docentes y ayudantes a ponerse en contacto con nosotros por e-mail a guiauba@foroeconomia.com.ar.
:: Libros de teoría de los juegos online. Ariel Rubinstein (TelAviv y NYU), uno de los principales autores en teoría de juegos en actividad, ha conseguido recientemente el copyright de tres de sus obras y las ha publicado en internet: Economics and language (2000), Modelling bounded rationality (1998) y Bargaining and markets (1990), este último con Martin Osbourne. Más información puede encontrarse en la página de AR:
arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/index.html

Envíenos un e-mail para subscribirse o desubscribirse.
FEE es un proyecto impulsado por estudiantes y docentes de la carrera de Economía de la UBA.
Diseño | Santiago Acuña

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For Your Information

The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics is pleased to announce that submissions for the Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition are now being accepted. Submissions will be accepted from students enrolled in a graduate program in economics or other relevant disciplines anywhere in the world. Three prizes are given, each worth $1000, to be used to pay expenses to attend the Southern Economic Association meetings this November in Washington, where the winners will present their work on a special panel. Prize awards are contingent on attending the SEA meetings and the SDAE’s annual business meeting and awards banquet.

The prize committee consists of:
Peter Boettke, George Mason University
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Beloit College
Steven Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University

Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2005. Decisions will be made by September 15.

All questions and submissions should be sent, either electronically or by mail, to:

Peter Boettke
Department of Economics
George Mason University, MSN 3G4
Fairfax, VA 22030
pboettke@gmu.edu

Steve Horwitz, SDAE Secretary

URPE's new Social Security web page

Please take a look at URPE's new Social Security web page:
http://urpe.org/social_security.htm.

This page features URPE members: their books, articles, government testimony, descriptions of talks and even some music. It points you in the direction of URPE-related websites, and it also includes some writings and websites of people who are not in URPE but have made a significant contribution to the fight to preserve Social Security.

Here's what we need from you:

SPEAKERS

If you are willing to give talks on Social Security, please let us know.
Send your name, address, phones, email, and a description of the aspects of the Social Security situation you are able to speak about. We will add your name to our growing list. If you are not already a member of Economy Connection, please consider joining, and include a description of the other areas of economics in which you specialize.

WRITTEN MATERIAL

If you have written books or articles on Social Security, you may find that your are already listed on our page! If not, please send a link, pdf, or word file of what you have written.

If you have a favorite website or article produced by someone else, please pass that along, too.
As you can see from the web page and URPE Newsletter descriptions of talks, URPE people have been making an impressive contribution to the effort to keep Social Security around. NYC-area Economy Connection members have given a number of talks on Social Security this year, and many URPE people throughout the US have given talks independently, and written articles. This fall Social Security may be debated in Congress, and people will be calling Economy Connection with requests for speakers and background information. And even if nothing much happens this year, we all know these proposals to privatize or shrink Social Security will be back another year.

So sign up to speak, and send your articles!!
Thanks!
Ruthie Indeck
Economy Connection Coordinator
soapbox@comcast.net

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