From mhillard at maine.edu Sun Jan 2 22:00:13 2011 From: mhillard at maine.edu (mhillard) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:00:13 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Mini Conference on Labor at ASSA this Thursday Message-ID: <1BD5B8D6-4C9E-40F0-8539-56C1AA5F6BE9@maine.edu> Dear Colleagues Just a last minute reminder of an important day long event this Thursday, January 6, the "pre-day' at this year's AAS meetings. URPE is co-sponsoring a one-day conference at this year?s ASSA meetings entitled ?Labor Across the Boundaries: A New Collaboration of U.S. Labor and Employment Relations, Political Economy, and Labor and Working Class History Scholars? on January 6, 2010 in Denver Colorado. T his unprecedented gathering of labor relations scholars, labor historians, and radical economists, along with labor activists affords a unique opportunity to open up a multi-disciplinary dialogue on the past and present. What concepts and assumptions, explicit and implicit, does each field bring to the study of labor? Where do they overlap and where do they converge? How does each understand ?the labor question,? its history, the nature of class conflict, the roles of gender and race as well as class in defining the lived experience of those who work, and the character and evolving nature of employers and employment relations systems. Was there a ?capital-labor accord? or social contract between organized labor and business in the postwar years? How does the New Deal era fit into a larger historiography of the twentieth century? And how does each field understand ?practice,? and the relationship between scholarship and practice. Where do we go from here? ?Labor Across the Boundaries? will enrich both analysis and practice in each field, and begin to re-forge active collaboration across the fields while enriching connections with practitioners. Speakers include Nancy MacLean, Sanford Jacoby, Nelson Lichtenstein, Kris Rondeau, Thomas Kochan, Bruce Laurie, Randy Albelda, Jennifer Klein, Rosemary Batt, Richard McIntyre, Bruce Kaufman, Ron Blackwell and Michael Hillard. January 6, 2011 (Thursday) Westin Tabor Center Hotel, Continental A 8:45 a.m. ? 9:00 a.m. Introduction Presenter: Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine?- Converging Differences: Thoughts on The Overlapping and Contradictory Projects of U.S. Political Economy, Industrial Relations and Labor and Working Class History 9:00 a.m. ? 10:00 a.m. Roundtable Perspectives on Labor from Three Disciplines: A Conversation Panelists: Bruce Laurie, University of Massachusetts Thomas A. Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Richard McIntyre, University of Rhode Island 10:10 a.m.-Noon Evolution and Devolution of the New Deal Era in Historical Context: 1900-2010 Featured Speaker: Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California-Santa Barbara Discussants: Jennifer Klein, Yale University Sanford Jacoby, University of California-Los Angeles Ronald Blackwell, AFL-CIO Michael Hillard, University of Southern Maine Noon ?1:15 p.m. Brownbag Lunch and Roundtable Interdisciplinary Discussions 1:15 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Where Do We Go from Here?: How Should Scholars Talk in and across Disciplines and to Policy Makers, Progressive Employers, Movement Activists, and to the Public? Chair: Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University Panelists: Kris Rondeau, Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers Thomas A. 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Laissez-faire gave way to Keynesianism in the wake of the global crisis of the 1920s and 1930s, and Keynesianism was quickly discredited by the advocates for a neoliberal approach to economic development in the wake of the crisis of the 1970s. While new calls for enhanced government oversight of financial markets seems to signal the death knell of neoliberalism, at the same time neoliberal development models appear to be strikingly resilient in the face of the global financial crisis of 2008, as witnessed by the European Union?s successful effort to force the Greek government to adopt a broad package of austerity measures in exchange for debt assistance. We invite papers from a variety of perspectives that address the rise, and decline, of models of development during times of economic crisis. While models of development are necessarily ideational, and ideological, we are particularly interested in the nexus of social forces and institutional structures that explain the rise, diffusion, consolidation and demise of models of development. Though we are particularly interested in process unfolding during the current economic crisis, we are also interested in papers that shed light on these questions through historical analysis of earlier periods of crisis. This conference is being held as part of the 23rd annual meetings of the Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics, "Transformations of Contemporary Capitalism: Actors, Institutions, Processes." Universidad Aut?noma de Madrid June 23-25, 2011. Please submit paper abstracts through the SASE submission portal at www.sase.org. Questions should be directed to Aaron Major (amajor at albany.edu). -- Assistant Professor of Sociology University at Albany 1400 Washington Ave. Arts & Sciences 301 Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4673 amajor at albany.edu From urpe at labornet.org Tue Jan 4 13:08:14 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:08:14 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Wikileaks/Free Play Fridays/Afro Latino Cafe Message-ID: <29960986.1294171694595.JavaMail.root@elwamui-mouette.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3147 bytes Desc: not available URL: From elardo_justin at hotmail.com Wed Jan 5 22:00:18 2011 From: elardo_justin at hotmail.com (Justin Elardo) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 05:00:18 +0000 Subject: [URPE] In Search of Information Regarding Principles Textbooks. Message-ID: URPE Members, I am in search of information regarding the popularity, in terms of sales, of principles textbooks. I have done some rudimentary online searches for this information, but it is unclear to me which textbooks generate the largest sales volume or even where to find this information. I am wondering if the sales figures are compiled in a relatively easy to access format. As an addendum, the purpose of my search for sales figures is based on an interest in surveying the most "popular" principles textbooks in an effort to see the degree to which any of the most widely sold books include any heterodox ideas. Thank you for your assistance. Best, Justin A. Elardo, PhDPortland Community College -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We are a small group of researchers currently issuing a Call for Conference Papers to that same end; see- Democracy in Evolution First International Conference http://www.condition.org/confer.htm Perry Bezanis -for the DH Group San Pedro CA 90731 310 833 8231 perryb at condition.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *1 - "Leaving Congress, Physicist Bill Foster Calls for Reinforcements A month after losing his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, physicist-turned-lawmaker Bill Foster has a parting message for his fellow scientists: Replace me in Congress. And he's eager to help them do it." -SCIENCE VOL 330 17 DECEMBER 2010 *2 - "We don't have too many choices now. We are a society that is one hundred percent dependent on science. We're going to go up in our population in the next 40 years; we can't deal with the population we have without destroying our environment." -J. Craig Venter -60 Minutes -November 22, 2010 *3 - Agre issued a call for a "...new century of science". In this editorial he highlighted the absolute paucity of scientists in Congress. He also contemplated the fact that both Germany and China have leaders who are trained research scientists (Germany: Angela Merkel, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry; China: Hu Jintao, Hydraulic Engineer). -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Agre From ian.fletcher at usbic.net Sat Jan 8 22:38:09 2011 From: ian.fletcher at usbic.net (Ian Fletcher) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 21:38:09 -0800 Subject: [URPE] Bay Area Meetup Message-ID: Are any URPE members in the San Francisco Bay area interested in having a monthly meetup? Kindly respond to Ian Fletcher at ian.fletcher at usbic.net. From urpe at labornet.org Mon Jan 10 07:23:49 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:23:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC][Brechtevents1] Winter/Spring Internships at the Brecht Forum Message-ID: <23327813.1294669429805.JavaMail.root@elwamui-norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3698 bytes Desc: not available URL: From lnisonoff at hampshire.edu Mon Jan 10 13:21:50 2011 From: lnisonoff at hampshire.edu (Laurie Nisonoff) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:21:50 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Call for Papers for ASSA Chicago 2012 Message-ID: <4D2B6A5E.8030102@hampshire.edu> Hello URPE Members: The ASSA in Denver this past weekend went quite well. We invite you to respond to the call for Chicago ASSA, January 6-8, 2-12. Applications are due by May 1 via the special website for this purpose. If you have any ideas for panels please contact us as you plan so we have a sense of what people are planning and in case two similar panels might be combined or planned in tandem. Laurie Nisonoff lnisonoff at hampshire.edu Fred Moseley fmoseley at mtholyoke.edu Union for Radical Political Economics Call for Papers - Annual Meeting Chicago, January 6-8, 2012 URPE invites proposals for individual papers and complete sessions for the URPE at ASSA annual meeting. URPE welcomes proposals on radical political economic theory and applied analysis from a wide variety of theoretical traditions. The deadline for proposed papers and sessions is May 1, 2011. At that time individual and panel proposals will be checked to be sure everyone is current with their URPE dues or the proposals will be set aside. Proposals for complete sessions are encouraged and should include the session title, a brief description of each paper, and the names, institutional affiliations, and email addresses of the chair, discussants, and presenters. Proposals for sessions should contain four papers. If you are proposing a complete session, please arrange to have discussants for your papers and a chair for your session. As the organizer of this session, you are responsible for conveying administrative information to session members, including confirmation that the session has been accepted, the time and location, and deadlines. A registration form must be completed for each paper. Proposals for individual papers should include the title, the abstract, and the author's name, institutional affiliation, and email. You should also complete the registration form. Individuals whose papers are accepted may also be expected to serve as a discussant for a different paper at the meetings. If you list the areas you prefer to discuss, all attempts will be made to match your preferences. Individual papers that are accepted will be assigned to sessions and each session will have an assigned organizer. It is the organizer's job to convey administrative information to session members, including confirmation that the session has been accepted, the time and location, and deadlines. URPE has no paid ASSA staff, so those presenting papers must share the burden of organizing. We regret that high quality individual papers may be turned down due to the inability to place them in a session with papers with similar themes. For this reason, we strongly encourage proposals for full sessions. The number of sessions we can accept is limited by ASSA, and we regret that high quality sessions may be turned down as well. Please note that the date, time, and location of sessions are assigned by ASSA, not URPE. You should receive word from URPE that your paper/session was accepted by mid-June. ASSA will not assign dates and times until much later in the summer. Please note that anyone who presents a paper (but not the chairs or discussants) must be a member of URPE (except at joint sessions with other groups, in which case they can be a member of the other organization) at the time of submission of the paper or panel proposal. Contact urpe at labornet.org or 413-577-0806 for membership information. We will confirm membership prior to accepting proposals. Applications should be submitted online on the URPE website www.urpe.org, beginning April 1 (instructions will be available by March 1 on the website). If you have questions or problems with the online submission, please contact Fred Moseley at the email address below. Only applications received by the May 1 deadline will be considered. If you have any other questions, please contact one of the URPE at ASSA coordinators below: Fred Moseley, Mt Holyoke Laurie Nisonoff fmoseley at mtholyoke.edu lnisonoff at hampshire.edu From Hrsearch at oldwestbury.edu Tue Jan 11 08:41:13 2011 From: Hrsearch at oldwestbury.edu (Hrsearch) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:41:13 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Tenure-Track Faculty Vacancy - Assistant Professor in Politics, Economics and Labor Relations Message-ID: The Department of Politics, Economics, and Law at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury invites applications for a full-time tenure track position for Fall 2011 at the Assistant Professor level in the field of Labor Relations. The Department offers two interdisciplinary majors: 1) Politics, Economics, and Law and 2) Industrial and Labor Relations. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have a JD or Ph.D. in a relevant social science, such as economics, political economy, political science, sociology, or law and must be authorized to work in the United States. The ideal candidate would be a dynamic scholar and activist with some teaching experience, record of scholarly publications, direct experience with labor movements, and a strong commitment to social justice and the empowerment of working people, who would develop new outreach programs in labor relations. Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to: globalization and global labor rights, immigration, labor and employment law, labor economics, labor history, collective bargaining and organizing, gender/race/ethnicity and work, or public policy. The teaching load is three courses per semester, and class sizes are small to allow for a focus on effective teaching. Most ILR courses are scheduled in the evening. Salaries are competitive. Review of applications will begin on February 1, 2011 and continue until the position is filled. TO APPLY: Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcript of highest degree earned, three letters of reference, syllabi of courses taught, summary of teaching evaluations, and a writing sample to: SUNY College at Old Westbury, Search Committee: PEL-URPE, Office of Human Resources, P.O. Box 210, Old Westbury, NY 11568; or e-mail application materials as attachments in MS Word format (only if application to include attachments total less than 15 pages) to: hrsearch at oldwestbury.edu. The College at Old Westbury is located 25 miles east of New York City, on a 600-acre campus on the north shore of Long Island. Old Westbury prides itself on interdisciplinarity and on a faculty committed both to excellence in teaching a diverse student body, as well as to strong research agendas. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. 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San Francisco, CA 94104 USA 415.439.8377 | 415.439.8304 (fax) | 415.238.8145 (cell) www.usbic.net/ianfletcher logo_sig New NAF Logo Ricardo Revisited Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. New America Foundation 1899 L St NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 RSVP Much of the belief in the benign character of international trade is based on Ricardo's notion of comparative advantage. However the classical Ricardo model, applied to today's world in which nations can rapidly develop new capabilities, reveals inherent conflict in the interests of trading partners. This will be discussed in relation to the present U.S. - China trading relationship. Featured Speaker Ralph Gomory Research Professor, New York University President Emeritus, Alfred P. 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The workshop theme is: 'EVOLUTIONARY THINKING AND ITS POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR MODERN CAPITALISM' Speakers: Howard Aldrich (University of North Carolina, USA) 'Using evolutionary thinking to explain the emergent nature of entrepreneurial phenomena' Eric Beinhocker (McKinsey Global Institute, USA) 'Beyond left versus right: evolutionary economics and the future of policy and politics' Geoff Hodgson (University of Hertfordshire, UK) 'The evolution of morality and its implications' Stan Metcalfe (emeritus, University of Manchester, UK) 'Why economies evolve: knowledge, emergent novelty and adaptation in modern capitalism' Viktor Vanberg (Walter Eucken Institute, Germany) 'Darwinian paradigm, cultural evolution and human purposes' David Sloan Wilson (Binghamton University, USA) 'Nothing about policy making makes sense except in the light of evolution' Ulrich Witt (Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany) 'The evolution of consumer behavior and the problem of reaching sustainability' The workshop will start at 9.30 am on 22 September and finish at 5.00pm on 23 September 2011. This workshop is designed to provide in-depth discussion of cutting-edge issues, in a forum that permits the attention to detail and definition that is often lacking in larger, conference-style events. The expected maximum number of participants is 40. Please book early to avoid disappointment. I hope that you will be able to attend. Best wishes Denise Dollimore d.e.dollimore at herts.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 8506 bytes Desc: not available URL: From al at economics.utah.edu Thu Jan 13 08:23:49 2011 From: al at economics.utah.edu (Al Campbell) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:23:49 -0700 Subject: [URPE] Conference in Cuba Message-ID: TRAVEL TO CUBA THIS SUMMER Open to scholars from all disciplines, this 12 day trip will allow you to contact professional counterparts, experience Cuban reality, and pursue your academic research agenda in the company of fellow scholars. The RESEARCH NETWORK IN CUBA will convene June 14 through 26, 2011 in Havana, Cuba. The intent is to assist in helping you conduct investigations of Cuban society by connecting you with Cuban specialists and organizations who share your interests. You will participate in the 22nd CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICAN AND CUBAN PHILOSOPHERS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS to be held at the University of Havana, June 20 through 24. We invite you to propose a paper to be presented at the Conference. Cuban organizers will make every effort to pair your paper with one on a similar topic by a Cuban scholar. Topics are wide open and inclusive. But we are especially interested in receiving papers in the areas of: * 21st Century Socialism, the Socialist Transition, Market and Plan * Democracy, Social Justice, Participation * Sustainable Agriculture, Organic & Green, Local Development, Food Security * Cooperatives, Self Management * Globalization, Neo-liberalism, Nation-state, Transnational Capital * National Identity, Transculturation, Multi-culturalism * Imperialism at Home and Abroad Submit a 1 to 2 page abstract. LICENSE: The U.S. government severely restricts travel to Cuba, but research scholars may travel legally under a general license. GRADUATE STUDENTS can obtain specific licenses to do research related to their graduate work. COST: Approximately $1500 for a basic 12 day stay in Havana. This includes double hotel occupancy, breakfast, translation during conference and tours, and all group activities. 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Thank you and have a great day, Gul -- Fatma Gul Unal Assistant Prof.of Economics Bard College at Simon's Rock & Research Scholar Levy Economics Institute Annandale-on Hudson From blasi at smlr.rutgers.edu Thu Jan 13 12:38:26 2011 From: blasi at smlr.rutgers.edu (blasi at smlr.rutgers.edu) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:38:26 -0500 (EST) Subject: [URPE] fellowship program on capitalism, t he corporation, and economic democracy In-Reply-To: <1165975629.600413.1294947473197.JavaMail.root@zimmbox12.rutgers.edu> Message-ID: <1414620805.600443.1294947506189.JavaMail.root@zimmbox12.rutgers.edu> Please refer doctoral students and scholars who may be interested in fellowships in this area of research. The Fellows Program at Rutgers University's School of Management and Labor Relations invites applications for fellowships to study employee stock ownership and profit sharing and broad-based stock options in the corporation and society in the United States. The fellowships will be awarded for the 2011-2012 academic year to outstanding PhD candidates or post-doctoral scholars or faculty in the areas of economics, economic and business history, labor studies and employment relations, law, management and business, public policy, and relevant social science and humanities disciplines. The general theme of the fellowships includes research on the idea, practice, and public policies involving broadening the ownership of capital assets in the corporation and in society, such as the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), as well as other approaches whereby consumers may have capital ownership of enterprises and individual citizens may have access to broader opportunities for capital acquisition in the economy. The relevance of these and other related ideas to the concept of economic democracy and democratic capitalism may also be examined. The Fellows are typically supported at their home institution but they may be in residence at Rutgers University. The period and length of the fellowship may vary between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012. The fellowships may be used for research, travel, or living expenses. Fifteen fellowships will be awarded: four Beyster Fellowships in the amount of $25,000. including the J. Robert Beyster Visiting Professorship, five Louis O. Kelso Fellowships in the amount of $12,500., two Robert Smiley Fellowships in Economic History in the amount of $5,000. for archival research, and several other related fellowships. The fellowships would permit the student or faculty member to associate with several scholars engaged in this area of research and receive mentoring and support and assistance with datasets and archives from a group of more than fifty fellows across the United States. Applicants may submit the following information by email or letter by January 31, 2011 or February 25, 2011 depending on the specific fellowship deadline: 1) A statement of no more than 1500 words describing the proposed research project including its current status and broader significance; 2) A curriculum vitae; 3) Three letters of reference (included in sealed envelopes or submitted separately by email or mail.) Address: Search Committee, Fellowship Programs, Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations, Levin Building Room 216, 94 Rockefeller Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08854. For more information, please email: beysterfellowships at smlr.rutgers.edu or fellowship_program at smlr.rutgers.edu or see http://smlr.rutgers.edu/research-and-centers/beyster-fellowship-and-fellows-programs Recipients will be announced by March 15, 2011. From al at economics.utah.edu Thu Jan 13 21:13:04 2011 From: al at economics.utah.edu (Al Campbell) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:13:04 -0700 Subject: [URPE] pass on to students Message-ID: Dear Friends and Colleagues, An annual corporate research training designed for students who are interested in working as researchers in the labor movement will take place in June at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. The course is co-sponsored by the AFL-CIO and it has become an effective stepping-stone: scores of participants have landed research positions at unions. We are seeking to get early notice about the course to students who are making plans for the summer. Will you please forward this email and/or the notices below (a blurb in text format and an e-brochure in HTML) to students, colleagues, and friends who might be interested? Thank you, Charles Charles Taylor, Coordinator Research Recruitment and Training Program AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research chtaylor at aflcio.org 202-330-1174 --------------------------------------------- UNION RESEARCH SUMMER SCHOOL, June 12-17, 2011 The AFL-CIO and Cornell University are sponsoring a Strategic Corporate Research Summer School on June 12-17, 2011 in Ithaca, New York. The course (credit or non-credit) is designed for undergrad and grad students who are interested in working as union researchers and campaigners. The registration deadline is May 17. Scholarships are available if taking the course for credit. To obtain a registration form and other information, go to http://www.sce.cornell.edu/ss/programs.php?v=STRATCORP&s=Overview or contact Kate Bronfenbrenner at (607) 254-4749 or scrsummer at cornell.edu. ------------------------------------------- Strategic Corporate Research Summer School 2011 June 12-17, 2011 - Cornell University campus, Ithaca, NY Understanding and researching corporate ownership structure, corporate finance, and the sources of corporate power Sponsors: The Strategic Corporate Research program is offered by the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations and co-sponsored by the AFL-CIO Center for Strategic Research and is intended for undergraduate and graduate students interested in working in the labor movement. The Course Despite enormous challenges in organizing and bargaining in a rapidly changing global economy, this is a time of great opportunity and innovation by American unions. Nowhere is this more evident than in recent union organizing and bargaining campaign victories such as the Teamsters and Communications Workers at Continental Airlines, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, and Piedmont; National Nurses United in large units at hospitals across the United States; the United Auto Workers at casinos in Detroit, Atlantic City, and Foxwoods (Connecticut); the Service Employees in property services worldwide; and the United Steelworkers' global campaigns to fight for justice for rubber workers at Firestone in Liberia, miners in Mexico, and Coca-Cola workers in Colombia. These victories came about because of a combination of grassroots rank-and-file mobilizing and leadership development, and escalating actions in the workplace and broader community; fundamental to all these campaigns was careful strategic research. Unfortunately the U.S. labor movement today is facing a critical shortage of trained organizing, bargaining, and campaign staff with strategic research training who understand both corporate structure and finance, and union campaign strategies. To help meet this need nine years ago the AFL-CIO asked the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations to develop a one-week intensive credit course on strategic corporate research for graduate students and upper-level undergraduates interested in working with the labor movement upon completion of their degrees. The course will be available as either a non-credit course or as a 1.5-credit-hour undergraduate course with an additional research and writing assignment. Those interested in pursuing strategic corporate research positions within unions are strongly advised to take the course for credit so that they will have the additional experience of researching an actual corporation, and have a completed strategic research report to show prospective union employers. This course will be designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the nature and structure of corporate ownership, finance, and power in today's economy. Through lectures, readings, case studies, research training and exercises the class will provide students with the tools to pose and answer basic questions on the operations, structure, and industrial relations strategies of corporate America. In particular this course will focus on how these company characteristics, structures, and practices impact the firm's labor relations policies and strategies and how unions can best respond to and capitalize on these characteristics in union strategic organizing and bargaining campaigns. The course will also provide in-depth hands-on training in the online and library research tools required to conduct strategic corporate research. As part of this course students will work through a series of case studies dealing with diverse firms and industries, as well as have an opportunity to conduct in-depth research on an actual firm in the context of union organizing or bargaining. Because of the limited time available while students are here on campus, they will be sent books and a course pack several weeks before the class takes place to give them an opportunity to complete a significant amount of the reading before they arrive. In addition to reading assignments, there will be short written exercises and class presentations to be complete while the class is in session. Students taking the course for credit will be required to conduct independent research and write a 25-30 page paper summarizing comprehensive corporate research and analysis for a designated company. The final paper will be due six weeks after the class and will count for 50 percent of the grade for the course. The Faculty Program instructors are committed to assisting graduates of the program in finding strategic corporate research positions within the labor movement. In the first five years of the program we have been able to place more then sixty students in top research positions in the AFL-CIO, CTW, UNITE HERE, SEIU, USW, LIUNA, IBT, and other unions across the United States. Kate Bronfenbrenner Kate Bronfenbrenner is the Director of Labor Education Research at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1993. Bronfenbrenner's primary research and teaching interests focus on union and employer behavior in organizing, bargaining, and contract administration, strategic corporate research and comprehensive cross-border campaigns, and the impact of global trade and investment policy on workers, wages, and unions. Glenn W. Perusek Glenn W. Perusek is Director of the Center for Strategic Research at the AFL-CIO in Washington, DC. He oversees research and planning for strategic organizing initiatives. He earned a B.A. from Kent State University and holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago, where he was a Merriam Fellow and won the Baker Prize. His publications include Shifting Terrain (2006). Perusek was a journeyman member of the typographical union in Chicago. Tom Juravich Tom Juravich is a professor of labor studies at the Labor Center at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he teaches courses in labor research, work and the labor process, contemporary labor issues, and advanced corporate research. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Juravich has written extensively on union bargaining and organizing strategies, work and the labor process, worker culture, and the history of work and labor. Campus Life Schedule for the week Registration, orientation, and an opening reception and plenary panel will take place from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, at the ILR Conference Center. Registration will begin at 5:30, and the orientation and introductory program will begin at 7:15 p.m. In order to accomplish the aims of the program in the short time allotted, students should be prepared for a schedule that is both rigorous and intense. Attendance in all class time, including the opening session, is mandatory for all participants in the program. Full days will be the norm, including out-of-class small-group assignments and one evening session. Class will meet Monday through Thursday at the ILR Conference Center from 9:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday evenings through 9:00 p.m., and Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Students should be prepared to work in small-group assignments on every night outside of class and should not be making other social arrangements while they are in Ithaca. Further details will be sent with confirmation letters. Housing Students will be housed in a unionized residence hall on North Campus. Each bedroom is furnished with twin beds, desk, chair, lamp and dresser. The rooms are in suites of four to six rooms clustered around a shared bathroom and living space. Room rates are $44 per night for "singles" (one person each bedroom) or $31 per person/per night for "doubles" (two persons each bedroom) plus a one-time administrative fee of $32 per person. The separate parking fee at the dorm is $5/day. All students will also be provided with a campus bus pass, free of charge. Parking and housing costs are the responsibility of the individual student. Room reservations must be received at Cornell by May 29, 2011. Note: If you choose a "single," you will be sharing your suite with several other people of the same gender. You will have a private bedroom, but a shared bath. Beds are made on arrival and linens and towels are provided, but there is no daily housekeeping service. This is definitely DORM housing, so if you want air conditioning or more comfortable accommodations and would prefer to stay in a hotel, you are free to make your own arrangements with area hotels. However, be advised that all of them will cost you a great deal more than the dorm. Please refer to ILR's hotels page: http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/conferencecenter/directions/hotels.html Transportation >From the dorms at North Campus to the classrooms of the ILR Conference Center you may walk (about 20 minutes), bike (5 minutes), or use the campus shuttle bus service (bus passes provided free to all students staying on campus). If you are housed off campus, you are responsible for your own transportation to campus. On-campus parking is severely limited and discouraged. Meals Included in the registration fee is a picnic on Wednesday evening at Taughannock State Park on beautiful Cayuga Lake, and the graduation lunch on Friday afternoon. Meals, including breakfast, are available at several on-campus dining facilities on a cash basis both near the dorms and near the conference center. We will also be providing a continental breakfast at the conference center each morning before the program begins. A dining guide of on-campus and off-campus locations will be provided for your convenience, many of which are within walking distance of the dorms and the conference center. Weather The climate in upstate New York in June can be quite variable, ranging from a rainy 40 degrees to a humid and hot 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Thus, we suggest you bring clothing suitable for both, including a rain jacket, sweaters, shorts, and a swimming suit. Accessibility The ILR classrooms are all accessible. Please let us know about any other accommodations you may require for housing or meals. Application Registration Fee The registration fee covers all instruction, books and materials, bus passes, opening reception, picnic on Wednesday night, and closing luncheon on Friday. A $100 tuition deposit is required for all registrations no later than May 17, 2011. - Non-credit fee: The non-credit fee is $850, and all individual students are eligible for an AFL-CIO grant of $300, reducing the cost to $550, except for those participants whose program charge is being paid by their sponsoring union employer. Those students will have their union employer pay the full $850 non-credit fee. - Credit course fee: The tuition for those enrolling in the 1.5-credit class is $1,582.50, and all individual students are eligible for an AFL-CIO grant of $682.50, reducing the cost to $900, except for those whose program charge is being paid by their sponsoring union employer. Those students will have their union employer pay the full $1,582.50 credit tuition fee. Scholarships The AFL-CIO will provide a limited number of additional needs-based scholarships to further reduce the cost of tuition for students taking the course for credit. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE ONLY FOR STUDENTS TAKING THE COURSE FOR CREDIT AND WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER; NON-CREDIT STUDENTS DO NOT QUALIFY. To apply for a scholarship, please attach an additional one-page essay outlining your reasons for requesting this scholarship. Please note that the scholarships only apply to those students interested in taking the course for credit, and will only cover a portion of the credit tuition cost. Union employees and students who are funded by their employer are not eligible. Admission Acceptance to the program will be limited based on space, experience, and qualifications. Because of the combination of limited space and high demand for the course, we urge students to send in their application forms as soon as possible. The closing date for applications will be May 17, 2011, and acceptance letters will be sent out on May 20, 2011. All students interested in attending the program must complete the online application including a two- to three-page single-spaced essay explaining why they are interested in attending the program and what they plan to do upon completion of their degree. Each applicant should also have at least one letter of reference sent by the reference directly to Kate Bronfenbrenner either by email to klb23 at cornell.edu or by mail to Kate Bronfenbrenner, Director of Labor Education Research, 356 ILR Research Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. The letter(s) should speak to as many of the following attributes about the applicant as possible: research and writing aptitude and experience; depth of knowledge and experience relating to strategic corporate research, labor policy, globalization, organizing, bargaining, and comprehensive campaigns; and finally long term academic and career goals. Application Form Fill out the application form on line effective January 10: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/436743/Cornell-AFL-CIO-Strategic-Corporate-Research-Summer-School-2011 Refund Policy: To withdraw from this special program, you must notify the Special Programs office. Your refund amount will be determined by the date on which you notify the director. For more information about the Strategic Corporate Research Summer School 2011 program, please contact Kate Bronfenbrenner at (607) 254-4749 or e-mail scrsummer at cornell.edu. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I greatly hope you will be able to make such a contribution; if not, I would appreciate your forwarding this invitation to others who might be interested. I look forward to hearing from you and thank you for your consideration in this matter. With best wishes, Graham C. Kinloch Special Projects Editor International Journal of Contemporary Sociology Attachment INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGY SPECIAL ISSUE ON "TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICA IN CRISIS: MELTDOWN OR TRANSFORMATION?" SUBMISSION DEADLINE: AUGUST 31, 2011 Twenty-first century America is clearly in a state of crisis: neither the government nor the economy are effective while many social institutions remain highly problematic. Political gridlock, strident campaigns, a major economic recession combined with persistent unemployment, an ongoing housing crisis as well as educational, family-related, religious, healthcare and justice declines represent but a few of the highly visible symptoms. What do such developments reflect and what do they portend for the future? Do these trends indicate a national meltdown or a country in the process of transformation in the global context? This special issue of the Journal is designed to expose readers to a wide variety of these trends, both historical and contemporary, exploring major factors behind them, their future impact, and possible policy implications. Planned topics include the analysis of such trends regarding political ineffectiveness at all levels, the emergence of new social movements, financial deterioration in the context of a world market, the failure of education, problems regarding healthcare, the justice system, the changing impact of the national media, and new levels/types of poverty and homelessness among others. Exploration of past and current trends, unique developments, directions of possible change, and the long-term effects on traditional institutions is particularly encouraged, interpreting them in reference to either long-term national decline or emerging transformation in response to a changing global environment. You are invited to participate in this endeavor. If you accept our invitation, you are asked to focus on a specific trends and related factors, explore these in detail regarding their development and future societal impact, evaluating the kinds of societal effects which might consequently ensue. We are particularly concerned with developing new and relevant insights into this highly topical area. Your participation in this project is invited. If for some reason you cannot accept our invitation, please suggest someone who might and/or distribute this invitation to other potential contributors. The present deadline for submitting manuscripts is August 31, 2011. For International Journal of Contemporary Sociology's Author's Instructions, please visit the Journal's web site at: http://cla-web.auburn.edu/ijcs/index.html If you are unable to access this information, please let us know and we will forward it to you as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you and greatly appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Graham C. Kinloch Raj P. Mohan College of Social Sciences Dept. of Sociology Florida State University Auburn University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Auburn, AL 36849 gkinloch at centurylink.net mohanrp at mail.auburn.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 19753 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ian.fletcher at usbic.net Mon Jan 17 10:07:40 2011 From: ian.fletcher at usbic.net (Ian Fletcher) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:07:40 -0800 Subject: [URPE] Monthly URPE Bay Area Meetup Established In-Reply-To: <29F46101-5404-43DC-87C4-BF3BABEBCB78@usbic.net> References: <29F46101-5404-43DC-87C4-BF3BABEBCB78@usbic.net> Message-ID: <006501cbb669$0cc3c910$264b5b30$@fletcher@usbic.net> Bay Area URPE now has a monthly meetup in San Francisco the 3rd Sunday of every month at 2 PM. The location is Nob Hill, San Francisco, transit & parking accessible; e-mail Ian Fletcher at ian.fletcher at usbic.net for location and directions, or phone 415.238.8145. Best Regards, Ian Fletcher Author, Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace it and Why www.freetradedoesntwork.com Research Fellow US Business & Industry Council California Office 225 Bush St., 16th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA 415.439.8377 | 415.439.8304 (fax) | 415.238.8145 (cell) www.usbic.net/ianfletcher From ctilly at irle.ucla.edu Mon Jan 17 21:28:13 2011 From: ctilly at irle.ucla.edu (Chris Tilly) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:28:13 -0800 Subject: [URPE] Posted a response: URPE Steering Committee letter to members Message-ID: <1B518AEA5DBF4A4DB0ABE29B2472CF39058DEB44@SSCBE.SS.ucla.edu> Fellow URPErs, I wrote a quick response to the Steering Committee's letter and posted it on the blog. I hope others will join the discussion. The blog is at: http://urpe.wordpress.com/ (I swear I didn't put the book cover up; that was the webmaster's idea.) Instructions on posting are at http://www.urpe.org/listserv/blog.html Best, Chris Chris Tilly Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology and Director, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment UCLA 10945 Le Conte Ave., Suite 2107 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1478 Tel 310-267-4738 Fax 310-206-4064 Email chris_tilly at irle.ucla.edu Web http://www.irle.ucla.edu/contact/ChrisTilly.html Urban Planning website http://www.publicaffairs.ucla.edu/chris-tilly From: urpe-announcements-bounces at lists.econ.utah.edu [mailto:urpe-announcements-bounces at lists.econ.utah.edu] On Behalf Of PaddyQuick at aol.com Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 4:35 AM To: urpe-announcements at lists.econ.utah.edu Subject: [URPE] URPE Steering Committee letter to members December 20, 2010 Dear URPE members, At the recent Steering Committee meeting on November 20 and 21, we had a lengthy in-depth discussion about what URPE is doing and what URPE should be doing today. We started off by acknowledging the success involved in still existing and still fighting the good fight more than 40 years after our founding, when quite a number of other groups founded in that period have faded away. We have the same mission today that we started with, namely the development and dissemination of radical political economics, but the world today is different from 40 years ago. The Steering Committee therefore undertook a comprehensive review of the activities of our organization in order to see what we were doing well, and what needed to be changed. As a result of this review, it agreed to start up several new projects which will require the redirection of the energies of Steering Committee members, and which, it is hoped, will draw on the energies of other URPE members. It also agreed not to hold an URPE Summer Conference in 2011, and to review, at its Fall 2011 meeting, the overall activities of the year in order to decide whether or not to hold future Summer Conferences. URPE members are encouraged to read below the results of the SC?s review and its decisions, and, of course, to share their reactions to them. The Steering Committee began its review with a recognition of the significance of the Review of Radical Political Economics (RRPE) for the organization as a whole. RRPE is the primary URPE vehicle for the publication of new work in the field of radical political economy, work which both challenges the dominant orthodoxy and provides alternative approaches to the challenge of understanding the political economy of the world today. It has achieved national and international recognition within the academic community, and is respected even by many who disagree with its content. It provides radical political economists within academia with a place for the respectful consideration of their work and the articles that are accepted contribute to the progress of their careers. It is perhaps the biggest URPE project as measured by time that URPE members put into it as members of its Editorial Board and by the work of its Managing Editor, Hazel Dayton Gunn. The Steering Committee focused its attention then on its own activities and projects: i. An URPE project closely connected to the RRPE is the organization of URPE sessions at the annual meetings of the American Social Sciences Association (ASSA.) The ASSA organizers are appointed by the Steering Committee, while the RRPE publishes the Proceedings in one of its four annual issues. ii. Growing in importance is URPE participation in the Eastern Economic Association (EEA) with 21 sessions in the 2011 meetings. This also is a Steering Committee initiative. It is noteworthy for the substantial involvement of graduate students in not only the presentations but also the planning. The Steering Committee hopes to organize participation in other academic conferences in the future. iii. Job listings. We have begun to list on our web site job openings, mainly but not exclusively in universities. iv. Course syllabi. This newly revived SC project aims to assist people who are teaching courses with radical political economic content. Many reading lists are already posted on the website, including some in Spanish, and more will be put up over the next year. v. Bibliographies. The Steering Committee has begun to solicit and ask for volunteers to provide bibliographies (with abstracts) on various topics for posting on the Website. Individual URPE members engaged in research in particular areas will share their selection of useful articles and books, and update their lists annually. The first such bibliography, on International Economics, is now available: http://www.urpe.org/res/standardecon/intleconomics.html vi. The URPE Website. This is itself, of course, an ongoing project, and one on which both the Steering Committee and the RRPE Editorial Board have devoted considerable energy. But there is clearly a lot more work to be done to make radical political economics available to those who rely on the internet for information. Here we continue to look for suggestions from the membership on what sort of information on the Website could help our work. URPE?s presence outside of academia is still very limited, although several of the projects involved, and in particular the Website have considerable potential to reach beyond this. Nonetheless, the Steering Committee noted as a weakness in our organization its limited outreach to those outside of academia, while noting the following projects that do contribute specifically to this part of our mission: vii. Speakers Bureau ? Economy Connection. Economy Connection, under the leadership of Ruthie Indeck, brings URPE speakers together with organizations both in and out of universities, while also providing people with information on other resources. viii. The URPE listserve, which began four years ago, is increasing successful. It has added a degree of connectedness to URPE members, largely scattered throughout academic departments or activist organizations across the country. The goal has been to make a low volume list, yet get out information on relevant meetings, books, etc, that would be of interest to our members. Recently a number of people have started to use it to get information from other members concerning work and projects they are engaged in ? the sort of thing you?d ask a colleague in your department if one had a department of radical political economists. ix. URPE Facebook and blog. We have begun to develop these two channels for communication, through which people can engage in extended conversations. We are working on determining exactly how URPE members might like to use these. x. Left Forum. URPE continues to be one of the many organizations that organize panels at this annual event, and it will continue to do so. xi. Brooklyn Conference. URPE organized a one-day conference in October 2009 in Brooklyn which was designed to bring together people involved in theoretical and practical work on several of the issues confronting us today. A second conference is planned for October 2011. xii. URPE Newsletter. The Newsletter goes out in paper form to all members, as well as to libraries, but is also available on the URPE website. It carries information on URPE events, and occasional short articles. We will continue to consider the pros and cons of publishing it electronically, given that some of us just like to get things and read things in paper form. The cost of publishing it and mailing it is not large and not a significant consideration. Our main question right now is what else it could do that would be useful for our membership. The Steering Committee committed itself to two new projects aimed specifically at increasing URPE?s outreach to the non-academic sections of the population: xiii. Participation in conferences of activists. URPE has had almost no organized presence at such major gatherings of activists as the US Social Forum. The Steering Committee will work to organize groups of URPE members to attend such events and contribute to the work that they are engaged in. xiv. URPE Fact Sheets. URPE will develop a set of short (one-page) fact sheets on topics of interest to those engaged in economic, political, and social struggles. The Fact Sheets will consist of basic information together with analyses based on radical political economic theory, and will be available on the website as well as in hard copy. Members will be encouraged to discussion their content on the URPE blog, and an edited version of such discussions may, with the permission of authors, be added to the Fact Sheets and printed in the URPE Newsletter. The Fact Sheets will be solicited and reviewed by a newly constituted body of URPE members, to be called the URPE Fact Sheet Advisory Board. They will be signed by their authors, and will be published with a statement that views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of URPE as an organization. (Further information on this project will be distributed shortly.) The URPE Summer Conference In order to accomplish these goals, it was clear to the Steering Committee that it would be necessary to reallocate our resources, particularly our time resources. And the big issue there was the time spent on organizing the Summer Conference. Most of the people on the SC have been to past Summer Conferences, some to many of them. This made even considering cancelling it very difficult. Put simply, most of us, like many of you reading this, love the URPE summer conference. We think it has provided a place particularly both younger and older members can present their work, including work that is in its early stages, in a supportive environment. Over the years it has played important roles in both developing and disseminating radical political economics. In addition, we have loved seeing old friends year after year, watching each other's children grow up, sharing ideas between students, professors, and activists. We have loved the "working vacations" in beautiful settings. The summer conference has been both a social event and an academic/activist one. And we believe the feeling of intimacy and trust at URPE?s Summer Conferences is one important reason that URPE has stayed alive as a source of radical political economy for 42 years. But here are the realities we considered. We estimate that over the last 4 or 5 years organization of the summer conference has taken up 40-50% of the time of the National Office Coordinator. In addition, a large part of both the Spring and Fall Steering Committee meetings have been taken up with picking a topic, deciding who to approach for plenaries, talking about workshops, as well as dealing with organizing the event. The actual organization of the conference then took a large amount of the time and energy, which could have been spent on other URPE projects. The conference always drew a significant number of non-URPE members, which was a good thing, but the number of URPE members who have come recently has been fairly small. It became clear that a disproportionate amount of work was involved in a project which served only about 10% of the organization, and that this cut into our ability to serve URPE members as a whole and to build radical political economy beyond that. There is also the issue of the Annual Business Meeting, which from the beginning was a central reason for the Sumer Conference. Summer Conference business meetings barely met the quorum needed for decision-making ? 25 members or 7% of the membership, whichever is smaller (they are presently about the same.) This last summer, 2010, we had less than this. There is another motif behind all of this. When the summer conference was born, and for many decades, it was one of very few places the radical political economists could get together and both develop their work and socially interact. Now, there are quite a few. In addition to URPE sessions at the ASSA and the EEA, many URPE people attend the Western Economic Association meetings. In addition there are the meetings of Historical Materialism in New York, Toronto and London. Every three years there is Marx Actuel in Paris, and the Rethinking Marxism Conference in Amherst. The World Association for Political Ecoonomy (WAPE), a new organization with its own journal, has a yearly conference, and this coming May URPE is co-sponsoring its conference in Amherst. A European Political Economy group IIPPE has a yearly conference. And there are many more Heterodox conferences. Taking all of this into account, the Steering Committee voted to cancel the 2011 Summer Conference. The 2011 Business (or Membership) Meeting will be held on Sunday October 2, following the Brooklyn Conference on Saturday October 1. The Steering Committee will then evaluate where we are at and how things have worked out at its Fall 2011 meeting. In the meantime we welcome ideas from all members on our decisions and our plans. Conclusion In summary, although the Steering Committee?s decision to cancel the 2011 Summer Conference was a difficult one, the Committee is looking forward to the coming year. We are excited by the projects in place and by the opportunity to use our energies to strengthen the organization so that it can continue to develop and disseminate radical political economics. URPE Steering Committee Frances Boyes Jenny Brown Al Campbell Scott Carter Laura Ebert Mathew Forstater Armagan Genzici Julio Huato Laurie Nisonoff Patty Lee Parmalee Paddy Quick Chris Rude -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 29144 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT45652305.txt URL: From cathymulder at verizon.net Tue Jan 18 08:47:17 2011 From: cathymulder at verizon.net (Catherine Mulder) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:47:17 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Adjunct position at John Jay-Cuny Message-ID: Introduction to Economics: We have an open position for an adjunct to teach Introduction to Economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice-CUNY this spring. The course is scheduled for Monday and Wednesdays, 12:30-1:15. We could possibly have a second opening on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:55-3:10. The economics major is relatively new at John Jay and we looking for a vibrant instructor who can possibly help recruit students (by teaching well) into the major. Our students are quite diverse, inner-city, and typically quite inquisitive. It?s a great place to work. John Jay is conveniently located at 59th & 10th, a close walk from Columbus Circle. Please email me at: cmulder at jjay.cuny.edu if you are interested. 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Those who attended the Meeting might notice that someone from the ASSA administration was counting heads in every session. That was for the sake of allocating sessions for participating associations. Simply speaking, if there are not many people (except presenters, a moderator, and discussants in the conference program) at the heterodox sessions, the number of sessions allocated to heterodox associations will be decreasing next year. This is a quite absurd policy. For example, as an URPE member (among others), I feel compelled to go to URPE sessions in order not to lose any, despite the fact I might prefer a competing heterodox session (or perhaps, sessions organized by non-heterodox associations). Heterodox associations might work closer together when they are organizing ASSA sessions. Perhaps, they can put similar sessions in different time slots, reduce the number of discussants appearing in the conference program, or assign a moderator from one of presenters/discussants, etc. And of course I hope to see more heterodox crowds at the next ASSA meeting (see below the calls for papers by ASE and URPE). Lastly, we are glad to announce that the new edition of the *Heterodox Economics Directory* has been published. You can download it here . Happy New Year! Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers ASE (Association for Social Economics) at ASSA 2012 The Commoner: Property, Commoning and Commons Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists Critical Political Economy Research Network at ESA Defense and Realms Development and Commodification in Latin America: Limits and Possibilities Dynamic Growth in the Economic and Monetary Union EAEPE-AISSEC Session on the Policy Issues Facing The European Monetary Union European Society for History of Economic Thought (ESHET) Conference in Mexico History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA) Conference International Conference on International Business (ICIB) International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics International Journal of Contemporary Sociology IIPPE Conference 2011 Korean Association for Political Economy (KAPE) 2011 International Conference Left Forum Marxism and Culture (Call for Book Proposals) NYC Historical Materialism Conference Radical Democracy Conference Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences: New Scholars Session The Association Charles Gide pour l?Etude de la Pens?e ?conomique The Second Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network 5th Post-Keynesian Conference 6th Annual Conference of the Italian Association for the History of Political Economy (STOREP) 8th International Conference Developments in Economic Theory and Policy URPE (Union for Radical Political Economics) at ASSA 2012 World Association for Political Economy 2011 Conference Call for Participants CEPN Seminars of the Task group ?Post-Keynesian Analyses and Modelling? The City of London on Trial: What did financiers learn from the crisis? Conference on Cultural Workforce Issues Eric Hobsbawm on How to Change the World 3rd Global Commune Event: Trade Unions - Are They Fit For Purpose? The Hyman P. 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Moderator: Lenora Cole, Ph.D.,University of Maryland University College Speakers: Taxes and the Budget Joan Entmacher, J.D., Vice President for Family Economic Security, National Women's Law Center Economic Growth and Debt Heidi Hartmann,Ph.D., President, Institute for Women's Policy Research The Older American's Act, Aging Services, and Retirement Security Cindy Hounsell, J.D., President, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement Healthcare Reform and Welfare Reform Avis Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Council of Negro Women The Workforce Investment Act, Equal Pay, Job Training, and Education Joan Kuriansky,J.D., Executive Director, Wider Opportunities for Women Social Security Terry O'Neill, J.D., President, National Organization for Women This briefing is hosted by Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and organized by the Older Women's Economic Security Task Force of the National Council of Women's Organizations. Women's groups are invited to bring materials to distribute at the event. AN RSVP IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO FACILITATE ENTRANCE AT THIS EVENT. To RSVP, please e-mail Jocelyn Fischer at fischer at iwpr.org by Thursday, January 18 at 12 noon E.S.T. About the Sponsors and Organizers Older Women's Economic Security Task Force In the fall of 1998, the National Coalition of Women's Organizations formed a Women and Social Security Task Force to address the critical issue of Social Security reform and to help policy makers understand women's stake in this crucial issue. The Task Force has worked with all NCWO members to carry out a public education campaign to reach women across the country and to urge them to let their representatives and candidates know their views on Social Security reform. Task Force members are working to ensure the program's continued solvency and to improve Social Security for women by putting benefit improvement back on the public agenda. The Task Force also works with a coalition of organizations including labor unions, senior groups, youth advocates, public policy organizations, disability rights groups and civil rights organizations who oppose the privatization of Social Security. The Older Women's Economic Security Task Force, formerly the Task Force on Women and Social Security, is co-chaired by Heidi Hartmann, President of the Institute for Women's Policy Research and Terry O'Neill, President of the National Organization of Women. National Council of Women's Organizations (NCWO) NCWO is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition that represents over 11 million women across the United States. Its over 200 member organizations collaborate through substantive policy work and grassroots activism to address issues of concern to women, including family and work, economic equity, education, affirmative action, older women, corporate accountability, women and technology, reproductive freedom, women's health, younger women and global progress for women's equality. Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) IWPR conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation. Caroline Dobuzinskis Communications Manager Institute for Women's Policy Research 1200 18th Street NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 Main: 202.684.7484 | Fax: 202.833.4362 www.iwpr.org Sign up for IWPR's e-alerts here . 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I will be coordinating these for IAFFE and working closely with URPE panel coordinators for the ASSAs (Fred Moseley and Laurie Nisonoff) and IAFFE panel coordinator (and president-elect) Rosalba Todaro. I welcome proposals on feminist and radical political economic theory and applied analysis. The number of panels allocated to heterodox organizations is very limited. The joint IAFFE/URPE panels are allocated to URPE. Please note that anyone who presents a paper must be a member of URPE or IAFFE at the time of submission of the paper or panel proposal. Preference will be given to presenters who are members of both organizations. Proposals for individual papers should include the title, the abstract, and the author's name, institutional affiliation, phone, email and the completed registration form included below (or fill out the form attached). I will also need to know about your (and any co-authors) membership status in URPE and/or IAFFE. Please send these proposals materials to randy.albelda at umb.edu . Proposals for complete sessions are possible. If you want to propose a panel, please contact me at randy.albelda at umb.edu . If you are interested in/willing to be a chair or discussant, please let me know. The deadline for proposed papers for joint URPE/IAFFE panels is April 4, 2011. Contact urpe at labornet.org or 413-577-0806 for URPE membership. Contact iaffe.org for IAFFE membership information. We will confirm membership prior to accepting proposals. URPE is very serious about this and will cancel panels in which any members (besides chairs or discussants) are not URPE or IAFFE members. Please note that the date, time, and location of sessions is assigned by ASSA, not URPE or IAFFE. You should receive word from me that your paper/session was accepted by mid-June. ASSA will not assign dates and times until much later in the summer. Regards, Randy Albelda --------------------------------- PROGRAM REGISTRATION FORM IAFFE/URPE AT ASSA, 2012 Please fill out this form for each panel participant. For submission to joint URPE/IAFFE panels, please include this form with you proposal submission and send to randy.albelda at umb.edu . Name:_______________________________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Email:_____________________________________ Phone: (Office) ________________ (Home) ________________ Summer address and phone (from _____________ to _____________): ______________________________________________________________________________ Institutional Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________________________ I am proposing a session/paper (circle one) entitled: _____________________________________________________________________________ I wish to participate as a discussant. My interest area(s) are: _____________________________________________________________________________ Are you or your co-author(s) a member of URPE? _____yes_____no Please give the name of the currently paid URPE member: Are you or your co-author(s) a member of IAFFE? _____yes_____no Please give the name of the currently paid IAFFE member: -- Randy Albelda Professor of Economics University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 02125 617-287-6963 randy.albelda at umb.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 23334 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: URPE-IAFFE panel participant form.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 159765 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ctilly at irle.ucla.edu Sat Jan 22 17:33:19 2011 From: ctilly at irle.ucla.edu (Chris Tilly) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 16:33:19 -0800 Subject: [URPE] Please sign: deadline Tuesday!: An open letter on health care and the economy Message-ID: <1B518AEA5DBF4A4DB0ABE29B2472CF39059273BA@SSCBE.SS.ucla.edu> Hi folks, Let's try to defend our limited gains on this one. Best, Chris Tilly, UCLA ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cutler, David Date: Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:20 PM Subject: An open letter on health care and the economy To: Karen Davenport , David Cutler Dear Friends: We need your help. Congress is holding hearings on the economic impact of health reform this weekend. Last week, some 200 economists signed a letter disparaging the ACA. They wish to create the impression that the economics community is united against the bill. We want to do even better on the support front. If you agree with the draft letter below, please send your name and title as you wish it to appear to me and Karen Davenport (you can just reply to all). And please forward this letter to anyone you think would be interested in signing. Our deadline is Tuesday night. Best and many thanks, David Cutler ADDRESSEES This week, Congress is holding hearings on the economic impact of health care reform. We write to convey our strong conclusion that leaving in place the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) will significantly strengthen the economy and promote economic recovery. Repealing the Affordable Care Act would cause needless economic harm, and would set back efforts to create a more disciplined and more effective health care system. Our conclusion is based on two economic principles. First, high medical spending harms employment and economic growth. Many studies demonstrate that employers respond to rising health insurance costs by reducing wages, hiring fewer workers, or some combination of the two. Lack of universal coverage impairs job mobility as well; workers pass up opportunities for self-employment or for positions working for small firms because they fear losing their health insurance or facing higher premiums. Second, the ACA contains essentially every cost-containment provision policy analysts have considered effective in reducing the rate of medical spending. These provisions include: ? Payment innovations including greater reimbursement for patient-centered primary care; bundled payments for hospital, physician, and other services provided for a single episode of care; shared savings approaches or capitation payments that reward accountable provider groups that assume responsibility for the continuum of a patient's care; and pay-for-performance incentives for Medicare providers. ? An Independent Payment Advisory Board with authority to make recommendations to reduce cost growth and improve quality within both Medicare and the health system as a whole ? A new Innovation Center within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, charged with streamlining the testing of demonstration and pilot projects in Medicare and rapidly expanding successful models across the program ? Measures to inform patients and payers about the quality of medical care providers, which provide relatively low-quality, high-cost providers financial incentives to improve their care ? Increased funding for comparative effectiveness research ? Increased emphasis on wellness and prevention Taken together, these provisions are likely to reduce employer spending on health insurance. Estimates suggest spending reductions ranging from tens of billions of dollars to hundreds of billions of dollars. Because repealing reform would eliminate the above provisions, it would increase business spending on health insurance, and hence reduce employment. One study concludes that repealing ACA would produce job reductions of 250,000 to 400,000 annually over the next decade. Worker mobility would be impaired as well, as people remain locked into less productive jobs just to get health insurance. The budgetary impact of repeal would also be severe. The Congressional Budget Office concludes that repealing ACA would increase the cumulative federal deficit by $230 billion over the next decade, and would further increase the deficit in later years. Other studies suggest that budgetary impact of repeal is even greater. State and local governments would face even more serious fiscal challenges if the ACA were repealed, as they would lose substantial resources provided under the new law while facing the burdens of caring for 32 million more uninsured people. Repealing the ACA would thus make a difficult budget situation even worse. Rather than undermining health reform, Congress needs to make ACA as successful as it can be. This would be as good for our economy as it would be for the health of our citizens. Sincerely, -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 13901 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bpie at umd.umich.edu Mon Jan 24 09:40:14 2011 From: bpie at umd.umich.edu (Bruce A Pietrykowski) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:40:14 -0500 (EST) Subject: [URPE] ICAPE Conference 2011 CFP Deadline April 30 Message-ID: <147315013.368782.1295887214905.JavaMail.root@scotland.its.umd.umich.edu> Please circulate, announce and plan to join us!? ? Call for papers ? Re-thinking economics in a time of economic distress International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE) University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA -- USA Nov. 11-13, 2011 The 2007-08 financial crisis and subsequent economic downturn have raised many questions about how well prevailing economic approaches identify and explain pressing economic problems and suggest sound ways to solve them. Exploring what needs to change in economics and identifying productive paths forward are the central themes of ICAPE?s 3 rd international research conference. Founded in 1993, ICAPE is an association of associations committed to promoting healthy diversity in approaches to producing economic knowledge. For the 2011 conference, we invite proposals for papers or sessions from all strands of scholarship that examine topics of cross-cutting interest for creating a more robust, socially-valuable body of economic knowledge. Potential topics could include (but are not limited to): ? Macro models & complex-systems: Path dependencies, endogenous cycles, emergent properties ? Minskian analyses of financial fragility & implications for financial policy ? Fiscal policy in the 21 st century: Deficits & global bond markets ? Stresses and strains in the international financial system: Currencies, governance, emerging powers ? Ecological sustainability as a central concern in economic analysis ? Enriching economics through perspectives of race, gender, ethnicity, and class ? Human-capabilities and development practice ? Bringing the state back in to development strategy ? Measuring economic performance differently: Alternatives to GDP ? Ethics and the economics profession ? Economic education after the financial crisis: What needs to change? ? Grass-roots economic change: Community economies, local currencies, living wages, urban farming ? Heterodox economics and social provisioning ? Pluralism as a strategy for building a more robust economic knowledge ? Social and behavioral approaches to individual economic behavior: Is homo economicus dead? ? The economics of war and peace ? Innovations in all strands of unconventional economic theory : Evolutionary, ecological, complexity, institutional feminist, Austrian, Marxian, Post-Keynesian, behavioral/psychological, social, radical political economy, critical realism, general heterodox The conference will be held at the U. Mass. Campus Center beginning on Friday morning, Nov. 11, 2011, and ending midday on Sunday, Nov. 13. Plans for the plenary sessions, details on registration, a list of local hotels and other lodging options, along with basic travel information, will be available soon on the ICAPE website: www.icape.org ? Submissions The deadline for submitting proposals is April 30, 2011 . We welcome proposals for individual papers, full sessions, and roundtables. For individual papers, please include: Your name, your title and affiliation, an abstract of 300 words or less, 3 keywords, and contact information (address, phone, email). For full sessions of papers, panels, and other formats, please include the above for each contribution, as well as a title for the session, chair, discussants, and the name and contact information of the session organizer. To submit proposals, please go to: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/ICAPE2011 , and follow the instructions given there. Contact information ? For further information or questions, please contact ICAPE executive director, Martha Starr ( mstarr at american.edu ) or executive secretary Erik Olsen ( olsenek at umkc.edu ). ? Organizing committee Martha Starr (American University), Erik Olsen (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Ioana Negru (Anglia Ruskin University), Giuseppe Fontana (University of Leeds), Mwangi wa Githinji (U. Mass.-Amherst), Andrew Mearman (University of West England), Bruce Pietrykowski (U. Michigan-Dearborn), Virgil Storr (George Mason University) ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Advisory Committee Gerald Epstein (U. Mass.-Amherst), David Colander (Middlebury College), John Davis (Marquette & Amsterdam Universities), Edward Fullbrook (Real-World Economics), Rob Garnett (Texas Christian University), Stephanie Seguino (U. Vermont) -- Bruce Pietrykowski, Ph.D. Professor of Economics Director, Urban and Regional Studies Program Department of Social Sciences University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 48128 313-593-9970 (office) 313-593-5096 (Department office) Call for papers ? Re-thinking economics in a time of economic distress International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE) University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA -- USA Nov. 11-13, 2011 The 2007-08 financial crisis and subsequent economic downturn have raised many questions about how well prevailing economic approaches identify and explain pressing economic problems and suggest sound ways to solve them. Exploring what needs to change in economics and identifying productive paths forward are the central themes of ICAPE?s 3 rd international research conference. Founded in 1993, ICAPE is an association of associations committed to promoting healthy diversity in approaches to producing economic knowledge. For the 2011 conference, we invite proposals for papers or sessions from all strands of scholarship that examine topics of cross-cutting interest for creating a more robust, socially-valuable body of economic knowledge. Potential topics could include (but are not limited to): ? Macro models & complex-systems: Path dependencies, endogenous cycles, emergent properties ? Minskian analyses of financial fragility & implications for financial policy ? Fiscal policy in the 21 st century: Deficits & global bond markets ? Stresses and strains in the international financial system: Currencies, governance, emerging powers ? Ecological sustainability as a central concern in economic analysis ? Enriching economics through perspectives of race, gender, ethnicity, and class ? Human-capabilities and development practice ? Bringing the state back in to development strategy ? Measuring economic performance differently: Alternatives to GDP ? Ethics and the economics profession ? Economic education after the financial crisis: What needs to change? ? Grass-roots economic change: Community economies, local currencies, living wages, urban farming ? Heterodox economics and social provisioning ? Pluralism as a strategy for building a more robust economic knowledge ? Social and behavioral approaches to individual economic behavior: Is homo economicus dead? ? The economics of war and peace ? Innovations in all strands of unconventional economic theory : Evolutionary, ecological, complexity, institutional feminist, Austrian, Marxian, Post-Keynesian, behavioral/psychological, social, radical political economy, critical realism, general heterodox The conference will be held at the U. Mass. Campus Center beginning on Friday morning, Nov. 11, 2011, and ending midday on Sunday, Nov. 13. Plans for the plenary sessions, details on registration, a list of local hotels and other lodging options, along with basic travel information, will be available soon on the ICAPE website: www.icape.org ? Submissions The deadline for submitting proposals is April 30, 2011 . We welcome proposals for individual papers, full sessions, and roundtables. For individual papers, please include: Your name, your title and affiliation, an abstract of 300 words or less, 3 keywords, and contact information (address, phone, email). For full sessions of papers, panels, and other formats, please include the above for each contribution, as well as a title for the session, chair, discussants, and the name and contact information of the session organizer. To submit proposals, please go to: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/ICAPE2011 , and follow the instructions given there. Contact information ? For further information or questions, please contact ICAPE executive director, Martha Starr ( mstarr at american.edu ) or executive secretary Erik Olsen ( olsenek at umkc.edu ). ? Organizing committee Martha Starr (American University), Erik Olsen (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Ioana Negru (Anglia Ruskin University), Giuseppe Fontana (University of Leeds), Mwangi wa Githinji (U. Mass.-Amherst), Andrew Mearman (University of West England), Bruce Pietrykowski (U. Michigan-Dearborn), Virgil Storr (George Mason University) ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Advisory Committee Gerald Epstein (U. Mass.-Amherst), David Colander (Middlebury College), John Davis (Marquette & Amsterdam Universities), Edward Fullbrook (Real-World Economics), Rob Garnett (Texas Christian University), Stephanie Seguino (U. Vermont) -- Bruce Pietrykowski, Ph.D. Professor of Economics Director, Urban and Regional Studies Program Department of Social Sciences University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 48128 313-593-9970 (office) 313-593-5096 (Department office) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The conference invites contributions to discuss the different dimensions of an labour agenda for change including - workplace and collective bargaining issues, - the potential for broader policy alliances, - new forms of power and leverage, - alternatives to the current globalization regime The full text of the Call for Papers is available at http://www.global-labour-university.org/ or the link to the call in pdf format is http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU_conference_2011/Call_For_Paper_GLU_Conference_2011.pdf The GLU encourages policy orientated research and therefore welcomes submissions that not only analyses the problem, but also offer policy initiatives and solutions for debate. Please send a one page abstract (which includes your methodological approach) by *January 30, 2011* to Pulane Ditlhake at Glu.SouthAfrica at wits.ac.za and Michelle Williams at michelle.williams at wits.ac.za -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From ehrbar at lists.econ.utah.edu Thu Jan 27 15:35:27 2011 From: ehrbar at lists.econ.utah.edu (ehrbar) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:35:27 -0700 Subject: [URPE] Replacement of list server Message-ID: Here is the same message which I just sent, this time coming to you from the new server. Hans Hello subscribers to the utah mailing lists: The server which is hosting the utah mailing lists will be replaced in the next hour or so. Please do not send any messages right now until you get another message from me in a few minutes. If this second message does not reach you, the new list address is going to be listname at greenhouse.economics.utah.edu where listname is name of your mailing list right now. This address will accept mail in a few minutes (I hope). I will have to take the web server off line so that there will be no subscriptions during the migration process. Thank you for your patience, Hans G. Ehrbar University of Utah. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis at lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis From PaddyQuick at aol.com Fri Jan 28 10:20:02 2011 From: PaddyQuick at aol.com (PaddyQuick at aol.com) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:20:02 EST Subject: [URPE] Scholarships for students attending May 27-29 WAPE Conference in Amherst, Mass. Message-ID: <104111.7f21cc64.3a7454c2@aol.com> Students attending the 2011 Conference of the World Association for Political Economy in Amherst, Massachusetts from May 27 to May 29 are eligible for URPE-sponsored scholarships to cover part of the conference registration fee (Registration Fee is $100 for early registration, i.e. before April 22.) Students who are URPE members will receive scholarships of $60, and non-members are eligible for scholarships of $50. Further information on both the Conference and URPE membership is available at _www.urpe;org_ (http://www.urpe;org) . Students may choose, with their applications, to take out URPE memberships ($20 for a limited membership or $30 for a full (student) membership,) in which case they will be eligible for the $60 scholarship. Full members receive a subscription to the Review of Radical Political Economics (4 issues per year) and the quarterly URPE Newsletter. Limited members receive only the Newsletter. Note: There is an optional forum dinner at the Conference on May 28, for which an additional $30 fee must be paid at the time of application. Applications must be submitted to the URPE National Office by April 22. You may not apply for the URPE scholarships by using the online application process for the WAPE Conference. Students who have not yet registered for the WAPE Conference Choose one of the four categories below in order to determine the amount of the fee to be sent with this application: Registration for WAPE Conference + URPE membership (if applicable) Not including dinner Including dinner (a) Current URPE members $40 $70 (b) New members (limited membership) $60 $90 (c) New members (full membership) $70 $100 (d) Students who do not wish to join URPE now $60 $90 Students who have already registered for the WAPE Conference should apply for the scholarships directly to the National Office, by completing the form above and enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope. Scholarships will be sent to you as follows: (a) Current URPE members $60 (b) Students taking out limited membership with this application now $40 (C) Students taking out full membership with this application now $30 (d) Students who do not wish to join URPE now $40 ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Complete the following application form: Choose one of the following: ____ I am an URPE member ____ I wish to join URPE as a limited member ____ I wish to join URPE as a full (student) member ____ I do not wish to join URPE now Complete one of the following: ___ I wish to register for the WAPE Conference (and, if applicable, URPE membership) and enclose payment of $ ____________ (See above) ___ I have already registered for the WAPE Conference (and, if applicable, wish to join URPE). I am applying for a scholarship of $_____________ (See above) Send form to: Make checks payable to ?URPE? or complete the credit card information below. 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One reason I ask is that I have several grad students, all Marxists, who will be defending their Ph.D. shortly, and I need to identify potential external examiners. Raju Raju J Das Associate Professor, York University, Toronto From Marlene.Kim at umb.edu Thu Feb 3 16:47:42 2011 From: Marlene.Kim at umb.edu (Marlene Kim) Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 18:47:42 -0500 Subject: [URPE] prize of one thousand dollars to feminist economist or activist Message-ID: <185026229B084F4290C23013AD75E722041FA212@ebe2.umassb.net> Rhonda Williams Prize Sponsored by Routledge/Taylor and Francis, publisher of Feminist Economics In memory of Rhonda Williams, associate editor of Feminist Economics from 1994 to 1998, the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) has established a prize to help scholars from underrepresented groups in IAFFE, whose work reflects Rhonda Williams' legacy of scholarship and activism, attend the annual IAFFE conference and present a paper. The prize is oriented towards junior untenured scholars and activists. Amount: $1000 to be awarded at the IAFFE conference in Hangzhou, China, June 24-26, 2011. (Conference information is at http://www.iaffe.org/conferences/annual/index.php?PHPSESSID=624ad87b49b0 504b3750b693e1ef53e9.) The funds are intended to partially defray travel costs to attend the annual conference. Subject to availability, some additional travel funds may be available if recipients have no other access to travel support. If eligible, applicants are also encouraged to apply for an IAFFE travel scholarship to the conference. Application Deadline: Extended to March 15, 2011. Criteria: The recipient's work in activism, advocacy, or scholarship should demonstrate a commitment to one or more of the following issues: * Inequalities based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality. * Interrelationships among racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism. * Connections between scholarship and activism. Special consideration will be given to applicants from groups not well represented in IAFFE and those with limited access to travel funds from their home institutions or international funders. This prize is targeted to junior scholars and activists, rather than to graduate students, though the latter are also welcome to apply. The recipient of the prize must present at the IAFFE conference and submit the manuscript to Feminist Economics within a reasonable period after the conference. The paper will undergo an expedited review process, but publication is not guaranteed. Application Process: Applications should be sent to Marlene Kim, Chair, Rhonda Williams Prize, at Marlene.Kim at umb.edu and should include: (1) A cover letter/email that includes a statement of (a) the connection between the applicant's experience and the Rhonda Williams legacy as described in the criteria above; and (b) how the applicant would bring diversity to IAFFE and how the applicant would like to be engaged with IAFFE in the future. (2) A curriculum vitae or resume, labeled "resumeRWS" (3) A draft of a full paper (not an abstract or outline) for the 2011 IAFFE conference, scheduled for June 24-26, 2011 in Hangzhou, China (label file "paperRWS.2011." Please send all files in Microsoft Word or in PDF Acrobat format. Please be sure that all materials are sent. Applicants who omit any of the three items listed above may not be considered for the prize. For applicants who haven't yet registered for the annual conference because they need funding, the prize winner will be allowed to register for the annual conference and will be included in the conference program after being notified of the prize. If you are not an IAFFE member for 2011, please send in your membership application prior to submission of your prize application. Please direct any questions to Marlene Kim, Chair, Rhonda William Prize, Marlene.Kim at umb.edu, or (617) 287-6954. Marlene Kim Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125 voice: 617/287-6954 fax: 617/287-6976 email: Marlene.Kim at umb.edu http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/dept/economics/faculty/kim.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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John Weeks -- Current commentary: Insurrection in North Africa, and BBC interview in programme on Vietnam http://jweeks.org Other email: johnweeks at jweeks.org Telephones {NEW MOBILE] (44) 07905 099836 land lines: (44) 0207 693 0385 (44) 01730 823556 From PaddyQuick at aol.com Sun Feb 6 11:26:21 2011 From: PaddyQuick at aol.com (PaddyQuick at aol.com) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:26:21 EST Subject: [URPE] URPE Fact Sheets - new URPE project Message-ID: <3367.170f734a.3a8041cd@aol.com> URPE Fact Sheets and the formation of an URPE Fact Sheet Advisory Board The Steering Committee of URPE announces the formation of an Advisory Board with the specific task of supervising the development and dissemination of a series of Fact Sheets on topics within the area of Radical Political Economics. Possible topics include US tax structure, health care, immigration, unemployment and attacks on the public sector. 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With our heterodox microeconomics list, we wish to collect all new working papers and unpublished works belonging to any non-orthodox tradition, including (but not limited to) the radical-Marxist, Post Keynesian-Sraffian, feminist, Institutional, evolutionary, and social economics. For more details, read the letter below and join the list today! It is apparently the season of new calls for papers. There are many exciting heterodox conferences and workshops taking place around the world. Just to mention, ICAPE has announced its 3rd International Conference at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in November 2011. The general theme of the Conference is ''Re-thinking Economics in a Time of Economic Distress.'' In the spirit of pluralism, the ICAPE Conference is open to all heterodox thinkers and approaches. In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Letters to Heterodox Economists Launcing NEP-HME (Heterodox Microeconomics) List Call for Papers AFEE at ASSA 2012: Roots and Implications of the Great Crisis AHE 2011 Conference: Economists of Tomorrow AJES Speical Issue 2012: Measuring the Contribution of Dissident Scholarship Capital Against Capitalism: A conference of new Marxist research The Capitalist Mode of Power: Critical Engagements with the Power Theory of Value Conference on Networks EAEPE Conference 2011 Education and Social Change in Latin America 5th 'Dijon' Post Keynesian Conference Critical Political Economy Research Network at ESA 2011 Conference HES Conference 2011 HOPE Conference 2012: The Economist as Public Intellectual International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE) 2011 Conference IIPPE Conference (and Working Group on Financialisation) International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education Japanese Society for Post Keynesian Economics Conference: Economics in Financial Crisis Marx and Philosophy Society 8th Annual Confernce Marxist Literary Group Institute on Culture and Society New Frontiers in European Studies: UACES Student Forum Conference Private Equity, Corporate Turbulence and Labour Regulation Rescuing America: Strategies and Policies against Neoliberalism URPE/IAFFE at ASSA 2012 SCEME Workshop: Economic Methodology After the Crisis (What) Have we learned? New perspectives on the political economy of finance and regulation Call for Participants AFIT 2011 Annual Conference Cambridge Realist Workshop Critical Labour Studies 7th Symposium Critical Realism Research Seminars, London ESPANet/RECWOWE Summer School: Welfare States of Eastern and Western Europe International Conference on Greening Financial Institutions London Seminar on Contemporary Marxist Theory Nicole Pepperell speaking on Marx's Capital: Birbeck and Melbourne North American Basic Income Guarantee Conference: Models for Social Transformation PKSG Keynes Seminar Research Seminar of Monetary History Group SOAS Money and Development Seminar Progressive London conference discussion on economic strategy Conference on "Taking Control" St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar URPE at EEA 2011 The Winton Institute for Monetary History Seminar Series Workshop on ?Understanding the Global Financial Crisis? Job Postings for Heterodox Economists Christian Aid, UK Indian Institute of Technology, India St. Thomas University, Canada Conference Papers, Reports, and Articles Cambridge Marshall Society 75th Anniversay Lecture Podcast Heterodox Journals Economics and Philosophy, 27(1): Mar. 2011 Economy and Society, 39(4): Nov. 2010 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 17(5): Dec. 2010 European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 18(1): Feb. 2011 Feminist Economics, 16(4): Oct. 2010 Feminist Economics, 17(1): Jan. 2011 Historical Materialism, 18(3): 2010 Journal of Economic Methodology, 17(4): Dec. 2010 Industrial and Corporate Change, 20(1): Feb. 2011 International Journal of Political Economy, 39(3): Fall 2010 International Review of Applied Economics, 24(6): Nov. 2010 Local Economy, 25(8): Dec. 2010 Mother Pelican , 7(2): Feb. 2011 New Political Economy, 16(1): Feb. 2011 New Political Economy, 15(4): Dec. 2010 Review of Social Economy, 68(4): Dec. 2010 Socialism and Democracy, 24(3): Nov. 2010 Heterodox Newsletters CCPA EPI News Global Laour Column IDEAs Levy News Post Keynesian Economics Study Group R?seau de Recherche sur l'Innovation Revue de la R?gulation Revista Circus Heterodox Books and Book Series The Business of Human Rights: An Evolving Agenda for Corporate Responsibility Finance at the Threshold: Rethinking the Real and Financial Economies Fortschritt bei Marx (Progress in Marx) Global Finance and Social Europe Handbook of Research on Complexity The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism: How Market Tyranny Stifles the Economy by Stunting Workers Marx?s Capital: An introductory reader Modern State Intervention in the Era of Globalisation The Politics of Equality: An Introduction Rethinking Macroeconomics for Sustainability The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould South Africa Pushed to the Limit: The Political Economy of Change The Taming of the American Crowd: From Stamp Riots to Shopping Sprees Heterodox Graduate Programs and Scholarships PhD studentship, School of Business & Management and School of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London Internship Opportunity, The British Museum Scholarships for Students attending WAPE Conference Heterodox Web Sites and Associates PRIME: Policy Research in Macroeconomics Heterodox Economics in the Media The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in the President's State of the Union Address: L. Randall Wray Happy Anniversary, Mr. Keynes: Victoria Chick and Ann Pettifor Economics' Newset Thinking Comes from the Old Masters Obamanomics: Escalation of Reaganomics: Ismael Hossein-zadeh Queries from Heterodox Economists An Appeal from Verso Books - Help Us Revive Some Classics How do you teach the history of economics ? Survey on Public Policy (Canada) For Your Information Economists Issue Statement on Capital Controls and Trade Treaties EuroMemorandum 2010-11 Available Online IAFFE: Rhonda Williams Prize (call for applicants) Simon Clarke's Books Available for Free Download Video: Bank bailouts explained Radio Intereriew: David McNally on the Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance Edward Elgar: News for Authors, Editors, and Book Contributors -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It?s about the theory of capitalist over-investment in fixed capital (not circulating capital), the resulting economic crises, and a lot of other related macroeconomic topics. It includes a critique of the Marxian theories of crisis that were popular in 1980 (in chapter 2) , growth theory (chapter 4), and inflation (chapter 5). It?s at http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine/dissertation/Dissertation.htm. Comments are welcome. I think that it would be great if others were to publish their dissertations this way. Otherwise, it seems, no-one but one?s dissertation committee reads the damn thing. Jim Devine, a.k.a. James G. Devine Professor of Economics University Hall, Rm. 4227 Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive Los Angeles, CA 90045 jdevine at lmu.edu phn: 310 338-2948 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In today's global economy, this "right" is profoundly challenged. Social divisions are experienced increasingly in spatial terms- through gentrified housing markets and polarized job markets; unequal access to green space and unequal exposure to environmental risk; and new modes of segregation, exclusion, and policing of public space. Against this backdrop, the process of urbanization itself has become a significant site of political contestation for a wide range of groups, and the idea of the "right to the city" both a critique and call to organize. Bringing together leading scholars, practitioners, and activists from across California and the U.S., "Whose City?" will provide an opportunity to think critically and creatively about these emerging labor and urban-based coalitions-- from their historic roots to their possible futures, from their local to their global manifestations. For more information about the event, go to: http://urban.ihr.ucsc.edu/events/whose-city/ Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151675971553691 SCHEDULE 9:30-9:40 Welcome Steve McKay (Sociology, UCSC) and Miriam Greenberg (Sociology, UCSC) 9:40-10:40 Keynote David Harvey (Distinguished Professor, City University of New York) "Whose City? Labor and the Right to the City Movements" 10:45-12:15 Panel I. Cities for People or Profit? Wage, Housing, and Economic Justice Campaigns * Gilda Haas (Urban Planning, UCLA; Strategic Action for a Just Economy; Right to the City National Alliance) "Beyond Campaigns: Inequality, Popular Education and Transformation" * Stephanie Luce (Labor Studies, City University of New York) "From Just Economics to Economic Justice: Taking Wage Campaigns to the Next Level * Gretchen Purser (Sociology, Syracuse University) "The Spectre and Spectacle of Eviction: Rethinking America's Housing Crisis" * Nari Rhee (Center for Labor Research and Education, UC Berkeley ) "What Does Labor Bring to the Politics of Place? Unions and the Right to the City movement in Silicon Valley" * Moderator: Eleonora Pasotti (Politics, UCSC) 12:15-1:15 Lunch 1:15-3:00 Panel II. Cities of Nature: From Environmental Justice to Green Jobs * Melissa Checker (Urban Studies, Queens College, City University of New York) "'What Do You Mean by Green?': Green Jobs in a Greed Economy," * Kevin Danaher (Global Exchange and Green Festivals) "The Green Economy is the Future" * Jeff Rickert (Green For All) "A Brief History of the Green Jobs Movement" * Jon Zerolnick (Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy) "The Clean and Safe Ports Campaign: False Dichotomies and the Underground Economy VS. Coalition-Building and the Power of Local Government" * Moderator: Julie Guthman (Community Studies, UCSC) 3:00-3:15 Coffee Break 3:15-5:00 Panel III. Rights to the Global City: Race, Class, Gender and Citizenship across Borders * Joshua Bloom (Sociology, UCLA) "Ally to Win: Black Community Leaders and SEIU's LA Security Unionization Campaign." * Gerardo Dominguez (United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 5) "Immigrant Mercado Workers' Struggle to Bring Justice to the Urban Workplace" * Faranak Miraftab (Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign) "Global Restructuring of Social Reproduction and What it Means for the Right to the City Movements: Observations in a Transnational Packing Town in the Midwest." *Gihan Perera (Miami Worker Center and Right to the City National Alliance) * Moderator: Eric Porter (American Studies, UCSC) 5:00 Closing Remarks Shannon Gleeson (Latin American and Latino Studies, UCSC) This event is FREE and open to the public. For more information about the event, go to: http://urban.ihr.ucsc.edu/events/whose-city/ Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151675971553691 Co-sponsored by the Departments of Sociology, American Studies, and Latin American and Latino Studies; College 8; and the Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies at UC Santa Cruz. The Urban Studies Research Cluster and the Center for Labor Studies at the Institute for Humanities Research are sponsored by the UC Humanities Network. Additional support from the Miguel Contreras Fund. Staff support provided by the IHR. For information about access to the event, please contact Shann Ritchie at sritchie at ucsc.edu. -- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Abteilung " 'Das Kapital' und Vorarbeiten" ausgew?hlt, die nahezu vollst?ndig bearbeitet ist und deren B?nde ? mit Ausnahme von Teilband II/4.3. ? bereits vorliegen. Wie Sie wissen, enth?lt die Abteilung ? im Unterschied zu allen anderen bisherigen Ausgaben des "Kapital" ? alle, zum Teil bislang unver?ffentlichte Fassungen und Entw?rfe zu den drei B?chern des "Kapital" von Marx und die von Engels aus dem Nachlass herausgegebenen Druckfassungen. Die B?nde der II. Abteilung der MEGA dokumentieren in ihren Editorischen Apparaten detailliert die Zusammenh?nge zwischen diesen verschiedenen Fassungen. Ziel des MEGAdigital-Projektes ist es, den in der II. Abteilung dargebotenen Korpus an ?konomischen Texten band?bergreifend zu erschlie?en und die intertextuellen Zusammenh?nge zwischen den einzelnen Manuskript- und Druckfassungen ?ber kumulierte Register und Volltextsuche recherchierbar zu machen. Das umfangreiche Textkonvolut der ?konomischen Schriften von Marx wird damit f?r Fragestellungen der Forschung weiter erschlossen. Die Edierten Texte werden seiten- und zeilenidentisch mit den gedruckten MEGA-B?nden und damit wissenschaftlich zitierf?hig pr?sentiert. Die Pr?sentation der digitalen MEGA erfolgt auf einem imagin?ren Schreibtisch, auf dem beliebig viele Fenster ge?ffnet werden k?nnen, so dass beliebig viele Texte, Register und Suchergebnisse gleichzeitig bzw. parallel angezeigt werden k?nnen. Die Fenster k?nnen nach den jeweiligen Bed?rfnissen positioniert werden, und da der "Schreibtisch" wesentlich gr??er als der Bildschirm ist, bleibt die Anordnung auch bei mehreren Fenstern ?bersichtlich. Zur Zeit sind in der digitalen Ausgabe der MEGA die Edierten Texte von f?nf MEGA-B?nden verf?gbar, darunter die "Grundrisse" (II/1), das "Sechste Kapitel des ersten Buches: Die Resultate des unmittelbaren Produktionsprozesses" (II/4.1), Manuskripte von Marx (II/4.1, II/11) sowie redaktionelle Texte (II/12) und die von Engels herausgegebene Druckfassung zum zweiten Buch des "Kapital" (II/13). Der Text des Bandes II/11 ist zur Zeit noch nicht vollst?ndig verf?gbar, da er viele Formeln, Grafiken, Tabellen und Br?che enth?lt, die gesondert bearbeitet werden m?ssen, was derzeit geschieht. In K?rze wird auch der Edierte Text der Erstausgabe des ersten Buches des "Kapital" (Der Produktionsprozess des Kapitals) von 1867 bereitgestellt werden. Dar?ber hinaus stehen eine Volltextrecherche ?ber alle B?nde sowie ein kumuliertes digitales Sachregister f?r die eben genannten Fassungen und Ausarbeitungen zum zweiten Buch des "Kapital" zur Verf?gung. Im Mittelpunkt des Sachregisters steht die Genesis des Marx'schen Werkes. Daher werden die einzelnen Registereintr?ge mit den Verweisen auf die B?nde II/11, II/12 und II/13 angezeigt, so dass man die Textstellen von den Marx'schen Manuskripten (II/11) ?ber das Redaktionsmanuskript (II/12) bis zur Druckfassung (II/13) des zweiten Buches des "Kapital" verfolgen kann. Verweisstellen in Manuskript I (II/4.1) werden unter denen der B?nde II/11, 12 und 13 angezeigt. (Einzelheiten finden Sie in der Projektbeschreibung und in der Anleitung.) Das Projekt ist das Ergebnis einer Kooperation zwischen dem Akademienvorhaben MEGA an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW), der Arbeitsgruppe Telota an der BBAW und einer Gruppe japanischer Forscher von der Tohoku-Universit?t Sendai und der Hosei Universit?t Tokio. An dieser Stelle sei nochmals allen KollegInnen, die durch ihr besonderes Engagement die Entwicklung der digitalen Ausgabe der MEGA sehr bef?rdert haben, f?r ihren gro?en Einsatz herzlich gedankt. Fragen, Kommentare und Anregungen sind herzlich willkommen. Mit besten Gr??en Regina Roth From Khalil05 at aol.com Wed Feb 9 18:55:32 2011 From: Khalil05 at aol.com (Khalil05 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 20:55:32 EST Subject: [URPE] Seeking resources on Health Economics? Message-ID: Hello, I wonder if anyone has any resources, a text book or book that covers a critical perspective of Health Economics? Khalil Shahyd Project Coordinator Center for Social Inclusion -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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As part of its strategy to expand and strengthen its interdisciplinary approach to international development issues, the University now invites applications and nominations for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies (IDS). We are particularly interested in a candidate whose research promotes linkages with wide-ranging interdisciplinary and internationally oriented scholarship underway in the Faculty of Arts. The area of specialization is open, but we will give special attention to candidates whose research is very broadly located within the political economy approach to the social, economic, political and cultural dimensions of development issues. Applicants? research should have a regional focus on Latin America, Africa, or Asia, but with global relevance. The Government of Canada funds the Canada Research Chairs program to promote world-class research in Canadian universities. According to the guidelines for Tier II Chairs, the successful candidate will have completed her or his PhD sometime in the past ten years and will have accumulated a record of significant published research relating to one or more of the fields related to International Development Studies. The candidate will also have a demonstrated capacity to work with an interdisciplinary community of scholars. The successful candidate is expected to make a significant contribution to the building and consolidation of interdisciplinary research within the broader international development research program at Saint Mary?s University. The University grants a considerable teaching load reduction to CRC appointees, but applicants must nonetheless demonstrate successful teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Subject to review and approval of the Canada Research Chairs Committee in Ottawa, the appointment to Saint Mary?s University will be made at the rank of Associate Professor and will include cross-appointment between International Development Studies and an appropriate academic department in Saint Mary?s University. Saint Mary?s University is committed to serving the local, regional, national and international communities, a commitment it realizes through a broad spectrum of outreach activities, well-focused research programs, and contributions to life-long learning. Its international character is reflected in its proportion of international students and success in securing funding for international projects and related research. Saint Mary?s has collaboration agreements with universities and educational agencies around the world. Scholars in the Faculty of Arts play a key role in these strategic priority areas of research, and their interdisciplinary curriculum and research supervision serves both undergraduate honours and MA degrees. IDS is the largest Faculty of Arts graduate program at the University with approximately 60 students actively engaged in IDS graduate research. Faculty members associated with IDS are involved in a broad range of externally-funded projects, and their research has been extensively published. Applicants are asked to submit a curriculum vitae, an example of recently published work, a teaching dossier, a comprehensive outline of their proposed research program, and should supply the names and contact information of three potential references. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their files are complete. Review of applications will begin March 31, 2011 and will continue until the position is filled. Applications, as well as reference letters, should be sent to: Dr. Anthony Holland O?Malley Coordinator International Development Studies Saint Mary's University 923 Robie Street Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3 This advertisement is directed in the first instance to Canadian citizens or landed immigrants. Saint Mary?s University is committed to the principles of employment equity. -- S. Ryan Isakson Assistant Professor International Development Studies Saint Mary's University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3C3 Tel:1.902.491.6224/Fax:1.902.491.8622 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The 38 selections in the volume include complete texts of all of Veblen's major articles and book reviews from 1882 to 1914, plus key chapters from his books The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904), and The Instinct of Workmanship (1914). These writings present a wide range of Veblen's most significant contributions, especially with respect to the philosophical and psychological foundations of economics, sociology, and other social sciences. This is the only collection to present Veblen's writings in chronological order, so that their development can be correctly understood. The editors provide extensive introductory essays that include item-by-item commentaries that place each selection in its intellectual-historical context and in relation to subsequent developments in economics. Charles Camic is John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University, USA. Geoffrey M. Hodgson is a Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. ________________________________ "There is today a renaissance of interest in the writings of the great institutional economists who were prominent in the first part of the 20th century, and then faded from view as neoclassical economics took over the field. Among these, the writings of Thorstein Veblen are perhaps the most interesting and most relevant to reflection on the current state of economics. This volume, which makes many of his writings readily available, is most welcome." Richard Nelson, Columbia University, New York, USA ________________________________ "This selection of Veblen's essays, edited by two leading institutional scholars, is particularly welcome. After a crisis of the economy and after an evident crises of the economics which is supposed to explain it, many scholars are looking for alternative approaches which were abandoned for empty formalistic and a-historical theories. Re-reading these essays by Veblen can greatly contribute to the success of their efforts. They show how economics could be an evolutionary science which helps to understand and transform real-life economic systems." Ugo Pagano, University of Siena, Italy ________________________________ "Geoff Hodgson and Charles Camic have produced an extremely interesting and valuable collection of Thorstein Veblen's writings, originally published between 1882 and 1914. The collection is designed to provide insight in to the development of Veblen's central and essential ideas, hence the chronological arrangement, the focus on work up to 1914, and the valuable commentaries provided on the texts. This book supersedes all previous collections of Veblen's writings, and is an essential tool for Veblen scholars." Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ________________________________ "When reading the pieces in this fine selection of Veblen's writings it comes as a major surprise how intellectually stimulating Veblen is to the present day. Camic and Hodgson deserve praise for laying out before our eyes the enormous scope of Veblen's thought. Readers will find this selection an excellent guide to Veblen's legacy for economics and social sciences more broadly." Ulrich Witt, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To subscribe to NEP-HME go to http://nep.repec.org/ and click on NEP-HME where you will be able to subscribe to the newsletter. In putting together the last two newsletters, I had to go through all the working papers that were submitted in the previous couple of weeks. Out of the nearly 1,000 working papers, I can across very few clearly identifiable heterodox papers of any kind. Moreover, I noticed less than 10 names of heterodox economists and among them almost no Institutionalists and certainly no Marxists, radicals, and social economists that are members of AFEE, ASE, URPE, AHE, and CSE. It is as if only Post Keynesian economists of one sort or another are doing any work out there. If you want heterodox economics to be visible, then you need to do things to make it visible-such as submitting papers to RepEc: http://mpra.repec.org/. Once submitted to RepEc, I (and Karl Petrick who runs the NEP-PKE list) will be able to pick it up and send it out to our subscribers. When you submit your papers to RepEc make sure that you use a JEL code that clearly identifies your paper as heterodox and/or include and appropriate name in the title and/or abstract. For more information about this new heterodox endeavor, see the current issue of the Heterodox Economics newsletter. Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Applicants must have superior teaching skills and an ability to teach macroeconomics and microeconomics at the introductory level and elective courses in the candidate's areas of expertise.The teaching load will be three courses per semester. We are looking for a versatile colleague -- one who appreciates the interdisciplinary nature of a small residential, undergraduate, liberal arts institution.The Economics Department has twelve faculty members and one of the largest majors on campus. Applicants must include a letter of application, vitae, a statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of recommendation. Please submit application materials online at https://employment.denison.edu . We will accept applications until the position is filled. Denison University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to foster a diverse campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or socio-economic background. Fadhel Kaboub -- Fadhel Kaboub, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics Denison University 227 Higley Hall 100 W. College Street Granville, OH 43023 ________________________ Tel: 740-587-6315 Fax: 740-587-6348 Email: kaboubf at denison.edu website: www.kaboub.com ________________________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best Regards, Ian Fletcher Author, Free Trade Doesn?t Work: What Should Replace it and Why www.freetradedoesntwork.com Research Fellow US Business & Industry Council California Office 225 Bush St., 16th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA 415.439.8377 | 415.439.8304 (fax) | 415.238.8145 (cell) www.usbic.net/ianfletcher logo_sig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 6749 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 24224 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dlaibman at scienceandsociety.com Mon Feb 21 09:09:52 2011 From: dlaibman at scienceandsociety.com (David Laibman) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:09:52 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Fwd: Tell Clarence Thomas: Recuse yourself Message-ID: <4D628E50.8040903@scienceandsociety.com> A petition worth signing. Please sign, and circulate. David Laibman -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Tell Clarence Thomas: Recuse yourself Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:26:19 -0500 From: Woody Franklin To: Woody Franklin For your consideration--this has been widely reported. --W A case challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform bill passed by Congress is headed to the Supreme Court, and Justice Clarence Thomas has a supreme ethical conflict. It's been widely reported that the Thomas family has financial ties to the conservative organizations leading the campaign to bring down our new health care law -- the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Rep. Anthony Weiner and 73 other members of Congress have signed a letter detailing the appearance of ethical conflict and asking Justice Thomas to recuse himself from deliberations on the constitutionality of health care reform. I just signed a companion letter that Rep. Weiner will deliver to the Supreme Court along with the letter signed by members of Congress. I hope you'll join me and sign the letter as well. There's more information about it and an easy way to sign it at the link below. http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/thomas_recuse/?r_by=16742-2296274-8UUecex&rc=paste2 -- Woody -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2705 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Mon Feb 21 13:42:45 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:42:45 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Grassroots Fundraising/Devil's Milk/ Capital Vol.1/ Malcolm X Message-ID: <21559596.1298320965692.JavaMail.root@mswamui-valley.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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These aggregate trends are used to infer: (a) the dominant relations of production under which the vast majority of the Indian working people labour, and (b) the predominant ways in which the surplus labour of the direct producers is appropriated by the dominant classes. This summary account is meant to inform and link up with on-going attempts at radically restructuring Indian society. UMASS-Amherst Economic Department Working Papers- February 2011. 2011-02 Owen Thompson Racial Disparities in the Cognition-Health Relationship ABSTRACT: This paper investigates how the association between cognitive achievement and self-rated health in middle age differs by race, and attempts to explain these differences. The role of cognition in health determination has received only limited empirical attention, and even less is known about how race may affect this relationship. Using data from the NLSY, I find that while whites with higher cognitive achievement scores tend to report substantially better general health, this relationship is far weaker or wholly absent among blacks. Further tests suggest that about 35% of this racial difference can be explained by behavioral decisions during adulthood, and that another portion of the disparity may trace back to prenatal and early childhood experiences. The paper closes by noting that its results are broadly consistent with explanations of the racial health gap that emphasize entrenched forms of racial discrimination. UMASS-Amherst Economic Department Working Papers- February 2011. 2011-03 Deepankar Basu Duncan K. Foley Dynamics of Output and Employment in the U.S. Economy ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the changing relationship between employment and real output in the U.S. economy from 1948 to 2010 both at the aggregate level and at some major industry-grouping levels of disaggregation. Real output is conventionally measured as value added corrected for price inflation, but there are some industries in which no independent measure of value added is possible and existing statistics depend on imputing value added to equal income. Indexes of output that exclude these imputations are closely correlated with employment over the whole period, and remain more closely correlated during the current business cycle. This analysis offers insights into deeper structural changes that have taken place in the U.S. economy over the past few decades in a context marked by the following three factors: (i) the service (especially the financial) sector has grown in importance, (ii) the economy has become more globalized, and (iii) the policy orientation has increasingly become neoliberal. We demonstrate an economically significant reduction in the coefficient relating employment growth to output growth over the business cycles since 1985. Some of this change is due to sectoral shifts toward services, but an important part of it reflects a reduction in the coefficient for the goods and material value-adding sectors. UMASS-Amherst Economic Department Working Papers- February 2011. 2011-04 Gonzalo Hern?ndez Terms of Trade and Output Fluctuations in Colombia ABSTRACT: This paper explores the importance of the terms of trade to explain output fluctuations in Colombia, a developing country where almost 60% of the exports correspond to four commodities: oil (32%), coal (17%), coffee (5%) and nickel (2%), and where 80% of its imports are intermediate and capital goods. This research is motivated fundamentally by the particular importance of short run fluctuations in developing economies, the fact that the Colombian terms of trade are procyclical and the current debate in Colombia about eventual economic policies toward sterilization of the effects of changes in commodities prices in a context of an appreciation of the nominal exchange rate. The study includes a time series analysis, for the period 1994-2009 with quarterly data, which follows the Box-Jenkins methodology for an ARMAX model. I find robust evidence that indicates that the quarterly growth of GDP is positively and significantly affected by variations in the terms of trade, which explain 1/3 of GDP growth variability. This result is consistent with the possible outcome of the three-goods model for an open small economy in which the terms of trade can be the source of the aggregate output fluctuations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mwangi wa Githinji Economics Department - Thompson Hall University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 mwangi at econs.umass.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 16258 bytes Desc: not available URL: From rmf at researchonmoneyandfinance.org Wed Feb 23 04:09:19 2011 From: rmf at researchonmoneyandfinance.org (rmf) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:09:19 +0000 Subject: [URPE] RMF Discussion Paper Series In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear All The RMF (Research on Money and Finance) network is pleased is to announce additions to its discussion paper series. Some of the latest contributions are: Production and Consumption Credit in a Continuous-Time Model of the Circuit of Capital, by Paulo L dos Santos Credit Growth and Instability in Balkan Countries: The Role of Foreign Banks, by Predrag ?etkovi? The Political Economy of Public Investment and Public Banking: Structural and Institutional Regulators, by Jamee K. Moudud and Francisco Martinez-Hernandez The Socialization of Financial Risk in Neoliberal Mexico, by Thomas Marois Financial Profit: Profit from Production and Profit upon Alienation , by Costas Lapavitsas and Iren Levin RMF invites discussion papers that may be in political economy, heterodox economics, and economic sociology. We welcome theoretical and empirical analysis without preference for particular topics. Our aim is to accumulate a body of work that provides insight into the development of contemporary capitalism. We also welcome literature reviews and critical analyses of mainstream economics provided they have a bearing on economic and social development. Submissions are refereed by an RMF editorial panel. Publication in the RMF series does not preclude submission to journals. However, authors are encouraged independently to check journal policy. If you are interested in submitting your work for review and publication as an RMF Discussion Paper please send your paper to rmf at researchonmoneyandfinance.org Research on Money and Finance is a network of political economists that have a track record in researching money and finance. It aims to generate analytical work on the development of the monetary and the financial system in recent years. A further aim is to produce synthetic work on the transformation of the capitalist economy, the rise of financialisation and the resulting intensification of crises. 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We conclude our open letter to the President and the Congress by declaring, "*We recognize that resources are scarce and that fiscal responsibility demands that federal budget policies tackle the long-run budget deficit. But responsible governance demands that we neither damage the recovery today nor forsake America's economic future by cutting critical investments."* You can go to http://www.epi-data.org/publicinvestments/ to sign, and feel free to circulate this to colleagues. The deadline for signing on is Monday, February 28, 2011. We will attach your name and organization affiliation to a final list of signers. Signed, *Heather Boushey* Center for American Progress Action Fund *Alan Blinder* Princeton University *Larry Mishel* Economic Policy Institute *Laura Tyson* University of California, Berkeley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear President Obama and Members of Congress: As economists, we believe it is short-sighted to make budget cuts that take away necessary investments in our human capital, our infrastructure, and the next generation of scientific and technological advances. These cuts threaten our economy's long term economic competitiveness and the strength of our current economic recovery. Investment is the cornerstone of economic growth and the key to our long-run national prosperity. It creates jobs now and lays the foundation for long-term economic growth and a strong middle class. As the Congress begins to debate the federal budget, they must be careful to sustain critical investments in the productive capacity of the United States. Both the private sector and the government have critical roles to play in growing our economy: business investment drives the economy, but public investments provide the foundations on which business investment depends. This winning combination paves the way for America's economic success. Cutting necessary investments from the federal budget will only undermine the long-term competitiveness and productivity of the American economy. We recognize that resources are scarce and that fiscal responsibility demands that federal budget policies tackle the long-run budget deficit. But responsible governance demands that we neither damage the recovery today nor forsake America's economic future by cutting critical investments. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you will be in DC on that date, there will be a small studio audience for the taping at 7:30PM; RSVP. The web site for the program is here: http://www.conversationswithgreatminds.com. Best Regards, Ian Fletcher Author, Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace it and Why freetradedoesntwork.com Senior Economist Coalition for a Prosperous America 225 Bush St., 16th Fl. San Francisco, CA 94104 USA 415.439.8377 | 415.439.8304 (fax) | 415.238.8145 (cell) prosperousamerica.org/ian_fletcher.html CPA -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 9194 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Three reports have been issued in February 2011 and currently 95 people are subscribing the NEP-HME list (to subscribe, visit http://lists.repec.org/mailman/listinfo/nep-hme). In the spirit of making heterodox research more visible and accessible, I [TJ] have recently created *Heterodox Microeconomics Research Network*.HM*i*RN is designed to promote teaching and research in heterodox microeconomics, including but not limited to Post Keynesian, Institutional, Feminist, Ecological, Behavioral, Marxian and Radical Political Economics. It is an open network. Anyone who has been contributing to the field of heterodox microeconomics, who is studying heterodox microeconomics, and who is interested in heterodox microeconomics can join this network. I believe that it is collaborative contributions that would render HM*i*RN informative and operational. Visit Heterodox Microeconomics Research Network here: http://heterodoxmicro.wikispaces.com/ and consider becoming a member. As Editors of the Newsletter, we are on many mailing lists. On Feb. 24, The Faculty of Economics of Universit? Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano posted a job announcement on the SHOE (Society for History of Economics) list. In the job posting, it was explicitly noted that ''To that purpose are welcome to apply candidates who have published at least two working papers with one of them publishable (i.e. it has received a revise-and-resubmit letter) in one of the journals in the list "Riviste di classe A" reported in the document available at http://istituti.unicatt.it/politica_economica_Requisiti_di_reclutamento_area_economica.pdf ''. In response to this job posting, Fred Lee pointed out that: ''...neither the A or B list of journals contain any journal in the history of economic thought/history of economics. If publishing in such journals is not sufficient to gain the position advertised, then why is the advert being sent to this listserv. In addition, the A classification of journals is all about mainstream economics, while the B classification of journals is, but 3-4 journals, also about mainstream journals.'' In the following email, Fabio Masini explains what is and will be happening in Italy: ''As noted, a strong discrimination towards our field is sistematically [sic] being pursued in most of our University Departments (one of the tools is exactly the making of lists where history-of-economics-journals are at the margins, which means that no research funds are distributed and that recruitment of young scholars is harder and harder), the autonomous status of the discipline will be cancelled out in the next few months, etc.''(see above email exchanges and more here: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind1102d&L=shoe) Such an attack on or discrimination of heterodox economics is not merely an Italian thing. It is happening everywhere. For example, see below a job advertisement by University of Exeter, UK: ''We are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Economics from 1 September 2011. Applications are invited from academics in any area of economics ... The discipline places the highest emphasis on producing top quality research with recent research published in leading journals including the American Economic Review, Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behaviour, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Public Economics among many others.'' (from Hug Goodacre's email) Hugh Goodacre wrote in the LONDON-HPE list (Feb. 26) that: ''This advert states that it is for ?academics in any area of economics?, and yet it is drafted in such a way that it is perfectly obvious from its wording that it excludes those such as myself whose specialisms are not published in the extremely narrow range of periodicals the advert prioritises. I believe there may be an issue regarding advertising standards legislation here, and there is very clearly an issue of academic integrity.'' We think heterodox economists should be aware of what's going on in the discipline of economics around that world, and we should do something if it endangers the future of heterodox economics. To this end, in our media section please see the letter published in *The Guardian* written by Mike Cushman, a non-economist research fellow at the LSE. Cushman writes, "They [academic economists] were responsible for providing an intellectual gloss for reckless and maybe criminal behaviour. They did not rob the banks but they put the fuel in the getaway car. They circulated their legitimising patina in the house journals of their club: the leading economics journals beloved of the US and UK business schools...These journals, a key part of the conspiracy, continue to cast their shadow. It is almost impossible for economists to get employed or promoted in leading economics and management departments like LSE without publishing in these 'A-grade' journals. They are 'A-grade' because their articles are cited by 'A-grade' scholars ? those who publish in these journals. " Also in the media section you'll find an editorial by the *Financial Times* on the IMF's mea culpa regarding the financial crisis. Lastly, we are very sad to inform you that Professor Gilles Dostaler (Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al) passed away on February 26. Please see a short obituary here. May he rest in peace. In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers AHE 2011 Conference 2nd CES ?Critical Economics? Summer School CofFEE Conference 2011 IX Conference of the International Network for Economic Method 8th Euroframe Conference Economic Policy Issues in the European Union European Society for Ecological Economics 2011: Pre-conference workshop Gender, Sexuality and Political Economy Governance Quality, Market Structure and Innovation: An International Conference Herbsttagung Des Arbeitskreises Politische Oekonomie 14th Summer School on History of Economic Thought 43rd Annual UK History of Economic Thought Conference Experiments in Economics, Experiments in Philosophy Growth Dynamics in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) HES at ASSA 2012 Private Equity, Corporate Turbulence and Labour Regulation S?minaire H?t?rodoxies du CES Seminar on Trade Union Renewal in Wroclaw STOREP Annual Conference 2011 Call for Participants Brown-Harvard Conference on Slavery and Capitalism Cambridge Realist Workshop City University London March Presentations PKSG Keynes Seminar Workshop: Diminishing Returns? Feminist Engagements with the Return to ?the Commons" SOAS University of London Seminar St. Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Strikes and Social Conflicts in the Twentieth Century The Life, Letters & Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg Job Postings for Heterodox Economists Bucknell University, USA Denison University, USA International Labour Organization Rice University, USA Saint Mary's University, Canada University of Puget Sound, USA Conference Papers, Reports, and Articles RMF Discussion Papers PKSG Keynes Seminar Papers UMASS Amherst Economics Department Working Papers Heterodox Journals The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 21(2): Dec. 2010 Economy and Society, 40(1): Feb. 2011 Historical Materialism, 18(4): 2010 International Socialist Review, 75: Jan/Feb 2011 Research in Political Economy, 26: 2010 Review of Social Economy, 69(1): March 2011 Revista de Economia Critica, 10: 2010 Science & Society, 75(1): Jan. 2011 Heterodox Newsletters Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Development Viewpoint #58 EPI News Global Labour Column Levy News Revista Circus Heterodox Books and Book Series Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940 An Anatomy of the Financial Crisis: Blowing Tumbleweed The Devil's Milk: A Social History of Rubber Diagnosing the Philippine Economy Toward Inclusive Growth The Economics of Financial Turbulence: Alternative Theories of Money and Finance Environment and Economy Essential Writings of Thorstein Veblen India and the Global Financial Crisis: Managing Money and Finance Looking Beyond the Individualism and Homo Economicus of Neoclassical Economics Macroeconomic Policy Regimes in Western Industrial Countries Moderatismo e Rivoluzione Schumpeter's Evolutionary Economics Why the Economists Got It Wrong: The Crisis and Its Cultural Roots Why the World Economy Needs a Financial Crash and Other Critical Essays on Finance and Financial Economics A World of Becoming Heterodox Book Reviews The Anti-Keynesian Tradition Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can?t Explain the Modern World Historical Materialism: Books to review Marx and Philosophy Heterodox Graduate Programs and Scholarships American Institute for Economic Research Summer Fellowship Joan Robinson Research Fellowship in Heterodox Economics Summer Internship and Scholarship at INRS, Canada University of Leicester School of Management School of Business & Management and School of Geography, Queen Mary, University of London Heterodox Web Sites and Associates AFEE on Facebook Heterodox Microeconomics Research Network (HMiRN) The Social Economy Basel: "BonNetzBon" MEGAdigital: ?konomische Texte von Karl Marx im Internet Heterodox Economics in the Media Crash Was Fuelled by Academic Journals The Crisis Isn't Remotely Over yet! 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John -- Current commentary: Showdown in Wisconsin and Defining Social Deomcracy http://jweeks.org Other email: johnweeks at jweeks.org Telephones {NEW MOBILE] (44) 07905 099836 land lines: (44) 0207 693 0385 (44) 01730 823556 From urpe at labornet.org Tue Mar 1 07:15:51 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:15:51 -0500 (GMT-05:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Spanish Classes*Capitalism For and Against* Free Play Fridays Message-ID: <7840872.1298988952069.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Volta" ? which has established a scientific cooperation structure called Landau Network-Centro Volta ? with the contribution of the Cariplo Foundation, both having among their goals the promotion of scientific and technological research in various areas of basic and applied sciences, invite applications for 20 fellowships to be awarded as follows: 1) 18 fellowships reserved to full professors and/or scientists of world-wide renown from the Russian Federation (CIS) to be spent at Universities and Research Centres of Lombardia Region 2) 2 fellowships reserved to full professors and/or scientists of world-wide renown from European Countries (excluding Italy) for the research area on studies of the principal topics related to technological and/or cultural transfer to be spent at Universities and Research Centres of Lombardia Region Applicants must fulfil the following requirements: ? Russian citizenship or other New Independent States citizenship for item 1) ? European countries citizenship (excluding Italy) for item 2) ? Didactic and/or research activities in scientific, cultural and technological fields at a University or research institution from the country of origin (or own country) ? Knowledge of English language The fellowship gross salary shall amount to ? 6.800. With this salary, fellowship winners shall have to cover their travel expenses, an international health insurance for the period of their stay in Italy, board and lodging in Italy. They shall undertake to spend at least two months at the Italian hosting Institute in Lombardia Region and to cooperate in research and didactic activities. Scientific publications that may derive from the research activity performed during the fellowship period shall explicitly mention the support received from the Cariplo Foundation and could be used by the Foundation itself for further publications. Candidate selection will be at the unquestionable judgement of a Commission chaired by the President of the Cariplo Foundation or one of his delegates and made up of a member as nominated by the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of the Landau Network-Centro Volta and a member of the Centre of Scientific Culture "A. Volta". No particular form is needed for applications, which must be submitted just in an electronic format to the following e-mail address: E-mail: fanny.consolazio at centrovolta.it Object: Cariplo/Landau Network fellowship 2010/2011 application The application deadline is March 31, 2011. Applications, together with the documentation listed below, may be sent by fax (+39.031.570174) or e-mail. Fellowship winners shall receive notification by April 20, 2011. The starting date of the fellowship period of minimum two months shall be set in agreement with the hosting Institutions starting from May 9, 2011. The fellowship period must be concluded within December 15, 2011. A reduction of the whole period of the stay will imply a proportional reduction of the amount of the fellowship. Candidates must forward with the application the following documents: - Curriculum Vitae and list of publications - Acceptance letter from a professor or researcher from the hosting Institute - Any further titles or letters from referees. Acceptance letter and referee letters may be sent also by fax directly to Landau Network-Centro Volta. http://www.centrovolta.it/landau/2011/02/14/NEWCall20CariploFellowshipsForTheAcademicYear20102011.aspx SL -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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A disturbing study by the Fiscal Policy Institute, Good Jobs New York, and the National Employment Law Project shows that companies receiving these taxpayer-funded subsidies pay a significant number of workers poverty level wages. At a major public forum, elected officials and experts will discuss the urgent need for reform. They will explain how and why smarter public investment in good jobs can boost the local economy and lift working people out of poverty. Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:00 - 1:30 pm Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education 25 Broadway, 7th Floor Featured Presentation John Liu - NYC Comptroller Panelists Jumaane Williams - NYC Council Member Bettina Damiani - Good Jobs New York Reverend Dr. Raymond Rivera - Living Wage NYC Campaign Moderator Immanuel Ness - Professor, Brooklyn College Sponsored by Brooklyn College Graduate Center for Worker Education (CUNY). For more information, call 212 966-4014. 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Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3988 bytes Desc: not available URL: From gschnedr at bucknell.edu Tue Mar 15 08:28:55 2011 From: gschnedr at bucknell.edu (Geoff Schneider) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:28:55 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Call for Papers on Teaching Heterodox Economics Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Just a quick note to let you know that there is still time to submit articles to the second special issue of the Forum for Social Economics on Teaching. -Geoff Schneider ________ *FORUM FOR SOCIAL ECONOMICS* ***CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE ON* ***TEACHING SOCIAL ECONOMICS* Guest Editor: Geoffrey E. Schneider, Bucknell University Guest Associate Editor: Daniel A. Underwood, Peninsula College The *Forum for Social Economics* is seeking papers of various types related to *Teaching Social Economics*. Papers can be short (1500-3000 word) descriptions of classroom exercises or the application of particular pedagogies (e.g., collaborative learning, service learning, active learning, web based interactive exercises) to teach social economics. Submissions can also be longer, in-depth articles (up to 7500 words) which explore a particular pedagogical issue, assess student learning outcomes, or address other teaching issues related to social economics. Articles should clearly stress a heterodox economic tradition (e.g., social economics, institutional economics, post-Keynesian economics, Marxian economics, Feminist economics, etc.) with an emphasis on how that tradition can advance economic education. Where appropriate, a*rticles should document the effectiveness of the teaching approach described in the article. *Thus, authors should make sure to include documentation of their assessment of the teaching exercises they discuss. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the *Forum for Social Economics* web submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/fsse/default.asp. When selecting the article type, please choose: SI: Teaching Social Economics. The deadline for manuscript submission is October 1, 2011. Articles must be in final form by August 31, 2012. Papers will pass a double-blind referee process and are subject to the final approval of John Marangos, Editor-in-chief of the *Forum for Social Economics*. The *Forum for Social Economics* is an international journal, along with the *Review of Social Economy*, sponsored by the Association for Social Economics. For more than 35 years the *Forum* has published high quality peer-reviewed papers. The *Forum* is a pluralistic journal publishing work that addresses economic issues within wider ethical, cultural or natural environmental contexts, and is sympathetic to papers that transcend established disciplinary boundaries. The journal welcomes stimulating original articles that are clearly written and draw upon contemporary policy-related research. Preference is given to non-technical articles of topical and historical interest that will appeal to a wide range of readers. For this special issue, the journal is particularly interested in serving as an avenue for issues regarding teaching social and heterodox economics. *Instructions*: When submitting online, authors will need to prepare a separate cover sheet with their name, address, phone, fax, and e-mail address. Papers may not contain any identifying information on the title page or in the body of the manuscript. Authors also must prepare an abstract of no more than 150 words and a brief biographical statement of no more than 125 words about each author. In addition a list of up to 5 key words, suitable for indexing and abstracting services, should follow the abstract. Authors should not submit articles that have been previously published or that are under review for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should not exceed 7,500 words in length, including notes and references. Include the article and all tables and figures in the same electronic file. American rather than British spellings should be used. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 8476 bytes Desc: not available URL: From stephantravels at gmail.com Tue Mar 15 11:31:04 2011 From: stephantravels at gmail.com (Stephan Edel) Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:31:04 -0400 Subject: [URPE] NY resource: Upside Down Commentary on Inequality in New York State Message-ID: I mentioned this to some of you I saw last weekend: My colleagues have been preparing a weekly series on NY budget and economic issues focused on inequality. Whether you are in NY or not it may be a good resource. Upside Down: Commentary on Inequality in New York State http://www.cwfny.org/upside-down-commentary-on-inequality-in-new-york-state/ Also for those of you in NY it seems like my colleagues are often looking for economists to co-author Op-Eds or act as resources so if you are interested in wading into discussions of NY policy please drop me an email. Stephan Edel stephan at cwfny.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- "No pitifully small picket line, no poorly attended meeting, no tossing out of an idea to an audience and even to an individual, should be scorned as insignificant. The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies but the complacency of their friends are precious catalysts for change." 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Those of you who can't get here will be able to view videos on our website afterwards (http://marxist-humanist-initiative.org ). Sat. & Sun. March 19 & 20, we are sponsoring 3 panels at the Left Forum at Pace University in lower Manhattan (http://www.leftforum.org/conference/2011 ): The Great Recession and its Aftermath: Saturday at 3:00 p.m., Room LHN Andrew Kliman: "The Great Recession and the Persistent Frailty of Capitalist Production" Alan Freeman: "Waking from the Dream: Europe in the Great Recession" Fred Moseley David McNally: "Global Slump, Age of Austerity, and the Growing Resistance" Is Socialism Possible? Part 1: Saturday at 10:00 a.m., Room W623 Andrej Gruba?i?: "Anarchism, or Libertarian Socialism for the 21st Century" Anne Jaclard: "Yes, If a New Mode of Production Lays the Ground" Antti Ronkainen: "Socialization of the Banking System" Alex Steinberg: "Socialism and the Role of Consciousness" Is Socialism Possible? Part 2: Sunday at 3:00 p.m., Room W504 Michael Albert:"Yes, But Which Socialism?" Andrew Kliman: "Marx's Lower Phase of Communism: Not Another 'Labor Money' Scheme" Cindy Milstein We will also have a book table in the Exhibitors area (be sure not to confuse MHI's table and panels with those of other groups calling themselves Marxist-Humanists). Just after Left Forum, on Tuesday March 22 at 7:00 p.m., we are co- sponsoring (with The New SPACE, http://new-space-nyc.org) a talk by Antti Ronkainen, who is coming here from Finland. His topic will be Crisis, Austerity, and Resistance in the Euro Zone: A View from Finland. A description appears at the end of this letter. Next month, on Wednesday April 13 at 7:00 p.m., we are co-sponsoring Allan Armstrong, a Scottish thinker-activist, speaking on "Is an Emancipatory Communism Possible?" See below. Both these talks will be held in mid-Manhattan, at TRS Inc. Professional Suites, 44 East 32nd Street, 11th floor (between Madison and Park Aves). If you need directions to either Left Forum or TRS, or for any other information about our events, write or call us. We look forward to seeing you! In Solidarity, Anne Jaclard for Marxist-Humanist Initiative * * * Crisis, Austerity, and Resistance in the Euro Zone: A View from Finland A talk by Antti Ronkainen Tuesday, March 22nd at 7:00 PM TRS Inc, 44 East 32nd Street, 11th Floor (between Madison & Park Avenues) In the spring and summer of 2010, crisis gripped Europe, highlighting the continued instability of the capitalist system across the globe. Financial meltdown was averted only by means of a massive bailout package, totaling as much as ?750 billion, and the European Central Bank's move to begin purchasing sovereign debt of the weaker Euro zone countries to prevent a breakup of the zone. Will the patch hold? Antti Ronkainen will give special attention to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), established last summer to help safeguard financial stability in the Euro zone. He will argue that the EFSF is not designed to solve the Euro crisis, but rather allows the European Central Bank to engage in potentially risky lending and provides a mechanism for redistributing income from taxpayers to banks. Ronkainen will also discuss the European workers and students' demonstrations and strikes against new austerity programs, especially the current situation in Finland. Will the resistance succeed in saving the unions and government benefits? Antti Ronkainen is a student of social sciences in Finland. He is an editor of and writer for Megafoni, a Finnish autonomist web journal (http://megafoni.org ). * * * Is an Emancipatory Communism Possible? A talk by Allan Armstrong Wednesday, April 13th at 7:00 PM TRS, Inc, 44 East 32nd Street, 11th Floor (between Madison & Park Avenues) Mention of the word "Communism" today conjures up visions of tyrants. Young people, even when they clash violently with the representatives of global capitalism in Seattle or London, call their protests "anti- capitalist," not communist. However, anti-capitalism is not enough. Revolutions can lead to immediate feelings of intense liberation, but they are usually followed by much longer periods of defense, setbacks, and painful reconstruction. The 20th century was the "Century of Revolutions," but it eventually produced so little for humanity at such a high cost, that it is not surprising that many are very cautious, despite growing barbarism. Allan Armstrong will argue that it is vital that we outline a genuine new human emancipatory communism, which takes full stock of the failings of both "official" and "dissident Communism," and which can persuasively show that human liberation can still be achieved. He will explore Marx's vision, particularly as detailed in his "Critique of the Gotha Program," which emphasizes the need to break with capitalist production relations rather than expecting a new society to come about through political changes. Allan Armstrong, a republican, Scottish internationalist, and communist, is currently co-editor of Emancipation & Liberation, the journal of the Republican Communist Network. He is also involved with the commune, a collective dedicated to outlining a new communism for the 21st century. Armstrong is the author of "Why We Need a New Emancipatory Communism" (http://thecommune.co.uk/2009/06/02/why-we-need-a-new-human-emancipatory-communism ) and "The Communist Case for 'Internationalism from Below'" (http://thecommune.co.uk/2010/06/06/the-communist-case-for-internationalism-from-below ). Presented by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (marxist-humanist- initiative.org) & The New SPACE (http://new-space-nyc.org) ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historicalmaterialism/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/historicalmaterialism/join (Yahoo! 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IWPR will present findings from a new report, Improving Child Care Access to Promote Postsecondary Success Among Low-Income Parents, and discussion will address policy and program interventions intended to improve child care access, as well as the challenges faced by student parents attempting to improve their credentials. ________________________________ When: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 12:00-2:00 p.m. E.T. Where: SEIU Conference Center, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. (Map and directions available here ) Lunch will be served. Space is limited, so please RSVP online . Registration will close on March 21, 2011. Distinguished speakers will include: Keynote Presentation: Joan Lombardi, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary and Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Kevin Miller, Ph.D., IWPR Senior Research Associate and report author Sherrill Mosee, President and founder of Family Care Solutions, Inc., Philadelphia, and President of the Higher Education Alliance of Advocates for Students with Children Todd Boressoff, President of Early Childhood Consultancies and Former Policy Chair of the National Coalition of Campus Child Care Centers This event is a part of IWPR's Student Parent Success Initiative. With the increased policy emphasis on ensuring a prepared workforce, as well as the prospect of significant cuts in key federal funding streams, the time is ripe for a dynamic discussion of the critical role played by child care access for the four million student parents pursuing postsecondary education in the United States. The Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women and their families, promote public dialogue, and strengthen communities and societies. IWPR is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization that also works in affiliation with the women's studies and public policy programs at George Washington University. Caroline Dobuzinskis Communications Manager Institute for Women's Policy Research 1200 18th Street NW, Suite 301 Washington, DC 20036 Main: 202.684.7484 | Fax: 202.833.4362 www.iwpr.org Sign up for IWPR's e-alerts here . 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Please also stop by the table, located in the gym, at other times during the conference, to relieve Chris and to talk about URPE to people attending the conference. You do not need to make a definite time commitment for this (other than 3-5 Sat.). Also -- at our nine URPE sessions we will have brochures for URPE and Economy Connection brochures and flyers listing URPE at LF panels. If you are attending one of these sessions, please help distribute them. Thanks! URPE Panels: http://www.urpe.org/conf/lf/URPEpanels.html URPE Flyer: http://www.urpe.org/conf/lf/flyer.html LF Website: http://www.leftforum.org/ From urpe at labornet.org Wed Mar 16 06:54:03 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:54:03 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] March 24: Brecht retiree group meeting Message-ID: <5713831.1300280043872.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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D&S needs someone to sit at that table Saturday from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, during the D&S session. If you are able to do this, please respond. Please also stop by the table, located in the gym, at other times during the conference, to relieve Chris and to talk about URPE to people attending the conference. You do not need to make a definite time commitment for this (other than 3-5 Sat.). Also -- at our nine URPE sessions we will have brochures for URPE and Economy Connection brochures and flyers listing URPE at LF panels. If you are attending one of these sessions, please help distribute them. Thanks! URPE Panels: http://www.urpe.org/conf/lf/URPEpanels.html URPE Flyer: http://www.urpe.org/conf/lf/flyer.html LF Website: http://www.leftforum.org/ _______________________________________________ This is the listserve of the Union for Radical Political Economics, an interdisciplinary association devoted to the study, development and application of radical political economic analysis to social problems. This is a moderated announcement-only listserve. For discussion or debate, please use the URPE Blog, the URPE Facebook page, or a different list. See info below. We try to keep the number of messages, and the length of messages, to a minimum. If you have an article you want people to know about, we request that you send a link, rather than the full article, in your post. The content of announcements must be strongly related to radical political economics, i.e. jobs, conferences, talks, classes, resources. Please submit messages exactly as you would like them to go out (spelling, etc.). 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I welcome proposals on feminist and radical political economic theory and applied analysis. The number of panels allocated to heterodox organizations is very limited. The joint IAFFE/URPE panels are allocated to URPE. Please note that anyone who presents a paper must be a member of URPE or IAFFE at the time of submission of the paper or panel proposal. Preference will be given to presenters who are members of both organizations. Proposals for individual papers should include the title, the abstract, and the author's name, institutional affiliation, phone, email and the completed registration form included below. I will also need to know about your (and any co-authors) membership status in URPE and/or IAFFE. Please send these proposals materials to randy.albelda at umb.edu . Proposals for complete sessions are possible. If you want to propose a panel, please contact me at randy.albelda at umb.edu . If you are interested in/willing to be a chair or discussant, please let me know. The deadline for proposed papers for joint URPE/IAFFE panels is April 4, 2011. Contact urpe at labornet.org or 413-577-0806 for URPE membership. Contact iaffe.org for IAFFE membership information. We will confirm membership prior to accepting proposals. URPE is very serious about this and will cancel panels in which any members (besides chairs or discussants) are not URPE or IAFFE members. Please note that the date, time, and location of sessions is assigned by ASSA, not URPE or IAFFE. You should receive word from me that your paper/session was accepted by mid-June. ASSA will not assign dates and times until much later in the summer. Regards, Randy Albelda --------------------------------- PROGRAM REGISTRATION FORM IAFFE/URPE AT ASSA, 2012 Please fill out this form for each panel participant. For submission to joint URPE/IAFFE panels, please include this form with you proposal submission and send to randy.albelda at umb.edu . 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In this Newsletter, you will find many interesting conferences, workshops, and summer schools in Japan, Argentina, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Portugal, Italy, UK, and USA. In response to the previous editorial, we have received a couple of letters. An academic economist at the University of London wrote that heterodox economists should ?use the law to force economics departments to hire heterodox economists.? In South Korea, the number of publications in SSCI-indexed journals is critical for economists to get academic positions. Dong-Min Rieu (Chungnam National University) and Seongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University and the Editor of Marxism 21) wrote that: ?This is an additional hindrance for radical economists to get academic jobs, because most listed journals do not accept papers from the Marxist perspective. Therefore, the editorial committee of MARXISM 21 has begun to form an initiative to make it into an SSCI-indexed journal. In this regard, it will be very much helpful if you examine and cite articles in MARXISM 21 more when you contribute your papers in academic journals.? Changing the academic landscape is a hard nut to crack. However, small things can lead to a big change. Such things include participating/organizing heterodox conferences, subscribing heterodox journals, citing heterodox papers, recommending your library to subscribe heterodox journals and to purchase heterodox books, hiring young heterodox economists, and so on (see ?100 Words on Heterodox Economics? for more actions to advance heterodox economics). In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Letters Use the law to force economics departments to hire heterodox economists Radical economists and SSCI-indexed Journals Call for Papers The Capitalist Mode of Power: Past, Present, Future Congreso AEDA 2011: Consolidaci?n del modelo productivo. Propuestas para la nueva d?cada The Daniel Singer Prize First Seminar in Austran and Heterodox Economics FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG, PERSPEKTIVEN FUER WIRTSCHAFTLICHEN UND SOZIALEN FORTSCHRITT International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education IV International Congress of the Brazilian Keynesian Association (AKB) 2011 IV Jornadas de Econom?a Cr?tica Japan Society of Political Economy: 59th Annual Conference JHET: Call for Thesis Abstracts The Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics Materialist Feminisms in an age of Neoliberalism PROKLA: KRITIK DER WIRTSCHAFTSWISSENSCHAFTEN Real World Economics Review: "Social Complexity of Informal Value Exchange" URPE/IAFFE at ASSA 2012 Call for Participants AFIT 2011 Conference Capital Against Capitalism: a conference of new Marxist research 2nd CES ?Critical Economics? Summer School EAEPE Summer School 2011 ESRC Research Seminar Series: The Governance of Eco-City Innovation The Richmond University Colloquium: Understanding the Global Financial Crisis Job Postings for Heterodox Economists Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID), South Africa The Democratic Staff of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress Gettysburg College, USA Marymount Manhattan College, USA Roanoke College, USA The Center for Responsible Lending Conference Papers, Reports, and Articles Centre for Development Policy and Research RMF Discussion Papers Heterodox Journals Bulletin of Political Economy, 4(1): June 2010 Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(2): March 2011 Capital & Class, 35 (1): Feb. 2011 Economic Systems Research, 23(1): March 2011 Journal of Agrarian Change Journal of Economics Issues, 45(1): March 2011 Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 33(2): Winter 2010-11 MARXISM 21, 8(1): Spring 2011 Mother Pelican, 7(3): March 2011 Oeconomicus, 11: 2009-2010 real-world economics review, 56: March 2011 Heterodox Newsletters Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Center for Global Justice Economic Policy Institute (EPI) News economic sociology - the european electronic newsletter, 12(2): March 2011 Global Labour Column IDEAs: Feb. 2011 Levy News nef e-letter Post Keynesian Economics Study Group Political Economy Research Institute in Focus R?seau de Recherche sur l'Innovation Revista Circus Heterodox Books and Book Series errornomics Financial Liberalization and Economic Performance: Brazil at the Crossroads The Institutionalist Movement in American Economics, 1918?1947: Science and Social Control Living Standards and Social Well-Being Marx dalla totalit? alla moltitudine (1841-1843) Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family Heterodox Book Reviews Intellectual Capital: Forty Years of the Nobel Prize in Economics Heterodox Graduate Programs, Scholarships, and Grants The Centre of Scientific Culture "A. Volta": 20 Fellowships DFID/ESRC Growth Programme: Pre-Call Announcement Middlesex University Business School New Research Grant at Hagley Library Heterodox Web Sites and Associates Economics and Ethics Heterodox Economics in the Media The Big Danger In Cutting The Deficit by John Harvey For Your Information BBC Radio Programmes on History of Economics Bibliography of Buddhist Economics by Laszlo Zsolnai En m?moire de Gilles Dostaler -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 20490 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Mon Mar 21 13:37:42 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:37:42 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] This Spring at the Brecht: Angela Y. Davis, Grace Lee Boggs and More! Message-ID: <19172480.1300736263140.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In fact if it was not for Randy Wray there would be no heterodox macroeconomics/money appearing at all (or almost at all); and it would appear that no one is doing anything of Veblen, Marx, Commons, Ayers, etc. and heterodox feminist economics and social economics does not exist. So I am wondering: is the lack of US heterodox working papers due to the fact that US heterodox economists are not doing any research and workings, due to not sending working papers to RePec (http://nep.repec.org), or a combination of both? Fred Lee Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The book is decidedly paperback, thus intended or the library collection or as a supplemental material for courses (both upper division undergraduate and graduate) in political economy, energy and environmental policy, and the international relations courses. Despite my taxing schedule, which has left virtually no personal life for me at this juncture, I am also available for public lectures or keynote presentations in your universities and/or professional associations. If you can, please inform others who might be interested. Thanks. I can be reached through binac at umn.edu for further information. My very best, Cyrus From heterodoxnews at gmail.com Tue Mar 22 09:27:45 2011 From: heterodoxnews at gmail.com (Heterodox Economics Newsletter) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:27:45 -0400 Subject: [URPE] [HEN-URPE] Fwd: ERA ranking - Economic and Labour Relations Review - Heterodox Journal In-Reply-To: References: <6F81791168C84840A6CA4D886075FB2629B9552A36@INFPWEC003.ad.unsw.edu.au> Message-ID: *From:* Anne Junor *Sent:* Monday, 21 March 2011 8:18 AM *Subject:* ERA ranking - Economic and Labour Relations Review Dear Colleague * * *Re: Achieving an ?A? ranking for The Economic and Labour Relations Review.* We are writing to ask for your support for the *Economic and Labour Relations Review (ELRR)* in the current review of journal rankings by the Australian Research Council in the ERA (Excellence in Australian Research) process. The *ELRR* is ranked ?B? at present, but we are requesting reclassification to ?A? as a more accurate reflection of the journal?s quality and uniqueness of focus as an outlet for progressive analysis, integrating economics, labour relations and social policy. It is an important outlet for heterodox publications. It would be greatly appreciated if you could support the *ELRR*?s reclassification. The only way to do this is by making your comments directly to the Australian Research Council via its website. The 20 minutes you spend on this will be time well-spent! Below is a guide to help you navigate the website, together with suggested evidence you can use, based on the ERA criteria for A and B ranking (this guide is also attached for ease of printing and use when accessing the website, though it is best if you express the ideas in your own words). The Australian Research Council?s deadline is 9 a.m. Australian Eastern Time Monday 4 April 2011, so it is recommended that (because of time differences) overseas colleagues in particular make their submissions by *Friday* *1st April. Please also forward this email to sympathetic colleagues.* With many thanks, Yours sincerely, Anne Junor On behalf of the Executive Editors (Peter Kriesler, Hazel Bateman, Michael Quinlan, Anne Junor) *The Economic and Labour Relations Review* ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *The Economic and Labour Relations Review * *Guide for submitting your ERA ranking comments via the Australian Research Council?s website* (i) Go to http://roci.arc.gov.au. If the direct link doesn?t work, go to http://www.arc.gov.au/era/era_2012/review_of_era10_ranked_outlet_lists.htm and click on the *roci* link in the second paragraph under the three blue boxes. If you are already registered as a member, click LOG ON. If you are not registered, at the top of the page click ?Hello Guest+log in /Register? and register. (ii) Log on, then you will see a ?Welcome? page with your name on it. In the yellow box, click on ?Follow this link to search for an outlet? (iii) In the ?Title? box, type ?Economic and Labour Relations Review.? Click ?Search?. *The* *Economic and Labour Relations Review*will appear at the bottom of the page. Click on it. (iv) The subsequent page permits 2 steps: 1. (OPTIONAL) Peak body, we suggest ASSA (Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia) is most suitable for a journal with the ELRR?s content. 2. *ESSENTIAL*: click on ?Comment on this outlet? (grey button inside large greeny-yellow box). This takes you to step 1 of the 5-step process. (v) Please note, it will be easiest if you complete all 5 steps in one sitting. At the end of each step, you need to click ?Forward? before you can progress to the next step. Below is information designed to help you complete the 5 steps. *STEP 1:* Self explanatory. *STEP 2: * TITLE: The Economic and Labour Relations Review START YEAR: 1980 END YEAR: N/a ISSN: 1035-3046 *STEP 3: RANKING: A* RANKING EVIDENCE.* THE WEBSITE LIMITS YOU TO 1024 CHARACTERS. We suggest you cut and paste from a word-counted MS Word document lest the submission is rejected at the end.* Please make comments *in your own words* ? but you may wish to draw on information below*:* *High quality of papers* ? In 2005-2010, 85% of ELRR?s contributors were leading /established researchers, almost 60% at professor/associate professor level and 25% at senior lecturer or equivalent. Thus 85% were above the ERA criterion for B-ranking, ?outlet for PhD students or early career researchers?. *Publication in the ELRR enhances author?s standing, showing real engagement with the global community* ? Contributors publish alongside leading figures in economics, IR and social policy ? Since 2005, contributions from Sweden, Korea, Japan, Greece, UK, Canada, US, South Africa Evidence: authorities such as Harcourt (3081 citations); Nevile, Hancock, Gardner, McCallum, Stewart, Plowman; highly-cited authors such as J. Burgess; I. Campbell; international ?names? such as Lavoie (Ottawa, 3035 citations); H.Sutherland (UK), Sapelli (Milan), Ewing (UK), Strauss (US), Woolfson (Sweden). *Papers address significant problems * ? Special issues are topical and theoretically significant - Global Financial Crisis, innovation, skills policy, social inclusion, IR changes, ageing and income, commodity status of labour? *Editorial board has a reasonable fraction of well-known researchers from top institutions ? * ? 18 of the 21* *Editorial Committee members are from* *Australian Go8 universities (UNSW,* *ANU, Sydney and UQ; one also from Cambridge); remaining 3 are professors from Lincoln (NZ), Newcastle and Macquarie. ? Harcourt is the internationally renowned post-Keynesian economist (2010 winner of Veblen-Commons award) ; Nevile, Saunders, Gregory, Mitchell and Quiggin are leading economic and social policy academics; Quinlan is internationally famous on OHS & precariousness; Joellen Riley a leading labour law academic. *Unique role of ELRR* ? No other journal covers this area: within a heterodox framework, ELRR applies a unique combination of macroeconomic, social and labour regulation analysis ? ELRR locates contemporary Australian policy issues within an international perspective ? Its heterodox local and international analyses link specific issues eg banking and finance regulation, incomes, health, welfare, housing, education and IR policy to social justice issues (including Indigenous employment, gender pay equity and migration). *STEP 4*: *Fields of research*: ELRR publishes in the often integrated fields of: 1503 (Business and Management), 1499 (Heterodox Economics) and 1605 (Policy and Administration, (if you wish add 1402 Applied Economics) Evidence: Since 2005, the breakdown of articles has been: Business and Management 37% (slightly high % reflects-2005 & 2009 special issues on IR law changes); Economics (heterodox and applied) 33%, Policy and Administration (30%). *STEP 5* Final comments and review. Here you could consider adapting the following points: ? The website design did not permit me to identify ELRR as a heterodox economics journal. This field is currently mis-coded 149903 despite its breadth. ? Like many social scientists I see the current ARC goal of the construction of a single dimension metric to assess the value of journals as seriously flawed. It does not give due weight to the important role of Australian (and Asia-Pacific) debate and research in my discipline. This will inevitably skew research and publication orientation to the detriment of public discourse related to our immediate and local intellectual environment. Unless this is corrected my research plans will shift to more generalized or international arenas. When you have finished step 5, click on the ?*submit*? button. If there are no problems, you will be returned to the "My Profile" screen which lists all your submissions. At any time, you may revisit any of your previous submissions listed in the "My Profile" screen. If you have not completed all required fields, the system will take you back to step 1 to allow you to review your submission. You can also go back in later to alter your submission. Thank you for your support for *The Economic and Labour Relations Review*. Associate Professor Anne Junor Deputy Director Industrial relations Research Centre Executive Editor *The Economic and Labour Relations Review* Australian School of Business UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Phone +61 (0)2 93857141 Mob +61 (0)418 451 180 Fax +61 (0) 2662 8531 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 17345 bytes Desc: not available URL: From leefs at umkc.edu Tue Mar 22 13:39:16 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:39:16 -0500 Subject: [URPE] material Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD12DE53964@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> The Rosenberg Fund for Children (www.rfe.org) has a named fund for Clinton E. Jencks-see below. Jencks was in fact a radical/Marxist economist back in the 1940s/50s. He eventually got a PhD and taught at San Diego State U. He was an economist that actually worked/engaged in the class struggle and his life was under far more stress and danger than those heterodox economists working in the ivory tower. For more about Jencks, just google his name or look him up in my "History of Heterodox Economics". So if you are thinking about making a socially conscious donation and commemorating a heterodox economists at the same time, think about RFC and the Jencks fund. The Clinton E. Jencks Memorial Fund [cid:image001.jpg at 01CBE89E.3BD4A6E0] In March 2008, Muriel Sobelman-Jencks established an annual grant of $1000 in memory of her husband, Clinton E. Jencks (1918-2005), "El Palomino," organizer for United Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Local 890. Clinton played himself in "Salt of the Earth," the only American film to be blacklisted. The movie depicted the McCarthy era strike by New Mexico zinc miners and the struggle of women to achieve equality, and became one of 400 motion pictures selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry. This annual grant is designated to assist children of workers who have been penalized, injured, fired, jailed or have died for their organizing efforts to build unions, improve working conditions and elevate living standards for all in the work force. Anyone who wishes to donate to the Clinton E. Jencks Memorial Fund should indicate that designation when making a contribution to the RFC. Fred Lee Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 8328 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 12444 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From ianfletcher at prosperousamerica.org Tue Mar 22 14:41:36 2011 From: ianfletcher at prosperousamerica.org (Ian Fletcher) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:41:36 -0700 Subject: [URPE] Monthly UPRE Bay Area Meetup This Sunday, 2PM, San Francisco In-Reply-To: <771388.37887.qm@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <771388.37887.qm@web31807.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <000001cbe8d1$8bd322b0$a3796810$@org> The monthly URPE Bay Area meetup will be this Sunday 2-5PM in San Francisco. The address is 645 Stockton St., #1004, on Nob Hill between California & Pine. By transit: BART to Powell, cable car to Pine, right on Pine 2 blocks, left onto Stockton ? block, tall white apartment building on your left. By car: Head for downtown SF; park on the street or the Sutter-Stockton garage 2 blocks away. My phone is 415.238.8145 if you get lost. Ian Fletcher Senior Economist Coalition for a Prosperous America prosperousamerica.org freetradedoesntwork.com/blog/rss From ctilly at irle.ucla.edu Tue Mar 22 17:23:52 2011 From: ctilly at irle.ucla.edu (Chris Tilly) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:23:52 -0700 Subject: [URPE] Call for papers - Labor in the Global South international grad student research conference (proposals due April 8) Message-ID: <1B518AEA5DBF4A4DB0ABE29B2472CF3905CBE777@SSCBE.SS.ucla.edu> Hello URPE colleagues, Please pass along to grad students, or colleagues with grad students, doing work on related topics. Thanks! Chris Tilly Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, UCLA Call for papers Labor in the Global South: A Search for Solutions A global, interdisciplinary graduate student research conference May 27-28, 2011 University of California Los Angeles It is critical to reexamine the position of labor in the global South, in the context of momentous changes underway in the global economic and political order. Our goal in this conference is to take stock of the state of work and workers in the global South, and to share best practices and critiques of strategies to upgrade jobs and empower workers. This conference will bring together graduate students from the United States and around the world to bring their own research to bear on these issues. The goal is not just to exchange information, but to advance discussions about strategies and solutions. To this end, graduate student presentations, which will make up the bulk of conference content, will be supplemented by innovative labor-related practitioners from the South, in addition to senior academics from the United States. Also, to this end, we ask that paper submissions look toward solutions as well as analyzing current and historical conditions. We welcome submissions that look at a full range of issues involving labor, work, and employment, including formal employment, informal employment, and household and other uncompensated work. Submissions are welcome from graduate students in a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to: sociology, political science, history, geography, anthropology, economics, area studies, ethnic and gender studies, public policy, social welfare, and urban planning. A limited number of travel scholarships (airplane fare only) are available to graduate students outside the United States. Participants from outside Los Angeles will be housed with UCLA graduate students and faculty at no cost. Proposals (1 page) are due April 8, 2011. Include your name, institutional affiliation (including graduate program name), and country. Please indicate whether you wish to be considered for a travel scholarship. Send to laborintheglobalsouth at gmail.com For a more complete version of the call, go to http://irle.ucla.edu/events/2011/Global%20South/GlobalSouth_CallforPaper s.pdf Questions? 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Purpose and orientation: The conference seeks to explore ways in which an explicit recognition of class helps to understand the social world in which we live, and ways in which analysis of society can deepen our understanding of class as a social relationship. Presentations should take as their point of reference the lived experience of class; proposed theoretical contributions should be rooted in and illuminate social realities. Presentations are welcome from people outside academic life when they sum up social experience in a way that contributes to the themes of the conference. Formal papers will be welcome but are not required. All presentations should be accessible to an interdisciplinary audience. Conference themes: The conference welcomes proposals for presentations that advance our understanding of any of the following themes. The mosaic of class, race, and gender. To explore how class shapes racial, gender, and ethnic experience and how different racial, gender, and ethnic experiences within various classes shape the meaning of class. Class, power, and social structure. To explore the social content of working, middle, and capitalist classes in terms of various aspects of power; to explore ways in which class and structures of power interact, at the workplace and in the broader society. Class and community. To explore ways in which class operates outside the workplace in the communities where people of various classes live. Class in a global economy. To explore how class identity and class dynamics are influenced by globalization, including experience of cross-border organizing, capitalist class dynamics, international labor standards. Middle class? Working class? What's the difference and why does it matter? To explore the claim that the U.S. is a middle class society and contrast it with the notion that the working class is the majority; to explore the relationships between the middle class and the working class, and between the middle class and the capitalist class. Class, public policy, and electoral politics. To explore how class affects public policy, with special attention to health care, the criminal justice system, labor law, poverty, tax and other economic policy, housing, and education; to explore the place of electoral politics in the arrangement of class forces on policy matters. Class and culture: To explore ways in which culture transmits and transforms class dynamics. Pedagogy of class. To explore techniques and materials useful for teaching about class, at K-12 levels, in college and university courses, and in labor studies and adult education courses. How to submit proposals for How Class Works ? 2012 Conference Proposals for presentations must include the following information: a) title; b) which of the eight conference themes will be addressed; c) a maximum 250 word summary of the main points, methodology, and slice of experience that will be summed up; d) relevant personal information indicating institutional affiliation (if any) and what training or experience the presenter brings to the proposal; e) presenter's name, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address. A person may present in at most two conference sessions. To allow time for discussion, sessions will be limited to three twenty-minute or four fifteen-minute principal presentations. Sessions will not include official discussants. Proposals for poster sessions are welcome. Presentations may be assigned to a poster session.Proposals for sessions are welcome. A single session proposal must include proposal information for all presentations expected to be part of it, as detailed above, with some indication of willingness to participate from each proposed session member.Submit proposals as an e-mail attachment to michael.zweig at stonybrook.edu or as hard copy by mail to the How Class Works - 2012 Conference, Center for Study of Working Class Life, Department of Economics, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384. Timetable: Proposals must be received by December 12, 2011. After review by the program committee, notifications will be mailed on January 17, 2012. The conference will be at SUNY Stony Brook June 7-9, 2012. Conference registration and housing reservations will be possible after February 20, 2012. Details and updates will be posted at http://www.workingclass.sunysb.edu. Conference coordinator: Michael Zweig Director, Center for Study of Working Class Life Department of Economics State University of New York Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384 631.632.7536 michael.zweig at stonybrook.edu ## -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7512 bytes Desc: not available URL: From christian.fuchs at uti.at Wed Mar 23 09:34:09 2011 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:34:09 +0100 Subject: [URPE] New Book: Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies Message-ID: <4D8A12F1.1000202@uti.at> New book: Fuchs, Christian. 2011. Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-58881-2. 384 pages. Rouledge Advances in Sociology No. 52. More information: http://fuchs.uti.at/books/foundations-of-critical-media-and-information-studies/ Available from the same author: "Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age" (Paperback 2011) http://fuchs.uti.at/books/internet-society/ Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies lays down foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in 21st century information society, as well as introducing the theoretical and empirical tools necessary for the critical study of media and the information society. Reasons for reading this book * To find out more about critical theory today: The book updates critical theory for 21st century information society. * To acquire tools for critical analyses: The book introduces methodological and theoretical tools for studying media, information technology, and the information society in a critical way. * To read more about a critical theory of media and the information society: The book explains the foundations of a critical theory of media, information, information technology, and the information society. * To find out more about how power structures frame the media and the Internet: The book provides a power structure analysis of the media and the Internet. * To engage with alternative media and the alternative Internet: The book identifies alternative potentials of the media, culture, and the Internet. Contents 1 Introduction PART I: Theory 2 Critical theory today 3 Critical media and information studies 4 Marx and critical media and information studies PART II: Case studies 5 The media and information economy and the new imperialism 6 The new crisis of capitalism and the role of the media and information economy 7 Participatory web 2.0 as ideology PART III Alternatives 8 Alternative media as critical media 9 Conclusion -- Prof. Christian Fuchs Chair in Media and Communication Studies Department of Informatics and Media Uppsala University Kyrkog?rdsgatan 10 Box 513 751 20 Uppsala Sweden christian.fuchs at im.uu.se Tel +46 (0) 18 471 1019 http://fuchs.uti.at http://www.im.uu.se NetPolitics Blog: http://fuchs.uti.at/blog Editor of tripleC: http://www.triple-c.at Book "Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies" (Routledge 2011) Book "Internet and Society" (Paperback, Routledge 2010) From leefs at umkc.edu Wed Mar 23 11:27:05 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:27:05 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Jencks material--mistake in the link Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD12DE5397D@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> The link to the Rosenberg Fund for Children should be www.rfc.org. And the link to Jencks fund is http://www.rfc.org/namedfunds. Sorry for the mistake. Fred Lee Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org From urpe at labornet.org Wed Mar 23 10:40:13 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:40:13 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] WAPE CONFERENCE @ UMASS AMHERST/REGISTRATION INFO Message-ID: <17868000.1300898413827.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Is George Osborne the Anti-Christ? http://jweeks.org -- Current commentary: Is George Osborne the Anti-Christ? http://jweeks.org Other email: johnweeks at jweeks.org Telephones {NEW MOBILE] (44) 07905 099836 land lines: (44) 0207 693 0385 (44) 01730 823556 From lvanderslice at verizon.net Thu Mar 24 11:15:02 2011 From: lvanderslice at verizon.net (Lane Vanderslice) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:15:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [URPE] Fw: Sign-on letter to protect Social Security Message-ID: <68968.86340.qm@web84205.mail.re3.yahoo.com> ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Larry Mishel To: Lane Vanderslice Sent: Thu, March 24, 2011 1:01:27 PM Subject: Sign-on letter to protect Social Security Dear Colleague, A debate is raging in the U.S. Senate about the need for a long-term deficit-reduction plan. A major issue is whether to cut Social Security benefits. It is possible that an amendment may be offered by Senators Harry Reid and Bernie Sanders as early as March 30 stating that cuts to Social Security should not be part of any deficit-reduction legislation. Media reports have characterized the issue as policy vs. politics -- that policymakers should cut Social Security to control federal spending but may bow to political pressures. But many Social Security experts take issue with this framing. As I noted in an EPI Briefing Paper co-authored with former Social Security chief actuary Harry Ballantyne, Social Security cannot be a driver of long-term deficits because it is prohibited from borrowing. It can only spend what it receives in tax revenues and has accumulated in its trust fund from past surpluses and interest earnings. Social Security benefits are very modest and are shrinking as a share of pre-retirement earnings. I urge you to join me in signing the letter pasted below to show that a large number of economists and other experts attest that Social Security should not be cut in the name of deficit reduction. EPI is on the steering committee of the Strengthen Social Security coalition, which has asked us to help spread the word among economists. To add your name to the list please go here, which allows you to provide your titles and affiliations. If there are special conditions to how you want to be listed please use the Notes field to explain them. If a large number of economists sign the letter, the coalition will change it to read ?Social Security experts or economists,? so please add a note if you prefer this wording. Feel free to email the letter to colleagues who you think might add their names. The goal is to get as many signatures as possible by March 28, then seek to get press attention for it. However, please sign the letter even if that deadline is past, because it will be used in ongoing efforts to block Social Security cuts. Thanks in advance for considering the request. Best, Lawrence Mishel President, Economic Policy Institute _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Senator: As experts on Social Security, we write to correct a commonly held misconception ? that Social Security somehow contributes to the federal government?s deficit. In fact, Social Security?s Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and its Disability Insurance Trust Fund are prohibited from paying benefits unless those funds have sufficient income and assets to cover the cost, and they have no borrowing authority to acquire the requisite income and assets. Consequently, Social Security is prohibited by law from deficit-spending and thus contributing to the federal deficit. We also write to point out that Social Security?s benefits are modest both compared to those of other industrialized countries and in absolute terms. Its administrative costs are also modest, amounting to less than a penny of every dollar expended. The modest size yet increasing importance of Social Security?s life insurance, disability insurance, and old age annuities, given the trends in private sector retirement arrangements, savings, home equity and stock values, leads us, as a policy matter, to recommend strongly that Social Security?s manageable shortfall, still decades away, should be eliminated without cutting benefits, including without raising the retirement age. Sincerely, * Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution * Randy Albelda, Ph.D., Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston * Sylvia A. Allegretto, Ph.D., Economist, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California, Berkeley * Nancy J. Altman, J.D., Co-director, Social Security Works, top aide to, Alan Greenspan in his position as Chairman of the 1982-83 Social Security Commission * Edwin Amenta, Ph.D., Professor of History and Sociology, University of California, Irvine * Nancy Amidei, M.S.W., Director, Civic Engagement Project, Emeritus Faculty, University of Washington School of Social Work * Greg Anrig, Vice President of Policy and Programs, Century Foundation * M. V. Lee Badgett, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Director, Center for Public Policy & Administration * Dean Baker, Ph.D., Co-director, Center for Economic & Policy Research * Merton Bernstein, J.D., Professor Emeritus, Washington University, St. Louis * Tom Bethell, Independent Social Insurance Policy Analyst, Editor and Co-author with, * Cyrus Bina, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota (Morris Campus) * Robert Binstock, Ph.D., Professor of Aging, Health, and Society, Case Western Reserve University, Robert M. Ball of Straight Talk About Social Security and other publications, * Eileen Boris, Ph.D., Hull Professor and Chair, Department of Feminist Studies, Director, Center for the Study of Women and Social Justice, University of California, Santa Barbara * Roger Bove, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Retired, West Chester University * Gerard Bradley, MA, Research Director, New Mexico Voices for Children * Bobbie Brinegar, M.S.W., Executive Director, OWL-The Voice of Midlife and Older Women * Clair Brown, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley * E. Richard Brown, Ph.D., Professor, University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health * John Burbank, M.P.A., Executive Director, Economic Opportunity Institute * Donna Butts, Executive Director, Generations United * Alan B. Cohen, Sc.D., Professor of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Management, Executive Director, Boston University Health Policy Institute * William E. Connolly, Ph.D., Krieger-Eisenhower Professor, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University * Yanira Cruz, D.P.H., M.P.H., President & CEO, National Hispanic Council on Aging * Jeff Cruz, Executive Director, Latinos for a Secure Retirement * Bill Cunningham, Associate Director of Legislation, American Federation of Teachers * Anita Dancs, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Western New England College * Patricia Elizabeth Dilley, L.L.M., Professor of Law, Levin College of Law, University of Florida * Justin Elardo, Ph.D., Economics Instructor, Portland Community College * Carroll Estes, Ph.D., Professor and Founding Director, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco; Chair, National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare * Rashi Fein, Ph.D., Professor of the Economics of Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard University * Karen Ferguson, J.D., Executive Director, Pension Rights Center * John Gallup, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Portland State University * Alejandro Garcia, Ph.D., M.S.W., Professor, Syracuse University School of Social Work * Eric Geist, Communications Workers of America * Linda Gordon, Ph.D., University Professor of the Humanities and Florence Kelley Professor of History, New York University * Steve Gorin, Ph.D., Professor, Social Work Department, Plymouth State University * Colleen Grogan, Ph.D., Professor, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration * Michael Gusmano, Ph.D., Fellow, Hastings Institute * Jacob Hacker, Ph.D., Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University * Lori L. Hansen, M.S.W., Former Member, Social Security Advisory Board, Robert M. Ball for the 1982-83 Social Security Commission, Technical Assistant to * Heidi Hartmann, Ph.D., Research Professor, George Washington University, and President, Institute for Women's Policy Research * Jeffrey A. Hayes, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Institute for Women's Policy Research * Emily Hayworth, Office Coordinator, University of Delaware * John Henry, Ph.D., Research Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City * Cynthia Hess, Ph.D., Study Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research * Alice M. Hoffman, Ph.D., Board Member, Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans * Emily P. Hoffman, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Emerita, Western Michigan University * Alan Houseman, J.D., Executive Director, Center for Law and Social Policy * Timothy S. Jost, J.D., Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law * Jon Jucovy, Ph.D., Chairman, History Department, Ramaz School * Stephanie A. Kelton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Research Scholar, Levy Economics Institute * Barbara B. Kennelly, President & CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social; Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives & Ranking Member of the Ways; Acting Chair, Social Security Advisory Board * Mary King, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Portland State University * Eric R. Kingson, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, Syracuse University, advisor to, 1982 National Commission on Social Security Reform and 1994-5 Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform * Jennifer Klein, Ph.D., Professor of History, Yale University * Andrew Kohen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Economics, James Madison University * Joan A. Kuriansky, J.D., M.A., Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Wider Opportunities for Women * Louise Lamphere, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, University of New Mexico * Keith Leitich, M.A., Part-Time Instructor, Pierce College Puyallup * Hank Leland, BA, Senior Research Analyst, Employee Benefits, SEIU * Robert Lynch, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Washington College * Arthur MacEwan, Ph.D., Economics, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Boston * Ted Marmor, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Management; and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Yale University * Myra Marx Ferree, Ph.D., Martindale Bascom Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison * Jerry Mashaw, Ph.D., LL.B., Sterling Professor of Law, Yale Law School * Peter Matthews, Ph.D., Jermain Professor of Political Economy, Middlebury College * Elaine McCrate, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Economics and Women's Studies, University of Vermont * Gerald A. McIntyre, L.L.B., Directing Attorney, National Senior Citizens Law Center * Michael Meeropol, Ph.D., Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Economics, Western New England College; Visiting Professor of Economics, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York * John Messier, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Maine, Farmington * Gwendolyn Mink, Ph.D., Social Policy Scholar * Lawrence Mishel, Ph.D., President, Economic Policy Institute * Vernon Mogensen, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York * Tracy Mott, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Department Chair, Economics, University of Denver * Paul Nathanson, J.D., M.C.L., Executive Director, National Senior Citizens Law Center * Michael Nuwer, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, State University of New York, Potsdam * Alice O'Connor, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara; Fellow, University of California Washington Center Program * Annelise Orleck, Ph.D., Professor of History, Dartmouth College * Nancy M. Ortiz, District Manager, Retired, Social Security Administration * Christine Owens, J.D., Executive Director, National Employment Law Project * Mark Peterson, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs * Harold Pollack, Ph.D., Faculty Chair Center for Health Administration Studies, Helen Ross Professor, University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration * Marilyn Power, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Sarah Lawrence College * Mark Price, Ph.D., Labor Economist, Keystone Research Center * Steve Regenstreif, Director, AFSCME Retirees * Malcolm Robinson, Ph.D., Professor, Thomas More College * Maya Rockeymoore, Ph.D., President & CEO, Global Policy Solutions * Leah Rogne, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Concerned Scientistis in Aging * Sergio Romero, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boise State University * Susan Scanlan, Chair, National Council of Women's Organizations * Arthur Scarritt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Boise State University * Arthur Scarritt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Boise State University * Stephanie Seguino, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, University of Vermont * Heidi Shierholz, Ph.D., Economist, Economic Policy Institute * Max J. 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This 3rd Encuentro, Mexico?s first, further internationalizes the debate by opening a new dialog with workers, activists and researchers from North America - in addition to those from the other Americas. Session ideas are due March 31 at ** centrodoc at gmail.com* (*Centro de Documentaci?n de Empresas Recuperadas, Universidad de Buenos Aires). **? Bob Stone, Ctr. for Global Justice admin at globaljusticecenter.org. Located in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, the Center is a co-sponsor of the 3rd Encuentro.* ** *3rd International Encuentro ?THE WORKERS? ECONOMY:?* *Analyzing & Debating a New Economy* *from the Perspective of Workers & Self-management* Mexico City, June 9-11, 2011 In recent decades the global economy?s management has been in the hands of the capitalists and their neo-liberal institutions. Where has it led? It has led first to an extreme polarization of resources and wealth between a handful of enriched countries and the majority of impoverished ones, and within countries between a shrinking handful of capitalists and the immense majority of workers - who are made ever more insecure. Second, it has led to the greatest ecological disaster ever produced by humans in history. And third, it has led to the worst economic crisis of the capitalist system since the crash of 1929. Today, hovering over the chaos and conflict in which their management has plunged the world, the capitalists try to salvage their privileges and wealth while making the workers pay the consequences. Thus while governments and international institutions bail out capitalists in crisis, they also increase costs to and decrease income of, the workers ? precisely to pay for those bailouts. And all this is on top of the ?normal costs? of the exploitation of work. Clearly the workers are not sitting idly by in the face of this economic leadership, which is irrational for the workers and for humankind but--rational for the capitalists! On the one hand, the workers are resisting paying for the mess due to this capitalist leadership in crisis, and, on the other, they are re-thinking and challenging the capitalists? conduct of the economy while forging their own practices and institutions. The fragmentation of the workers? struggles in each country and in the world is nevertheless also one of the principle characteristics of our time. Countless conflicts between capital and labor unfold in seeming isolation from each other. But there are many examples of self-management and self-organized economic forms spreading throughout the world, while millions of workers who reject their status as workers are coming to recognize themselves in new and old forms of work and resistance. This new condition of the working class, interwoven with other movements and forms of struggle, is still far from producing a new project for workers as such. Yet in all their diverse situations at this stage of globalized capitalism, the workers, recovering and recreating their historical struggles, are beginning to outline and reconstruct their own alternative economic, political and social management. This Third International Encuentro *?The Workers? Economy?* comes after Encuentros in 2007 and 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will contribute to the debate on the same themes, bringing academic and intellectual contributions together with the practices and ideas of the workers and other social and political activists. This Third International Encuentro *?The Workers? Economy?* proposes to continue examining and systematizing workers? experiences. It will study both their critical resistance to the capitalists? management of the economy, and the shaping of their own forms of leadership. This Third Encuentro is in Mexico rather than Argentina. This challenges the organizers to consolidate the space generated by the debate and to accentuate its international character. Mexico is one of the countries in which neo-liberalism has shown itself with most savagery and impunity, in turn provoking important workers? struggles and social movements of protest. They need support. Organizing the Encuentro in Mexico aims to help reinforce and draw attention to these struggles. The Third Encuentro will take place June 9, 10 and 11, 2011 in Mexico City. *Topics of debate: * 1--Analysis of the capitalist management of the economy and proposals for global self-management. 2?The new crisis of global capitalism: analysis and responses from the perspective of the workers? economy. 3?Self-management: the historical assessment. 4?Self-management in its present stage: its problems and potential. Recuperated factories, co-ops, and attempts at self-management by social movements. 5---Self-management and women 6?The socialist experience, analysis of its past and future. 7?The challenges of trade union experience within neoliberal global capitalism. 8?Informal, precarious and demeaning work: social exclusion or reconfiguration of work in global capitalism? 9?The universities, the workers and the movements: debates about methodologies and practices of mutual construction. *The Third Encuentro* *?The Workers? Economy?* will take place over three days with morning and afternoon sessions and will be open to the public. There will be plenary sessions and workshops based on presentation of papers, videoconferencing, and a final plenary with discussion and conclusions. *Organizing Committee:* Area Work Studies of the Department of Social Relations of the Autonomous Metropolitan University at Xochimilco and the Open Faculty Program of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires. *Co-organizers of the Encuentro (currently confirmed) are:* Center for Global Justice, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Institute of Philosophy, Havana, Cuba. Faculty of Philosophy and History of the University of Havana. Autonomist Argentina Project (http://www.autonomista.org). Unidad Ecutora de CONICET, Argentina. Program of Anthropology and the History of the Capital-Work Relation in the Contemporary Context, Center for Advanced Studies, National University of Cordoba. *Deadline for sending summaries of papers: March 31, 2011* * * *Deadline for sending complete presentations: April 29, 2011.* *Contact regarding the Third Encuentro: * *centrodoc at gmail.com* (Centro de Documentaci?n de Empresas Recuperadas, Programa Facultad Abierta, UBA, Argentina). andres.ruggeri at gmail.com (Andr?s Ruggeri, Director, Programa Facultad Abierta) marcoagomez.gomez at gmail.com (Marco Augusto G?mez Sol?rzano, Director del ?rea de Estudios del Trabajo de la UAM-Xochimilco, M?xico) cpacheco at correo.xoc.uam.mx (Celia Pacheco, Directora Departamento de Relaciones Sociales, UAM-X, M?xico). *For more information* on the Encuentro International ?La econom?a de los trabajadores? and editions of selected papers from the 2007 y 2009 sessions, visit www.recuperadasdoc.com.ar -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Note there is a Website at the end for further information about the organization, as well as a contact email. In solidarity, Al [cid:image002.jpg at 01CBECA2.106A9A70] 2011 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy July 8-10, 2011 University of Maryland, Baltimore County Connecting Our Workplaces: Building Cooperative Economies The 2011 Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy will bring together representatives of worker cooperatives, ESOPs, and other cooperatively-run organizations to strengthen the network of democratic workplaces in the Eastern United States. Through networking, seminars, tours, and storytelling, participants will exchange tools and solutions for democratic management and development of cooperative workplaces. We will share strategies for building systems for regional support and advocating for ourselves as we build momentum toward the 2012 International Year of Cooperatives. The Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy supports an economy that utilizes cooperative and democratic organizational structures to support equitable systems for exchanging goods, services & products and stewardship of the commons for mutual benefit by all. We believe that democratic workplaces are the fundamental building blocks that power our work towards economic, social, and environmental justice and solidarity. The Conference brings together worker-owners, employees of democratically-run ESOPs, companies and organizations that provide support to democratic workplaces, and anyone interested in the workplace democracy movement. It is held every two years in the Eastern United States. For more information: Contact ECWD organizers Neily Jennings or Esteban Kelly at info at east.usworker.coop, or go to our website at east.usworker.coop . -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best Regards, Ian Fletcher Senior Economist Coalition for a Prosperous America 225 Bush St., Ste. 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 USA 415.439.8377? | 415.439.8304 (fax)? |? 415.238.8145 (cell) From marco.missaglia at unipv.it Thu Mar 31 11:28:31 2011 From: marco.missaglia at unipv.it (Marco Missaglia) Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:28:31 +0200 Subject: [URPE] Summer School on Structural Change, Real-Financial Interactions and Development Message-ID: Dear URPE members you can find the call for applications concerning the Summer School "Structural Change, Real-Fnancial Interactions and Development" which will be held in Pavia from 13 to 21 June at ( https://sites.google.com/site/paviasummerschool2011/home). . All the best, Marco -- Marco Missaglia University of Pavia Tel +39 0382 984358 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The campaign for the so-called *'Robin Hood Tax*' is now hugely popular in many countries (www.robinhoodtax.org). The French have made an FTT a priority for their presidency of the G20 and there is a real chance of a breakthrough in the coming six months. But to win we need your help once again. We need to ramp up the pressure to create a letter signed by at least a *1000 economists* across the world. In order to achieve this, we need your help! The letter (attached: Economists Letter Final PDF) will be addressed to *G20 Finance Ministers and Bill Gates at their next meeting on 14/15 April 2011*. The reason it is addressed to Bill Gates as well as the G20 ministers is because President Sarkozy has asked Bill Gates to write a report for the G20 on the FTT. We hope you are still keen in supporting the call for an FTT, and for this reason we would like to keep all the names on the list of signatories for the second letter, which is virtually identical to the first. If, however, you would like to be removed, please contact us and we will remove you from the list. We would also like to encourage you to forward the same letter to your colleagues and networks of economists that may also be interested in adding their voice to the FTT campaign. To do this, please ask them to sign up on the following link: *http://economistftt.posterous.com/private/cuoczacsmF*or email *Euderzo at oxfam.org.uk* There are French, German, Spanish and Portuguese translations available on request. Thank you very much for your support and for helping the campaign. With best wishes, Max Lawson Head of Development Finance and Public Services Oxfam GB http://www.oxfam.org.uk/ Oxfam House John Smith Drive Oxford OX4 2JY ******** Letter * Dear Bill Gates and G20 Finance Ministers We write to you as the call for a Financial Transaction Tax is now gathering global momentum, and the French government has made it a key priority for their G20 presidency. This tax is an idea that has come of age. The financial crisis has shown us the dangers of unregulated finance, and the link between the financial sector and society has been broken. It is time to fix this link and for the financial sector to give something back to society. Even at very low rates of 0.05% or less, this tax could raise hundreds of billions of dollars annually and calm excessive speculation. The UK already levies a tax on share transactions of 0.5%, or ten times this rate, without unduly impacting on the competitiveness of the City of London. This money is urgently needed to raise revenue for global and domestic public goods such as health, education and water, and to tackle the challenge of climate change. Given the automation of payments, this tax is technically feasible. It is morally right. We call on you to implement the FTT as a matter of urgency. Yours. * -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I joined some 30 other meeting participants in expressing our and the signers dismay that the pension fund claiming to invest our money according to ethical standards continues to include in their social fund such firms as Caterpillar which sells militarized bulldozers to destroy Palestinian homes to expand Israeli settlements) and Motorola which sells surveillance equipment placed around settlements and checkpoints as well as communication systems to the Israeli army and West Bank settlers. Several weeks before the Annual Meeting the Fund had flatly rejected our demand for divestment However with the great growth over a short period in the number of signers, they said they will act according to the will of the membership. Please sign the petition electronically and receive more detailed information about the campaign from http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/tiaa-cref You don't have to be a member of the Fund (a check mark next to your signature will indicate if you are). 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The Steering Committee has gotten a LOT of feedback from people teaching economics, particularly but not only ones just starting, on how useful these have been to them in developing their own syllabi. I am sending this out now before your semester ends and you move onto other things, though I wouldn't actually post them until June 1 which is the first moment I will get to turn to working on our constantly developing URPE Web site. In solidarity, Al (Al at economics.utah.edu) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2981 bytes Desc: not available URL: From news at countercorp.org Wed Apr 6 12:28:27 2011 From: news at countercorp.org (CounterCorp) Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:28:27 -0700 Subject: [URPE] Syllabi In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0EC3750D-0C25-4BED-B709-0DD43384A748@countercorp.org> On 4/6, at 9:39 AM, Al Campbell wrote: > Dear URPE members, > And most of you know, the syllabi section on our Web site was resurrected a year or so ago as part of series of new projects URPE has begun, and now has a lot of very interesting and useful current heterodox and radical syllabi on many areas of economics. This is the once-a-semester call I send out at the end of each semester when you have all the bugs out of your syllabi, to simply do a couple of clicks and send to me what you already have done all the work on. The Steering Committee has gotten a LOT of feedback from people teaching economics, particularly but not only ones just starting, on how useful these have been to them in developing their own syllabi. > I am sending this out now before your semester ends and you move onto other things, though I wouldn?t actually post them until June 1 which is the first moment I will get to turn to working on our constantly developing URPE Web site. > In solidarity, Al (Al at economics.utah.edu) URPEsters, Can anyone recommend critical/heterodox/radical books and/or syllabi on the history and current function of the stock market ?? Thanks! 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In the U.S., we seek to draw in new participants and strengthen existent efforts for economic justice, environmentally sound systems, and meaningful democracy. Other Worlds? program includes: (1) Documenting stories of thriving, large-scale just economies in a context of globalization, and with an emphasis on gender; (2) Creating literature, art, and media, to distribute through public fora, mainstream and alternative media vehicles, and grassroots collaborations; (3) Inspiring action. Working in partnership with movements and citizens? groups to help the viewers/readers/listeners become effective change agents in their own communities, sectors, nation, and/or world; and (4) Generating support for the alternatives and the movements behind them. We campaign, fundraise, and support in other ways the movements we feature and others working in the same spirit. Job Description: The Media and Education Coordinator will direct Other Worlds? educational outreach with a view toward mobilizing action for economic and social justice. S/he will produce materials and gather those of allied movements and organizations; ensure that our media and documentation find their way to communities and organizations hungry for inspiration and information; and connect them with organizing resources that they may need. The job will begin at 3 days a week with the possibility of becoming full-time, funding allowing. Responsibilities: - Developing and implementing national strategies to spread media and educational resources about alternatives ? those produced by Other Worlds and by allies in national and international movements - to those either fighting for just economies and societies or wanting to do so; - Building and maintaining distribution outlets in mainstream and alternative press, in public venues, and through national and community organizations; - Gathering content and using communications infrastructure, including website and social media, to disseminate it; - Editing and distributing an ongoing journalism series about Haiti; - Creating promotional materials to publicize our education work, as needed. S/he will share responsibility in: - Helping with fundraising and other elements of building Other Worlds; - Collaborating with to colleagues to develop Other Worlds? multi-media arts, media, and educational pieces. Requirements: - Strong commitment to economic and social justice; - Good understanding of economic globalization and local and global alternatives movements. Direct connections with those movements are a plus; - At least two years of experience in public education, outreach, journalism, and/or communications; - Ability to take independent initiative while being accountable to a team; - Spanish, French, or Creole language a plus. Location: Bay Area, California or New Orleans, Louisiana area, United States Start Time: Immediate. Fees and Benefits: Fees are pro-rated at $38,000. Full health insurance. Three weeks vacation per year. Flexible hours. To apply, please send a cover letter explaining your interest, a resume, and three references to info.otherworlds at gmail.com Other Worlds is an equal opportunity employer. People of color and people from the global South are especially encouraged to apply. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Students may choose, with their applications, to take out URPE memberships ($20 for a limited membership or $30 for a full (student) membership,) in which case they will be eligible for the $60 scholarship. Full members receive a subscription to the Review of Radical Political Economics (4 issues per year) and the quarterly URPE Newsletter. Limited members receive only the Newsletter. Note: There is an optional forum dinner at the Conference on May 28, for which an additional $30 fee must be paid at the time of application. Applications must be submitted to the URPE National Office by April 22. You may not apply for the URPE scholarships by using the online application process for the WAPE Conference. Students who have not yet registered for the WAPE Conference Choose one of the four categories below in order to determine the amount of the fee to be sent with this application: Registration for WAPE Conference + URPE membership (if applicable) Not including dinner Including dinner (a) Current URPE members $40 $70 (b) New members (limited membership) $60 $90 (c) New members (full membership) $70 $100 (d) Students who do not wish to join URPE now $60 $90 Students who have already registered for the WAPE Conference should apply for the scholarships directly to the National Office, by completing the form above and enclosing a stamped self-addressed envelope. Scholarships will be sent to you as follows: (a) Current URPE members $60 (b) Students taking out limited membership with this application now $40 (C) Students taking out full membership with this application now $30 (d) Students who do not wish to join URPE now $40 ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________ Complete the following application form: Choose one of the following: ____ I am an URPE member ____ I wish to join URPE as a limited member ____ I wish to join URPE as a full (student) member ____ I do not wish to join URPE now Complete one of the following: ___ I wish to register for the WAPE Conference (and, if applicable, URPE membership) and enclose payment of $ ____________ (See above) ___ I have already registered for the WAPE Conference (and, if applicable, wish to join URPE). I am applying for a scholarship of $_____________ (See above) Send form to: Make checks payable to ?URPE? or complete the credit card information below. URPE National Office Gordon Hall University of Massachusetts 418 North Pleasant Street Amherst, MA 01002 Mailing Address: Name:_______________________________________________________________________ ___ College at which you are currently enrolled: _______________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________________ ____ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ City: __________________________________________ State/Province:________________ Country: _______________________________________ Zip/Postal Code:_______________ Email: _______________________________________ Telephone: ___________________ Payment Options (Circle One) | DISCOVER | MASTERCARD | VISA | CHECK (Enclosed, US Funds Only) | Card Number: ____________________________________________________________ Expiration Date _______________ Signature: ____________________________________________________________ Date: _______________ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Both TJ (as a co-editor and author) and TS (as an author) contributed to this volume. We hope you find this book thought provoking. We want to remind you that you can have a copy of any heterodox books if you write a review for the Heterodox Economics Newsletter. Contact our book review editor, Dr. Fadhel Kaboub at kaboubf at denison.edu, for any query about a book review. Lastly, We will depart from the usual commentary in this edition and direct you to a note in the For Your Information section. The Japan Society for Historians of Economic Thought (JSHET) Annual Meetings, which were to be held at Fukushima University in May, have been postponed due to the ongoing efforts to recover from the devastating impacts of the earthquake/tsunami. To our colleagues in Japan, no apology is necessary. Our thoughts are with you and the people of Japan, and we will support you in any way we can. In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers 2nd CES ?Critical Economics? Summer School 3rd International Encuentro ?The Workers' Economy? 8th International Conference Developments in Economic Theory and Policy 10th Conference of the Australian Society of Heterodox Economists American Journal of Economics and Sociology: Special Issue European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) 33rd Annual Conference History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA) Conference Market Square: The Cambridge Business & Society Interdisciplinary Research Group Historical Materialism 2011 Conference How Class Works 2012 ICAPE's 3rd International Conference Japan Society of Political Economy Annual Conference 2011 Journal of Pedagogy: Special Issue Research Network Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM) 15th Conference South Africa Today: How Do We Characterise the Social Formation? Workshop: Trade Unions, Free Trade and the Problem of Transnational Solidarity Call for Participants Colloque ? Paris VIII: Remodeling Finance and Its Governance in Times of Uncertainty Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy Summer School: Structural Change, Real-Fnancial Interactions and Development The Spirit of Capital: A Conference on Hegel and Marx Third Graz Schumpeter Summer School 14th SCEME Seminar Socialism 2011 Conference Job Postings for Heterodox Economists International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in The Hague John Marshall Visiting Research Fellow University of Richmond Other Worlds, USA Post Doctoral Fellowship on the ?Political Economy of Global Finance?Political Economy Research Group (PERG) University of Bradford, UK The University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Canada Heterodox Journals Challenge, 54(2): March-April 2011 Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 33(1): March 2011 Industrial and Corporate Change, 20(2): April 2011 International Socialism, 30: April 2011 Metroeconomica, 62(2): May 2011 Mother Pelican, 7(4): April 2011 Revista de Economia Critica 10: Segon Semestre 2010 Socio-Economic Review, 9(1): 2011 Socio-Economic Review, 9(2): April 2011 World Review of Political Economy Heterodox Newsletters Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives CDPR Development Viewpoint EPI News Global Labour Column IDEAs Levy News Heterodox Books and Book Series The American Road to Capitalism Business as Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of Capitalism Canadian Labour in Crisis: Reinventing the Workers? Movement Decent Capitalism: A Blueprint for Reforming our Economies Economics and Diversity Free Trade Doesn't Work Gramsci's Prison Notebooks Heterodox Analysis of Financial Crisis and Reform Oil: A Time Machine The Plot against the NHS The Politics of Equality: An Introduction, Heterodox Book Reviews Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life by Nicholas Phillipson Marx and Philosophy Review Heterodox Graduate Programs and Scholarships Doctoral Contract in Post-Keynesian economics in Paris 13 Scholarships for Students attending WAPE Conference Heterodox Web Sites and Associates Dix Theses Pour Un Nouveau Developpementalisme John Harvey's Forbes.com Blog Queries from Heterodox Economists Help wanted! International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE) For Your Information Japan Society for Historians of Economic Thought: Annual Meeting Postponed. Thomas Guggenheim Program in the History of Economic Thought Research Prize Heterodox Economics Syllabi on URPE website Petition: TIAA-CREF Divestment Campaign La Commune de Vancouver: Paris 1871 / Vancouver 2011 The Clinton E. Jencks Memorial Fund Stern, Weitzman Receive GDAE?s Leontief Prizes UNICEF and the Economic Research Foundation (ERF) New e-learning program -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 19941 bytes Desc: not available URL: From ppphhw at gmail.com Mon Apr 11 21:24:10 2011 From: ppphhw at gmail.com (Hyun Woong Park) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:24:10 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Call for URPE SUMMER SCHOOL - Topics in Radical Political Economy: Marxist theory Message-ID: Dear URPE members, Please take a look at the following invitation letter for URPE summer school, and distribute it. We have a separate application form, but since URPE emailing list does not allow file attachment I have pasted it below. So if you need it please let me know. Or you could just copy and paste in any word program. best, Hyun Woong Park --------------INVITATION LETTER----------------- We invite graduate students and young researchers to participate in the URPE Summer School entitled Topics in Radical Political Economy: Marxist theory, which will take place in Amherst, Massachusetts on the UMass campus on May 24-27, 2011 (right before the World Association for Political Economy conference on May 27-29). Our aim is to provide a forum for the discussion of ideas and developments in Marxian economics, and to help establish ties for closer collaboration between young Marxian economists. Our speakers and topics will be as follows: Deepankar Basu: Theories of Money and Finance in Marxian Political Economy Al Campbell: Humanist Marxism, Structuralist Marxism and Revolution David Kotz: *topic to be determined* Fred Moseley: The Transformation Problem and Crisis Paddy Quick: Principal and Secondary Relations of Production: the Transitions between Modes of Production Each day will be organized into 7-8 hours of lectures and discussions, to be directed by the invited speakers. Suggested readings will be distributed in advance. Participants will have already taken a first course in Marxian political economy and will be expected to be familiar with portions of Capital (at least Volume I). The presentations by the speakers will be designed to inform participants about recent developments, equip them with theoretical and empirical tools and inspire them to take up research in Marxian political economy. We ask for a $15 registration fee. URPE scholarships are available for those who will also attend the WAPE conference, though they require a separate application. To apply for the Summer School, please fill out the enclosed application form and send it to one or both of the following: Hyun Woong Park Mihnea Tudoreanu Our organizers are also available to answer any and all questions and concerns. Please distribute this invitation widely to whom you think might be interested. We look forward to seeing many of you in May! On behalf of the organizing committee, Mihnea Tudoreanu UMass Amherst Economics Department --------------APPLICATION FORM---------------- Summer School on Radical Political Economy May 24- May 27, 2011 University of Massachusetts, Amherst NAME:_________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND: Address:________________________________________________________________ School Last Attended:_____________________________________________________ Degree Program/Major:________________________________________________ Current Organization/Occupation:_______________________________________________ Please Attach an essay (1,000 words maximum) regarding your interest in Radical/Marxian economic theory and how you think it would contribute to your future academic or political projects. CONTACT INFORMATION Email:__________________________________________________________ Phone Number:___________________________________________________ EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO: Name:__________________________________ EMAIL:_____________________ Phone Number:___________________________ Relation:____________________ Please send the completed application to mtudorea at econs.umass.edu and/or ppphhw at gmail.com, no later than 05/06/2011. From htekguc at gmail.com Tue Apr 12 02:06:58 2011 From: htekguc at gmail.com (hasan tekguc) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:06:58 +0300 Subject: [URPE] Mardin Artuklu Univeristy job openings Message-ID: Dear URPE memebrs, Please see and distribute the following job ad. We are open to non-mainstream approaches. It doesn't say in the official job description but studying Middle East is a big plus. Please don't hesitate to forward your contacts. best regards, Hasan Official Job Description: The Mardin Artuklu University?s Department of Economics, Turkey, is looking for applicants for a tenure track 12 month full-time position at all ranks starting Fall, 2011. Candidates are expected to have completed a Ph.D. by the time of appointment. All fields will be considered, however we especially encourage applicants working in the fields of Monetary-Fiscal Theory and Policy, Money and Banking, Money-Capital Markets, and Public Finance. The priority will also be given to candidates who can teach both in Turkish and in English. The position requires teaching two or three classes (undergraduate level) each semester and doing quality research. Mardin Artuklu University values researchers who are open to interdisciplinary research and collaborative studies. Deadline: The applications will be evaluated as they arrive. Material: Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, one research paper, graduate transcript, three letters of recommendation and teaching evaluations (if available) (via e-mail only) for a complete file. Contact: Hasan Tekg?? at htekguc(at)gmail(dot)com Information about university and economics department can be found at http://www.artuklu.edu.tr/akademik/iktisat/bolumler/iktisad/ If you have any further questions, please email Hasan Tekg?? at htekguc(at)gmail(dot)com. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Support started to fall away in the following years and recovered slightly after the financial crisis in 2007/8, but has plummeted since 2009, falling 15 points in a year so that fewer than three in five (59%) now see free market capitalism as the best system for the future. GlobeScan Chairman Doug Miller commented: "America is the last place we would have expected to see such a sharp drop in trust in the free enterprise system. This is not good news for business." The results mean that a number of the world's major emerging economies have now matched or overtaken the USA in their enthusiasm for the free market. The Chinese and Brazilians, 67 per cent of whom regard the free market system as the best on offer, are now more positive about capitalism than Americans, while enthusiasm in India now equals that in the USA, with 59 per cent rating the free market as the best system for the future. Among the 20 countries polled in both 2009 and 2010, an average of 54 per cent today rate the free market economy as the best economic system, unchanged from 2009. Americans with incomes below $20,000 were particularly likely to have lost faith in the free market over the past year, with their support dropping from 76 per cent to 44 per cent between 2009 and 2010. American women have also become much less positive, with 52 per cent backing the free market in 2010, down from 73 per cent in 2009. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 4653 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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ClassCrits hopes to better integrate the rich diversity of economic methods and theories into law by exploring and engaging non-neoclassical and heterodox economics. Their conferences are small with ample opportunity to develop collaborations or just learn from progressive legal scholars. Go to http://classcrits.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/classcrits-workshop-call-for-papers-criminalizing-economic-inequality/ to view the conference announcement and call for papers. --Doug -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Matthaei) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:16:28 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Excellent article by Stiglitz on Current Income/Wealth/Power Inequality Message-ID: Here is some great economic analysis of the current budget crisis by Stiglitz and Sachs to read and share with your students: Joseph Stiglitz, "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%" in Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-one-percent-201105 Stiglitz talking about the article on Democracy Now, "Assault on Social Spending: Pro-Rich Tax Cuts Turning U.S. into Nation "Of the 1 Percent, by the 1 Percent, for the 1 Percent" -- webcast and transcript: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/7/nobel_economist_joseph_stiglitz_assault_on Jeffrey Sachs, on proposed budget cuts/austerity plan, "Do Not Punish the Poor," on Democracy Now, yesterday; webcast and transcript: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/11/dont_punish_the_poor_economist_jeffrey Warm regards, Julie Julie Matthaei Professor of Economics, Wellesley College U.S. Solidarity Economy Network (www.ussen.org) Yes We Can Make Wall Street Pay! Sign the petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/yes-we-can-make-wall-street-pay "Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love." -- Martin Luther King "Optimism is activism." -- Naomi Klein, NO LOGO -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Conference provides a broad pluralistic and interdisciplinary forum to discuss issues of importance to heterodox economists. For 2011 the SHE Conference theme is The relevance, contribution and future of Heterodox Economics Topics of interest to this overarching theme include: the failure of neoclassical economics to predict, explain or find solutions to the global financial and economic crises; the current climate and energy crisis, nationally and internationally; the relationship of economists to policymaking and decision-makers; the teaching of heterodox economics; and, research evaluation and the impact of ERA ratings and rankings. Registration details will be announced later and be available at: http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/research/societyofheterodoxeconomists/SHEconference/Pages/default.aspx Submission details: Submissions are invited for single papers, complete sessions and symposia (comprising more than one session) relevant to the over-arching conference theme, or which discuss issues of importance from perspectives which differ from, or critically examine, mainstream economics. Single papers: All papers should include a 250 word abstract that clearly states the issue being addressed, its main points and argument. It should be stated, at the time of submission, if you require your paper to be refereed and if you wish your paper to be considered for a symposium. The deadline for refereed papers is Monday 10 October 2011. The deadline for non-refereed papers is Monday 31 October 2011. Complete sessions: We welcome proposals for complete sessions. Session proposals should be sent to p.kriesler at unsw.edu.au and include the following information: * A short title * A description of the session which should be no more than one page * The names of the proposed participants in the session * An abstract for each paper to be included in the session * The name and email address of the session organiser The deadline for complete sessions is Friday 15 July 2011. Symposia: We encourage proposals for symposia which address a single topic or issue. The SHE Conference Committee will work with symposia organisers, when constructing the conference program, to ensure a coherent list of sessions for each symposium, and schedule these so that participants can follow a symposium across more than one session. Symposium proposals should be submitted to p.kriesler at unsw.edu.au and include the following information: * A short title (no more than 5 words) * A short description of the type of paper that would be suitable for inclusion in the symposium * The name and email address of the symposium organiser The deadline for symposium proposals is Friday 15 July 2011. Deadlines: The SHE Conference Committee will consider all proposals for papers, sessions and symposia, and will notify you of the acceptance or rejection of your proposal. Complete session proposals are due by Friday 15 July 2011 and will be notified by Monday 25 July 2011. Symposium proposals are due by Friday 15 July 2011 and will be notified by Monday 25 July 2011. The deadline for refereed papers is Monday 10 October 2011. The deadline for non-refereed papers is Monday 31 October 2011. 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I'd like to cover two broad themes in the course: 1. urban economics from contending perspectives, including neoclassical perspective and one other, probably Marxian political economy, but others might work, such Institutionalism/New Institutionalism, Keynesian, etc. 2. cover both theory and policy from both perspectives, that is, how does neoclassical theory understand the urban economy and then what policies arise from this way of knowing, and then compare this to how Marxian political economy understands the urban economy and what policies arise from this perspective. There are one or two Urban and Regional Economics syllabi on the URPE website that will be helpful. In addition to these, I am wondering if anyone has a syllabus they'd be willing to share, or suggestions for textbooks, readings, etc. I would be very grateful for anything you'd be willing to share or suggest. Thank you so much. Enid --- Enid Arvidson, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Urban and Public Affairs Box 19588 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019 The information, including any attachments, contained in this email is CONFIDENTIAL and is intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient(s), you should not disseminate, forward, distribute, or copy this e-mail. If you have received this message in error or without the express direction or consent of the original author, please notify the original author and delete this email immediately. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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George Hi George, I?m researching a question for the Communication Workers? union and I?m wondering if you might know of a study that touches on what I?m looking for. They want to find studies that show the financial impact to a local community when jobs are outsourced. They want something that looks at the impact of the loss of workers? paychecks in the city and the ripple effect. I?ve seen a lot of literature that references this phenomenon, but haven?t found anyone that?s done the math. George DeMartino Professor and Co-Director, MA Degree in GFTEI Josef Korbel School of Int'l Studies University of Denver Denver, CO 80208, USA 303-871-3089 george.demartino at du.edu Sie Center 165 Spring Quarter Office Hours: Weds, 1:30 - 4:00 (and by appointment) . From urpe at labornet.org Tue Apr 19 07:05:39 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:05:39 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC][Brechtevents1] This week at the Brecht: Rick Wolff*Vandana Shiva*Fred Ho Message-ID: <7167587.1303218339662.JavaMail.root@elwamui-darkeyed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 23184 bytes Desc: not available URL: From raymondlotta at hotmail.com Wed Apr 20 20:13:09 2011 From: raymondlotta at hotmail.com (raymond lotta) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:13:09 -0500 Subject: [URPE] My talk this Sat. on Japan nuclear crisis Message-ID: Dear friends and colleagues,This is to invite you to a talk that I will be giving on the Japan nuclear crisis, in New York City this Saturday-- Saturday, April 23, 3:00pm EARTH DAY 2011 AT REVOLUTION BOOKS: --A SPECIAL TALK BY RAYMOND LOTTA ?The Japan Nuclear Disaster: How Capitalism Caused It... Why Revolution Is the Real Solution to Our Planet's Environmental Emergency? The earthquake and tsunami in Japan were the result of natural forces. But why Japan was so reliant on nuclear energy, and how this crisis continues to unfold, has everything to do with the global economic and social system we live under. The same system that is destroying the ecosystems of the planet. But the world does not have to be this way... Saturday, at Revolution Books 146 W. 26th St., New York, NY 212-691-3345 *** Raymond Lotta is a revolutionary intellectual who takes Bob Avakian?s new synthesis of communism as his foundation. Raymond writes and lectures on international relations, the experience of socialist revolution in the 20th century, and issues of the environment. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Davis* Spring Classes*New Videos*Fracking Message-ID: <27391429.1303826532703.JavaMail.root@mswamui-andean.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 41835 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mash at econs.umass.edu Fri Apr 29 10:03:19 2011 From: mash at econs.umass.edu (Michael Ash) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:03:19 +0100 Subject: [URPE] Marxian Economics -- An online course from UMass Amherst developed by Stephen Resnick In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Marxian Economics -- An online course from UMass Amherst developed by Stephen Resnick This summer the UMass Amherst Department of Economics will offer, for the first time, an online course in Marxian Economics (Econ 305). The 5?-week course will be offered for UMass credit twice in summer 2011: the first session begins June 7th; and the second session begins July 13th. Professor Stephen Resnick developed online Marxian Economics based on his well-known and popular undergraduate course, which he has taught many years at UMass Amherst. The online version of Marxian Economics offers students an exciting opportunity to engage with other students from around the world in learning about and discussing the original and thought-provoking perspectives on Marxian social theory developed by Stephen Resnick and his colleague Richard Wolff. The instructor for the course will be a Ph.D. student in economics at UMass Amherst. The course combines reading, discussion, lecture, and writing for an interactive and enriching learning experience. Students will read Marx?s own writings and historical and contemporary interpretations. A series of video lectures by Professor Resnick illustrates concepts with examples, visual aids, and anecdotes refined over years of successful teaching. Instructor-guided participatory discussions promote interaction among students and critical thinking on the central themes of the course. Graded essays, exams, and participatory discussions help students organize and consolidate their knowledge. This intensive analysis addresses the central themes of Marxian social theory and economics: an understanding of the class process as the organization of surplus value; an analysis of the relationship between class and non-class processes using the concept of overdetermination; the epistemological foundations of Marxian theory (including a discussion of empiricism, rationalism, and dialectics); and other topics. The course ends with application of Marxian concepts to understand the stress and strain of US capitalism over the last four decades. The course is online and asynchronous. It may be taken anywhere with Internet connectivity and does not require logging in at the same time as the instructor or other students. Students should expect to work about 15 hours per week on the course. Two summer 2011 online sessions of Econ 305: Marxian Economics are open for registration. Register for this intensive, three-credit UMass Amherst course at http://www.umassonline.net/. (UMass Amherst students, please use https://spire.umass.edu.) Please circulate this announcement to anyone you think might be interested, and email online at econs.umass.edu with any questions. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 8638 bytes Desc: not available URL: From kris at nationalpriorities.org Fri Apr 29 14:04:48 2011 From: kris at nationalpriorities.org (Kris Elinevsky) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:04:48 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Seeking Economist Message-ID: National Priorities Project in Northampton MA is seeking an economist for a full-time Senior Research Analyst position. This is a permanent benefited position described below. We seek your assistance in reaching qualified applicants. Please share this with any appropriate professional networks, list serves, students or colleagues who may have the required skills and interest. Thank you! Job Description Senior Research Analyst INTRODUCTION National Priorities Project (NPP) makes complex federal budget information transparent and accessible so people can prioritize and influence how their tax dollars are spent. We hold the vision of an informed and engaged democracy where all people affected by federal spending priorities have the ability and opportunity to shape our nation's budget. Located in Northampton, MA, since 1983, NPP focuses on the personal and societal impact of federal spending at the national, state, congressional district and local levels. Find out more at http://www.nationalpriorities.org. NPP's Senior Research Analyst reports directly to the Executive Director and works collaboratively with the manager of our extensive federal spending database, colleagues in research, IT, communications and networking. This position plans and executes the research that underlies NPP's suite of materials and tools. RESPONSIBILITIES Analysis 1. Conduct research necessary for reports, web-based applications, and information requests, and participate in the work necessary to manifest them 2. Co-develop and evaluate annual research plan 3. Collaborate with NPP colleagues engaged in education and networking with allies and partners in the field 4. Build and maintain contacts with the research departments of collaborating organizations, universities, and governmental organizations, and pursue other relationships and tasks which facilitate the use of NPP's work 5. Contribute to the socio-economic context for NPP?s material Media 1. Respond to media inquiries as needed, including media interviews Other 1. Work with development staff on grant proposals as appropriate; participate in foundation visits as needed 2. Participate in the annual organizational budget process 3. Participate in strategic planning as requested by the Executive Director 4. Present at national, regional or local conferences as needed QUALIFICATIONS Required 1. Masters Degree in economics, related field with economics background, or equivalent 2. Thorough knowledge of current federal budget process and debate 3. Work experience in research department of public policy, education or activist organization 4. Quantitative skills 5. Working knowledge of relational databases, spreadsheets and word processing Preferred 1. Ph.D. in economics, related field with economics background, or equivalent 2. Experience in popular education and advocacy work 3. Experience working in a non-profit organization 4. Knowledge of graphics program and/or other programs for web-based materials REPORTING AND SUPERVISION The Senior Research Analyst reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for working collaboratively with all NPP staff, interns and fellows. This position may supervise student interns. HOURS AND COMPENSATION This position is full-time with medical insurance, dental benefits, and paid leave. Competitive salary; commensurate with experience. HOW TO APPLY Please send your resume and cover letter, the names and phone numbers of two references via email or regular mail to: Kristine Elinevsky, Director of Administration & Finance National Priorities Project 243 King Street, Suite 109 Northampton, MA 01060 kris at nationalpriorities.org NPP will begin reviewing applications immediately and will continue to accept resumes until the position is filled. NPP is committed to a multicultural staff. 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A contributor to Mr. Breitbart's Web site produced the two videos, which run roughly seven minutes each, from about 30 hours of lecture footage taped as part of a distance-education course and uploaded onto the university's Blackboard course-management system. Because the footage includes depictions of students in the classroom and was supposed to be accessible only to faculty members, students enrolled in the course, and university technical-support personnel, its wide-scale online distribution has raised concerns about students' privacy rights and the unauthorized use of online course footage to put colleges' faculty members under political pressure. Mr. Breitbart declined Thursday to comment or respond to allegations that the videos were selectively edited to look incriminating. After Mr. Breitbart's Web site posted the videos on Monday, the university system initially responded with a statement distancing itself from the comments that the lecturers are depicted making. "Obviously, the comments on the video do not reflect the position of the University of Missouri," said the statement from Jennifer Hollingshead, a system spokeswoman. Officials at the St. Louis and Kansas City campuses, where the lectures were delivered, "are looking into the situation," her statement said. On Thursday, however, Gail Hackett, provost of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, issued a statement denouncing how the videos are presented on Mr. Breitbart's Web site, based on the campus's continuing review of the raw classroom footage used to make them. "From the review completed to date," her statement said, "it is clear that edited videos posted on the Internet depict statements from the instructors in an inaccurate and distorted manner by taking their statements out of context and reordering the sequence in which those statements were actually made so as to change their meaning. Such selective editing is disturbing, and the release of students' images without their permission is a violation of their privacy rights." 'A Hatchet job' The statement from Provost Hackett nonetheless said the St. Louis campus "has accepted the resignation of its lecturer." But on Thursday, Don Giljum, the adjunct instructor at the St. Louis campus who is depicted in the videotapes, went from saying he planned to resign that day to saying he had not tendered his resignation and was reconsidering his decision to do so. Mr. Giljum said he had been told by his immediate supervisor at the St. Louis campus, Deborah Baldini, associate dean for continuing education, that both the campus's chancellor and provost had called for him to resign, even though he had never been given a chance to discuss with them the allegations made in the video. Mr. Giljum said the only opportunity he has been given to defend himself was a brief conversation with Ms. Baldini in which, he said, he told her the statements he is shown making in the video "were taken totally out of context and completely edited. It is nothing but a hatchet job by this person who wants to destroy unions and destroy labor education." The administrators' request for his resignation "is a huge mistake on their part," Mr. Giljum said, arguing that, based on the videos, "they are going to sacrifice academic freedom and the open and free-flowing exchange of thoughts and ideas between teachers and students." Regardless of what happens at St. Louis, Mr. Giljum, who politically identifies himself as a communist, has already lost one source of income because of the controversy over the videotapes. The St. Louis-based Local 148 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, for which he had worked as business manager, demanded his resignation on Wednesday. Mr. Giljum said he is worried that Southwestern Illinois College, where he teaches a class on labor relations, will ask for his resignation as well. The other instructor depicted in the videos is Judith Ancel, director of the Institute for Labor Studies at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. The footage used for the videos show her and Mr. Giljum team-teaching a course titled "Labor, Politics, and Society" through video conferencing. In a statement issued on Thursday, she said neither she nor Mr. Giljum ever advocated violence in their classroom lectures, but they felt compelled to discuss it given the violent history of the labor movement. In the statement, Ms. Ancel said she is "outraged at Mr. Breitbart's invasion of our classroom and his attempts to intimidate us and my colleagues at the university." She called Mr. Breitbart "a master of taking quotes out of context, deletion of what doesn't serve his purpose, and remixing to achieve totally different meaning," and cited several points in the video where she believes statements by her and Mr. Giljum were taken out of context or otherwise distorted. Plan to 'Go After' Educators If Mr. Breitbart's Web site has broadcast a misleadingly edited video, it would hardly be the first time. The site is notorious for having put up the video that purported to show a Department of Agriculture official, Shirley Sherrod, saying she had discriminated against a white farmer, when a review of her comments in context show that she said no such thing. (Ms. Sherrod, who was forced to resign after the video came out, has sued Mr. Breitbart.) Mr. Breitbart's Web site also publicized the 2009 hidden-camera videos of employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn, which appear to show the employees advising a pimp and prostitute on how to deceive the IRS about their activities and income. Law-enforcement officials who investigated the allegations have said the videos were edited to make it look as if the employees were actively engaged in wrongdoing when, in fact, they were not. Mr. Breitbart had indicated in an April 18 interview on Hannity, Sean Hannity's show on Fox News, that he planned to "go after" educators and their union organizers. Mary Lou Hines Fritts, chief information officer for the Kansas City campus, said on Thursday that the classroom footage used in the videos on Mr. Breitbart's site technically could not have been downloaded, and the videos must have been made by capturing streaming video through a process commonly known as "ripping." Wandra B. Green, a spokeswoman for the campus, said, "What we believe was that an individual who had valid access used a third-party tool to capture the video, and, after they did that, they modified it for their personal use, without authorization from UMKC." Public reaction to the videos has been heated. Web sites associated with the Tea Party movement in Missouri have been urging activists to contact university and state officials and demand, among other things, that the faculty members involved in the course be fired and that the labor-studies program be suspended. Both Mr. Giljum and Ms. Ancel said they have been barraged with angry phone calls and letters, and Mr. Giljum said he has received explicit death threats over the phone. The American Association of University Professors issued a statement on Thursday characterizing the videos on the Web site as an assault on "the academic freedom and employment security of the instructors," and "the privacy and safe classroom environment of the students, some of whom speak on the video clip." "When students voice their views in class, they should not have to fear that their comments will be spread all over the Internet," the statement said. "When faculty members rightly explore difficult topics in class, they should not have to fear for their jobs or their lives." The statement called on the two campuses and the university system "to speak out clearly and forcefully in defense of the rights of their professors and students." Also see the following: http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/breitbarted-again-biggovernment-uses-edited. Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Students have told me that the incumbent leadership (United for Social and Economic Justice, USEJ) has apparently made a decision not to count the Berkeley and UCLA ballots, which account for approximately half of the total electorate (and are areas where the opposition slate appears to have stronger support). Incumbent leadership denies this and has stated that it is the opposition slate, Academic Workers for a Democratic Union (ADWU), that has stopped the vote. Their conflicting statements can be read at: USEJ: http://www.uniteduc.org/home/dontletawdustealtheelection ADWU: http://berkeleyuaw.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/uaw-leadership-abandons-vote -count-members-respond-count-every-vote/ As director of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, I do not endorse one side or another in this dispute, but I do believe it is important to count all the votes, even if some of the ballots end up contested. I ask you to sign on to the statement below with me by return email. Please sign TODAY if at all possible, as this electoral crisis is literally unfolding in real time. If you wish to circulate this to other faculty, that's fine (have them get back to me as well: tilly at ucla.edu ). The goal at this moment is not to have large numbers of signatories, but to have a strong and immediate statement from some prominent scholars, especially those associated with labor issues. I plan to send the statement to Mr. Larimore-Hall and a representative of the opposition slate, probably on Monday. But please respond even if you get this email after that time, because I will continue to accumulate signatories. Thanks for your attention to this, Chris Tilly tilly at ucla.edu A Call for the Immediate Resumption of Vote Counts at UAW 2865 As scholars of labor and the labor movement, we the undersigned are deeply concerned about the Elections Committee's reported decision to abandon thousands of ballots and cease counting votes for nearly half the ballots cast for the elected leadership of UAW Local 2865 that began on Friday, April 29, 2011. Against the backdrop of persistent attacks on public sector unions in Wisconsin and across the country, this development contributes to the public perception that unions are corrupt and outmoded forms of representation for working people. As such, our call to resume the vote count for elected positions at UAW 2865 is not motivated by partisanship, but by our general interest in ensuring the legitimacy and durability of the labor movement. We urge the Elections Committee and President Daraka Larimore-Hall of UAW Local 2865 to take whatever steps necessary to immediately resume the vote count and restore the public's faith in unions as legitimate forms of representation. It is imperative that the Elections Committee or an impartial ad hoc committee resume the vote count immediately to insure against the tampering with ballots. Sincerely, The Undersigned I apologize, but due to the high volume of email, I am often unable to read email in a timely fashion. If you need to reach me urgently, please call me on my cell at 617-997-6479. Chris Tilly Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology and Director, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment UCLA 10945 Le Conte Ave., Suite 2107 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1478 Tel 310-267-4738 Fax 310-206-4064 Email chris_tilly at irle.ucla.edu Web http://www.irle.ucla.edu/contact/ChrisTilly.html Urban Planning website http://www.publicaffairs.ucla.edu/chris-tilly -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 10124 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Mon May 2 12:48:53 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 14:48:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Beginning & Intermediate Spanish/Giovanni Arrighi/Freeplay Friday on Fracking! Message-ID: <32935581.1304362133380.JavaMail.root@mswamui-cedar.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We think that many heterodox-political economists should raise our socio-economic concerns on this issue. The George Soros funded Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) held its Second Annual Conferencein Bretton Woods, New Hampshire April 8 - 11, and Executive Director Dr. Robert Johnson opened the conference by "emphasizing the need to create a community that rebuilds trust in economics and reestablishes the legitimacy of the profession as credible and relevant in the current world." While there were a few heterodox economists attending the conference, it was dominated by the "usual suspects." However, one of the working groups, the Economics Curriculum Task force, has a slightly broader representation. The stated goals of this working group are: (1) identifying the shortcomings of the present undergraduate curricula in the US and the UK; (2) outlining the principles of reform; (3) and devising concrete deliverables to implement that reform. They ask for feedback and provide a place to respond on their web page here. We urge heterodox economists to respond. In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers The Capitalist Mode of Power: Past, Present, Future ClassCrits IV: Criminalizing Economic Inequality CofFEE Conference 2011 ESHET-UNAM Conference In Mexico 8th International Conference Developments in Economic Theory and Policy 10th Conference of the Australian Society of Heterodox Economists 12th Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) International Forum 43rd Annual UK History of Economic Thought Conference Japan Society of Political Economy Annual Conference Western States Graduate Workshop in Economics Call for Participants Cambridge Seminar in the History of Economic Analysis Contemporary Capitalism: Its Financial Circuits, Transformation and Future prospects Democratic Alternatives To Capitalism, Part 3: Commodity Fetishism or Freely Associated Labor? International Forum on the Social and Solidarity Economy (FIESS) Japan Society for Historians of Economic Thought Annual Meeting London Seminar On Contemporary Marxist Theory Marxism 2011 PKSG: Keynes Seminar The Political Economy Research Group Workshop SOAS Money and Development Seminar Summer School and Workshop: New Constitutionalism and World Order Summer School on "Structural Change, Real-Financial Interactions and Development" URPE Summer School Workshop: Private Equity, Corporate Turbulence and Labour Regulation Workshop: ?Revisiting the Boundaries of Economics. A Historical Perspective? 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Varga Heterodox Book Reviews The Gramscian Moment: Philosophy, Hegemony and Marxism The Illusion of Free Markets: Punishment and the Myth of Natural Order Marx and Philosophy Review of Books Heterodox Graduate Programs and Scholarships Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of Economy, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Political Science, Sociology, and Economics Heterodox Web Sites and Associates Center for the Study of Economics Heterodox Economics in the Media How Wall Street is Literally Killing Us For Your Information International Review of Multidisciplinary Research on Consumption (IRMRC): Call for Editorial Board Members Bruce Pietrykowski: New Director of the Center for Labor and Community Studies (U of Michigan) Marxian Economics: An online course from UMass Amherst Dr. Philip A. Klein (10/8/1927 - 3/29/2011) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The position is open to scholars from any country, but strong knowledge of Portuguese is required. I am copying below the call in English, and also providing the link to the PDF version in English and Portuguese: http://heterodoxnews.com/htnf/htn115/unicamp-pd.pdf thank you, *Tomas Rotta* blog: marx21.com email: tomasrotta at gmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Title*: Postdoctoral research fellowship in Political Science *Field of research: *Political Science, Sociology and related fields *FAPESP Ref.: *08/57112-7 http://www.bv.fapesp.br/pt/projetos-tematicos/7208/politica-classes-sociais-capitalismo-neoliberal/ *Project Title:* Politics and social classes in neoliberal capitalism *Area of Knowledge: *Political Science and Sociology *Principal Investigator (PI)*: Armando Boito J?nior *Lead Applicant:* Marxist Study Centre (Cemarx) ? State University of Campinas (Unicamp - Brazil) 1. OVERVIEW Open call for one (01) postdoctoral research fellowship funded by The State of S?o Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp). The researcher will develop an individual project related to the Thematic Project ?Politics and social classes in neoliberal capitalism? (no 08/57112-7), which is headed up by Professor Armando Boito J?nior from the Department of Political Science at State University of Campinas (Unicamp ). 2. RESEARCH ACTIVITY The researcher will develop a research proposal which is related to the general objective of the Thematic Project, namely: ?The project aims to analyze the political and social conflicts that have resulted in the implementation of the neoliberal capitalist model in Brazil, the effects of neoliberal policy on different social sectors involved in this process and, lastly, the economic and political position that these social sectors stand within the new economic model and the power structure prevailed in this country. The general hypothesis of this research is that this process should be primarily seen as the result of the conflicts of classes, class fractions and social strata, which were immersed in conditions given by a dependent semi-industrialized country that was transitioning from a military dictatorship to a democratic regime.? The Thematic Project comprises of two main research lines: firstly, concerning the action of the dominant classes and, secondly, concerning the action of the working classes (including, in the latter, the middle classes). The compatibility between the Thematic Project and the candidate's proposed research will be a key criterion for selection of the fellow. It is also expected from the successful candidate to carry out the following activities: 1) regular participation in meetings with the research group whom he/she will be bound to (one meeting every three weeks at Unicamp), 2) ability to organize research tasks independently; 3) flexibility to offer a discipline for one year within the Department of Political Science at Unicamp ? this discipline should be related to the proposed research for the fellowship. 3. ELIGIBILITY The successful candidate awarded by the FAPESP postdoctoral fellowship must fulfil the following eligibility criteria: a) Have a PhD in Social Sciences (Sociology or Political Science), Economics or related fields; b) Hold a curriculum which demonstrates his/her capabilities to work in the development of the Thematic Project. c) Full-time and exclusive dedication to the project?s activities; d) Do not hold any type of employment or being currently engaged in sabbatical period during the project development; e) Must not be retired; f) Must have completed a PhD within the last 7 (seven) years; g) Hold a doctoral certificate or equivalent evidence; h) Be able to initiate the activities related to the project as soon as his/her application is awarded with the fellowship by FAPESP; i) In case of foreign candidates, they must demonstrate very good communication skills in Portuguese language. 4. APPLICATION PROCEDURE Application must be sent by e-mail to prpmarcelino at gmail.com, between 01/05/2011 and 31/05/2011. All applications will be acknowledged within 48 hrs after the submission, via the same e-mail used by the applicant. 5. REQUIRED APPLICATION DOCUMENTS All applications submitted via e-mail will need to provide the following set of documents. a) Research proposal in Portuguese language according to the following format: maximum 10 (ten) pages, line spacing 1.5 mm, font Times New Roman 12. In addition to this, the proposal must include: abstract, brief literature review, hypothesis (es), objectives, methodology, timetable (e.g. figure or list that includes all activities for the proposed research) and bibliography. b) Curriculum Vitae (Brazilian candidates should submit their curriculum at Latte database); c) Two letters of recommendation. d) Abbreviated curriculum vitae in the following format: 1 (one) page, line spacing 1.5.mm, line spacing, font Times New Roman 12. Local candidates shall provide curriculum vitae under lattes platform. 6. SELECTION PROCEDURE The selection for the appropriate candidate for the fellowship will be held in three stages: a) Evaluation of the research proposal and curriculum vitae. At this stage, the approved and non-approved candidates will receive via e-mail a response to their application; b) Classification process of the selected proposals and curricula by both internal and external group of reviewers. c) The selected applicants will be called for an interview, in Portuguese language, chaired by the coordinator (PI) of the Thematic Project and probably assisted by other research (ers) who currently participate in the Thematic Project. The call for interview will be made by e-mail and the interviews will take place on line via Skype between 30.06.2011 and 01.07.2011; day and time of interview will be notified by e-mail. 7. PUBLICATION OF RESULTS The result will be sent via e-mail from 14:00h on 02.07.2011. 8. FUNDING NOTE AND DURATION The selected applicant will be funded by Fapesp and awarded a postdoctoral fellowship (R$5.333,40 ) which last up to 24 months. However, according to the candidate?s performance, there is the possibility of an extension for 12 months more, or for the remaining time of the Thematic Project. 9. START OF THE ACTIVITIES The selected applicant should be able to initiate the activities related to the project as soon as his/her application has been awarded by the Fapesp fellowship. 10. GENERAL ANNOUCEMENT Omission from this call shall be analysed and judged by the coordinator (PI) of the Thematic Project, according to criteria and rules established by Fapesp. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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CARBON MARKETS: INHERENT LIMITATIONS AND THE ROLE OF COMPLEMENTARY POLICIES Special Symposium to be published in Economics and Labour Relations Review 2012 Symposium Editors: Paul Twomey and Neil Perry CALL FOR PAPERS The ascendancy of the use of market principles to address the problem of climate change has seen emissions trading schemes and carbon tax regimes dominate the policy agenda in a number of regions including Australia, Europe and North America. In recent high level discussions of the Climate Change Committee in Australia, the role of complementary instruments or policies to assist in moving Australia towards a low carbon economy have even been argued to be unnecessary once a carbon price is in place. In this context, the Economics and Labour Relations Review intends to publish a symposium during 2012 on the inherent limitations of the use of carbon markets (including the underlying capitalist logic) and the role or necessity of alternative and complementary policies to address the issue of climate change. We are seeking contributions that specifically address the current policy discussions in Australia or elsewhere. NOTES TO CONTRIBUTORS The primary focus of Economic and Labour Relations Review is on contemporary issues, developments and policymaking in the fields of economics and labour relations and we seek contributions that are accessible to policy makers and thus relatively non-technical. Academic contributions will undergo blind peer review by two referees and submissions are due on September 1, 2011 with the intended date of publication being January 2012. See the following web address for further details on the technical requirements for submission: http://www.orgmanagement.unsw.edu.au/nps/servlet/portalservice?GI_ID=System.LoggedOutInheritableArea&maxWnd=_ResearchCentres_IRRC_ELRRNotesforContributors If you are interested in contributing, please contact: Neil Perry neil.perry at uws.edu.au Paul Twomey p.twomey at unsw.edu.au Neil Perry Research Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability School of Economics and Finance University of Western Sydney Phone: +61 2 9685 9092 Email: neil.perry at uws.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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So we thought it best to extend the submissions window for a short time in order to accommodate everyone who would like to attend. If you would like to participate in this conference but have not yet submitted your proposal for a paper, session, or roundtable, now is the time to do so. This is the third conference of the International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE). The first two, at the Univ. of Missouri Kansas City in 2003 and the Univ. of Utah in 2007, were very successful. We expect that this conference at UMass Amherst will be also. We currently have submissions from Europe, Asia, South and North America, representing the diverse theoretical perspectives in economics. We hope you will also join us. Note: if you have difficulty negotiating the submission process on the submissions website please contact ICAPE Executive Eirector, Martha Starr (mstarr at american.edu) or Executive Secretary Erik Olsen (olsenek at umkc.edu) and we will help you get your submission in. Call for papers Re-thinking economics in a time of economic distress International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE) University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA -- USA Nov. 11-13, 2011 The 2007-08 financial crisis and subsequent economic downturn have raised many questions about how well prevailing economic approaches identify and explain pressing economic problems and suggest sound ways to solve them. Exploring what needs to change in economics and identifying productive paths forward are the central themes of ICAPE's 3rd international research conference. Founded in 1993, ICAPE is an association of associations committed to promoting healthy diversity in approaches to producing economic knowledge. For the 2011 conference, we invite proposals for papers or sessions from all strands of scholarship that examine topics of cross-cutting interest for creating a more robust, socially-valuable body of economic knowledge. Potential topics could include (but are not limited to): Macro models & complex-systems: Path dependencies, endogenous cycles, emergent properties Minskian analyses of financial fragility & implications for financial policy Fiscal policy in the 21st century: Deficits & global bond markets Stresses and strains in the international financial system: Currencies, governance, emerging powers Ecological sustainability as a central concern in economic analysis Enriching economics through perspectives of race, gender, ethnicity, and class Human-capabilities and development practice Bringing the state back in to development strategy Measuring economic performance differently: Alternatives to GDP Ethics and the economics profession Economic education after the financial crisis: What needs to change? Grass-roots economic change: Community economies, local currencies, living wages, urban farming Heterodox economics and social provisioning Pluralism as a strategy for building a more robust economic knowledge Social and behavioral approaches to individual economic behavior: Is homo economicus dead? The economics of war and peace Innovations in all strands of unconventional economic theory: Evolutionary, ecological, complexity, institutional feminist, Austrian, Marxian, Post-Keynesian, behavioral/psychological, social, radical political economy, critical realism, general heterodox The conference will be held at the U. Mass. Campus Center beginning on Friday morning, Nov. 11, 2011, and ending midday on Sunday, Nov. 13. Plans for the plenary sessions, details on registration, a list of local hotels and other lodging options, along with basic travel information, will be available soon on the ICAPE website: www.icape.org Submissions The deadline for submitting proposals is May 14, 2011. We welcome proposals for individual papers, full sessions, and roundtables. For individual papers, please include: Your name, your title and affiliation, an abstract of 300 words or less, 3 keywords, and contact information (address, phone, email). For full sessions of papers, panels, and other formats, please include the above for each contribution, as well as a title for the session, chair, discussants, and the name and contact information of the session organizer. To submit proposals, please go to: https://editorialexpress.com/conference/ICAPE2011, and follow the instructions given there. Contact information For further information or questions, please contact ICAPE executive director, Martha Starr (mstarr at american.edu) or executive secretary Erik Olsen (olsenek at umkc.edu). Organizing committee Martha Starr (American University), Erik Olsen (University of Missouri-Kansas City), Ioana Negru (Anglia Ruskin University), Giuseppe Fontana (University of Leeds), Mwangi wa Githinji (U. Mass.-Amherst), Andrew Mearman (University of West England), Bruce Pietrykowski (U. Michigan-Dearborn), Virgil Storr (George Mason University) Advisory Committee Gerald Epstein (U. Mass.-Amherst), David Colander (Middlebury College), John Davis (Marquette & Amsterdam Universities), Edward Fullbrook (Real-World Economics), Rob Garnett (Texas Christian University), Stephanie Seguino (U. Vermont) Erik Olsen Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Economics University of Missouri Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 Tele: 816 235-5715 Fax: 816 235-2834 email: olsenek at umkc.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The NNU, AFL-CIO is organizing the movement for Registered Nurse power to transform the market-driven healthcare industry in the United States into a health care system driven by patient needs. The NNU has negotiated the best Registered Nurse (RN) collective bargaining contracts in the nation and was responsible for California's RN Safe Staffing Law - the first of its kind nationwide. NNU provided critical leadership in the AFL-CIO's decision to endorse a single-payer healthcare system based on "updating and expanding Medicare benefits" for all Americans. Educator After appropriate orientation, the Educator will design and teach one day courses on health care restructuring, issues impacting nursing practice and basic principles of political economy for Registered Nurses. This is not a traditional labor educator position. The ideal Educator Candidate will have: ? At least one advanced degree. ? Top rate research skills. ? Experience in working closely with others as part of a successful team. ? An ability to work under pressure and ability to meet deadlines is essential. ? Proven competence in qualitative social research. ? Familiarity in teaching successful intensive workshops. ? The ability to teach complex material in a way that is accessible to a broad audience is essential. ? Demonstrated experience at teaching complex global issues of political economy is helpful. ? Highly desirable attributes include familiarity and a background in political/economy, the epistemological problematic inherent in computerized expert systems and the impact on worker control, workplace power and skill, labor process studies, complex organizational analysis, the philosophy of science generally, and the social aspects of technological design and implementation. ? Educator positions require an ability and willingness to travel and educate Registered Nurses in a national movement for healthcare justice. Researcher The ideal Researcher Candidate will have: ? Experience in power structure research ? Familiarity with corporate research and/or corporate campaigns ? Strategic research skills ? An understanding of market concentration and complex organizational issues ? Background in evaluating and reviewing corporate statements ? Demonstrated commitment to social justice Research positions will probably be based in Oakland, California For Educators be prepared to submit a R?sum?, Cover letter, Writing sample, and an Outline of a one day educational workshop when you apply. Also, please prepare a 3 page or less description of the best training session, class or workshop you have conducted and the audience you were reaching. You will be asked to attach these as separate documents in PDF or Word formats. For Researchers please submit a R?sum?, Cover letter, and Writing sample. Please paste this address into your browser: http://www.pcrecruiter.net/pcrbin/direct.asp?db=liL0IwkeiowS0NKI7x3IZJm6D4RySclfkuo%3d&id=617903226437324&src=[[ror]] Excellent salary and benefits package including medical, dental and pension. Full family coverage including domestic partner. NNU is committed to Equal Opportunity, and considering applicants of all ages, races, sexual orientations, national origins, ethnicities, and religions. We urge people of color and women, experienced activists, organizers, labor representatives, directors, researchers and educators of all backgrounds, to apply. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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 54th Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency, Houston, April 11-14, 2012. Winners will each receive: 1. $300 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 the special AFIT session in order to be eligible for the prize. Prizes will be presented during the AFIT Presidential Address Dinner. Application Procedures and Deadlines Papers must be between 15-25 pages in length, including references and appendices. They should be submitted electronically (preferably in Word format) by December 15, 2011 to: Daniel A. Underwood Professor, Economics & Environmental Science Peninsula College 1502 East Lauridsen Blvd. Port Angeles, WA 98362 USA E-mail: dunderwood at pencol.edu Winners will be notified by 1/15/12. 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Schmidt, Editors Heterodox Economics Newsletter Economics and Finance Department SUNY Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 USA Newsletter Website: http://heterodoxnews.com Newsletter Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ROSSI Sergio Date: Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:54 AM Subject: Appeal of teachers and researchers To: "heterodoxnews at gmail.com" *?Renewing the research and teaching in finance, economics and management to better serve the common good?** * *(Gen?ve-Fribourg-Z?rich March 2011)* (1) The authors of this appeal are deeply concerned that more than three years since the outbreak of the financial and macroeconomic crisis that highlighted the pitfalls, limitations, dangers and responsibilities of main-stream thought in economics, finance and management, the quasi-monopolistic position of such thought within the academic world nevertheless remains largely unchallenged. This situation reflects the institutional power that the unconditional proponents of main-stream thought continue to exert on university teaching and research. This domination, propagated by the so-called top universities, dates back at least a quarter of a century and is effectively global. However, the very fact that this paradigm persists despite the current crisis, highlights the extent of its power and the dangerousness of its dogmatic character. Teachers and researchers, the signatories of the appeal, assert that this situation restricts the fecundity of research and teaching in economics, finance and management, diverting them as it does from issues critical to society. (2) This appeal is public and international and may be seen as part of a broader framework of convergent initiatives. Under current conditions, the academic world cannot be expected to train the open, innovative, responsible minds that are required for facing current and future challenges. This situation is restricted neither to Switzerland nor to Europe. Research on economics, finance, and management ought to contribute to the common good and avoid complacent analysis about the supposed benefits that the economic system may derive from of financialization of economic and social activities driven by the alleged benefits of financial innovation and speculation. (3) Professors, lecturers and researchers have been entrusted by society with the task of serving the society through their search for a better understanding of reality. Only in this context does academic freedom have a real meaning. Such freedom entails a responsibility and not a mere license. Today the major priorities for research in finance, economics and management should be to examine their foundations as well as the implications of these foundations for practice in light of the events that led to the financial crisis. Only on the basis of such an examination will it be possible to design policies and remedies which lead to a balanced functioning of the economy. (4) It is imperative to go beyond discussions between specialists with a similar cast of mind. Inevitably such discussions are likely to fall short of a critical examination of premises. The present situation requires the opening of the disciplines of economics, finance and management to a fundamental questioning, free of the trammels of the dominant conceptual framework, which is required for their regeneration. However, such efforts face strong resistance within the academic world and must therefore seek external support. Affirmation of the need of the disciplines of economics, finance and management for plurality of approaches entails debate concerning these disciplines? epistemological, ethical and anthropological foundations. (5) As trustees of the confidence of citizens and as producers of ideas that influence attitudes, behaviours and policies, we wish to draw the attention of public opinion and politicians to the fact that the conditions required for the responsible carrying-out of our mission are missing. This appeal is addressed, on the one hand, to students, researchers early in their careers, colleagues and economic actors and, on the other hand, to those with essential roles in the management of academic education and research such as rectors, presidents and deans of academic institutions, and administrators of research funding. All these parties have role to play in to ensuring the fulfilment of conditions for a fundamental regeneration of our disciplines and for the required return to Intellectual pluralism. (6) Teachers of higher education, the signatories of this appeal, wish to suggest some courses of action that would promote such pluralism, the only defence against the risk of blinkered dogmatism and the misguided loss of intellectual and political direction which is the result of this dogmatism. These courses of action include: - Undertaking a critical retrospective review of recent teaching and research in economics, finance and management with the aim of raising awareness concerning the relevance to society of work in disciplines which are supported by public funding. Academic freedom cannot be a justification for teachers and researchers to ignore their broader social responsibility. - Actively promoting interdisciplinarity at institutional level through the encouragement of enhanced communication, of opening dedicated institutional spaces and fostering links between academics in different disciplines. (7) Conditions have to be created to make intellectual pluralism a reality at all levels of the academic hierarchy through measures such as the following: - Consideration should be given when recruiting new academic personnel to their interest in broader socio-economic problems as well as in issues bearing on the equity, stability and sustainability of the economic and financial system. - The criteria for the evaluation of research should be expanded to include practical relevance and willingness, manifested in publications, to tackle interdisciplinary themes. Such an expansion would counterbalance existing criteria which attribute overwhelming importance to the number of publications in a limited number of highly rated, monolithic journals. (8) Subjecting prevailing main-stream thought to reasoned criticism is a scientific duty. Such criticism makes possible progress towards the goal of intellectual pluralism in the disciplines of economics, finance and management, an intellectual pluralism which is essential to the capacity of these disciplines to enrich public debate and to clarify the nature of policy choices. (9) The authors of this appeal are the following: *Titel/First Name/Last Name* *Institution * *Country* Prof. Hon. Claude Auroi IUHEID ? Geneva Switzerland Prof. Heinrich Bortis University of Fribourg Switzerland Prof. Marc Chesney University of Zurich Switzerland Prof. Paul Dembinski University of Fribourg Switzerland Prof. Denis Dupr? University of Grenoble France Prof. Rajna Gibson University of Geneva Switzerland Prof. Jean-Christophe Graz University of Lausanne Switzerland Em. Prof. Chris Lefebvre Catholic University of Leuven Belgium Prof. Rafeal Matos HES Sierre Switzerland Em. Prof. Claude Mouchot University of Lyon 2 France Prof. Alfred Pastor IESE ? Barcelona Spain Prof. ?tienne Perrot Catholic Institute of Paris France Prof. HES Marie-Fran?oise Perruchoud-Massy HES Sierre Switzerland Prof. Fr?d?ric Poulon University Montesquieu ? Bordeaux IV France Prof. Birger P. Priddat University of Witten/Herdecke Germany Gilles Raveaud Ma?tre de conf?rences University Paris 8 Saint-Denis France Prof. Sergio Rossi University of Fribourg Switzerland Prof. Jean-Michel Servet IUHEID ? Geneva Switzerland Prof. Milad Zarin University of Neuchatel Switzerland The colleagues from teaching and research and all interested persons, who read this appeal and would like to sign it, can do this on this blog by clicking on the following link: * http://www.responsiblefinance.ch/appeal/sign-for-call*. For any comments on this appeal please use the following field. You can also send your signatures and comments to: manifeste at obsfin.ch. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Money talks, and it is corrupting politics and markets all over the world. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/201151114933102548.html Qamar Qamar Zaidi, PhD (candidate) Health Policy and Equity Graduate Department of Health York University Toronto,Canada Email: qzaidi at youku.ca To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 From woo at cepr.net Fri May 6 15:58:03 2011 From: woo at cepr.net (Nicole Woo) Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 17:58:03 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Sign-on by May 9 (10 am): Economists Letter to Congress on Spending Caps Message-ID: <1304719083.18389.1449145873@webmail.messagingengine.com> ECONOMISTS INVITED TO SIGN LETTER TO CONGRESS ON SPENDING CAPS MoveOn is inviting economists to sign the letter to Congress below ?to warn of the danger of spending cap plans... to indiscriminately restrict government spending,? which MoveOn hopes to release early next week. If you'd like to sign-on to this letter, please e-mail your name, affiliation, and location to by Monday, May 9th at 10am ET to: Sarah Lane. --- TO: Members of Congress FROM: Interested Economists (List in formation) DATE: May __, 2011 Honorable Members of the House of Representatives and Senate: We write today to warn of the danger of spending cap plans?like the one proposed by Sens. McCaskill and Corker, and the Balanced Budget Amendment by Sens. Shelby and Mark Udall ?to indiscriminately restrict government spending. Such caps would require cutting or eliminating programs that are vital to the middle class like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. To put it bluntly, these plans would amount to nothing less than a Medicare kill switch. Eliminating these programs would undermine the security of the nation?s working families. The Congressional Budget Office?s cost projections imply that the House Republican plan to privatize Medicare would increase the cost of providing health care to seniors by $34 trillion over 75 years, and shift the increased costs onto seniors. While the budget plan approved by the House imposes this enormous cost by explicitly privatizing Medicare, the caps imposed by the McCaskill/Corker plan would almost certainly lead to the same outcome. As an analysis from the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities shows, the plan would ?inevitably force enormous cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and possibly Social Security.? By setting a spending cap, rather than a deficit cap like the one included in the president?s proposal, the McCaskill/Corker plan and the Shelby/Udall plan wholeheartedly endorse the false view that current and projected future budget deficits are due to excessive spending. In fact, tax cuts, which have disproportionately benefited the wealthy, are largely responsible for these deficits. These tax cuts compound the massive upward redistribution of income that the country has seen over the last three decades. Insofar as spending is projected to increase over the next decade and beyond, it is entirely due to an aging population, rapidly rising health care costs, and increased interest payments. Rather than grappling with these issues seriously, the McCaskill/Corker plan, and others like it, pretend they don?t exist. Finally, the McCaskill/Corker plan and the Shelby/Udall plan would also hamstring the government's ability to increase federal spending when necessary to boost the economy in the face of a downturn. Such counter-cyclical spending has consistently been supported by the leadership of both parties. If the federal government fails to counteract economic downturns it will lead to higher unemployment and longer recessions. Thus, it is in the strongest terms that we urge you to rule out McCaskill/Corker and others like it. Letting those who want to cut vital government programs hide a Medicare kill switch in a reasonable-sounding proposal would be bad for the budget and bad for America. Respectfully, Dean Baker Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC Robert Reich University of California, Berkeley, CA (List in formation) TO SIGN ON, PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION, AND LOCATION BY MONDAY, MAY 9TH AT 10 AM ET TO: Sarah Lane . -- Nicole Woo Director of Domestic Policy Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) 202-293-5380 x108 woo @ cepr.net www.cepr.net From ppphhw at gmail.com Sat May 7 11:45:06 2011 From: ppphhw at gmail.com (Hyun Woong Park) Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 13:45:06 -0400 Subject: [URPE] 2nd Round of Application for URPE Summer School on Marxian Political Economics Message-ID: Hello friends, We are having 2nd round of application process for URPE summer school on Marxian Political Economics. Please circulate the following invitation and application form. Thank you so much. best, Hyun Woong -----------INVITATION--------------------- We invite graduate students and young researchers to participate in the URPE Summer School entitled Topics in Radical Political Economy: Marxist theory, which will take place in Amherst, Massachusetts on the UMass campus on May 24-27, 2011 (right before the World Association for Political Economy conference on May 27-29). Our aim is to provide a forum for the discussion of ideas and developments in Marxian economics, and to help establish ties for closer collaboration between young Marxian economists. Our speakers and topics will be as follows: Deepankar Basu: Marxian Macroeconomics: An Introduction to the Circuit of Capital Model Al Campbell: Humanist Marxism, Structuralist Marxism and Revolution David Kotz: Marxist crisis theory: conflicting analyses and possible resolutions Fred Moseley: Marx?s Logical Method and the Transformation Problem Paddy Quick: Principal and Secondary Relations of Production: the Transitions between Modes of Production Each day will be organized into 7-8 hours of lectures and discussions, to be directed by the invited speakers. Suggested readings will be distributed in advance. Participants will have already taken a first course in Marxian political economy and will be expected to be familiar with portions of Capital (at least Volume I). The presentations by the speakers will be designed to inform participants about recent developments, equip them with theoretical and empirical tools and inspire them to take up research in Marxian political economy. We ask for a $15 registration fee. URPE scholarships are available for those who will also attend the WAPE conference, though they require a separate application. To apply for the Summer School, please fill out the enclosed application form and send it to one or both of the following: Hyun Woong Park Mihnea Tudoreanu Our organizers are also available to answer any and all questions and concerns. Please distribute this invitation widely to whom you think might be interested. We look forward to seeing many of you in May! On behalf of the organizing committee, Mihnea Tudoreanu UMass Amherst Economics Department ----------------Application Form-------------------- APPLICATION Summer School on Marxian Political Economy May 24- May 27, 2011 University of Massachusetts, Amherst NAME:_________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND: Address:________________________________________________________________ School Last Attended:_____________________________________________________ Degree Program/Major:________________________________________________ Current Organization/Occupation:_______________________________________________ Please Attach an essay (1,000 words maximum) regarding your interest in Radical/Marxian economic theory and how you think it would contribute to your future academic or political projects. CONTACT INFORMATION Email:__________________________________________________________ Phone Number:___________________________________________________ EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO: Name:__________________________________ EMAIL:_____________________ Phone Number:___________________________ Relation:____________________ Please send the completed application to mtudorea at econs.umass.edu and/or ppphhw at gmail.com, no later than 05/17/2011. From leefs at umkc.edu Tue May 10 09:07:27 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:07:27 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Koch Foundation buys FSU ECONOMICS DEPT Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD12DE53BD3@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions By Kris Hundley, Times staff writer A dean says it would be "irresponsible" not to accept a large donation. A conservative billionaire who opposes government meddling in business has bought a rare commodity: the right to interfere in faculty hiring at a publicly funded university. http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/billionaires-role-in-hiring-decisions-at-florida-state-university-raises/1168680 Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This senior research position focuses on the relationship between economics and positive peace-building outcomes for the global challenges we face today. The successful appointee will be an international-level researcher who can provide strong leadership in peace economics, foster excellence in research and be an inspiring communicator. Specifically, the Chair will be an acknowledged expert in some or all of the fields of: econometrics and development economics, peace and conflict studies. Working closely with the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) this position will have a dual reporting line to the Dean, Faculty of Arts and the Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, to promote collaboration and foster cross-disciplinary research. The IEP Research Chair in Peace Economics will play a leading and coordinating role in promoting research aimed at better understanding causal links for peace, and consequences of peace. Applicants must have: a research doctorate in the relevant discipline; an international reputation for quality research; a record of obtaining external research grants and of successful supervision of postgraduate research students; proven excellence in teaching; and highly developed skills of leadership, communication, networking and management. Appropriately qualified women are encouraged to apply. *The Benefits* A competitive remuneration package will be negotiable for an outstanding candidate. Relocation travel, removal allowance and salary packaging are available. Monash offers a range of professional development programs, support for research, study and overseas work, generous maternity leave and flexible work arrangements. * * *Duration* The appointment will be for a fixed term of up to five years. * * *Enquiries only to* Professor Rae Frances, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, telephone +61 3 9905 2100. * * *Applications* Applications close *Monday 30 May 2011* The position description (including the selection criteria) and information on how to apply can be found at www.monash.edu/jobs/ The University reserves the right to appoint by invitation. ********* Dr. Tae-Hee Jo and Dr. Ted P. Schmidt, Editors Heterodox Economics Newsletter Economics and Finance Department SUNY Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 USA Newsletter Website: http://heterodoxnews.com Newsletter Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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My concern here is more than this particular organization, rather to reinforce the message that today more and more good radical political economy is coming out of groups outside academia: NGOs, labor organizations, social movement organizations, etc. - they are getting more sophisticated political economists working for them, and of course they continue to be more closely linked to actual social struggles than most academic places. 2) This particular article speaks to a number of direct concerns of radical political economists in URPE, crossing several topics: feminist economics (various aspects - household work, unequal pay in market work, importance of care-giving labor for the quality of life and the development of humans and their potential, etc), the valuation of non market-valued work and thereby a direct challenge to capitalism (and hence an issue for those concerned with post capitalist societies), labor and union issues, the important issue of public provisioning that is one central issue for the counterattack against neoliberalism, etc. The article is "Valuing the Invaluable. Rethinking and respecting caring work in Canada," by Salimah Valiani, PhD. There is a link to it on the front page of the above site for the ONA, or one can go directly to where one can download the pdf document at http://www.ona.org/publications_forms/research_series.html In solidarity, Al Campbell From heterodoxnews at gmail.com Wed May 18 07:06:17 2011 From: heterodoxnews at gmail.com (Heterodox Economics Newsletter) Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:06:17 -0400 Subject: [URPE] [HEN-URPE] Invitation from 141 economists to join the World Economics Association In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Readers of the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, You are invited to join the World Economics Association. See the invitation letter below and become a member of the WEA now! Best wishes. Tae-Hee Jo ********* Dr. Tae-Hee Jo and Dr. Ted P. Schmidt, Editors Heterodox Economics Newsletter Economics and Finance Department SUNY Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 USA Newsletter Website: http://heterodoxnews.com Newsletter Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- We, the 141 economists from the 40 countries listed below, invite you to join the *World Economics Association* which we are launching today (May 16, 2011). Two commitments listed in our * Manifesto * sum up the project. 1. To *plurality*. The Association will encourage the free exploration of economic reality from any perspective that adds to the sum of our understanding. To this end, it advocates plurality of thought, method and philosophy. 8. To *global democracy*. The Association will be democratically structured so as not to allow its domination by one country or one continent. The creation of the * WEA * addresses an obvious gap in the international community of economists ? the absence of a truly international, pluralist association. Today?s digital technology makes it feasible to close this gap quickly and cheaply through a bottom-up, grass-roots approach. * * The * WEA * has been legally constituted in the United Kingdom as a ?Community Interest Company?, a special legal category (with an asset lock) for non-profit organizations whose purpose is to serve the public interest. * Membership of the World Economics Association is free. To join, all that you need to do is go here and then enter your name, email address and country and then click. * You will also be given the option of providing us with a few professional details, but none of these are required. You will receive an email confirming your membership of the * WEA * . You will also be given the opportunity to make a donation to the running of the * WEA * . We want to emphasize that the * WEA * has no major donors, neither institutional nor individual, behind it. The * WEA * will initially publish three journals, two of them new. Online access will be free to members, with print copies available to libraries and individuals for a fee. The * WEA * ?s very large membership from which to draw papers will ensure a high standard of scholarship. The general-purpose flagship journal will be the *World Economics Journal*. The other new journal, *Economic Thought* , will focus on the history, methodology and philosophy of economics. The *Real-World Economics Review * will henceforth be published under the umbrella of the * WEA * . If you wish, you may read a *document * detailing the structures and procedures, which include an open review process, for the journals. From its website, the * WEA * will also run online conferences. * Help economics and yourself. Become a WEA member now . * * * * * Hoping you will join us as members, *Africa* * * * * * Ethiopia * * * * Fantu Cheru * , Nordic Africa Institute * * * Ghana * * / * * Kenya * * * * Charles Abugre * ,* *United Nations Millennium Campaign in Africa * * * Malawi * * * * Thandika Mkandawire * , London School of Economics * * * South Africa * * * * Lucien Van Der Walt * , University of the Witwatersrand * Salim Vally * , University of the Witwatersrand *Asia* * * * * * China * * * * Ping Chen * , Center for New Political Economy, Fudan University * Xiaoqin * *Ding*, Chinese Academy of Social Science * Shulin Gu, * Tsinghua University * Kainan Huang * , Shandong University * Yanli Huo * , Chiba Institute of Technology * Dic Lo * , Renmin University of China and University of London * * * Henry C. K. Liu * * Ying Ma * , Wuhan University * * * Yougui Wang * , Beijing Normal University * Dapei Zuo * ,* * Institute of Economics , Chinese Academy of Social Sciences * * * India * * V. Bhaskar * , University College London , * C. P. Chandrasekhar * , Jawaharlal Nehru University *Jishnu Das* , World Bank * Jayati Ghosh * , Jawaharlal Nehru University * Prabhat Patnaik * , Jawaharlal Nehru University * Japan * * * * Toru Iwami * , University of Tokyo * Richard C. Koo * , Nomura Research Institute * * * * * Korea * * Ha-Joon Chang * , Cambridge University * Lebanon * * Ali Kadri * , United Nations and London School of Economics * * * Malaysia * * * * Rajah Rasiah * , Universiti Malaya * Pakistan * * * * Akmal Hussain * , Beaconhouse National University * Thailand * * * * Pasuk Phongpaichit * , Chulalongkorn University * * * * * Turkey * * * * Eyup ?zvveren * , Middle East Technical University * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * * Australia * * * * Peter Earl * , University of Queensland * Steve Keen * , University of Western Sydney * J. E. King * , Monash University * New Zealand * * * * Robert Wade * , London School of Economics * * *Europe* * * * * * Austria * * * * Ulrich Brand * , University of Wien * * * Belgium * * * * Christian Arnsperger * , University of Louvain * Ernst Stetter * , Foundation for European Progressive Studies * Denmark * * * * Bengt-?ke Lundvall * , University of Aalborg * * * Estonia * * * * Wolfgang Drechsler * , Tallinn University of Technology * Rainer Kattel * , Tallinn University of Technology * Finland * * * * Uskali M?ki * , University of Helsinki * France * * * * Bruno Amable * , Universit? Paris 1 Panth?on-Sorbonne * Rolande Borrelly * , Institute of Applied Mathematics and Economics * * * Jean-Pierre Dupy * , ?cole Polytechnique and Stanford University * Olivier Favereau * , l'universite Paris X * * * Jean Gadrey * , University of Lille * Bernard Guerrien * , Universit? Paris 1 Panth?on-Sorbonne * Fr?d?ric Lordon * , Bureau d'?conomie th?orique et appliqu?e * * * Andr? 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Dembinski * , University of Fribourg * Jochen Hartwig * , University of Z?rich * Friedrich von Kirchbach * , International Trade Centre * Paul Meier * , Swiss Futures and Options Association * Sergio Rossi * , University of Fribourg * * * United Kingdom * * * * Mark C. Casson * , Reading University * Victoria Chick * , University College London * Francis Cripps * , Cambridge University * Diane Elson * , University of Essex * Sheila C. Dow * , University of Stirling * Edward Fullbrook * , *Real-World Economics Review* * Geoffrey Hodgson * , University of Hertfordshire * Tony Lawson * , Cambridge University * Mary Mellor * , University of Northumbria at Newcastle * Paul Ormerod * , Volterra Consulting * Paul Rayment * , former director of UN Economic Commission for Europe * * * Ann Pettifor * , Policy Research in Macroeconomics * Robert Skidelsky * , University of Warwick * John Weeks * , University of London * * *Latin American and * *West Indies* * * * * * Argentina * * Aldo Caliari * , Rethinking Bretton Woods Project * Roberto Frenkel * , Universidad de Buenos Aires * Gustavo Marqu?s * , Universidad de Buenos Aires * Barbados * * Keith Nurse * , * * University of the West Indies * * * Brazil * * Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira * , Getulio Vargas Foundation and University of S?o Paulo * Ana Celia Castro * , Federal University of Rio de Janeiro * Fernando Ferrari Filho * , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul * Luiz Fernando de Paula * , Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro * Chile * * * * Mario Cimoli * , UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean * Mexico * * Juan Calos Moreno-Brid * , UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean * Alicia Puyana * , Latin American School of Social Sciences * Peru * * Santiago * * Roca * , Universidad ESAN * J?rgen Schuldt * , Universidad Pacifico de Lima - - - - - - - - - - - - - * * * Canada * * Marc Lavoie * , University of Ottawa 17,300 * Jim Stanford * , Canada , Canadian Auto Workers * * * United States * * * * Alice Amsden * , Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Dean Baker * , Center for Economic and Policy Research * Michael A. Bernstein, * Tulane University * * * Joerg Bibow * , Skidmore College * Ron Blackwell * , AFL -CIO * Bruce J. Caldwell * , Duke University * David Colander * , Middlebury College * Robert Costanza * , Potland State University * Herman E Daly * , University of Maryland * Paul Davidson * , *Journal of Post Keynesian Economics * * John B. Davis * , Marquette University * Lloyd J. Dumas * , University of Texas * James Galbraith * , University of Texas at Austin * Kevin Gallagher * , Boston University * Jo Marie Griesgraber * , New Rules for Global Finance Coalition * Stephany Griffith-Jones * , Columbia University * Michael Hudson * , University of Missouri at Kansas City * * * Frederic S. Lee * , University of Missouri at Kansas City * Robert Locke * , University of Hawaii * Stephen Marglin * , Harvard University * Anne Mayhew * , University of Tennessee * Deirdre McCloskey * , University of Illinois at Chicago * * * Julie A. Nelson * , University of Massachusetts , Boston * Richard Parker * , Harvard University * * * Peter Radford * , The Radford Free Press * Dani Rodrik * , Harvard University * Lance Taylor * , New School for Social Research * Immanuel Wallerstein * , Yale University * Mark Weisbrot * , Center for Economic and Policy Research * Charles K. Wilber * , University of Notre Dame * L. Randall Wray * , University of Missouri , Kansas City * Stephen T. Ziliak * , Roosevelt University -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 113772 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Arthur.Macewan at umb.edu Thu May 19 06:24:46 2011 From: Arthur.Macewan at umb.edu (Arthur MacEwan) Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:24:46 -0400 Subject: [URPE] New book: Economic Collapse, Econonmic Change Message-ID: Dear URPE People, We have written a book that will be published soon and that we would like to bring to your attention. The book is titled Economic Collapse, Economic Change: Getting to the Roots of the Crisis. While the book, we hope, will be of interest to anyone who wants to gain an understanding of what has happened to the U.S. and world economies in recent years, we also think it will be useful in economics and related courses where the instructor wants to tell the story of the economic crisis, examine its roots, and raise issues of progressive change. The central argument of Economic Collapse, Economic Change is that the economic crisis, which emerged in 2007, had its origin in a nexus of economic inequality, elite (undemocratic) power, and a perverse leave-it-to-the-market ideology that has developed over recent decades. The substance of the book both traces the development of the crisis and explains how this nexus lies at its foundation. Consistent with our analysis, we argue that to establish long-run economic stability it is necessary to alter the conditions of inequality, power, and ideology. While the focus of the book is the situation in the United States, we also examine the connections between the crisis and global events. More information about the book (including the table of contents) is available at http://www.mesharpe.com/mall/resultsa.asp?Title=Economic+Collapse%2C+Economic+Change%3A+Getting+to+the+Roots+of+the+Crisis We think the book would be appropriate for use in a variety of economics courses-for example, general introductory economics, macroeconomics (at various levels), finance, and political economy. Also, the book could work well in some courses in related disciplines (e.g., sociology and political science). Both of us have written for Dollars & Sense magazine for many years, and we hope we have learned to write in a way that will make the book widely accessible. 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Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7352 bytes Desc: not available URL: From tamardiana at yahoo.com Thu May 19 10:40:02 2011 From: tamardiana at yahoo.com (Tamar Diana Wilson) Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 09:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [URPE] From Food Crises to Food Sovereignty: The Challenge of Social Movements Message-ID: <954099.98649.qm@web31812.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >From Food Crisis to Food Sovereignty: The Challenge of Social Movements Eric Holt-Gim?nez more on Environment/Science, Labor Eric Holt-Gim?nez is an agroecologist and political economist. He is currently the executive director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy. He has worked for over thirty years with farmers? movements in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the United States. The current global food crisis?decades in the making?is a crushing indictment against capitalist agriculture and the corporate monopolies that dominate the world?s food systems. The role of the industrial agrifood complex in creating the crisis (through the monopolization of input industries, industrial farming, processing, and retailing) and the self-serving neoliberal solutions proposed by the world?s multilateral institutions and leading industrial countries are being met with skepticism, disillusion, and indifference by a general public more concerned with the global economic downturn than with the food crisis. Neoliberal retrenchment has met growing resistance by those most affected by the crisis?the world?s smallholder farmers. Solutions to the food crisis advanced by the World Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and mega-philanthropy, propose accelerating the spread of biotechnology, reviving the Green Revolution, re-introducing the conditional lending of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and re-centering the now fragmented power of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by concluding the Doha ?Development Round? of trade negotiations. These institutions have a mandate from capital to mitigate hunger, diffuse social unrest, and reduce the overall numbers of peasant producers worldwide?without introducing any substantive changes to the structure of the world?s food systems. Their neoliberal strategies are in stark contrast to the proposals for ecological approaches to agriculture (agroecology) and food sovereignty advanced by farmer federations and civil society organizations worldwide that instead seek to transform food systems. Clashes and declarations of protest at recent summits in Rome, Hokkaido, and Madrid, the growing public resistance to the industrial agrifood complex, and the rise, spread, and political convergence of movements for agroecology, land reform, food justice, and food sovereignty, all indicate that the food crisis has become the focal point in a class struggle over the future of our food systems. The Food Crisis Last year record numbers of the world?s poor experienced hunger, this at a time of record harvests and record profits for the world?s major agrifood corporations. The contradiction of increasing hunger in the midst of wealth and abundance sparked ?food riots,? not seen for many decades. Protests in Mexico, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Indonesia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Yemen, Egypt, Haiti, and twenty other countries were sparked by skyrocketing food prices (see ?Food Wars? by Walden Bello and Mara Baviera in this issue). In June 2008, the World Bank reported that global food prices had risen 83 percent over the last three years and the FAO cited a 45 percent increase in their world food price index in just nine months.1 While commodity prices have since fallen due to the world economic downturn and speculators lessening their bets on commodities, food prices remain high and are not expected to return to pre-crisis levels. The widespread food protests were not simply crazed ?riots? by hungry masses. Rather, they were angry demonstrations against high food prices in countries that formerly had food surpluses, and where government and industry were unresponsive to people?s plight. In some cases, starving people were just trying to access food from trucks or stores. Alarmed by the specter of growing social unrest, the World Bank announced that without massive, immediate injections of food aid, 100 million people in the South would join the swelling ranks of the word?s hungry.2 These shrill warnings immediately revived Malthusian mantras within the agrifood industry and unleashed a flurry of heroic industrial promises for new genetically engineered high-yielding, ?climate-ready,? and ?bio-fortified? seeds. The World Bank called for a ?New Deal? for Agriculture and trotted out a portfolio of $1.2 billion in emergency loans. The FAO appealed (unsuccessfully) to OECD governments to finance a $30 billion a year revival of developing country agriculture. ?ber-philanthropist Bill Gates invited multinational corporations to follow him into a new era of ?creative capitalism,? promising that his new Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) would provide four million poor farmers with new seeds and fertilizers. But with record grain harvests in 2007, according to the FAO, there was more than enough food in the world to feed everyone in 2008?at least 1.5 times current demand. In fact, over the last twenty years, food production has risen steadily at over 2.0 percent a year, while the rate of population growth has dropped to 1.14 percent a year. Globally, population is not outstripping food supply. Over 90 percent of the world?s hungry are simply too poor to buy enough food. High food prices are a problem because nearly three billion people?half of the world?s population?are poor and near-poor. Around half of the people in the developing world earn less than two dollars a day. Nearly 20 percent are ?extremely poor? earning less than one dollar a day.3 Many of those officially classified as poor are subsistence farmers who have limited access to land and water and cannot compete in global markets.4 In addition, the diversion of large quantities of grains and oil crops for the growing industrial feedlots in the emerging economies, as well as the diversion of land and water for ?green? agrofuels has put significant pressure on markets for many basic foods. Unsurprisingly, the food crisis has provided the world?s major agrifood monopolies with windfall profits. In the last quarter of 2007 as the world food crisis was breaking, Archer Daniels Midland?s earnings jumped 42 percent, Monsanto?s by 45 percent, and Cargill?s by 86 percent. Cargill?s subsidiary, Mosaic Fertilizer, saw profits rise by 1,200 percent.5 The steady concentration of profits and market power in the industrial North mirrors the loss of food producing capacity and the growth of hunger in the global South. Despite the oft-cited productivity gains of the Green Revolution, and despite decades of development campaigns?most recently, the elusive Millennium Development Goals?per capita hunger is rising and the number of desperately hungry people on the planet has grown steadily from 700 million in 1986 to 800 million in 1998.6 Today, the number stands at over 1 billion. Fifty years ago, the developing countries had yearly agricultural trade surpluses of $1 billion. After decades of capitalist development and the global expansion of the industrial agrifood complex, the southern food deficit has ballooned to $11 billion a year.7 The cereal import bill for low-income food-deficit countries is now over $38 billion and the FAO predicts it will grow to $50 billion by 2030.8 This shift from food self-sufficiency to food dependency has been accomplished by colonizing national food systems and destroying peasant agriculture. The Persistence of the Peasantry The last half-century of capitalist agricultural expansion has pummeled the world?s peasantry, dispossessing them of land, water, and genetic resources through violent processes of enclosures, displacement, and outright piracy. The Green Revolution, the World Bank?s structural adjustment programs, and global and regional trade agreements have driven differentiation and de-peasantization.9 The same period has seen a fourfold increase in grain and oilseed production, with a steady decline in prices to farmers.10 This has been accompanied by a relentless industrial trend of vertical and horizontal concentration within the world?s food systems. Two companies, Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill, capture three-quarters of the world grain trade.11 The top three seed companies Monsanto, Dupont, and Syngenta control 39 percent of the world?s commercial seed market.12 However, high global rates of urbanization have not overcome the stubborn ?persistence of the peasantry.?13 Whether this is due to the fact that historically new family-labor farms continually replace those lost through industrialization,14 or because for much of the world?s rural poor ?there is hardly any alternative but farming,? the fact is that despite massive out-migration and intense fractioning of peasant landholdings, the absolute numbers of peasant and smallholder farmers in the South have remained remarkably stable over the last forty years.15 Smallholders continue to provide significant amounts of the food in the South, as high as 90 percent of all food production in African countries.16 This mix of de-peasantization and re-peasantization has led to shifts in crops, hybridized forms of production, and a heavy reliance on off-farm income and remittances. These processes are characterized by changes in the forms of production, livelihood strategies, and political demands. Reformulating the ?peasant question,? Araghi (see endnote 9) identifies not only historic demands for land, but also demands relating to the transnational and dispossessed character of today?s smallholders, e.g., housing and homelessness, informal work, migration, identity, environment, and increasingly hunger. The difficulty of confronting the extensive attacks on smallholders and politically mobilizing around the complexity of their livelihood demands has been a challenge for agrarian movements in the South. This has also been a problem for northern organizations seeking to protect family farms and counter the expansion of large-scale industrial agriculture with more sustainable forms of production. Only a decade ago, rural sociologists lamented the lack of an ?underlying notion?to serve as a unifying force? for a sustainable agriculture movement, and pointed to the need for advocates to form coalitions to advance an agro-foods movement capable of contesting deregulation, globalization, and agro-ecosystem degradation.17 With the current food crisis, the peasant-based call for food sovereignty?literally, people?s self-government of the food system?can potentially fulfill this political function. First defined in 1996 by the international peasant federation La V?a Campesina (The Peasant Way) as ?people?s right to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems,? food sovereignty proposes that people, rather than corporate monopolies, make the decisions regarding our food. Food sovereignty is a much deeper concept than food security because it proposes not just guaranteed access to food, but democratic control over the food system?from production and processing, to distribution, marketing, and consumption. Whether applied to countries in the global South working to re-establish national food production, to farmers protecting their seed systems from GMOs, or to rural-urban communities setting up their own direct marketing systems, food sovereignty aims to democratize and transform our food systems. For decades, family farmers, rural women, and communities around the world have resisted the destruction of their native seeds and worked hard to diversify their crops, protect their soil, conserve their water and forests, and establish local gardens, markets, businesses, and community-based food systems. There are many highly productive, equitable, and sustainable alternatives to the present industrial practices and corporate monopolies holding the world?s food hostage, and literally millions of people working to advance these alternatives.18 Contrary to conventional thinking, these practices are highly productive and could easily feed the projected mid-century global population of over nine billion people.19 Smallholders working with movements like Campesino a Campesino (Farmer to Farmer) of Latin America, and NGO networks for farmer-led sustainable agriculture like Participatory Land Use Management (PELUM) of Africa, and the Farmer Field Schools of Asia have restored exhausted soils, raised yields, and preserved the environment using highly effective agroecological management practices on hundreds of thousands of acres of land. These practices have given them important measures of autonomy in relation to the industrial agrifood system and have increased their environmental and economic resiliency, buffering them from climate-induced hazards and market volatility. At the same time, peasant organizations struggling to advance agrarian reform have been busy confronting the neoliberal offensive.20 Because the expansion of industrial agrifood both dispossesses smallholders and recruits them into a massive reserve army of labor, these peasant organizations have broadened their work across sectors and borders. The globalization of these movements?both in content and scale?responds in part to the intensification of capital?s enclosures, and is partly a strategic decision to engage in global advocacy. As a result, the new transnational agrarian movements regularly integrate social, environmental, economic, and cultural concerns with demands for land reform. Two distinguishable currents can be identified from these trends. One is made up of peasant organizations and federations focusing primarily on new agrarian advocacy?like V?a Campesina. The other trend is made up of smallholders working with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that focus primarily on developing sustainable agriculture?like Campesino a Campesino. The political and institutional origins of these currents are different, and this has at times led to contradictory, competitive and even adversarial relations, particularly between non-governmental organizations implementing programs in the interests of farmers, and farmer?s organizations interested in implementing their own programs. Nonetheless, at both the farm and the international level, there is clear objective synergy between the agrarian demands of today?s peasant organizations, and the needs of the growing base of smallholders practicing sustainable agriculture as a means of survival. The food crisis may be bringing these movements together. Advocacy: Walking on the Peasant Road In 1993 farm leaders from around the world gathered in Mons, Belgium for a conference on policy research put on by a Dutch NGO allied with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), an international farm federation dominated by large-scale, northern farmers. What emerged instead was an international peasant movement: La V?a Campesina. The emergence of an international peasant-led farmer federation signified both a break with conventional federations run by large producers and with the humanitarian NGOs typically concerned with peasant agricultural production. The Mons declaration asserted the right of small farmers to make a living in the countryside, the right of all people to healthy food, and the right of nations to define their own agricultural polices.21 Since its inception, V?a Campesina?s main objective has been to halt neoliberalism and construct alternative food systems based on food sovereignty. It was formed with organizations mostly from the Americas and Europe, but has since expanded to include more than 150 rural social movements from over 79 countries, including 12 countries in Africa, and scores of organizations in South and East Asia. Unlike its large farmer counterpart IFAP, V?a Campesina is made up almost entirely of marginalized groups: landless workers, small farmers, sharecroppers, pastoralists, fisherfolk, and the peri-urban poor. V?a Campesina has been remarkably successful in creating the political space in which to advance its platform of food sovereignty, getting the WTO out of agriculture, women?s rights, sustainable agriculture, a ban on GMO?s, and redistributive agrarian reform. The movement was instrumental in organizing protests at WTO ministerial meetings from Seattle to Hong Kong. V?a Campesina played the lead role in the FAO International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development in 2006, and mounted successful resistance campaigns to the World Bank?s market-led land reform programs. V?a Campesina has also been among the most vocal critics of institutional responses to the global food crisis. At the High Level Task force meeting on the food crisis in Madrid, Spain, V?a Campesina released a declaration demanding that solutions to the food crisis be completely independent of the institutions responsible for creating the crisis in the first place (i.e., the IMF, World Bank, WTO, and CGIAR). The declaration reaffirmed the call for food sovereignty, demanded an end to land grabs for industrial agrofuel and foreign food production, and called on the international community to reject the Green Revolution and instead support the findings of the UN?s International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). This seminal assessment, sponsored by five UN agencies and the World Bank, and authored by over four hundred scientists and development experts from more than eighty countries, concluded that there is an urgent need to increase and strengthen further research and adoption of locally appropriate and democratically controlled agroecological methods of production, relying on local expertise, local germplasm, and farmer-managed, local seed systems. Practice: Agroecological Transformation?Farmer to Farmer Farmers helping their brothers, so that they can help themselves?to find solutions and not be dependent on a technician or on the bank: that is Campesino a Campesino. ?Argelio Gonz?lez, Santa Luc?a, Nicaragua, 1991 This is the farmer?s definition of Latin America?s thirty-year farmer-led movement for sustainable agriculture. El Movimiento Campesino a Campesino, the Farmer to Farmer Movement, is made up of hundreds of thousands of peasant-technicians farming and working in over a dozen countries. Campesino a Campesino began with a series of rural projects among the indigenous smallholders of the ecologically fragile hillsides of the Guatemalan Highlands in the early 1970s. Sponsored by progressive NGOs, Mayan peasants developed a method for agricultural improvement using relatively simple methods of small-scale experimentation combined with farmer-led workshops to share their discoveries. Because they were producing at relatively low levels, they concentrated on overcoming the most commonly limiting factors of production in peasant agriculture, i.e., soil and water. By adding organic matter to soils, and by implementing soil and water conservation techniques, they frequently obtained yield increases of 100-400 percent. Rapid, recognizable results helped build enthusiasm among farmers and led to the realization that they could improve their own agriculture?without running the risks, causing the environmental damage, or developing the financial dependency associated with the Green Revolution. Initial methods of composting, soil and water conservation, and seed selection soon developed into a sophisticated ?basket? of sustainable technologies and agroecological management approaches that included green manures, crop diversification, integrated pest management, biological weed control, reforestation, and agrobiodiversity management at farm and watershed scales. The effective, low-cost methods for farmer-generated technologies and farmer-to-farmer knowledge transfer were quickly picked up by NGOs working in agricultural development. The failures of the Green Revolution to improve smallholder livelihoods in Central America, and the region?s revolutionary uprisings and counterrevolutionary conflicts of the 1970s and ?80s combined to create both the need and the means for the growth of what became the Campesino a Campesino movement. As credit, seeds, extension services, and markets continually failed the peasantry, smallholders turned to NGOs rather than governments to meet their agricultural needs. The structural adjustment programs of the 1980s and ?90s exacerbated the conditions of the peasantry. In response, the Campesino a Campesino movement grew, spreading through NGOs to hundreds of thousands of smallholders across the Americas.22 Though the movement was routinely dismissed by the international agricultural research centers for ?lacking science? and making unverified claims of sustainability, in Central America following Hurricane Mitch (1998), some 2,000 promotores from Campesino a Campesino carried out scientific research to prove that their farms were significantly more resilient and sustainable than those of their conventional neighbors.23 One of Campesino a Campesino?s most dramatic success stories has been in Cuba, where its farmer-driven agroecological practices helped the country transform much of its agriculture from high-external input, large-scale systems to smaller, low-input organic systems. This conversion was instrumental in helping Cuba overcome its food crisis during the Special Period following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Cuban Campesino a Campesino Agroecology Movement (MACAC) was implemented through ANAP, the national association of small farmers. The MACAC grew in a structural environment in which Cuba?s numerous agricultural research stations and agricultural universities worked to develop bio-fertilizers, integrated pest management, and other techniques for low external-input agriculture. Reforms were enacted to scale down collectives and cooperatives, placing greater control over farming and marketing directly into the hands of smallholders. Rural and urban farmers were provided easy access to land, credit, and markets.24 In eight years, the Campesino a Campesino movement of Cuba grew to over 100,000 smallholders. It had taken the movement nearly twenty years in Mexico and Central America to grow to that size.25 The farmer-to-farmer approach has been fairly universalized among NGOs working in agroecological development, leading to highly successful farmer-generated agroecological practices worldwide (as well as a fair amount of methodological co-optation on the part of international agricultural research centers). The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) developed in Madagascar has raised yields to as high as eight metric tons per hectare and spread to a million farmers in over two dozen countries.26 A survey of forty-five sustainable agriculture projects in seventeen African countries covering some 730,000 households revealed that agroecological approaches substantially improved food production and household food security. In 95 percent of these projects, cereal yields improved by 50-100 percent.27 A study of organic agriculture on the continent showed that small-scale, modern, organic agriculture was widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, contributing significantly to improved yields, incomes, and environmental services.28 Over 170 African organizations from nine countries in East and Southern Africa belong to the Participatory Land Use Management (PELUM) a network that has been sharing agroecological knowledge in East and South Africa for thirteen years. For twenty years, the Center for Low External Input Sustainable Agriculture (LEISA) has documented hundreds of agroecological alternatives that successfully overcome many of the limiting factors in African agriculture and elsewhere in the global South. The Divide between Practitioners and Advocates I think we should not fall in the trap of seeing the development of agroecology by just looking at the physical aspects of the farm or just at the economics. We as NGOs have a problem with our social position in which we are serving as a dike and often an obstacle to processes of agency within the people and greater local organization? Agroecology is not just a collection of practices. Agroecology is a way of life? We can?t have an agroecological change without a campesino movement. We NGOs can accompany them, but we can?t do it. We promote projects, and projects have a short life. They are unsustainable. ?Nelda S?nchez, Mesoamerican Information System for Sustainable Agriculture Though the farmer-to-farmer-NGO partnership has been highly effective in supporting local projects and developing sustainable practices on the ground, unlike V?a Campesina, it has done little to address the need for an enabling policy context for sustainable agriculture. Given the unfavorable structural conditions, agroecological practices have not scaled up nationally to become the rule rather the exception.29 Despite far-flung farmer-to-farmer networks linked by hundreds of NGOs, farmers in these movements have generally not lobbied, pressured, taken direct action, or otherwise organized in favor of sustainable agriculture in a significant way. The farmers of PELUM in West Africa excel in agroecological farming but until recently were largely uninvolved in policy work to halt the spread of the new internationally funded Green Revolution. The renowned Farmer Field Schools of Asia have revolutionized integrated pest management and pioneered participatory plant breeding, but have not been a political force in preserving agrobiodiversity or defending farmer?s rights. Ironically, the strength of these farmer-to-farmer networks?i.e., their capacity to generate farmer?s agroecological knowledge in a horizontal, widespread, and decentralized fashion?is also a political weakness. On one hand, there are no coordinating bodies within these networks capable of mobilizing farmers for social pressure, advocacy, or political action. On the other, their effectiveness at developing sustainable agriculture at the local level has kept its promoters focused on improving agroecological practices rather than addressing the political and economic conditions for sustainable agriculture. While the potential synergies between a global peasant federation advocating food sovereignty and far-flung smallholder movements practicing agroecology may seem obvious, efforts to bring agrarian advocacy to farmer-to-farmer networks have run up against the historical distrust between development NGOs implementing sustainable agriculture projects and the peasant organizations that make up the new agrarian movements. Aside from having assumed many of the tasks previously expected of the state, NGOs have become an institutional means to advance social and political agendas within the disputed political terrain of civil society. Within the institutional landscape of agricultural development some NGOs are enrolled either directly or indirectly in the neoliberal project. Others are simply doing what they do best and tend to look out for their own programs. But others are deeply concerned that advancing the practices of sustainable agriculture without addressing the conditions for sustainability will ultimately end in failure. These NGOs are potential links to vast informal networks of smallholders who are committed to transforming agriculture. Over the last thirty years the farmers in these networks have demonstrated their capacity to share information and knowledge. Their commitment to agroecological practices has resulted in a body of agrarian demands specific to sustainable peasant agriculture. It is now common among these farmers to hear the term food sovereignty. However, because most of these farmers do not belong to the farmer organizations that make up V?a Campesina, there are few, if any, avenues for them to exercise this commitment politically. Integrating Advocacy and Practice: Brazil?s Landless Workers Movement One example of the potential transformational power of integrating peasant advocacy with agroecological practice comes from a peasant movement that is actively integrating these two aspects into its own organization. Brazil?s Landless Worker?s Movement (MST), one of V?a Campesina?s founding members, is the largest rural social movement in the Americas. The MST has had a significant influence within V?a Campesina and a profound effect on agrarian politics worldwide. The MST has settled more than a million landless peasants and forced the redistribution of thirty-five million acres of land (an area the size of Uruguay). The MST has its roots in peasant land occupations dating back to the late 1970s. In December 1979 a group of landless rural workers set up a camp at a crossroads now known as Encruzihalda Natalino. Following a clause in the Brazilian constitution mandating that land serve a social function, the peasants demanded that the government redistribute idle land in the area. Three and a half years and many mass mobilizations later, the group was granted around 4,600 acres. Building on the success of Encruzihalda Natalino and several others like it, land occupations have been the primary tactic of the MST.30 Delegates from land occupations throughout Brazil met in 1984 in the state of Paran? and laid out four basic goals for the future of the movement: ?a) to maintain a broadly inclusive movement of the rural poor in order; b) to achieve agrarian reform; c) to promote the principle that land belongs to the people who work on it and live from it; and d) make it possible to have a just, fraternal society and put an end to capitalism.?31 Since then the movement has established some 400 production associations, 1,800 elementary schools, adult literacy programs, credit co-ops, health clinics, and its own organic seed supplier for MST farmers.32 Though the MST initially promoted industrial agriculture among its members, this strategy proved unsustainable and economically disastrous on many of its settlements. In 1990 the movement reached out to other peasant movements practicing agroecology, and at its fourth national congress in 2000, the MST adopted agroecology as national policy to orient production on its settlements. Today, the seven organizations that participate in La V?a Campesina-Brasil have all adopted agroecology as an official policy, as have many organizations in V?a Campesina-International. The MST and La V?a Campesina-Brasil have established eleven secondary schools and introduced university courses in agroecology to train the movements? youth to provide technical assistance to campesino families in rural areas. The integration of agroecology into the new agrarian movements is a welcome development because it helps advance forms of production that are consistent with the political and social goals of food sovereignty, and the MST schools in and of themselves are a testament to the movements? capacity to advance agroecological policies at state and federal levels.33 Cultivating Convergence The global food crisis had reinforced neoliberal retrenchment in agricultural development and breathed new life into the sagging Green Revolution, now resurgent in Africa and parts of Asia. Like its predecessor, the new Green Revolution is essentially a campaign designed to mobilize resources for the expansion of capitalist agriculture. Similar to the role once played by the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations (albeit on a much smaller scale), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the new philanthropic flagship for the Green Revolution tasked with resurrecting the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research and obtaining broad social and government agreement for the expansion of agro-industrial capital into peasant communities. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa serves up shallow definitions of terms like agroecology, sustainability, and even food sovereignty in an effort to strip them of their deeper, agrarian content and enroll NGOs and their stakeholders into the Green Revolution. The food crisis is bad, but another Green Revolution will make things much worse. The alternative, smallholder-driven agroecological agriculture, was recognized by the IAASTD as the best strategy for rebuilding agriculture, ending rural poverty and hunger, and establishing food security in the South. To be given a chance, however, this strategy requires a combination of strong political will and extensive on-the-ground agroecological practice to overcome opposition from the well-financed Green Revolution. In the face of a renewed, neoliberal assault in the form of a Green Revolution, peasant movements and farmer-to-farmer networks do appear to be moving closer together. When PELUM brought over three hundred farmer leaders together in Johannesburg to speak on their own behalf at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the Eastern and Southern Africa Farmers Forum was founded. African farm organizations and their allies have met in Mali, Bonn, and Senegal to advance African Agroecolgical Alternatives to the Green Revolution (2007, 2008). Following the Rome food crisis meeting, V?a Campesina met in Mozambique where they signed a declaration for a smallholder solution to the food crisis (2008). These developments and others suggest that the international call for food sovereignty is beginning to take root in specific smallholder initiatives to confront the food and farm crisis. New mixes of advocacy and practice across borders and sectors and between institutions are being forged on a daily basis. These hopeful developments have the potential for bringing together the extensive local networks for agroecological practice with the transnational advocacy organizations. If the two currents merge into a broad-based movement capable of generating massive social pressure, they could tip the scales of political will in favor of food sovereignty. Ultimately, to end world hunger, the monopolistic industrial agrifood complex will have to be replaced with agroecological and redistributive food systems. It is too early to tell whether or not the fledgling trend of convergence signals a new stage of integration between the main currents of peasant advocacy and smallholder agroecological practice. Nonetheless, the seeds of convergence have been sown. Successfully cultivating this trend may well determine the outcome of both the global food crisis and the international showdown over the world?s food systems. Notes 1. ? S. Wiggins, and S. Levy, Rising Food Prices: A Global Crisis (London: Overseas Development Institute, 2008). 2. ? World Bank, ?Rising Food Prices.? 3. ? Global Monitoring Report 2008 (World Bank, Washington, D.C., 2008). 4. ? E. Holt-Gim?nez, R. Patel, and A. Shattuck, Food Rebellions (Oakland: Food First/Fahamu, 2009). 5. ? G. Lean, ?Rising Prices Threaten Millions with Starvation, Despite Bumper Crops,? The Independent (2008). 6. ? F. M. Lappé, J. Collins, and P. Rosset, World Hunger (New York: Food First, 1998). 7. ? FAO, ?The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2004.? 8. ? O. De Schutter, ?Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development? (New York: Human Rights Council, United Nations, 2008). 9. ? F. Araghi, ?The Great Global Enclosure of our Times,? in Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, and Frederick H. Buttel, eds., Hungry for Profit (New York, Monthly Review Press, 2000), 145-60; D. F. Bryceson, C. Kay, and J. Mooij, eds., Disappearing peasantries?Rural labor in Africa, Asia and Latin America (London: Intermediate Technology Publications, 2000). 10. ? FAOSTAT, ?ProdStat Crops? (2009). 11. ? B. Vorley, ?Food Inc.,? (2003). 12. ? ETC Group, ?The World?s Top 10 Seed Companies?2006.? 13. ? M. Edelman, ?The Persistence of the Peasantry,? NACLA Report on the Americas 33, no. 5 (2000). 14. ? A. V. Chayanov, The Peasant Economy: Collected Works (Moscow: Ekonomika, 1989). 15. ? J. D. van der Ploeg, The New Peasantries (London: Earthscan, 2008). 16. ? O. Nagayets, Small Farms (Washington, D.C.: IFPRI, 2005). 17. ? F. H. Buttel, ?Some Observations on Agro-Food Change and the Future of Agricultural Sustainability Movements,? in David Goodman and Michael J. Watts, eds., Globalising Food (New York: Routledge, 1997) 344-65. 18. ? J. Pretty, et al., ?Resource-conserving agriculture increases yields in developing countries.? Environmental Science & Technology 40, no. 4, (2006): 1114-19. 19. ? M. Jahi Chappell, ?Shattering Myths,? Food First Backgrounder 13, no. 3 (2008). 20. ? P. M. Rosset, R. Patel, and M. Courville, Promised Land (Oakland: Food First Books, 2006). 21. ? A. A. Desmarais, V?a Campesina (Halifax: Fernwood Publishing 2006). 22. ? Brot fur die Welt, Campesino a Campesino (Stuttgart: Brot fur die Welt, 2006). 23. ? E. Holt-Gim?nez, ?Measuring Farmers? Agroecological Resistance to Hurricane Mitch in Central America? (London: International Institute for Environment and Development, 2001). 24. ? S. Fernando Funes and Luis Garc?a, et al., eds., Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Production in Cuba (Oakland/Havana: Food First/ACTAF/CEAS, 2002). 25. ? E. Holt-Gim?nez, ?The Campesino a Campesino Movement,? Food First Development Report 10 (Oakland: Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First, 1996). 26. ? N. Uphoff, ?Agroecological Implications of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Madagascar,? Environment, Development and Sustainability 1, no. 3/4, (2000). 27. ? J. N. Pretty, J. I. L. Morison, and R. E. Hine, ?Reducing Food Poverty by Increasing Agricultural Sustainability in Developing Countries,? Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 93 (2003): 87-105. 28. ? J. Pretty, Rachel Hine and Sofia Twarog, Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa (Geneva: United Nations Environment Program, 2008). 29. ? Holt-Gim?nez, ?The Campesino a Campesino Movement.? 30. ? A. Wright and W. Wolford, To Inherit the Earth (Oakland: Food First Books, 2003). 31. ? Wright and Wolford, To Inherit the Earth, 76. 32. ? J. P. Stedile, ?MST Twenty Fifth Anniversary ?25 Years of Obstinacy? (2009). 33. ? J. M. Tardin and I. Kenfield in Holt-Gim?nez, et al., Food Rebellions * July-August 2009, Volume 61, Number 3, The Editors * An Overview of the Food and Agriculture Crisis, Brian Tokar, and Fred Magdoff * Food Wars, Mara Baviera, and Walden Bello * The World Food Crisis in Historical Perspective, Philip McMichael * Sub-Saharan Africa?s Vanishing Peasantries and the Specter of a Global Food Crisis, Deborah Fahy Bryceson * Origins of the Food Crisis in India and Developing Countries, Utsa Patnaik * Free Trade in Agriculture: A Bad Idea Whose Time Is Done, Sophia Murphy * Reducing Energy Inputs in the Agricultural Production System, David Pimentel * Agroecology, Small Farms, and Food Sovereignty, Miguel A. 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(For an account of the dispute with Hyatt see _www.hotelworkersrising.org/hyatt/_ (http://www.hotelworkersrising.org/hyatt/) ) URPE wrote to the Orley Ashenfelter, President of the American Economic Association (AEA), in January, asking for the ASSA meetings to be moved to another city, as was done by the American Sociological Association. (Although the letters ASSA stand for "Allied Social Science Associations," and URPE is officially one of those "associations," in practice the ASSA is run by the American Economic Association. ) The letter was referred to John Siegfried, Secretary-Treasurer of the AEA, who replied that the meetings would not be moved, but that URPE sessions would not be scheduled for any of the hotels that "are on either the boycott or risk of dispute list." UNITE-HERE is asking other organizations which are part of the ASSA to similarly protest the holdings of conference meetings in hotels which do not respect the rights of workers to fair wages, good benefits, and decent working conditions. UNITE-HERE also suggests that people write as individuals expressing their support for the union and its boycott to Dr. Ashenfelter (email: _c6789 at princeton.edu_ (mailto:c6789 at princeton.edu) ). URPE will keep people informed as we get nearer to January on any developments in this matter, on the union plans, and on how we can best support the union. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2770 bytes Desc: not available URL: From afa at nationalnursesunited.org Fri May 20 07:28:18 2011 From: afa at nationalnursesunited.org (Angie Fa) Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 06:28:18 -0700 Subject: [URPE] Please put on website job posting - Thanks! Message-ID: <2B7BB144831076448B6EB32F9FAEC6D82F9BC8BEFA@EXCHCMS.cna.pri> NNU AFL-CIO Educators and Researchers hiring immediately, permanent based in Oakland, CA. We will train experienced instructors to teach political economy and other topics to registered nurses. Also hiring researchers experienced in power structure research. http://www.pcrecruiter.net/pcrbin/direct.asp?db=liL0IwkeiowS0NKI7x3IZJm6D4RySclfkuo%3d&id=617903226437324&src=or EDUCATOR AND RESEARCHER The National Nurses United (NNU) AFL-CIO, the nation's largest nurses' union and professional association, seeks experienced Educators and Researchers. Educators should be capable of teaching college level material to working adults and Researchers should be familiar with power structure research. We will train skilled professors, instructors, and graduate student instructors to teach about the political economy of healthcare restructuring and the clinical and technological impacts of healthcare restructuring on both patients and the Registered Nurses who provide their care. We will devote significant time to training skilled educators in Oakland, California so they can learn about critical healthcare issues and assist in developing labor oriented educational programs nationwide for Registered Nurses. The NNU, AFL-CIO is organizing the movement for Registered Nurse power to transform the market-driven healthcare industry in the United States into a health care system driven by patient needs. The NNU has negotiated the best Registered Nurse (RN) collective bargaining contracts in the nation and was responsible for California's RN Safe Staffing Law - the first of its kind nationwide. NNU provided critical leadership in the AFL-CIO's decision to endorse a single-payer healthcare system based on "updating and expanding Medicare benefits" for all Americans. Educator After appropriate orientation, the Educator will design and teach one day courses on health care restructuring, issues impacting nursing practice and basic principles of political economy for Registered Nurses. This is not a traditional labor educator position. The ideal Educator Candidate will have: ? At least one advanced degree. ? Top rate research skills. ? Experience in working closely with others as part of a successful team. ? An ability to work under pressure and ability to meet deadlines is essential. ? Proven competence in qualitative social research. ? Familiarity in teaching successful intensive workshops. ? The ability to teach complex material in a way that is accessible to a broad audience is essential. ? Demonstrated experience at teaching complex global issues of political economy is helpful. ? Highly desirable attributes include familiarity and a background in political/economy, the epistemological problematic inherent in computerized expert systems and the impact on worker control, workplace power and skill, labor process studies, complex organizational analysis, the philosophy of science generally, and the social aspects of technological design and implementation. ? Educator positions require an ability and willingness to travel and educate Registered Nurses in a national movement for healthcare justice. Please be prepared to submit a R?sum?, Cover letter, Writing sample, and an Outline of a one day educational workshop when you apply. Also, please prepare a 3 page or less description of the best training session, class or workshop you have conducted and the audience you were reaching. You will be asked to attach these as separate documents in PDF or Word formats. Researcher The ideal Researcher Candidate will have: ? Experience in power structure research ? Familiarity with corporate research and/or corporate campaigns ? Strategic research skills ? An understanding of market concentration and complex organizational issues ? Background in evaluating and reviewing corporate statements ? Demonstrated commitment to social justice Research positions will probably be based in Oakland, California For both positions please paste this address into your browser: http://www.pcrecruiter.net/pcrbin/direct.asp?db=liL0IwkeiowS0NKI7x3IZJm6D4RySclfkuo%3d&id=617903226437324&src=or Excellent salary and benefits package including medical, dental and pension. Full family coverage including domestic partner. NNU is committed to Equal Opportunity, and considering applicants of all ages, races, sexual orientations, national origins, ethnicities, and religions. 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In this very respect, we'd like to draw your attention to a special issue call for papers ("Market-Fundamentalist Economics") by an interdisciplinary journal, *On the Horizon*. Guest Editors of this special issue (Tae-Hee Jo, Lynne Chester, and Mary C. King) are inviting papers that "highlight how practitioners of heterodox economics might differently advise policy makers around the globe to proceed, and how those policy programs might be supported by a re-formulated economic narrative which, in turn, would be shaped by re-designed economics curriculum, different approaches to pedagogy and funding for far wider research agendas, if heterodox economists were to receive the kind and level of support currently enjoyed solely by mainstream neoclassical economists." One of the reasons that we, heterodox economists, should raise our voice against market fundamentalism is the takeover of academic institutions by businessmen. This is not new. Even Thorstein Veblen recognized the danger of such takeover a century ago. See what has happened in the economics department at Florida State University. On a slightly different line, we want heterodox economics associations to protest immediately the holdings of ASSA 2012 Chicago meetings in hotels "which do not respect the rights of workers to fair wages, good benefits, and decent working conditions." To no one's surprise, according to the Paddy Quick's (URPE) email, the American Economics Association does not care about this. A piece of good news for the readers of the *Heterodox Economics Newsletter*. M.E. Sharpe, one of major publishers of heterodox books and journals, has kindly offered 20% discount on all of their print titles. For more information, see here . Lastly, we are going to take a 7-week-long break. TJ will be traveling and TS will try to catch up on some of his own work. The next issue of the Newsletter will be published on July 11. We may not be able to respond to your email during this period. All our best wishes, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers 10th Conference of the Australian Society of Heterodox Economists 17th Workshop on Alternative Economic Policy in Europe AFIT Student Scholars Award Competition Economics and Labour Relations Review: Carbon Markets - Inherent Limitations and the Role of Complementary Policies Eighth Annual Historical Materialism Conference Feminist Economics: Engendering Economic Policy in Africa First Seminar in Austrian and Heterodox Economics International Conference on Economic Philosophy International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education: Economics Education in India On the Horizon: Beyond Market-Fundamentalist Economics Workshop: Teaching Political Economy Call for Participants AHE 2001 Conference Cambridge Development Studies Seminar Marx and Philosophy Society Eighth Annual Conference: Marx and Aristotle PKSG Keynes's Seminar The Sixth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy St. Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Symposium: Getting out of the crisis: the role of Income Distribution Workshop of Market Square: Evidence-based policy and the real world - a difficult match? Workshop on Wage-led Growth Job Postings for Heterodox Economists Monash University, Melbourne, Australia NNU AFL-CIO, Oakland, CA, USA Conference Papers, Reports, and Articles Valuing the Invaluable. Rethinking and respecting caring work in Canada Heterodox Journals Cahiers d??conomie politique (Papers in Political Economy) 60: 2011 Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(3): May 2011 Economy and Society: vitual special issue Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 4(1): Spring 2011 Feminist Economics, 17(2): April 2011 International Review of Applied Economics, 25(2): March 2011 International Review of Applied Economics, 25(3): May 2011 International Review of Applied Economics, 25(4):July 2011 Journal of Critical Globalization Studies, 4: 2011 Journal of Economic Methodology, 18(1): March 2011 Moneta e Credito, 64(253): 2011 Mother Pelican, 7(5): May 2011 Ola Financiera, 9: Mayo-agosto 2011 PSL Quarterly Review, 64(256): 2011 Review of Radical Political Economics, 43(2): June 2011 Review of Social Economy, 69(2): June 2011 Heterodox Newsletters Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives EPI News Exchange: the newsletter of economic sociology Australia Global Labour Column IDEAs Levy News Revista Circus Heterodox Books and Book Series A Modern Guide to Keynesian Macroeconomics and Economic Policies Credit, Money And Macroeconomic Policy: A Post-Keynesian Approach Critical Enthusiasm: Capital Accumulation and the Transformation of Religious Passion Economic Collapse, Economic Change: Getting to the Roots of the Crisis The Economics of Financial Turbulence: Alternative Theories of Money and Finance Environment and Economy The First Great Recession of The 21st Century: Competing Explanations Good Governance in The 21st Century: Conflict, Institutional Change and Development in the Era of Globalization Handbook on the Economics of Conflict Heterodox Analysis of Financial Crisis And Reform: History, Politics and Economics Institutions and Regulation For Economic Growth?: Public Interests versus Private Incentives Law, Economics and Evolutionary Theory Modern Political Economics: Making Sense of the Post-2008 World Regulating for Decent Work: New directions in labour market regulation Heterodox Graduate Programs and Scholarships The John Kenneth Galbraith Policy Fellowship Program William R. Waters Summer Research Grant for 2012 Heterodox Web Sites and Associates Global Faultlines John Riddell's Blog on Marxist Essays and Commentary For Your Information Appeal of teachers and researchers Billionaire's role in hiring decisions at Florida State University raises questions INET Lance Taylor Interview Teaching Development Grants, UK Union boycott of Hyatt Hotel and the 2012 ASSA meetings in Chicago Launch of World Economic Association (WEA) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 20471 bytes Desc: not available URL: From PaddyQuick at aol.com Sun May 22 17:39:57 2011 From: PaddyQuick at aol.com (PaddyQuick at aol.com) Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 19:39:57 EDT Subject: [URPE] Update on URPE at ASSA 2012 and UNITE-HERE Message-ID: <74450.7b6685c0.3b0af8cd@aol.com> Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House recently settled good contracts with the union. They are no longer at risk of dispute, and UNITE-HERE is encouraging patronage of those hotels. If you plan to stay at a hotel in Chicago, you can get a full and updated list of hotels and their labor status by going to: to _http://www.hotelworkersrising.org/HotelGuide/_ (http://www.hotelworkersrising.org/HotelGuide/) . You might also want to google "Don't get caught in a bad hotel" to see a terrific flash mob event by the LGBTQ community in support of the union. [See, for example: _http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/09/18647475.php_ (http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/09/18647475.php) (Thanks to Barbara Garson for this link.) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Oeconomicus is a journal based at University of Missouri- Kansas City (UMKC), which affords students an opportunity to participate in all aspects of an academic journal within a heterodox framework with a strong emphasis involving political economy and both heterodox micro and macro economics. Of the many theoretical frameworks that are emphasized among the dominant themes, but not limited to, are Institutionalism and post-Keynesian, evolutionary, comparative economic systems, ecological, developmental economics, and Marxism. Oeconomicus focuses on real world applications of heterodox thought along with critiques of mainstream theory. The journal accepts articles and book reviews from all students currently enrolled either at the graduate or undergraduate level. Articles should be limited to approximately 5,000 words and book reviews between 500-750. Submissions are due by September 1st, 2011. Send all submissions to Lrevg9 at mail.umkc.edu, with Oeconomicus in the subject line. 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Considering class as a form of power in the sense of domination or rule, this book offers a kind of mainstream economic analysis of the various socio-economic structures involved in the class system of today's market society. The analysis focuses upon how excessive economic inequality (i.e., in the distribution of income and wealth) both arises from and undergirds the class system. The book is appropriate for undergraduate or graduate students in economics or other social sciences, philosophy, etc. I hope you find it useful. Cheers - Eric A. Schutz -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Fellow's research program will involve participating in the various projects directed by the Chair, such as the Gender and Work and the Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Databases and a research group on Employment Standards Enforcement. Experience with both qualitative and quantitative research would be an asset, although not required. The Fellow will receive a stipend of $40,000, office space, use of a computer and full access to university libraries. Applications will be reviewed starting on June 6, 2011. Applicants should submit a cover letter, including a brief research statement, a curriculum vitae, a writing sample, and the names of three academic references to: Dr. Leah F. Vosko Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Gender and Work 618 (Gender and Work Unit) York Research Tower York University Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 Applications from non-Canadian scholars, as well as scholars with diverse work experience in public sector organizations or NGOs, are welcome. The position will commence as early as July 2011 (or to be negotiated), and is subject to budgetary approval. ................................................................ This email should only be sent to those who have asked to receive it. To unsubscribe, return to the web form where you first subscribed and click the "unsubscribe" button, or contact the owner of the website. From urpe at labornet.org Wed Jun 1 12:32:49 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 14:32:49 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Freeplay Fridays/Julian Boal/Summer Classes Message-ID: <21411458.1306953170364.JavaMail.root@elwamui-lapwing.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 34759 bytes Desc: not available URL: From leefs at umkc.edu Wed Jun 1 15:05:15 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:05:15 -0500 Subject: [URPE] need some help with references In-Reply-To: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD12DE53CDD@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> References: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD12DE53CDD@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD12DE53D0B@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> Dear Colleague, I am working on a paper that is a response to heterodox critics. In particular, one of the comments that the critics make is that heterodox are largely ignorant of mainstream economics and are virtually clueless about what is going on at the frontiers of mainstream economics. They make the statement without presenting any evidence. I find the claim baseless, but before I go public with my response, I would in fact like to have some evidence that heterodox economists actually do know something about mainstream economics and its frontiers. Therefore, I would like to know what surveys, articles, and/or books that critically engage mainstream theory and its frontiers have been written/published from 2000-2011. I am interested in critically engaged publications that fall in the following JEL areas: C - Mathematics and quantitative methods K - Law and economics L - Industrial organization P - Economic systems R - Urban, rural, and regional economics I am also interested in critically engaged publications that deal with the following mainstream frontier areas (as defined by the heterodox critics): Agent-based Complexity Economics Game Theory Neuroeconomics If you have the time and know of any relevant critical engagement publications that you or heterodox colleagues done, I would be grateful if you could send me the references. Fred Lee Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 11344 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Mon Jun 6 10:04:06 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 12:04:06 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Brecht Forum This Week: Revolutions in North Africa/Politics of TOPLAB/Hegel's Spirit Message-ID: <25894189.1307376246772.JavaMail.root@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Matthaei) Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:54:14 -0400 Subject: [URPE] ... an URPE member taking on Wall Street Message-ID: [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJh7cNXnR8 ]Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBJh7cNXnR8 PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!!! In peace and solidarity, Julie Julie Matthaei Longtime URPE Member Professor of Economics, Wellesley College Boardmember, U.S. Solidarity Economy Network "Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love." -- Martin Luther King "Optimism is activism." -- Naomi Klein, NO LOGO -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE ON PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS (PARECON) Anarcho-Syndicalist Review (www.syndicalist.org) is planning a special issue on Participatory Economics, which continues to draw attention from many anarchists interested in how economic life might be organized in a post-revolutionary society. We are seeking book reviews, critiques and other material that engages Parecon both as economic theory and political practice. Among the materials we are interested in are an overall summary and critique of the proposal, using the major texts; reviews of recent work including Robin Hahnel's Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation and Chris Spannos's anthology, Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century; evaluation of Parecon's strategy proposals; and a review of previous debates and criticisms. We welcome other ideas. While the ASR editorial collective remains deeply critical of the Parecon project (as we have been from the start), we are open to materials from a variety of standpoints. Our goal is to offer a substantive review and assessment of what has become one of the best-known visions for implementing a libertarian socialist economy, as part of our ongoing series of articles exploring anarchist economics. We hope to receive submissions for this special issue by Dec. 15, 2011, and would be glad to discuss specific proposals with authors in advance. anarchosyndicalistreview at gmail.com Jon Bekken jbekken at gmail.com Fred Lee Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 6413 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Thu Jun 9 05:52:59 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (URPE Nat'l Office) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:52:59 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Introduction to Marxism July 15-17th/ Summer Internships at the Brecht Forum Message-ID: <9615663.1307620379793.JavaMail.root@elwamui-karabash.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise to teach Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, as well as two additional courses, preferably one of which is appropriate for Management majors. Required qualifications are: Masters in Economics or related field (hiring will be at the Teaching Specialist level); Ph.D. preferred (Lecturer level). Annual teaching load is 6 courses. The University of Minnesota, Morris is an undergraduate residential public liberal arts college serving over 1,800 students. As one of five campuses of the University of Minnesota, UMM has a unique mission and offers the best of both in the world of higher education--a small, close-knit campus complemented by the power and support of a world-renowned research University system. UMM is located 160 miles west of Minneapolis in the rural community of Morris, MN. The student body is talented, diverse and engaged.The Morris student body is one of the most ethnically diverse in the University of Minnesota system with 20% students of color (12% are American Indian students) and a growing international student population. The college values diversity in its students, faculty, and staff. Our campus is a national leader in renewable energy, often running "grid negative" due to two commercial grade wind turbines and the first corn stover biomass converter in the U.S. Our current faculty have received 18 of the University system's highest teaching award, and they are also very active in research and publication.To learn more about the University of Minnesota, Morris visit our website at _http://www.morris.umn.edu_. To learn more about the Economics/Management department visit: _http://www.morris.umn.edu/academic/Economics-Management_. The college is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity of our community through their teaching, research, and/or service because we believe that diversity enriches the classroom and research experience at the University. Apply on-line at the University of Minnesota online Employment System at _http://employment.umn.edu_. Also, please send via email and regular maila cover letter, evidence of teaching effectiveness, curriculum vitae, a copy of graduate transcript, and at least 2 letters of reference to: _svburks at morris.umn.edu_; Economics Search Committee Chair, Division of Social Sciences, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 E. 4th St., Morris, MN 56267.*/Position open until filled; review of applications will begin June 20, 2011./*For other communications, please contact Prof. Stephen Burks at: svburks_ at morris.umn.edu_ or 320-589-6191, Fax: 320?589-6117. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.We are committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.To request disability accommodations, please contact Sarah Mattson at 320-589-6021. *_***_*_*End Announcement***** *_ *We * -------------------------------------------------- *Stephen V. 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Double- anonymous reviewing has been established as a norm among journals worldwide to promote peer review systems that adhere as much as possible to ideals of fairness and impartiality. Please use the link at http://www.petitiononline.com/AEA/petition.html to read and sign the full petition asking the AEA to revoke this decision. If your organization endorses this petition, please send this information to AEAFairReview at gmail.com. For further information, please contact this same email address. The following have already signed this petition: George Akerlof, University of California, Berkeley Kenneth Arrow, Stanford University Barbara R. Bergmann, University of Maryland and American University Marianne A. Ferber, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women?s Policy Research Myra H. Strober, Stanford University PETITION ~ American Economic Association Double-Anonymous Reviewing We, the following, oppose the American Economic Association?s decision to drop double-anonymous (?double-blind?) refereeing for the Association?s seven print journals and twenty online field journals. Double-anonymous refereeing ensures that scholarly work is evaluated and published more by its merits than by its author?s identity. While no large-scale experiment has definitively identified the causal effect of double-anonymous reviewing on the propensity to publish scholarship from women, minorities, scholars from other countries, and junior scholars, strong suggestive correlations are well documented and should not be ignored. In addition, many experimental studies demonstrate conclusively that evaluations can be influenced by subtle clues about a candidate?s identity or institutional affiliation. In light of evidence that the refereeing process influences publication decisions, the AEA instituted double-anonymous refereeing in 1991. It is imperative that the AEA continue double-anonymous reviewing in its journals to prevent unconscious bias against women, minorities, and less well-known scholars and to promote a peer review system that adheres as much as possible to ideals of fairness and impartiality. We understand that the AEA has initiated this action out of two concerns: a belief that referees should know the identities of authors in order to determine whether they have conflicts of interest regarding their research, and the idea that double-anonymous refereeing is simply useless, as referees often know who the authors are and can easily discover who wrote a particular article through web searches. We believe the AEA?s policy change does not address either of these problems and that other solutions would be more effective. First, referees are neither likely to know of authors? conflicts of interest nor should they be responsible for knowing these. Insisting that authors reveal any potential conflicts is a better approach. Many journals require statements from authors detailing any potential conflicts of interest, and there has been a call for all economics journals to do the same. Second, we believe that rather than simply give up in the face of search engine technology, the AEA can institute a code of ethical conduct whereby referees agree not to conduct web searches to identify authors. Although a determined reviewer can often identify authors with internet research, there is little point in instituting a policy that removes all barriers to discovering author identities. A better strategy would be for journals to ask reviewers to refrain from efforts to identify authors of papers they have agreed to review and to self-disclose if they know who the author is, giving the editors the option to pick a different reviewer. Additionally, journals can require that authors maintain anonymity through careful writing (such as avoiding obvious self-referencing and altering titles to be dissimilar to earlier versions circulated online). We believe these simple solutions will address the AEA?s concerns more effectively than changing the policy of double-anonymous reviewing, which may lead to bias against, and therefore reduced publications by, women, minorities, junior scholars, and scholars from other countries. We urge the AEA to reverse this policy change so that implicit biases against these groups are not inadvertently tolerated or encouraged by the Association. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -----Original Message----- From: AFEEMAIL Discussion List [mailto:AFEEMAIL at listserv.unl.edu] On Behalf Of Wunder, Timothy Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 2:20 PM To: AFEEMAIL at listserv.unl.edu Subject: [AFEEMAIL] UNITE-HERE and the ASSA Dear AFEE Colleagues: As many of you know, UNITE-HERE (representing hotel workers) has asked ASSA participants to boycott certain hotels (including the Hyatt Chicago, the ASSA headquarters hotel) during the ASSA 2012 meetings in Chicago. After considering the information and recommendations from a special committee convened to advise the board on this issue, the Board voted to formally request that the AEA/ASSA not schedule any AFEE sessions in one of the boycotted hotels, and to create an alternate registration site. In response to this request, the AEA/ASSA agreed not to schedule any AFEE sessions in one of the boycotted hotels. In addition, if the dispute with the Hyatt has not been resolved by January, the AEA/ASSA will have an alternate site for PRE-REGISTERED participants to pick up their materials. On-site registration will, however, continue to take place in the Hyatt. Best regards, Janice Peterson (Forwarded by request) From leefs at umkc.edu Thu Jun 16 12:02:03 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:02:03 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Opportunities for a research economist -- please apply by June 30th! Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD12DE53DD5@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> The Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor has opened an opportunity for a research economist. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply to posting DE-11-HRC-ILAB-175. If you meet the status criteria for the MS-11-HRC-ILAB-175 posting, you may also apply to that posting. Typically those eligible to apply under MS-11-HRC-ILAB-175 would include current and former federal employees or Veterans. Please access the links below to view the postings, application instructions, and point of contact for further information. Closing Job Summary Agency Location Salary 6/30/2011 International Economist We are seeking a research economist to conduct research and analysis of international economic and trade policies and programs. 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Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 4977 bytes Desc: not available URL: From cpanayotakis at gmail.com Tue Jun 21 15:06:18 2011 From: cpanayotakis at gmail.com (Costas Panayotakis) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:06:18 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Interested in reviewing for Capitalism Nature Socialism? Message-ID: Dear Sir/Madam, could you post the following message on the URPE listserve? Best, Costas Panayotakis Book Editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism Capitalism Nature Socialism, an international journal of socialist ecology, would like to have the following books reviewed: Capital and its discontents: Conversations with radical thinkers in a time of Tumult by Sasha Lilley The Politics of Combined and Uneven Development by Michael Loewy Resistance Against Empire by Derrick Jensen Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance by David McNally In and out of crisis: The Global financial meltdown and Left Alternatives by Greg Albo, Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch The Ecological Rift: Capitalism?s War on the Earth by J. B. Foster, B. Clark and R. York India's New Economic Policy by W. Ahmed, A. Kundu and R. Peet (eds.) Agriculture and Food in crisis: Conflict, Resistance, and Renewal by F. Magdoff and B. Tokar. If interested in reviewing any of these books, please send your CV and a writing sample to the book review editor, Costas Panayotakis(cpanayotakis at yahoo.com). Since CNS is a scholarly journal, you should have a doctoral degree or be in the final stages of getting one(ABD status). The normal length of book reviews is about 900 words, but they can be longer if they discuss more than one of the books above. Best, Costas Panayotakis Book Editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3829 bytes Desc: not available URL: From tamardiana at yahoo.com Wed Jun 22 11:43:09 2011 From: tamardiana at yahoo.com (Tamar Diana Wilson) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [URPE] immigration, unions, and the culture of solidarity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1308764589.10634.YahooMailNeo@web31810.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: [Community4ImmigrantRights] Re: immigration and the culture of solidarity ? On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:06 AM, David Bacon wrote: >Immigration and the Culture of Solidarity >by David Bacon > >Published by the Americas Program on June 20,/2011 >http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/4938 > >Editor's Note: This is the fifth and final article of a series on border solidarity by journalist and immigration activist David Bacon. All articles in the series were originally published in the Institute for Transnational Social Change's report Building a Culture of Cross-Border Solidarity. To download a PDF of the entire report, visit the Americas Program website. > > >ONE indispensable part of education and solidarity is greater contact between Mexican union organizers and their U.S. counterparts.? The base for that contact already exists in the massive movement of people between the two countries. > >Miners fired in Cananea, or electrical workers fired in Mexico City, become workers in Phoenix, Los Angeles and New York.? Twelve million Mexican workers in the U.S. are a natural base of support for Mexican unions.? They bring with them the experience of the battles waged by their unions.? They can raise money and support.? Their families are still living in Mexico, and many are active in political and labor campaigns.? As workers and union members in the U.S., they can help win support from U.S. unions for the battles taking place in Mexico. > >This is not a new idea.? It's what the Flores Magon brothers were doing for the uprising in Cananea.? It's why the Mexican left sent activists and organizers to the Rio Grande Valley in the 1930s, and to Los Angeles in the 1970s.? All these efforts had a profound impact on U.S. unions and workers.? The sea change in the politics of Los Angeles in the last two decades, while it has many roots, shows the long-term results of immigrants gaining political power, and the role of politically conscious immigrant organizers in that process. > >Today some U.S. unions see the potential in organizing in immigrant communities.? But most unions in Mexico, in contrast to the past, don't see this movement of people as a resource they can or should organize. > >What would happen if Mexican unions began sending organizers or active workers north into the U.S.??? In reality, active members are already making that move, and have been for a long time.? Yet there is no organized way of looking at this.? Where, for instance, will the people displaced in today's Mexican labor struggles go??? In 1998, almost 900 active blacklisted miners from Cananea had to leave after their strike that year was lost.? Many came to Arizona and California.? In Mexico City, 26,000 SME members took the indemnizacion and gave up claim to their jobs and unions.? Many of them will inevitably be forced to go to the U.S. to look for work. > >Cananea miners and Mexico City electrical workers have a wealth of experience and a history of participation in a progressive and democratic union. They can help both workers in the U.S. and those they've left back home, building unions in the places they go to work.? But to use their experience effectively, unions on both sides of the border need to know who they are and where they're going, and see them as potential organizers. > >SOLIDARITY and the migration of people are linked.? The economic crisis in Mexico is getting much worse, with no upturn in sight.? With a 40% poverty rate, the government still has no program for employment beyond encouraging investment with lower wages and fewer union rights.? And since the maquila sector is tied to the US market, it experiences even worse mass layoffs than other Mexican sectors, with the waves of unemployed then crossing the border just a few miles away from their homes. > >Six million Mexicans left for the U.S. in the NAFTA period, a flow of people that now affects almost every family, even in the most remote parts of country.? Migration has become an important safety valve for the Mexican economy and also relieves pressure on the Mexican government.? It uses the tens of billions of dollars in remittances to make up for social investment cut under pressure from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.? Teachers' strikes, like the one in Oaxaca in 2006, mushroom into insurrections because there is no alternative to migration and an economic system increasingly dependent on remittances. > >Economic reforms and displacement create unemployed workers - for border factories, or for U.S. agriculture and meatpacking plants.??? Displacement creates a reserve army of workers available to corporations as low wage labor.? If demand rises, employers don't have to raise wages.? In a time of economic crisis, unemployed people are used to pressure employed workers, making them less demanding, and more fearful of losing their jobs. > >Displacement and migration aren't a byproduct of the global economy.? The economic system in both Mexico and the U.S. is dependent on the labor that displacement produces.? Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on a recent visit to California, "You have two economies. One economy is intensive in capital, which is the American economy. One economy is intensive in labor, which is the Mexican economy. We are two complementary economies, and that phenomenon is impossible to stop." > >To employers, migration is a labor supply system. U.S. immigration policy is not intended to keep people from crossing the border.? It determines the status of people once they're in the U.S.? It is designed to supply labor to employers at a manageable cost, imposed by employers.? It makes the laborers themselves vulnerable, especially those who come through guest worker programs where employers can withdraw their ability to stay in the country by firing them. > >The economic pressure that produces migration has a big impact on relations between U.S. and Mexican labor.? Today, for instance, governments and employers on both sides of the border tell unions that support for labor supply, or guest worker, programs is part of a beneficial relationship.? Any movement for solidarity has to address this corporate pressure.?? A union alliance with employers on immigration policy, based on helping them use migration as a labor supply system, creates a large obstacle to any effort to defend the rights of migrants. > >Instead, U.S. and Mexican unions need a common program on trade, displacement and investment, which calls for increasing the security of workers and farmers, and reducing displacement and forced migration. > >ANTI-IMMIGRANT policies were part of cold war politics in the U.S. labor movement.? As late as 1986, the AFL-CIO supported employer sanctions, the section of U.S. immigration law passed in 1986 that essentially made work a crime for people without papers.? They argued that that if undocumented workers couldn't support their families, they'd deport themselves. > >The growth of the cross-border movement coincided with rise of the immigrant rights movement.? In the 1990s, as labor activists pushed for support for unions in Mexico, they also organized to repeal sanctions.? First the garment unions called for repeal, then SEIU, the California Labor Federation, and others.? They argued that employers used the law to threaten and fire undocumented workers to keep them from organizing unions.? Unions trying to organize and grow began to see immigrants as potential members - workers who would strike and organize.? They therefore opposed the idea of pushing Mexicans back across border, because they wanted them to become active in the U.S.? They saw immigrants not just as a force on the job, but in politics.? As people gained legal status and then became citizens, they could also vote and elect public officials who would act in workers' interests. > >Today, unions criticize the racial profiling law SB 1070 in Arizona for the same reason - not just that it leads to discrimination, but that it's wrong to make workers leave. > >In 1999 the AFL-CIO reversed itself and called for repealing sanctions, for amnesty for the undocumented, for protecting the organizing rights of all workers, and for family reunification.? The federation already had a longstanding position calling for ending guest worker programs. > >Gradually, unions have seen the importance of workers with feet planted on both sides of the border.? This is an important part of building a culture of solidarity.? Some unions, like the UFW, have gone further and tried to develop strategic partnerships with progressive organizations in the immigrant workforce, such as the Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB).? It has hired Oaxacan activists, fluent in indigenous languages, as organizers, and supported indigenous Oaxacan communities in protests against police harassment in cities like Greenfield in the Salinas Valley. > >OAXACAN immigrants today are an important and growing section of many immigrant communities in the U.S., especially the rural areas where people work in farm labor.? The FIOB is one of many organizations among Oaxacans that people have brought with them from their home state, or have organized as migrants on their travels.? Many of its founders were strike organizers and social activists in Oaxaca and the fields of north Mexico.? Years ago they saw the organizing possibilities among people dispersed as a result of displacement, but whose communities now exist in many places in both Mexico and the U.S. > >For over half a century, migration has been the main fact of social life in hundreds of indigenous towns spread through the hills of Oaxaca.? That's made the conditions and rights of migrants central concerns.? But the FIOB and its base communities today also talk about another right, the right to stay home.? Asserting this right challenges not just inequality and exploitation facing migrants, but the very reasons people migrate. > >According to the 2000 census, Hispanic American Indians (the category used to count indigenous Mexican migrants) in California alone numbered 154,000 - undoubtedly a severe undercount.? These men and women come from communities whose economies are totally dependent on migration.? The ability to send a son or daughter across the border to the north, to work and send back money, makes the difference between eating chicken or eating salt and tortillas.? Migration means not having to manhandle a wooden plough behind an ox, cutting furrows in dry soil for a corn crop that can't be sold for what it cost to plant it.? It means that dollars arrive in the mail when kids need shoes to go to school, or when a grandparent needs a doctor. > >"There are no jobs here, and NAFTA pushed the price of corn so low that it's not economically possible to plant a crop anymore," says Rufino Dominguez, former binational coordinator for the FIOB, and now head of Oaxaca's Institute for Attention to Migrants.? In the 1980s, Dominguez was a strike organizer in Sinaloa and Baja California.? "We come to the U.S. to work because we can't get a price for our product at home.? There's no alternative." > >Without large scale political change most local communities won't have the resources for productive projects and economic development that could provide a decent living.?? "We need development that makes migration a choice rather than a necessity - the right to not migrate," explains FIOB coordinator Gaspar Rivera Salgado, a professor at UCLA.? "But the right to stay home, to not migrate, has to mean more than the right to be poor, the right to go hungry and homeless.? Choosing whether to stay home or leave only has meaning if each choice can provide a meaningful future." > >At the same time, because of its indigenous membership, FIOB campaigns for the rights of migrants in the U.S. who come from those communities.? It calls for immigration amnesty and legalization for undocumented migrants.? It campaigned successfully for translation and language rights in U.S. courtrooms, and protested immigration sweeps and deportations.? The FIOB also condemns the proposals for guest worker programs.? "Migrants need the right to work, but these workers don't have labor rights or benefits," Dominguez charges.? "It's like slavery." > >Today there is increasing interest among U.S. farm worker unions in activity in Mexico, much of it concentrating on workers recruited into H-2A guest worker programs.? In the past, farm worker unions opposed the programs on principle, arguing that the workers recruited were vulnerable to extreme employer exploitation, and deportation if they struck or protested.? Today unions like the UFW and FLOC argue that they can organize these workers to win contracts, better conditions, and protection for their rights.? But this comes at a price.? Some no longer call for the elimination of guest worker programs, which exploit far more workers than those represented by unions.? And if unions recruit guest workers themselves, how can they then strike or use jobsite actions against the employers hiring them? > >While farm worker unions and organizations like the FIOB disagree about guest worker programs, they do agree about the rights of workers.? "Both peoples' rights as migrants, and their right to stay home, are part of the same solution," Rivera Salgado says.? "We have to change the debate from one in which immigration is presented as a problem to a debate over rights." > >For many years the FIOB was a crucial part of the political opposition to Oaxaca's PRI government, until the PRI was defeated in the elections of 2010.?? Juan Romualdo Gutierrez Cortez, a schoolteacher in Tecomaxtlahuaca, was the FIOB's Oaxaca coordinator and a leader of Oaxaca's teachers union, Section 22 of the National Education Workers Union, and of the Popular Association of the People of Oaxaca (APPO). > >The June 2006 strike by Section 22 started a months-long uprising, led by the APPO, which sought to remove the state's then-governor Ulises Ruiz and make a basic change in development and economic policy.? The uprising was crushed by Federal armed intervention, and dozens of activists were arrested.?? To Leoncio Vasquez, a FIOB activist in Fresno, "the lack of human rights is a factor contributing to migration from Oaxaca and Mexico, since it closes off our ability to call for any change." > >During the conflict, teachers traveled to California from Oaxaca, and spoke at the convention of the California Federation of Teachers.? Solidarity efforts between U.S. and Mexican teachers have barely started, but with the vast number of Mexican students in California schools, and with many immigrants themselves now working as teachers, the basis is growing for much closer relationships.? Mexican teachers, members of Latin America's largest union, have also organized a leftwing caucus that now controls the union structure in several states, including Oaxaca. > >During the 2006 uprising, the state government issued an order for Gutierrez' arrest, because he'd been a very visible opposition leader already for years.? In the late 1990s he was elected to the Oaxaca Chamber of Deputies, in an alliance between the FIOB and Mexico's leftwing Democratic Revolutionary Party.? Following his term in office, he was imprisoned by then-Governor Jose Murat, until a binational campaign won his release.? His crime was insisting on a new path of economic development that would raise rural living standards, and make migration just an option, rather than an indispensable means of survival. > >Gaspar Rivera-Salgado believes that "in Mexico we're very close to getting power in our communities on a local and state level."? He points to Gutierrez' election as state deputy, and later as mayor of his hometown San Miguel Tlacotepec, and finally to the election of Gabino Cue as governor.? The FIOB's alliance with the PRD is controversial, however. "First, we have to organize our own base," Rivera Salgado cautions.? "But then we have to find strategic allies.? Migration is part of globalization, an aspect of state policies that expel people.? Creating an alternative to that requires political power.? There's no way to avoid that." > >FIOB presents an important example of another kind of binational organizing and solidarity that complements efforts by unions.? It has a strong base among communities on both sides of the borders.? It has a carefully worked-out program for advocating the rights of migrants and their home communities, discussed extensively among its chapters before it was adopted.? And it sees the system as the problem, not just the bad actions of employers or government officials. > >In Conclusion > >THE interests of workers in the U.S. and Mexico are tied together.? Millions of people are a bridge between the two countries, and their labor movements.? A blacklisted worker in Cananea one year can become a miner in Arizona the next, or a janitor organizer in Los Angeles.? Who knows better the human cost of repression in Mexico than a teacher from Oaxaca in 2006, or an electrical worker who lost his or her job and pension in 2009? > >Raquel Medina, a Oaxacan teacher, spoke at the 2007 convention of the California Federation of Teachers.? She did more than appeal for support for Section 22.? She helped teachers from Fresno and Santa Maria understand why they hear so many children in their classrooms speaking Mixteco.? She helped them see that the poverty in her home state, the repression of her union, the growing number of Oaxacan families in California, and the activity of those migrants in California's union battles, are all related. She connected the dots of solidarity.? Educators should go back to their schools and union meetings, she said, and show people the way the global economy functions today - how it affects ordinary people, and what they can do to change it. > >The historic slogan of the ILWU (and of many unionists beyond its ranks) is "an injury to one is an injury to all."? Today, an updated version of it might say, "An attack on a union in Mexico is an attack on unions in the U.S."? Or it could say, "An attack on Mexican workers in Arizona is an attack on workers in Mexico."? Or it could say, "Organizing Mexican workers at carwashes in Los Angeles will help unions in Mexico, by increasing the power of those willing to fight for the mineros and SME." > > >David Bacon is a California writer and photojournalist. His latest book is Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants. > >The Institute for Transnational Social Change (ITSC) is a hub for cross-border collaboration among key worker-led organizations (independent unions, worker centers, NGOs, and academics) in Mexico and the United States.? The institute seeks to address the needs of a low-wage workforce that is often hard-to-reach - migrant workers, women in the garment industry, farm workers, miners, and other workers in industries dominated by highly mobile transnational corporations - and to increase opportunities for cross-border collaboration.? The present report is part of a series of publications sponsored by ITSC.? For more information about the ITSC, contact Gaspar Rivera-Salgado at UCLA, grsalgado at irle.ucla.edu. > >Other articles in this series: >The Hidden History of Mexico/U.S. Labor Solidarity >Labor Law Reform - A Key Battle for Mexican Unions Today >The Rebirth of Solidarity on the Border >Growing Ties Between Mexican and U.S. Labor >To read the previous installments, visit the Americas Program website. > >________________________________ > >For more articles and images, see?http://dbacon.igc.org > > >See also Illegal People -- How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants? (Beacon Press, 2008) >Recipient: C.L.R. James Award, best book of 2007-2008 >http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=2002 > > >See also the photodocumentary on indigenous migration to the US >Communities Without Borders (Cornell University/ILR Press, 2006) >http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4575 > > >See also The Children of NAFTA, Labor Wars on the U.S./Mexico Border (University of California, 2004) >http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9989.html >-- >__________________________________ > >David Bacon, Photographs and Stories >http://dbacon.igc.org > >__________________________________ -- Dorinda Moreno, Fuerza Mundial / FM Global Hitec Aztec Communications, Elders of 4 Colors 4 Directions U.S. Liaison Secretariat, International Tribunal of Conscience/TICPM Comisi?n Jur?dica del?Tribunal Internacional de Conciencia de los Pueblos en Movimiento (becoming a permanent forum for Migration and Displacement) May Day United, Outreach (Mexico and beyond) CHARTER OF THE INT?L TRIBUNAL OF CONSCIENCE.doc 38K?? View?? Download?? PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS TRIBUNAL BILINGUAL VERSION NOVEMBER 2010.doc 114K?? View?? Download?? ? Brave New World: Immigrants For Sale. Watch The Video VIDEO: Truth Universal's "Immigrant" Delivers a Hip Hop Nos Tienen Miedo Porque No Tenemos Miedo (They Fear Us Because We Have No?Fear)GRACIAS ROBERTO LOVATO Lovely because it?s true, this song by Liliana Felipe should stir you to remember this simplest of truths about Elite Power today: they fear us because we have no fear. Forget this and you will be subjecting yourself to the false hope and perpetual fear broadcast under the banners saying ?politics in America?. So, sing and sing Felipe?s song as loudly as if you were in a march or chant it in the quiet of your mind, making it your mantra. The lonely among you (and we?re all alone-and not alone- in some form) might want to indulge in the personal-is-the-political experience of watching how the movement to defend Mexico?s sovereignty (spelled ?P-e-m-e-x?) deploys this sublimely simple song (lyrics below): NOS TIENEN MIEDO ?NO TENEMOS MIEDO! Jesusa Rodr?guez y Liliana Felipe Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos porque no tenemos porque no tenemos miedo. Est?n atr?s van para atr?s, piensan atr?s, son el atr?s, est?n detr?s de su armadura militar. Nos ven re?r, nos ven luchar, nos ven amar, nos ven jugar, nos ven detr?s de su armadura militar. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo. Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos porque no tenemos porque no tenemos miedo. ?NO TENEMOS MIEDO! ?NO TENEMOS MIEDO! ?NO TENEMOS MIEDO! ?NO TENEMOS MIEDO! En Tierra de Nadie - web.pdf 2332K?? View?? Download? December 18 Global Migrant's Action Day MAY DAY UNITED www.maydayunited.org, http://maydayunited.org/espanol/ ENDORSEMENTS, info at maydayunited.org A national network of over 50 worker centers, community groups, labor unions-- grassroots organizations. Yahoo! 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Message-ID: Call for Papers Call for Papers Call for Papers Beyond Market-Fundamentalist Economics An Agenda for Heterodox Economics to Change the Dominant Narrative June 2012 Special Issue of On the Horizon Guest Editors: Tae-Hee Jo, Lynne Chester, and Mary C. King Call for Papers The financial crisis of 2008 threw in sharp relief the inadequacy of an increasingly market fundamentalist, mainstream neoclassical economics to accurately explain the economy or to provide guidance to policy makers that will lead to widely-shared prosperity and human wellbeing. Critical understandings of market dynamics and alternative approaches are found in the spectrum of heterodox economics. In 2008, On the Horizon (OTH) published a special issue (Vol. 16, No. 4) on heterodox economics, ?Publishing, Refereeing, Rankings, and the Future of Heterodox Economics.? In an upcoming special issue, OTH will go further, to highlight how practitioners of heterodox economics might differently advise policy makers around the globe to proceed, and how those policy programs might be supported by a re-formulated economic narrative which, in turn, would be shaped by re-designed economics curriculum, different approaches to pedagogy and funding for far wider research agendas, if heterodox economists were to receive the kind and level of support currently enjoyed solely by mainstream neoclassical economists. For inclusion in this special issue, we are interested in a range of possible papers that conceptualize the policy, teaching, and research arenas to reshape the dominant economic narrative and break the hegemony of market-fundamentalism that would result from substantially strengthened support of all heterodox traditions. Scholars may choose to focus on the contribution of a particular school of economic thought, or draw from a number of heterodox frameworks, and similarly may focus on one nation or many. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: 1. The Policy Program ? What policies would heterodox economists?or practitioners of Institutionalist, Marxist, Feminist, Post Keynesian and other traditions?advise policy makers to support with respect to energy, the environment, trade, employment, family policy, finance, education, health care, military efforts and other pressing issues? ? How might recommended policies vary for more and less affluent nations? ? How would we suggest meeting the challenges of sustainability, raising world-wide living standards while reducing negative environmental and social impacts? ? Are policy ideas influential only if they come from elite academic institutions? Are there other institutional interconnections that reinforce accepted policy ideas and how might heterodox economists seek to reframe these institutions and their relationships? ? How have overlooked insights gained currency in the past? What role does the media play in the acceptance or dismissal of economic ideas? ? How can heterodox economists use cultural practices, organizational processes and technological parameters to change the standard dominant economic narrative? 2. Heterodox economics in universities and schools: Curriculum and pedagogy ? What would a heterodox economics curriculum look like? Are there examples of appropriate curriculum for elementary and secondary education, as well as universities? ? Does heterodox economics call for different pedagogical approaches than those central to market-fundamentalist mainstream neoclassical economic teaching methods? 3. What would be the impact of significantly increased funding for research in heterodox economics? ? If heterodox economists had access to private sector/non-profit philanthropic funds of the order of magnitude of INET/Rockefeller Foundation and public funding of the order of the NSF/RAE, could the profession be changed in terms of research, teaching, economics department composition, conferences, etc.? ? What would the research agendas comprise? Would methodological changes occur? What kinds of metrics might be used? 4. Is the division into heterodoxy and orthodoxy unique in the discipline of economics, perhaps because of its political centrality? Are there lessons from other disciplines in the social sciences? ? What are the consequences for the economics discipline of the dismissal of heterodox ideas by orthodox economists? ? What are the ways that heterodox economics can achieve more widespread acceptance of pluralism? Papers One-page proposals are to be submitted to the guest editors (oth.heterodox.econ at gmail.com) and papers should be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/oth. Submitted papers undergo a peer-review process. Papers are expected in well-supported essay style, between 1000 and 5000 words, including abstracts, key words, and references. Please see the general guidelines for authors on the journal site http://www.emeraldinsight.com/oth.htm. Important Dates ? One page proposals due: August 1, 2011 ? Acceptances announced: August 15, 2011 ? Draft Papers due: November 1, 2011 ? Final Papers due: February 1, 2012 ? Publication: June 2012 Contact Information: ? Paper proposals should be sent to guest editors, oth.heterodox.econ at gmail.com ? For general questions, contact the Editor of On the Horizon, Dr. Tom P. Abeles, tabeles at gmail.com Guest Editors: ? Tae-Hee Jo, SUNY Buffalo State College, USA ? Lynne Chester, The University of Sydney, Australia ? Mary C. King, Portland State University, USA About Journal On the Horizon focuses on the increasingly complex intersection of forces that are impinging on education and learning and to which educators, human resource professionals and all committed to human potential must respond. Areas of interest include the changing needs of an increasingly global society, the economics and business of education delivery, changing policies and practices affecting curriculum content, certification and intellectual property, and rules and regulations governing institutions. Fore more information, visit the Journal website: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=oth *********************************************** Mary King, Professor, Economics Dept. Vice Pres. for Collective Bargaining, AAUP Portland State University P.O. 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Nancy Folbre -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Sign-on letter for the Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:11:38 -0400 From: Leonila Vega To: Nancy Folbre Nancy, We are getting closer to closing the loophole that exempts home care workers from FLSA. I wonder if you can send this within your network to get endorsers to sign on in support of the Direct Care Workforce Improvement Act. We want to get as many as possible as it will be critical to get support to end this unjust exemption once and for all. Thanks DCAlogo-email Leonila Vega, Esq lExecutive Director 4 West 43rd Street, Unit 505 l New York, NY l10036. t: (212) 730-0741, ext 12 lc: (347) 907-3429lf: (212) 302-4345 www.directcarealliance.org COPY OF LETTER: June 24, 2011 The Honorable Robert P. Casey, Jr. U.S. Senate 393 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Linda T. Sanchez U. S. House of Representatives 1222 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Dear Senator Casey and Congresswoman Sanchez: Thank you for introducing the Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act -- which offers long-awaited solutions to many of the problems facing direct care workers. As organizations representing the various constituencies that either depend on or recognize the important role of direct care workers -- home care aides, personal care attendants, personal assistants, nursing assistants, and direct support professionals -- we appreciate your dedication to this workforce and the people they care for. Direct care workers are fundamental to the health, autonomy and well-being of more than 13 million Americans today and more than 27 million who will depend on their care and services in the coming years. But too often we see poor working conditions lead to high turnover in this workforce, jeopardizing the quality of care provided to those who need it most. The Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act seeks to remedy a major failing in current labor law that excludes nearly two million home care workers from federal minimum wage and overtime protections. In addition, we support the additional provisions that strengthen data collection and workforce monitoring and improves recruitment and retention by providing grants to states to implement initiatives to improve compensation, training and career ladder opportunities for direct care workers. Thank you for your efforts to help create a more stable, valued direct care workforce and improve the quality of care for millions of Americans. We appreciate your commitment to improving the long-term care system in this country and look forward to continuing to work with your offices in support of the Direct Care Job Quality Improvement Act. 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Given the late date of the appointment, however, we will consider alternative courses based on the abilities and interests of the applicant. We strongly recommend visiting our website at http://www.fandm.edu/economics for more information about the department. If you have questions about the position, contact Antonio Callari (antonio.callari at fandm.edu). Applicants should send in one email a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a graduate transcript, and evidence of successful teaching to antonio.callari at fandm.edu. Two letters of recommendation should be sent separately. Applications will be considered as they are received. Franklin & Marshall College is a highly selective liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to cultural pluralism. EOE David M. Brennan, chairperson Department of Economics Franklin and Marshall College P.O. Box 3003 Lancaster, PA. 17604-3003 (717) 291-3936 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3549 bytes Desc: not available URL: From unalgul at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 12:55:09 2011 From: unalgul at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?B?R/xsINxOQUwg?=) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:55:09 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Register Soon for Our Popular Economics Institute! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello all, Sorry for cross posting. Please distribute to your lists for those who may be interested. This is a wonderful workshop provided by graduate students/faculty/alumni of UMAss, Amherst Economists, and most suitable for activists, or for those who would like to learn how to use economics to critically understand capitalism, be upgraded to what is going on :). No economics bacground is needed. Scholarships are available for participation, please scroll down. Cheers, Gul ** The Center for Popular Economics invites you to the 2011 Summer Institute. Special Track: Media, Democracy and the Economy Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. [image: Center for Popular Economics] *Please distribute widely among your networks. * 2011 Summer Institute Special Track: Media, Democracy and the Economy July 24-30, Smith College, Northampton, MA *Our Core Economics Curriculum*: Our staff of progressive economists will lead you in a vibrant learning process in which you will gain the economic basics that you need to know to make your social change work more effective. "*I learned about the ups and downs of the GDP, the business cycles, and the global economy. These tools have given me an understanding of why it is so important to be an environmental activist, because in a world of big economics, there is still the human perspective.*" Rodolfo Padron, Shundahai Network and Western Shoshone Alliance, Las Vegas, NV In our *core classes on the U.S. and the International economies*, you will deepen your understanding of how the economy works-or doesn't. You will learn about the roots of the current economic crisis and assess current strategies to fix it, and we will explore the solidarity economy-strategies for a more just and sustainable world. Our approach is highly participatory and we recognize that we are all teachers and learners. * No economics background is necessary*. *Special track on Media, Democracy and the Economy: * In addition to our core economics curriculum, each year we focus on a special topic; this year, it's Media, Democracy and the Economy. The linkages between the economy, democracy and the media system are inseparable. And the media system is awash in problems. Only a handful of big corporations own almost all daily newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, book publishers, and, more recently, broadband service providers. This ensures that media in all of its forms almost always mirrors the economic elite's corporate-dominated worldview -- a perspective that has degraded people?s material lives, our democracy, and the planet in favor of Wall Street. There is good news on all fronts: people are calling for a dramatic change in our economic system and the digital age is giving us the opportunity to transform the mainstream media system to better serve democracy. As we provide you with the economic training necessary to create the social change you envision, we will also demonstrate how the media system functions and how to wield it to achieve your goals. *General scholarships* for the 2011 Popular Economics Institute are available! Are you ready to register? *Visit our website: CPE 2011 Summer Instituteand we'll see you in July! * follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook <#130d793068ea091c_130d791dd3575963_> | forward to a friend * 2011 Center for Popular Economics, .* Hi. 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It covers a broad range of political economy approaches, including Marxian, post-Keynesian and Institutionalist theories, and provides an opportunity to study contemporary issues such as the causes of the financial and economic crises and economic and social inequality. Taught modules include Paradigms in Political Economy, Advanced Political Economy, and Rise of Capitalism. We also intend to grow a PhD programme in the same area in the future. The School of Economics hosts a Political Economy Research Group (see link below). http://www.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate/booklets/FASS/political-economy-MA.pdf http://www.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate-course/economics-political-economy-ma/ Political Economy Research Group (PERG) The Political Economy approach highlights the role of effective demand, institutions and social conflict in economic analysis and thereby builds on Austrian, Institutionalist, Keynesian and Marxist traditions. Economic processes are perceived to be embedded in social relations that must be analysed in the context of historical considerations, power relations and social norms. As a consequence, a broad range of methodological approaches is employed, and cooperation with other disciplines, including history, law, sociology and other social sciences, is necessary. More on http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/research/perg Engelbert Stockhammer Professor of Economics Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston Upon Thames, KT1 2EE, UK http://staffnet.kingston.ac.uk/~ku44311/ http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/research/perg/ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 5475 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Below is the link to my comment on this proposal. -- Current commentary: Fear of Inflation http://jweeks.org Other email: johnweeks at jweeks.org Telephones {NEW MOBILE] (44) 07905 099836 land lines: (44) 0207 693 0385 (44) 01730 823556 From enid at uta.edu Mon Jul 4 20:05:22 2011 From: enid at uta.edu (Enid Arvidson) Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 21:05:22 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Book Reviews for RRPE Message-ID: <2A9ED7DD-BEFD-40E8-A4D3-160ED49DE0D5@uta.edu> The book list for the Review of Radical Political Economics has recently been updated. Please check it out http://www.urpe.org/rrpe/reviews.htm and if you are interested in reviewing a book, please contact RRPE Book Review Editor, David Barkin (d_barkin at yahoo.com). Best wishes, Enid --- Enid Arvidson, Ph.D. Associate Professor School of Urban and Public Affairs Box 19588 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019 The information, including any attachments, contained in this email are CONFIDENTIAL and are intended only for the named recipient(s), and should not be forwarded, copied or distributed without permission of the original author. If you are not the named recipient(s), and have received this message in error or without the express direction or consent of the original author, please notify the original author and delete this email immediately. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you would be interested in working with Dr. Tatje on this course please contact Terry: terrytatje at yahoo.com. Anyone with questions can also contact me : jhoffman at jjay.cuny.edu . This is a great opportunity for a fascinating, educational adventure! Professor Joan Hoffman Chair, Department of Economics John Jay College of Criminal Justice 445 west 59th NYNY 10019 phone: 212-237-8067 fax: 212-237-8919 email: jhoffman at jjay.cuny.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks very much, Barbara Hickey Executive Assistant to the Dean of the College Sarah Lawrence College 1 Mead Way Bronxville, NY 10708 Tel: 914-395-2213 Fax: 914-395-2666 E-mail: bhickey at sarahlawrence.edu ****************************************************************************************************************************************************** WOODWARD CHAIR IN PUBLIC POLICY Sarah Lawrence College invites applicants for a full-time tenure-track position in the social sciences division beginning in Fall 2012. We seek a scholar whose research and teaching interests are focused on intersections between public policy and social justice. Specific areas of interest may include civil rights or international law and human rights, labor studies, law and society, or inequality and social policy (children, housing, education). Candidates should have a passion for undergraduate teaching, with a special emphasis on connecting students' academic and intellectual pursuits to community-based learning or public engagement. A PhD completed by the time of appointment in one of the social sciences or a related discipline is required, and experience working with community-based organizations is preferred. The successful candidate will hold The Joanne Woodward Chair in Public Policy, which honors Ms. Woodward's (1990) social commitment and concern with public issues. The application should include the following: cover letter including a statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, curriculum vitae, course descriptions and syllabi for two proposed courses, a sample of scholarly writing, graduate transcript(s) and three letters of reference. Deadline for receipt of applications: September 30, 2011. To apply for the position, go to: https://slc.simplehire.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=50517 Sarah Lawrence College is a small liberal arts college with a unique pedagogy based on small classes and individual tutorials. For information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our Web site at: http://www.slc.edu . SLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to achieving a racially and culturally diverse community. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 4067 bytes Desc: not available URL: From PaddyQuick at aol.com Wed Jul 6 10:02:16 2011 From: PaddyQuick at aol.com (PaddyQuick at aol.com) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:02:16 EDT Subject: [URPE] SAVE THE DATE: URPE Conference and Meeting - October 1 - 2, 2011. Brooklyn, NY. Message-ID: <321bc.26a5054.3b45e108@aol.com> The Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) will be sponsoring a conference on Saturday October 1 with the title "The War on the Working Class." The conference will take place at St. Francis College, Brooklyn and will be open to the general public. It will be followed on Sunday by a membership meeting, which is again open to everyone but at which voting is restricted to URPE members. The conference aims to bring together people actively involved in resisting the multi-pronged attack which is currently taking place with radical political economists who can share their theoretical understanding of the issues. (Some people are of course in both categories!) If you are interested in speaking on a panel, or better still, organizing a panel with speakers who can address both aspects of an issue, please contact: Paddy Quick: _paddyquick at aol.com_ (mailto:paddyquick at aol.com) Please forward this announcement to other individuals and organizations that you think might be interested. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It is not likely that deregulation would have been so extreme and the crisis so threatening had most financial economists adopted Keynes-Minsky financial market theory, which concludes that unregulated financial markets are inherently unstable and dangerous. Instead, they argued that neoclassical efficient financial market theories demonstrate that lightly regulated generate optimal security prices and risk levels, and prevent booms and crashes. Efficient market theory became dominant in spite of the fact that it is a fairly-tale theory based on crudely unrealistic assumptions. It could only have been adopted by a profession committed to Milton Friedman's fundamentally flawed positivist methodology, which asserts that the realism of assumptions has no bearing on the validity of a theory. Keynes argued persuasively that only realistic assumptions can generate realistic theories. Keynes-Minsky theory, which is derived from a realistic assumption set, should be the profession's guide to regulation policy. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-06 Owen Thompson The Returns to Skill and Racial Difference in Parenting: Evidence from the Civil Rights Movement ABSTRACT: On average, the parental practices adopted by African American parents of young children are much less cognitively stimulating than those of their white counterparts. This paper argues that these differences stem from the low rates of return to human capital historically experienced by African Americans. To study the relationship between the race-specific returns to skill and parenting, I use intergenerational data containing direct measures of parental behaviors, and examine the child rearing practices of mothers who came of age in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement, during a period of rapidly increasing returns to skill for African Americans in the US South. I find that among Southern African American mothers born between 1957 and 1964, each yearly birth cohort increased their parental investment levels by over .07 standard deviations, but that there was no increase among Southern whites or non-Southern African Americans. These differences are interpreted as being due to the disproportionately large increase in the rate of return to skill experienced by Southern African Americans, suggesting a strong relationship between the returns to human capital and parental behaviors. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-07 Martin Rapetti Peter Skott Arslan Razmi The Real Exchange Rate and Economic Growth: are Developing Countries Different? ABSTRACT: Recent research has found a positive relationship between real exchange rate (RER) undervaluation and economic growth. Different rationales for this association have been offered, but they all imply that the mechanisms involved should be stronger in developing countries. Rodrik (2008) explicitly analyzed and found evidence that the RER-growth relationship is more prevalent in developing countries. We show that his finding is very sensitive to the criterion used to divide the sample between developed and developing countries. We then use alternative classification criteria and empirical strategies to evaluate the existence of asymmetries between groups of countries and find that the effect of currency undervaluation on growth is indeed larger and more robust for developing economies. However, the relationship between RER undervaluation and per capita GDP is non-monotonic. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-08 Arslan Razmi Martin Rapetti Peter Skott The Real Exchange Rate and Economic Development ABSTRACT: Recent empirical studies have found a robust correlation between competitive exchange rates and economic growth in developing economies. This paper presents (i) a formal model to help explain these findings and (ii) econometric evidence on the relation between investment and the real exchange rate. The model emphasizes the existence of (hidden) unemployment as a source of endogenous growth, even under constant returns to scale. Growth promoting policies, however, affect the external balance, and two instruments are needed in order to achieve targets for both the growth rate and the trade balance. The real exchange rate can serve as one of those instruments. The implications of the model for the relation between real exchange rates and the rate of capital accumulation find support in our econometric analysis. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-10 Fidan Ana Kurtulus Douglas Kruse Joseph Blasi An Empirical Analysis of Risk Preferences, Compensation Risk, and Employee Outcomes ABSTRACT: We use the NBER Shared Capitalism Database comprised of more than 40,000 employee surveys from 14 firms to explore whether a close match between workers' risk preferences and the riskiness of their compensation packages relates to improved employee outcomes including lower absenteeism, lower shirking, lower probability of voluntary turnover, greater worker motivation, and higher levels of job satisfaction and loyalty. To do this, we use survey questions reflecting workers' risk aversion parameters, coupled with a series of measures of the riskiness of workers' compensation packages including the proportion of pay comprised of various forms of shared capitalism such as profit and gain sharing, ownership of company stock, and bonus arrangements. The primary finding of our paper is that a match between the workers' risk preferences and the extent of risk in their compensation increases workers' motivation, job satisfaction, company attachment, and loyalty, but risk-averse workers are generally less responsive to a preference-compensation match than risk-loving workers. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-11 Fidan Ana Kurtulus What Types of Diversity Benefit Workers? Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Co-Worker Dissimilarity on the Performance of Employees ABSTRACT: This paper explores the consequences of grouping workers into diverse divisions on the performance of employees using a dataset containing the detailed personnel records of a large U.S. firm from 1989-1994. In particular, I examine the effects of demographic dissimilarity among co-workers, namely differences in age, gender and race among employees who work together within divisions, and non-demographic dissimilarity, namely differences in education, work function, firm tenure, division tenure, performance and wages among employees within divisions. I find evidence that age dissimilarity, dissimilarity in firm tenure, and performance dissimilarity are associated with lower worker performance, while wage differences are associated with higher worker performance. My analysis also reveals that the effects of certain types of dissimilarities get smaller in magnitude the longer a worker is a part of a division. Finally, the paper provides evidence that the relationships between performance and the various measures of dissimilarity vary by occupational area and division size. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-12 Deepankar Basu Comparative Growth Dynamics in a Discrete-time Marxian Circuit of Capital Model ABSTRACT: This paper develops a discrete-time formalization of the circuit of capital model presented by Marx in Volume II of Capital Marx (1993) as a tool for aggregate economic analysis of capitalist economies. The discrete-time formalization closely follows and extends the continuous-time formalization in Foley (1982, 1986a). The discrete-time model is used to address two important issues of interest to the heterodox economic tradition: profit-led versus wage-led growth, and the growth-reducing impact of non- production credit. First, it is demonstrated that both profit-led and wage-led growth regimes can be accommodated within the Marxian circuit of capital model. Second, it is demonstrated that the steady-state growth rate of a capitalist economy is negatively related to the share of consumption credit in total net credit, when the total credit is large to begin with. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-13 Jed Devaro and Fidan Ana Kurtulus An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and The Delegation of Worker Authority ABSTRACT: The authors empirically test Prendergast's (2002) theory that incorporates the delegation of worker authority into the principal-agent model to explain the lack of consistent empirical support for a tradeoff between risk and incentives. Using data from the 1998 British WERS, the authors investigate whether there is: 1) evidence of a risk-incentives tradeoff as predicted by the principal-agent model; 2) evidence of a positive relationship between incentive pay and the delegation of worker authority; 3) evidence of a positive relationship between risk and authority; 4) support for the main testable implication of Prendergast's model, namely that the evidence favoring a risk-incentives tradeoff should strengthen when authority controls are added to the empirical model. The answers are affirmative for all four questions, thereby providing evidence clarifying the relationship between risk and incentive pay and how managers optimally bundle incentive pay and the delegation of worker decision rights to cope with risk. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-15 Fidan Ana Kurtulus Douglas Kruse Joseph Blasi Worker Attitudes Towards Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing and Variable Pay ABSTRACT: Using the NBER Shared Capitalism Database comprised of over 40,000 employee surveys from 14 firms, we investigate worker attitudes towards employee ownership, profit sharing, and variable pay. Specifically, our study uses detailed survey questions on preferences over profit sharing, forms of employee ownership like company stock and stock option ownership, as well as preferences over variable pay in general, to explore how preferences for these different types of output-contingent pay vary with worker risk aversion, residual control, and views of co-workers and management. Our key results show that, on average, workers want at least a part of their compensation to be performance-related, with stronger preferences for output-contingent pay schemes among workers who have lower levels of risk aversion, greater residual control over the work process, and greater trust of co-workers and management UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-16 Jed Devaro Fidan Ana Kurtulus What types of organizations benefit from teams, and how do they benefit? ABSTRACT: Using data from a large cross-section of British establishments, we ask how different firm characteristics are associated with the predicted benefits to organizational performance from using team production. To compute the predicted benefits from using team production, we estimate structural models for financial performance, labor productivity, and product quality, treating the firm's choices of whether or not to use teams and whether or not to grant teams autonomy as endogenous. One of the main results is that many firm characteristics are associated with larger predicted benefits from teams to labor productivity and product quality but smaller predicted benefits to financial performance. For example, this is true for union recognition as measured by the number of recognized unions in an establishment. Similarly, when a particular firm characteristic is associated with lower benefits from teams to labor productivity or product quality, the same characteristic is frequently associated with higher predicted benefits to financial performance. This is true for the degree of financial participation and employee ownership and also for establishment size and a number of industries. These results highlight the advantages of analyzing broader measures of organizational performance that are more inclusive of the wide spectrum of benefits and costs associated with teams than the labor productivity measures frequently studied in the teams literature. UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers - July 2011 2011-17 James Crotty The Great Austerity War: What Caused the Deficit Crisis and Who Should Pay to Fix It? ABSTRACT: Rapidly rising deficits at both the federal and state and local government levels, along with long-term financing problems in the Social Security and Medicare programs, have triggered a one-sided austerity focused class war in the US. Similar class conflicts have broken out around the globe. A coalition of the richest and most economically powerful segments of society and conservative politicians who represent their interests has demanded that deficits be eliminated by public-sector austerity - severe cuts at all levels of government in spending that either supports the poor and the middle class or funds crucial public investment. These demands constitute a deliberate attempt to destroy the New Deal project, begun in the 1930s, whose goal was to subject capitalism to democratic control. The right-wing coalition seeks to replace that project with a modernized version of the 'free-market' capitalism of the 1920s. In this paper I argue that our deficit crisis is the result of a shift from the New-Deal-based economic model of the early post-war period to today's neoliberal, free-market model, a shift initiated under Ronald Reagan and continued under the presidents who succeeded him. The new model has generated slow growth, rising inequality and rising deficits. Rising deficits in turn created demands for austerity. After tracing the long-term evolution of our current deficit crisis, I show that this crisis can be resolved by raising taxes on upper-income households and large corporations, cutting war spending, and adopting a Canadian or European style health care system. There is no need to accept austerity. Calls for austerity should be seen as what they are - an attack by the rich and powerful against the basic interests of the American people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mwangi wa Githinji Economics Department - Thompson Hall University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 01003 mwangi at econs.umass.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 33609 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Thu Jul 7 13:59:36 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 15:59:36 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] July 14th-July 17th: Marxist Summer Intensive "They Say Solidarity, We Say Austerity!" Message-ID: <23208722.1310068776784.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Sincerely, Basel Saleh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Economics Book Review Editor, Economics of Peace and Security Journal http://www.epsjournal.org.uk/ Mailing Address: Radford University P.O. Box 6952 Radford, VA 24142 Office: 540-831-5070 Dept: 540-831-5100 "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." (C?sar Ch?vez) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Not only does the proposed solution remedy the current euro crisis, it also paves the way for the eurozone to follow a course of economic expansion rather than contraction. Please feel free to share this link with other colleagues. Sincerely, Tom Palley Thomas Palley Associate, Economic Growth Program New America Foundation Tel: (202)-667-5518 e-mail: mail at thomaspalley.com www.thomaspalley.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 5691 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mehrene.larudee at fulbrightmail.org Mon Jul 11 09:34:34 2011 From: mehrene.larudee at fulbrightmail.org (Mehrene Larudee) Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:34:34 +0300 Subject: [URPE] research on FISIM? Message-ID: I am interesting in locating anyone who is knowledgeable about FISIM (Financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured) and its importance in national accounts. (I just learned about the work of Duncan Foley and of Andrew Haldane, although I haven't read it in detail.) FISIM is an item in national accounts of some (or all?) countries, introduced beginning in 1993, that is evidently not handled in the same way in every country. It is measured implicitly, apparently (sometimes?) by a difference between the actual interest rate and a reference interest rate, and then the results are distributed over various sectors by one of several possible rules. It appears to be important because it may behave oddly when there is turbulence (crisis) in the economy. Most people don't even know it is there. Here is a reference to a recent meeting about it: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/raMeetings/TFMar2011/lod.asp But that's all I know. Please, if you know anything about it, do contact me at mehrene.larudee at fulbrightmail.org. Mehrene Larudee -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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While we believe it is a worthwhile endeavor, given the trend and workload, we are hesitant to create another section for these activities. However, we think it would be a valuable service if there was a promotional site for heterodox online economics courses. We would appreciate your ideas on this, so please email us your thoughts. Wouldn't it be great to promote heterodox online courses to students at places like the University of Chicago!? Lastly, at the risk of self-promotion, we'd like to again draw your attention to the special issue call for papers from *On the Horizon*. This is an excellent occasion for heterodox economists to speak directly to, in particular, educational administrators and policy makers. You can address, for example, educational, social, political, cultural, and environmental issues alternative to market-oriented policies. Or you can explore pedagogical approaches beyond market-fundamentalist mainstream teaching methods. We look forward to receiving many visionary paper proposals. In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers AFIT 2012 Conference: Institutionalism and Building a Better Future AFIT 7th Annual Student Scholars Award Competition Anarcho-Syndicalist Review: On Participatory Economics Annual New School ? 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Call for Contributions John King: "Pluralist Economics Department?" For Your Information AFEE at ASSA and UNITE-HERE Boycott Cambridge Excludes Keynesians from conference on Keynes Defend the Jan van Eyck Academy Finance Documentaries Petition: Make Wall Street Pay Petition: American Economic Association Double-Anonymous Reviewing World Economics Association: Update Videos of the conference "The Future of Global Governance" -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 27353 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Tue Jul 12 06:13:06 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:13:06 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] This Week at the Brecht: 3-Day Marxist Intensive.Reds at the Blackboard Message-ID: <4375294.1310472786750.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rubis.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 36637 bytes Desc: not available URL: From izdes at economics.utah.edu Wed Jul 13 13:31:32 2011 From: izdes at economics.utah.edu (Ozge Izdes) Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:31:32 -0600 Subject: [URPE] ANNOUNCEMENT: 1st European Regional Intensive Workshop and Symposium on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics Message-ID: <45B3B5A7B6E5564DA230245082FF172236598FAF53@C3V2.xds.umail.utah.edu> Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce the First European Regional Intensive Workshop and Symposium on Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics to take place in Istanbul-Turkey, October 9-17, 2011. You can find the Call for Applications attached and also below. We would be grateful for your collaboration in circulating this Call to the relevant people and groups within your reach. Best Regards, Organizing Committee ?pek ?lkkaracan Ajas (Co-Coordinator, GEM-Europe Istanbul Workshop and Symposium 2011, Istanbul Technical University) Rania Antonopoulos (Co-Director GEM-IWG, Levy Institute of Economics) Nilufer Cagatay (Co-Director GEM-IWG, University of Utah) Ozge Izdes (Co-Coordinator, GEM-Europe Istanbul Workshop and Symposium 2011, Arell University) Ewa Ruminska-Zimny (Co-Coordinator, GEM-Europe Warsaw Workshop and Conference 2012, Warsaw School of Economics) GENDER, MACROECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP (GEM-IWG) GEM-EUROPE and GEM-TURKEY Knowledge Networking and Capacity Building Program on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics 1st European Regional Intensive Workshop and Symposium October 9 - 17, 2011 Hosted by Women?s Studies Center in Science, Engineering and Technology (WSC-SET) Istanbul Technical University (ITU), ?stanbul, TURKEY in partnership with ITU WSC-SET, Warsaw School of Economics, Gender and Economic Equality Program at the Levy Economics Institute, University of Utah, Department of Economics and UNDP with support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation, UNDP and IDRC GEM-IWG, along with GEM-Europe and GEM-Turkey, is pleased to announce its European regional program on knowledge networking and capacity building on gender, macroeconomics and international economics. This program aims to facilitate the integration of a gender perspective into macroeconomic research and policy formulation in Europe with a special focus on the transition and emerging economies in Eastern and Southern Europe, the Balkans as well as the Caucasus and Central Asia. The purpose of the program is to create a knowledge network of economists in these regions. Key activities of the 2011 regional program consist of a) an intensive workshop to be held in Istanbul on October 9th through 15th, and b) a symposium to be held in Istanbul on October 17th on ?Engendering Macroeconomic Policy in the Periphery of Europe?. Up to thirty fellows will be admitted to the program. Eligibility: The program is for economists in academia, research institutions, government, civil society organizations and in international development institutions. Partial or full funding will be available for up to 20 fellows. The fellows of the program will be required, at a minimum, to have completed two years of study in an economics Ph.D. program and have passed their qualifying exams, or have its equivalent such as a master?s degree in economics. Funding priority will be given to those who are: a) residents or citizens of and/or those who are active in research or policy formulation on gender, macroeconomics and international economics in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Residents and citizens of other countries in Europe, in particular Ireland, Portugal and Spain, are welcome to apply but will not have funding priority. These requirements may be waived only under exceptional circumstances. The program will be conducted in English. Final selection criteria will include the objective of achieving gender balance and country balance in the composition of fellows. The current initiative expands upon and contributes to long-standing efforts undertaken by GEM-IWG, an international network of over 400 economists from over 70 countries. GEM-IWG was formed in 1994 for the purpose of promoting research, teaching, policy making and advocacy on gender equitable approaches to macroeconomics, international economics and globalization. The Knowledge Networking Program was launched by GEM-IWG, in 2003. It has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, Division for the Advancement of Women, UNDP and UNIFEM. The Program has two objectives: (a) to build capacity in research, teaching, policy making and advocacy in this area; (b) to increase knowledge networking by strengthening the links among practitioners working on gender, macroeconomics and international economics. (see www.genderandmacro.org for details). GEM-IWG, which has formed an invaluable resource base of economists from around the world on gender-equitable approaches to macroeconomics, international economics and globalization, will serve as a jumping board to start a similar process in the region and is intended to result in the strengthening of a regional network. Similar regional initiatives have emerged from GEM-IWG, such as theGEM-Latin America and the Caribbean, GEM-Africa and GEM-Asia regional groups. Applications must be received by August 8th, 2011, but will be processed as they are received. Only completed applications will be reviewed. Those accepted to the program will be informed by August 15th, 2011. Please see further below for application requirements and application form. COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM The fellows are expected to complete the full program which consists of the following three components: 1) The Self-study Module will introduce the fellows to basic concepts of feminist economics and to basic concepts of feminist approaches to macroeconomics and international economics. It will also include broader critical analyses of the regional economy and its institutions, the origins and causes of the current region-specific topics of crisis. Those participating in the course will be expected to have completed the self-study module. Completion of the self-study module will ensure that all the fellows start from a common knowledge baseline and that they will have had a chance to do the readings before participating in the one-week course. 2) The Intensive Workshop which will take place October 9 - 15, 2011 at Istanbul Technical University?s Maslak campus in Istanbul, will address the problems posed by the self-study component at a more advanced level. It will consist of lectures by the instructors, discussion sessions and presentations by the fellows. The process will be participatory. The fellows will have an opportunity to meet with the instructors individually to discuss their research or teaching projects. A subset of the instructors will be available to act as mentors and interested fellows will be assigned a mentor during the program. Fellows will be encouraged to work in a specific research area of interest to them in macroeconomics or international economics during the course. This may be related to a country that they are familiar with; the process may be used to lead up to a research proposal; it may entail a policy briefing, ideas for curriculum development or a book review. The fellows will be expected to make a presentation on their research topic or on any other related topic that they have expertise on. They are expected to form sub-regional or thematic groups to promote knowledge sharing in research, teaching, and policy?making beyond the duration of the program. Examples of such groups formed during the past cycles of the Global GEM-IWG programs include: GEM group on Time Use, Social Accounting Matrices and CGE Modeling, GEM group on Gender and Poverty, GEM group on Gender Responsive Budgets, GEM group on Gender and Taxation, GEM group on Globalization, Labor markets and Gender Inequity, GEM group of Economists for Full Employment and Employer of Last Resort, as well as the regional GEM groups mentioned above. The fellows will have an opportunity to meet and interact with some of the fellows from the past cycles during the course and the conference. 3) The Symposium on ?Engendering Macroeconomic Policy in the Periphery of Europe? will take place on October 17, 2011 also at Istanbul Technical University?s Maslak campus. The fellows are expected to attend the symposium, which will be open to all other researchers/academics, policy-makers/bureaucrats, members of NGOS and the media. Detailed information on course content, list of instructors, purpose of the course as well as the symposium program will be posted on the Istanbul GEM workshop and symposium web site which can be reached via www.kaum.itu.edu.tr/en/. For information on GEM courses and conferences for previous cycles, please visit www.genderandmacro.org. COSTS OF ATTENDANCE AND FUNDING Up to twenty fellows will be funded. For the fellows who are fully funded by the program, the following will be provided: economy round trip air travel, accommodation and meals during the workshop and the symposium, instruction, course materials and symposium participation. Fellows who are self-funded (or partially self-funded) need to cover the costs of accommodation and meals (1200 euros for 9 nights); instruction, course materials and symposium participation (2,400 Euros), and cost of their air travel and local transportation. APPLICATION PROCEDURES ? The deadline for the completed applications is August 8, 2011. ? Kindly note that for applications to be processed all required documents must be submitted simultaneously via e-mail. Application requirements are: a) The completed application form for admission (see www.kaum.itu.edu.tr/en/) b) A Curriculum Vitae c) A personal statement which should include a description of the applicant?s background and current work in economics, interest and/or background in gender studies, background and /or interest in macroeconomics, background and/or interest in international economics, motivation for taking the course, how s/he plans to use the knowledge, skills and networks gained in the program, and how s/he expects to contribute to the course and more generally to knowledge networking in the future. This statement should be between 500-750 words. The statement should address all these areas. d) A letter of recommendation from someone who is familiar with the applicant?s work in economics. e) For those whose main language of instruction during their education was not English, some proof of English proficiency test (e.g., TOEFL) will be preferable, but other proof may be accepted (e.g. a sample of written work in English). f) For applicants who are currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program or who have obtained a Ph.D. or M.A. degree in the last two years, a copy of their transcripts in the Ph.D. or the M.A. program. Items a ? c (the application form, C.V., personal statement) should be sent by the applicant to admin at gem-europe.org via email; item d (the recommendation letter (a signed and scanned copy written on the person?s institutional letterhead) should be sent by the recommender to admin at gem-europe.org via email, with a subject line ?recommendation for Mr., Ms. ???. In addition, a pdf copy of items e - f (proof of English proficiency and transcripts in cases which are relevant) should be sent again to admin at gem-europe.org by the applicant. Please contact the Program Coordinators Ipek Ilkkaracan Ajas (ilkkaracan at itu.edu.tr) or Ozge Izdes (izdes at economics.utah.edu). Knowledge Networking Program on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics 1ST European Regional Intensive Workshop and Symposium: October 9 - 17, 2011, Istanbul APPLICATION FORM 1. Full legal name (Last, First, Middle)_________________________________________________ 2. Mailing Address ________________________________________________________________ 3. Permanent address (if different) ___________________________________________________ 4. Current place of employment or current university and program at which you are enrolled _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Telephone: Home ______________________________________________________________ Work ________________________________________________________________________ Mobile _______________________________________________________________________ 6. E-mail address ________________________________________________________________ 7. Fax Number __________________________________________________________________ 8. Skype name_________________________________________________________________ 9. Date and Place of birth__________________________________________________________ 10. _ Female _ Male 11. Citizenship ____________________________________________________________________ 12. Country of permanent residence (if different from country of citizenship) ____________________ 13. Educational History (beginning with the current or the most recent institution attended; please add lines as necessary) Name and location of institution Degree acquired Years of enrollment 1. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 2. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 3. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 14. Employment History (beginning with the current or the most recent employer; please add lines as necessary) Name and location of employer Position held Years of employment 1. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 2. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 3. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 15. Native Language (s) ___________________________ Other languages ______________________________ If English is not your native language, please check if applicable English was a medium of instruction in my graduate program____ I have taken an English proficiency test and my score was _____ 16. Name, title, affiliation, address and e-mail address of person who will write your recommendation letter. Name: Title: Affiliation: Address: e-mail: 17. How did you hear about the program? 18. Do you have any special needs? (please note that your special needs will not have an impact on your chance of admission. It is for our information so that we can be prepared to meet your needs in case you do attend the program.) 19. Funding for attendance (please check where applicable) 1. ____ I will need full funding. 2. ____ My employer or university may provide partial or full funding. Please send a copy of my acceptance letter to the following person at the following email address _______________________________________________________________________ 3. ____ My employer or university will definitely provide partial funding. The amount or the nature of funding is (e.g. travel, accommodations or an amount in USD equivalent) as follows: Amount: US $___________ covering ______________________________________________ Please send a copy of my acceptance letter to the following person at the following email address _______________________________________________________________________ 4. ____ My employer or university will definitely provide full funding. Please send a copy of my acceptance letter to the following person at the following address or (email) _______________________________________________________________________ 5. ____ I do not need funding. 20. Any other information you would like to communicate to us: ______________________________________________ From urpe at labornet.org Thu Jul 14 12:14:18 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:14:18 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] Starting Tonight- 3- Day Marxist Intensive "They Say Austerity, We Say Solidarity!" Message-ID: <3091813.1310667258522.JavaMail.root@mswamui-cedar.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 5474 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mail at thomaspalley.com Mon Jul 18 06:53:38 2011 From: mail at thomaspalley.com (Thomas Palley) Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:53:38 -0400 Subject: [URPE] ECONOMISTS FORUM OP-ED - Global minimum wage system Message-ID: <002a01cc4549$baed8840$30c898c0$@com> Dear URPE Friends and Colleagues, The FT Economists Forum today (July 18) published an op-ed of mine titled " A Global Minimum Wage System". I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to share it with others. Sincerely, Tom Palley Thomas Palley Associate, Economic Growth Program New America Foundation Tel: (202)-667-5518 e-mail: mail at thomaspalley.com www.thomaspalley.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7474 bytes Desc: not available URL: From deere at LATAM.UFL.EDU Tue Jul 19 20:28:03 2011 From: deere at LATAM.UFL.EDU (DEERE,CARMEN DIANA) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:28:03 +0000 Subject: [URPE] LSE school of econometrics Message-ID: <52C367CA7152AA4DBF37DAA3F9B625C00A06B6@UFEXCH-MBXN02.ad.ufl.edu> Dear all, A colleague in Cuba has asked me if I could locate someone with expertise in the general-to-specific modeling approach associated with the LSE school of econometrics who would be interested in doing a one to two week seminar on the topic at the University of Havana. The lectures could be in English. Any suggestions (with email contact) would be welcome. Please reply only to deere at ufl.edu. Best, Carmen Diana ******** Carmen Diana Deere Professor of Food & Resource Economics and Latin American Studies Grinter Hall 305 P.O. Box 115530 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611-5530 USA Tel: 1 352 273-4731 Fax: 1 352 392-7682 www.latam.ufl.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3052 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mdekadt at rcn.com Wed Jul 20 06:46:47 2011 From: mdekadt at rcn.com (Maarten de Kadt) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:46:47 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Suplement to classes with environmental concerns Message-ID: <003601cc46db$16916030$43b42090$@rcn.com> Dear friends, I'm proud to announce that my book: The Bronx River: An Environmental and Social History has just been published. In it I review the difficulty of reclaiming natural resources once destroyed; the history of industrialization along this 23 mile river; the work of community groups attempting to reclaim this natural resource; and the interrelation between clean water bodies and clean communities. Here is a brief description: The Bronx River flows from its source in Valhalla to its mouth, the East River in the Bronx. This waterway was used for centuries by Native American tribes for drinking, food and transportation, and they called it "Aquehung"-a fast stream flowing along a high bluff. After the arrival of Europeans, though, the Bronx River suffered as industry prospered; it powered mills and, unfortunately, became a dumping ground for all kinds of waste. Its appearance and ecosystem were forever changed. I use the story of this twenty-three-mile urban river as an exemplar of US industrial history, clean neighborhoods and their relation to clean water bodies, and democratic community decision making-all the while examining the difficulty of reclaiming natural resources that have once been contaminated. Today, community members are again attempting to alter the river, but this time for the better, by helping it recover. This small waterway influenced and was affected by the people around it. Warm regards, Marty ** ** Maarten de Kadt 345 8th Avenue 13F New York, NY 10001 212 255 4403 Contact me. I'll be happy to say more. From urpe at labornet.org Wed Jul 20 14:32:33 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:32:33 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] At the Brecht Forum: Spanish Classes/Poetry for the People/ The Pipeline and Fracking Message-ID: <8520385.1311193953879.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 39201 bytes Desc: not available URL: From christian.fuchs at uti.at Thu Jul 21 03:47:29 2011 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:47:29 +0200 Subject: [URPE] CfP: Marx is Back - The Importance of Marxist Theory and Research for Critical Communication Studies Today Message-ID: <4E27F5B1.4060300@uti.at> Marx is Back: The Importance of Marxist Theory and Research for Critical Communication Studies Today Call for Papers for a Special Issue of tripleC ? Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. Edited by Christian Fuchs and Vincent Mosco http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/uploads/CfP_Marx_tripleC.pdf For inquiries, please contact the two editors. In light of the global capitalist crisis, there is renewed interest in Karl Marx?s works and in concepts like class, exploitation and surplus value. Slavoj ?i?ek argues that the antagonisms of contemporary capitalism in the context of the ecological crisis, the massive expansion of intellectual property, biogenetics, new forms of apartheid and growing world poverty show that we still need the Marxian notion of class. He concludes that there is an urgent need to renew Marxism and to defend its lost causes in order to render problematic capitalism as the only alternative (?i?ek 2008, 6) and the new forms of a soft capitalism that promise, and in its rhetoric makes use of, ideals like participation, self-organization, and co-operation, without realizing them. ?i?ek (2010, chapter 3) argues that the global capitalistcrisis clearly demonstrates the need to return to the critique of political economy. G?ran Therborn suggests that the ?new constellations of power and new possibilities of resistance? in the 21st century require retaining the ?Marxian idea that human emancipation from exploitation, oppression, discrimination and the inevitable linkage between privilege and misery can only come from struggle by the exploited and disadvantaged themselves? (Therborn 2008, 61). Eric Hobsbawm (2011, 12f) insists that for understanding the global dimension of contemporary capitalism, its contradictions and crises, and the persistence of socio-economic inequality, we ?must ask Marx?s questions? (13). This special issue will publish articles that address the importance of Karl Marx?s works for Critical Media and Communication Studies, what it means to ask Marx?s questions in 21st century informational capitalism, how Marxian theory can be used for critically analyzing and transforming media and communication today, and what the implications of the revival of the interest in Marx are for the field of Media and Communication Studies. Questions that can be explored in contributions include, but are not limited to: * What is Marxist Media and Communication Studies? Why is it needed today? What are the main assumptions, legacies, tasks, methods and categories of Marxist Media and Communication Studies and how do they relate to Karl Marx?s theory? What are the different types of Marxist Media/Communication Studies, how do they differ, what are their commonalities? * What is the role of Karl Marx?s theory in different fields, subfields and approaches of Media and Communication Studies? How have the role, status, and importance of Marx?s theory for Media and Communication Studies evolved historically, especially since the 1960s? * In addition to his work as a theorist and activist, Marx was a practicing journalist throughout his career. What can we learn from his journalism about the practice of journalism today, about journalism theory, journalism education and alternative media? * What have been the structural conditions, limits and problems for conducting Marxian-inspired Media and Communication Research and for carrying out university teaching in the era of neoliberalism? What are actual or potential effects of the new capitalist crisis on these conditions? * What is the relevance of Marxian thinking in an age of capitalist crisis for analyzing the role of media and communication in society? * How can the Marxian notions of class, class struggle, surplus value, exploitation, commodity/commodification, alienation, globalization, labour, capitalism, militarism and war, ideology/ideology critique, fetishism, and communism best be used for analyzing, transforming and criticizing the role of media, knowledge production and communication in contemporary capitalism? * How are media, communication, and information addressed in Marx?s work? * What are commonalities and differences between contemporary approaches in the interpretation of Marx?s analyses of media, communication, knowledge, knowledge labour and technology? * What is the role of dialectical philosophy and dialectical analysis as epistemological and methodological tools for Marxian-inspired Media and Communication Studies? * What were central assumptions of Marx about media, communication, information, knowledge production, culture and how can these insights be used today for the critical analysis of capitalism? * What is the relevance of Marx?s work for an understanding of social media? * Which of Marx?s works can best be used today to theorize media and communication? Why and how? * Terry Eagleton (2011) demonstrates that the 10 most common held prejudices against Marx are wrong. What prejudices against Marx can be found in Media and Communication Studies today? What have been the consequences of such prejudices? How can they best be contested? Are there continuities and/or discontinuities of prejudices against Marx in light of the new capitalist crisis? All contributions shall genuinely deal with Karl Marx?s original works and discuss their relevance for contemporary Critical Media/Communication Studies. Eagleton Terry. 2011. Why Marx was right. London: Yale University Press. Hobsbawm, Eric. 2011. How to change the world. Marx and Marxism 1840-2011. London: Little, Brown. Therborn, G?ran. 2008. From Marxism to post-Marxism? London: Verso. ?i?ek, Slavoj. 2008. In defense of lost causes. London: Verso. ?i?ek, Slavoj. 2010. Living in the end times. London: Verso. Editors Christian Fuchs is chair professor for Media and Communication Studies at Uppsala University?s Department of Informatics and Media. He is editor of the journal tripleC ? Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. His areas of interest are: Critical Theory, Social Theory, Media & Society, Critical Political Economy of Media/Communication, Critical Information Society Studies, Critical Internet Studies. He is author of the books ?Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies? (Routledge 2011) and ?Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age? (Routledge 2008, paperback 2011). He is co-editor of the collected volume ?The Internet and Surveillance. The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media? (Routledge 2011, together with Kees Boersma, Anders Albrechtslund, Marisol Sandoval). He is currently writing a book presenting a critical theory of social media. http://fuchs.uti.at Vincent Mosco is professor emeritus of sociology at Queen's University and formerly Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society. Dr. Mosco is the author of numerous books on communication, technology, and society. His most recent include Getting the Message: Communications Workers and Global Value Chains (co-edited with Catherine McKercher and Ursula Huws, Merlin, 2010), The Political Economy of Communication, second edition (Sage, 2009), The Laboring of Communication: Will Knowledge Workers of the World Unite (co-authored with Catherine McKercher, Lexington Books, 2008), Knowledge Workers in the Information Society (co-edited with Catherine McKercher, Lexington Books, 2007), and The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace (MIT Press, 2004). He is currently writing a book on the relevance of Karl Marx for communication research today. Publication Schedule and Submission Structured Abstracts for potential contributions shall be submitted to both editors (christian.fuchs at im.uu.se, moscov at mac.com) per e-mail until September 30th, 2011 (submission deadline). The authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to write full papers that are due five months after the feedback from the editors. Full papers must then be submitted to tripleC. Please do not instantly submit full papers, but only structured abstracts to the editors. The abstracts should have a maximum of 1 200 words and should be structured by dealing separately with each of the following five dimensions: 1) Purpose and main questions of the paper 2) Description of the way taken for answering the posed questions 3) Relevance of the topic in relation to the CfP 4) Main expected outcomes and new insights of the paper 5) Contribution to the engagement with Marx?s works and to Marxian-inspired Media and Communication Studies Journal tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, http://www.triple-c.se Focus and Scope: Critical Media-/Information-/ Communication-/Internet-/Information Society-Studies tripleC provides a forum to discuss the challenges humanity is facing today. It publishes contributions that focus on critical studies of media, information, communication, culture, digital media, social media and the Internet in the information society. The journal?s focus is especially on critical studies and it asks contributors to reflect about normative, political, ethical and critical implications of their research. Indexing: Scopus, EBSCOHost Communication and Mass Media Complete, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Open Access: tripleC is an open access journal that publishes articles online and does not charge authors or readers. It uses a Creative Commons license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License) that allows reproduction of published articles for non-commercial purposes (without changes of the content and only with naming the author). Creative Commons publishing poses a viable alternative to commercial academic publishing that is dominated by big corporate publishing houses. -- Prof. Christian Fuchs Chair in Media and Communication Studies Department of Informatics and Media Uppsala University Kyrkog?rdsgatan 10 Box 513 751 20 Uppsala Sweden christian.fuchs at im.uu.se Tel +46 (0) 18 471 1019 http://fuchs.uti.at http://www.im.uu.se NetPolitics Blog: http://fuchs.uti.at/blog Editor of tripleC: http://www.triple-c.se Book "Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies" (Routledge 2011) Book "Internet and Society" (Paperback, Routledge 2010) From al at economics.utah.edu Sat Jul 23 15:44:22 2011 From: al at economics.utah.edu (Al Campbell) Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:44:22 -0600 Subject: [URPE] SC elections, Business Meeting and Membership Meeting Message-ID: July 23, 2011 Dear URPE members, This is a report on the procedures adopted at the Spring Steering Committee meeting for elections to the Steering Committee and an explanation of our thinking on this. Most importantly, it is also a call for participation in the SC by URPE members. If you are interested in joining the process now going on of building a renewed URPE in the face of the deepest economic/social crisis we have seen in the US since the Great Depression, you can announce your candidacy this fall. As in the recent past, elections will be held by mail. The period for accepting nominations will run from October 1 to November 18 (a subsequent reminder will be sent out), and ballots will be sent out right after that. Nominations will be taken at the Business Meeting following the Brooklyn Conference, the Membership Meeting at the ICAPE Conference (both discussed further below), and by email to the National Office. As always, self nomination by URPE members are welcomed (also called volunteering). Since the birth of URPE, we have always had yearly elections to the URPE SC in connection with the Summer Conference with its Business Meeting. Several years ago we moved to having the election by mail following the conference. As you all know, this year there will be no Summer Conference, and so we needed to decide what made sense for the elections. The formal democratic side of the process, which is so important to maintain, actually requires little change, since we are already doing it by mail anyway. An equally important part of real as opposed to merely formal democracy, of course, is promoting and supporting broad participation. We will send out a notice calling for volunteers to step forward to join the SC as we do every year, on the listserve and in the Newsletter. But experience has shown that we get the most response from personal appeals such as at the Summer Conference. With this in mind the Spring SC meeting decided that this year we had the opportunity to directly appeal to a larger group of URPE members than we have been able to at recent Summer Conferences by proceeding this year as follows. A note has already gone out to all of you on this listserve concerning URPE's Brooklyn Conference. This will occur October 1, and will be followed on Sunday morning October 2 by a discussion of URPE's future and the yearly URPE Business Meeting. Given that this is not over the summer, which in recent years seemed to have been a problem for many URPE members to make, we hope this change will somewhat increase the number of URPE members we can talk to directly about participating in the SC. Then in addition, we will have a fortuitous opportunity this year to directly appeal to many URPE members who attend the academic events that URPE participates in such as the ASSAs and the Easterns. The umbrella organization of heterodox economics associations, ICAPE, will be having a conference this November 11 - 13 at Amherst. We will have a Membership Meeting of all URPE members (and those interested in URPE) at that conference. In the first instance this meeting will be to briefly update this section of URPE on the new activities that URPE has been recently launching. But beyond that, this meeting, like the meeting in October, will be for gathering from everyone attending their ideas on what URPE could and should be doing to serve political economists and help build radical political economy. In that framework, we will again also use this meeting to be able to directly and personally appeal to people to step forward and join the SC. This process of reaching out for direct contact with more different sections of URPE will be continued in 2012 when the Business Meeting for that year will occur at the URPE at ASSA meetings in January. One final comment. The Steering Committee consists of 12 members. Members are elected for three year terms, and so we target to have 4 of them come up each year for re-election. Due to the usual random fluctuations this year there will be six slots to fill. But somehow that seems appropriate - that as we step further into these new times, we do so with a SC with half of its members freshly elected. For the SC, Al Campbell From claudioleonel at gmail.com Mon Jul 25 13:35:01 2011 From: claudioleonel at gmail.com (Claudio Fernandez Macor) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:35:01 -0300 Subject: [URPE] Help to marxist course Message-ID: Dear URPE members I am preparing a quarterly course on introduction to Marxist economics to a University in Argentina. Can you help with programs or syllabi on this subject? Thanks. Claudio Fernandez Macor -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The successful candidate should be able to design and teach interactive and dynamic courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels that incorporate theory and practice; have expertise in, and be able to teach courses on, governance, democracy, and development; and be able to teach a jointly developed multidisciplinary course in international development, or/and micropolitics of development, or/and research methods. Interested candidates should send a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, evidence of teaching effectiveness, copies of relevant publications, and a graduate school transcript. All application materials can be sent by email or paper mail. Please address materials to idsearch at american.edu (Subject: line: ID 2012 Search) or Chair, International Development Faculty Search Committee, School of International Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8071. Consideration of applications will commence on September 16, 2011 (note: this is not the deadline) and will continue until the position is filled. The multi-disciplinary faculty of the School of International Service includes more than one hundred full-time, highly productive scholar-teachers in the fields of comparative and regional studies, global environmental politics, international communication, international development, international economic relations, international peace and conflict resolution, international politics, and United States foreign policy. The International Development Program, founded in 1975, is one of the best established such programs in the US. It is distinguished by its consistent scholarly and applied focus on the interrelated challenges of poverty, inequality and marginalization. The Program includes eight core faculty, offers two Masters degrees, and an undergraduate and doctoral concentration. See our website at http://www.american.edu/sis/id/ for further details on the International Development Program American University is an EEO/AA institution committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3860 bytes Desc: not available URL: From randy.albelda at gmail.com Tue Jul 26 15:15:12 2011 From: randy.albelda at gmail.com (Randy Albelda) Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:15:12 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Job listing for New Economics Institute In-Reply-To: <05A96470B375A643BA104E342D6F335E0148380E42FA@EXVMBX016-4.exch016.msoutlookonline.net> References: <05A96470B375A643BA104E342D6F335E0148380E42FA@EXVMBX016-4.exch016.msoutlookonline.net> Message-ID: <4E2F2E60.6070009@gmail.com> **Hi, Below is a job listing for New Economics Institute. Please do NOT respond to me but rather the e-mail at the bottom of this listing. Regards, Randy Albelda *New Economics Institute Seeking President* The New Economics Institute (NEI) is an independent think-and-do tank dedicated to transforming the economic paradigm now prevailing in the United States. It seeks to forge the policies and practices needed for an economy that puts people and planet first and gives priority to sustaining human and natural communities. Mainstream policy-makers, businesses, and even many reformers are still prisoners of old economic assumptions, which cannot address the twenty-first century challenges of society and environment at home and abroad. www.neweconomicsinstitute.org Working under the belief that we live in a world of growing and converging crises, NEI's work begins with the recognition that current patterns of economic activity are degrading the ecosphere and are fundamentally unsustainable, that our way of life is not providing basic requirements for large segments of humanity, that crippling inequality and poverty are growing here in the United States, and that rising opulence for the few is failing to lead to higher levels of wellbeing for all. New ideas and initiatives are urgently needed, and NEI intends to contribute importantly to this goal, amplifying and framing a growing new economy movement. An outgrowth of the 30-year-old E. F. Schumacher Society, NEI is working in close partnership with the 25-year-old New Economics Foundation in London, which has already found success in creating new economy models, to leverage and expand upon the programs developed in the United Kingdom. Further, NEI's Board of Directors includes prominent thought leaders in many relevant fields. The new President will join NEI at a critical time in its evolution to promote the mission, build the organization, nurture relationships nationally and internationally, and implement programs that establish NEI as a force driving an understanding, appreciation and acceptance of the principles undergirding a new economy. S/he will bring the characteristics and experiences needed to help NEI achieve an ambitious but essential agenda: to go beyond questioning the current economic model and begin to develop and promote a new one, transforming traditional definitions of progress and exploring areas of priority and policy where transformative change is now essential. *TO APPLY* Applications -- including a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications, your resume, salary history and where you learned of the position -- should be sent to: nei-ceo at nonprofitprofessionals.com . -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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He agreed -- but the condition was that the busiensses had to agree to share profits with the city in the future if their take exceeded current projections. Who was he - anyone know of articles about him and his gimmicks? Others may have done similar things to retrieve subsidies needed to attract economic activity when the businesses may have been viable anyway or when the subsidy was only needed if the business did not work out as well as investors hoped. Now we have business requests for interest rate buydowns to lower the cost of loans for energy efficiency, for renewables or for cogeneration plants. The investments may seem marginal at current energy prices, but would be "home runs" if fossil fuel energy costs rose as fast and as high as many of us expect them to do. I need examples of the prior types of recoveries to get some cities with millions to spend on buydowns to offer them. (Loan guarantees can't substitute -- this is ARRA DOE money that rules out loan guarantees.) Thanks! Peter Meyer 502-435-3240 if you want to call me. From jw10 at soas.ac.uk Thu Jul 28 04:32:01 2011 From: jw10 at soas.ac.uk (John Weeks) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:32:01 +0100 Subject: [URPE] please circulate Message-ID: Few have noticed that total output of the UK economy declined in the second quarter (only services, largely financial, increased). I have a comment on this, link below. Politicians Keeping Promises: UK Output Declines http://jweeks.org Telephones {NEW MOBILE] (44) 07905 099836 land lines: (44) 0207 693 0385 (44) 01730 823556 From laurietjohnson at gmail.com Thu Jul 28 09:48:50 2011 From: laurietjohnson at gmail.com (Laurie Johnson) Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:48:50 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Director of Climate Research Job announcement In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI; please circulate. *ClimateWorks Foundation * *Director of Research * *San Francisco, California * *Full Time * *About the Organization * ClimateWorks is a worldwide network of philanthropic and non-governmental organizations whose mission is to support public policies that prevent dangerous climate change and catalyze sustainable global prosperity. Our goal is to inspire the adoption of policies that limit annual global greenhouse gas emissions to 44 billion metric tons by the year 2020 (25% below projections) and to 35 billion metric tons by the year 2030 (50% below projections) in order to ensure that global average temperatures do not increase by more than 2? centigrade?a threshold that most climate scientists describe as a dangerous tipping point. To achieve this objective, ClimateWorks promotes smart government policies that reduce reliance on carbon-intensive energy sources; rapidly deploy clean, efficient energy technologies and low-carbon infrastructure; and reduce the rate of deforestation in the world?s largest, most threatened tropical forests. We prioritize this work in the nations, regions, and economic sectors responsible for most greenhouse gas emissions, thus increasing our chances of success. The ClimateWorks Network includes thirteen institutions: ? *The ClimateWorks Foundation *manages the Network, conducts in-depth policy research and economic analyses, raises needed funds, and sets funding priorities based on the most urgent challenges and largest opportunities for reducing emissions. ? *5 Regional Climate Foundations *manage grant portfolios in priority regions, focusing on local and regional politics and campaign-style advocacy. They draw on deep, in-country political expertise and understanding of local conditions to lay the groundwork for policy victories. ? *7 Best Practice Networks *put world-class knowledge to work in the sectors responsible for most greenhouse gas emissions. The policy analysts, technology experts, and former regulators who staff Best Practice Networks are deeply embedded in the policymaking process and know how to work with decision makers to ensure policy efficacy. This collection of organizations composes the ClimateWorks Network and works to pursue coordinated strategies and to share information and tools to increase effectiveness. *Director of Research * The ClimateWorks Foundation is seeking a Director of Research to lead its four-person research team. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Director of Research will design and manage complex research projects, providing leadership and coordination among ClimateWorks staff, Best Practice Networks and Regional Climate Foundations, and external decision-makers. The Director will work on both country-specific projects and those of international scope, and will excel at translating academic and quantitative analyses into business and policy solutions. The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional communication skills, a natural ability for quantitative analysis, and a proven understanding of energy research and policy. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional who has a keen sense of how to focus and translate energy and climate research so that it will affect policy. *Primary Duties and Responsibilities * The Director of Research will perform the following and other duties as assigned: ? Design and manage complex research projects, providing leadership and coordination among ClimateWorks staff, Best Practice Networks and Regional Climate Foundations, and external decision-makers. ? Direct the Global Research team through all stages of the research process, including research scoping, methodology development, data analysis, and synthesis. ? Oversee the development of quantitative and analytical reports and research products. ? Assist the CEO in developing the research agenda and creating work plans for research projects. ? Manage the research team and external consultants in preparing polished presentations of the research team?s findings. ? Present the research in articles and talks in forums around the world. ? As needed, provide research and analysis to inform the work of the Foundation?s development, communications, and strategic planning teams. *Qualifications * The successful applicant will have the following minimum qualifications: ? 5+ years of experience in research and/or consulting and 3+ years as a research/consulting manager ? Excellent research skills and the ability to balance rigorous quantitative research with practical application ? Understanding of energy modeling; ability to detect patterns and interpret data in the context of large scale energy systems ? Excellent management and interpersonal skills ? Exceptional writing, editing and communications skills ? Solid quantitative skills; experience guiding a team to conduct modeling and other analytical work ? Experience working in service to a broad range of clients and/or stakeholders ? Foreign language skills a plus ? Advanced degree or equivalent (quantitative background preferred; economics, public policy coursework helpful) ? Passion for environmental issues ? Willingness to travel internationally *Compensation and Benefits * ClimateWorks Foundation offers an excellent benefits package and a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience. This position will be located in San Francisco, CA. * * *To Apply * To be considered for this position, interested candidates must follow the link below to submit a resume, cover letter, and salary requirements. CEA Recruiting is assisting the ClimateWorks Foundation with its search for a Director of Research. Please direct all applications and inquiries to CEA Recruiting. This position will remain open until filled. http://www.ceaconsulting.com/what/position_details.aspx?client=CEA&jobId=163 *The ClimateWorks Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. * *CEA Recruiting works with leading environmental nonprofits, foundations, and businesses to recruit top talent and design effective organizational staffing strategies. For more information, visit www.cearecruiting.com.* -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Gallagher guardian.co.uk Thursday 28 July 2011 16:03 BST President Obama has the economic and moral high ground on the debt ceiling debate ? but won't take it. With an eye next year's elections, the Republicans are putting Obama on the defensive by using the debate to paint Obama as a big spending Democrat. Let's get the facts straight on a few things: the Republicans are largely responsible for the debt problem because they spent too much and taxed too little during the Bush years; and austerity economics doesn't bring economic growth. Why don't we hear that from the White House? John Maynard Keynes taught us that the future is uncertain and so governments need to prepare for economic downturns, because private markets won't. He said, "The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity." That means reducing spending and increasing taxes during growth spurts, and lowering taxes and increasing spending during recessions. Contrary to Republican rhetoric, it is the Republicans under George Bush who brought the nation into unsafe debt territory during one of the most significant economic booms of our lifetimes. George Bush entered the White House inheriting a budget surplus and a manageable debt burden. As economist Menzie Chinn has shown, when Bush took office he inherited a public debt to GDP ratio at just 34%. But Bush forced through tax cuts for the rich and increased spending on a war that no other country would pay for ? and increased the debt ratio by 17 percentage points to a concerning 51%. The Republicans handed the Obama administration an economic crisis andan empty hand in terms of the ability to pay for needed fiscal stimuli to recover from the crisis. Nevertheless, Obama did the right thing, albeit too modestly, and put forth a $700bn stimulus package that at least kept us from the abyss. The stimulus package and other spending by Obama only increased the debt ratio by 13 percentage points (compared to the 17 points under Bush) and was more economically justified, given the crisis. The bulk of evidence shows that austerity economics does not bring growth during a downturn. Anew IMF study looks at the experience with austerity in industrialised countries from 1978 to 2009, and finds that for every 1% of GDP in budget cutting, GDP is reduced by close to two-thirds of a percentage point and the unemployment rate increases by one third of a percentage point. The one study (pdf) that rightwing pundits like to cite as evidence that austerity brings growth turns out to be flawed. Arjun Jayadev and Mike Konczal unpacked the study by Alberto F Alesina and Silvia Ardagna that claims that slashing deficits is associated with economic expansion and reductions in overall debt levels. Jayadev's and Konczal's closer look at the data finds the reverse: "when countries cut in a slump, it often results in lower growth and/or higher debt-to-GDP ratios." Now that government spending has declined by the most since 1983, unemployment is increasing rather than decreasing in the United States. The Republicans had their chance for austerity but got greedy; now, the mess needs to be cleaned up. We need further stimulus and a long-term plan to narrow the deficit ? which can only be narrowed by strong growth and increased revenue. The Republicans were wrong to spend and tax cut during the Bush years. They are wrong now to say that budget-cutting ? and perhaps even a default, as some in the Tea Party caucus are advocating ? will put the US back on track. And Obama and the Democrats are wrong to agree with them. guardian.co.uk ? Guardian News and Media Limited 2011 Read other Gallagher columns in The Guardian Follow Kevin P. 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Mainstream policy-makers, businesses, and even many reformers are still prisoners of old economic assumptions, which cannot address the twenty-first century challenges of society and environment at home and abroad. www.neweconomicsinstitute.org An outgrowth of the 30-year-old E. F. Schumacher Society, NEI is working in close partnership with the 25-year-old New Economics Foundation in London, which has already found success in creating new economy models, to leverage and expand upon the programs developed in the United Kingdom. Further, NEI's Board of Directors includes prominent thought leaders in many relevant fields. The new President will join NEI at a critical time in its evolution to promote the mission, build the organization, nurture relationships nationally and internationally, and implement programs that establish NEI as a force driving an understanding, appreciation and acceptance of the principles undergirding a new economy. S/he will bring the characteristics and experiences needed to help NEI achieve an ambitious but essential agenda: to go beyond questioning the current economic model and begin to develop and promote a new one, transforming traditional definitions of progress and exploring areas of priority and policy where transformative change is now essential. REQUIREMENTS: Successful track record fundraising, prior experience managing staff, passion around new economy thought, able to travel internationally, based in New York City TO APPLY: Please send a cover letter describing your interest and qualifications, your resume, and salary history to: nei-ceo at nonprofitprofessionals.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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You can find the Call for Applications attached and also below. We would be grateful for your collaboration in circulating this Call to the relevant people and groups within your reach. Best Regards, Organizing Committee ?pek ?lkkaracan Ajas (Co-Coordinator, GEM-Europe Istanbul Workshop and Symposium 2011, Istanbul Technical University) Rania Antonopoulos (Co-Director GEM-IWG, Levy Institute of Economics) Nilufer Cagatay (Co-Director GEM-IWG, University of Utah) Ozge Izdes (Co-Coordinator, GEM-Europe Istanbul Workshop and Symposium 2011, Arell University) Ewa Ruminska-Zimny (Co-Coordinator, GEM-Europe Warsaw Workshop and Conference 2012, Warsaw School of Economics) GENDER, MACROECONOMICS AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP (GEM-IWG) GEM-EUROPE and GEM-TURKEY Knowledge Networking and Capacity Building Program on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics 1st European Regional Intensive Workshop and Symposium October 9 - 17, 2011 Hosted by Women?s Studies Center in Science, Engineering and Technology (WSC-SET) Istanbul Technical University (ITU), ?stanbul, TURKEY in partnership with ITU WSC-SET, Warsaw School of Economics, Gender and Economic Equality Program at the Levy Economics Institute, University of Utah, Department of Economics and UNDP with support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation, UNDP and IDRC GEM-IWG, along with GEM-Europe and GEM-Turkey, is pleased to announce its European regional program on knowledge networking and capacity building on gender, macroeconomics and international economics. This program aims to facilitate the integration of a gender perspective into macroeconomic research and policy formulation in Europe with a special focus on the transition and emerging economies in Eastern and Southern Europe, the Balkans as well as the Caucasus and Central Asia. The purpose of the program is to create a knowledge network of economists in these regions. Key activities of the 2011 regional program consist of a) an intensive workshop to be held in Istanbul on October 9th through 15th, and b) a symposium to be held in Istanbul on October 17th on ?Engendering Macroeconomic Policy in the Periphery of Europe?. Up to thirty fellows will be admitted to the program. Eligibility: The program is for economists in academia, research institutions, government, civil society organizations and in international development institutions. Partial or full funding will be available for up to 20 fellows. The fellows of the program will be required, at a minimum, to have completed two years of study in an economics Ph.D. program and have passed their qualifying exams, or have its equivalent such as a master?s degree in economics. Funding priority will be given to those who are: a) residents or citizens of and/or those who are active in research or policy formulation on gender, macroeconomics and international economics in the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Residents and citizens of other countries in Europe, in particular Ireland, Portugal and Spain, are welcome to apply but will not have funding priority. These requirements may be waived only under exceptional circumstances. The program will be conducted in English. Final selection criteria will include the objective of achieving gender balance and country balance in the composition of fellows. The current initiative expands upon and contributes to long-standing efforts undertaken by GEM-IWG, an international network of over 400 economists from over 70 countries. GEM-IWG was formed in 1994 for the purpose of promoting research, teaching, policy making and advocacy on gender equitable approaches to macroeconomics, international economics and globalization. The Knowledge Networking Program was launched by GEM-IWG, in 2003. It has been supported by the Ford Foundation, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs, Division for the Advancement of Women, UNDP and UNIFEM. The Program has two objectives: (a) to build capacity in research, teaching, policy making and advocacy in this area; (b) to increase knowledge networking by strengthening the links among practitioners working on gender, macroeconomics and international economics. (see www.genderandmacro.org for details). GEM-IWG, which has formed an invaluable resource base of economists from around the world on gender-equitable approaches to macroeconomics, international economics and globalization, will serve as a jumping board to start a similar process in the region and is intended to result in the strengthening of a regional network. Similar regional initiatives have emerged from GEM-IWG, such as theGEM-Latin America and the Caribbean, GEM-Africa and GEM-Asia regional groups. Applications must be received by August 8th, 2011, but will be processed as they are received. Only completed applications will be reviewed. Those accepted to the program will be informed by August 15th, 2011. Please see further below for application requirements and application form. COMPONENTS OF THE PROGRAM The fellows are expected to complete the full program which consists of the following three components: 1) The Self-study Module will introduce the fellows to basic concepts of feminist economics and to basic concepts of feminist approaches to macroeconomics and international economics. It will also include broader critical analyses of the regional economy and its institutions, the origins and causes of the current region-specific topics of crisis. Those participating in the course will be expected to have completed the self-study module. Completion of the self-study module will ensure that all the fellows start from a common knowledge baseline and that they will have had a chance to do the readings before participating in the one-week course. 2) The Intensive Workshop which will take place October 9 - 15, 2011 at Istanbul Technical University?s Maslak campus in Istanbul, will address the problems posed by the self-study component at a more advanced level. It will consist of lectures by the instructors, discussion sessions and presentations by the fellows. The process will be participatory. The fellows will have an opportunity to meet with the instructors individually to discuss their research or teaching projects. A subset of the instructors will be available to act as mentors and interested fellows will be assigned a mentor during the program. Fellows will be encouraged to work in a specific research area of interest to them in macroeconomics or international economics during the course. This may be related to a country that they are familiar with; the process may be used to lead up to a research proposal; it may entail a policy briefing, ideas for curriculum development or a book review. The fellows will be expected to make a presentation on their research topic or on any other related topic that they have expertise on. They are expected to form sub-regional or thematic groups to promote knowledge sharing in research, teaching, and policy?making beyond the duration of the program. Examples of such groups formed during the past cycles of the Global GEM-IWG programs include: GEM group on Time Use, Social Accounting Matrices and CGE Modeling, GEM group on Gender and Poverty, GEM group on Gender Responsive Budgets, GEM group on Gender and Taxation, GEM group on Globalization, Labor markets and Gender Inequity, GEM group of Economists for Full Employment and Employer of Last Resort, as well as the regional GEM groups mentioned above. The fellows will have an opportunity to meet and interact with some of the fellows from the past cycles during the course and the conference. 3) The Symposium on ?Engendering Macroeconomic Policy in the Periphery of Europe? will take place on October 17, 2011 also at Istanbul Technical University?s Maslak campus. The fellows are expected to attend the symposium, which will be open to all other researchers/academics, policy-makers/bureaucrats, members of NGOS and the media. Detailed information on course content, list of instructors, purpose of the course as well as the symposium program will be posted on the Istanbul GEM workshop and symposium web site which can be reached via www.kaum.itu.edu.tr/en/. For information on GEM courses and conferences for previous cycles, please visit www.genderandmacro.org. COSTS OF ATTENDANCE AND FUNDING Up to twenty fellows will be funded. For the fellows who are fully funded by the program, the following will be provided: economy round trip air travel, accommodation and meals during the workshop and the symposium, instruction, course materials and symposium participation. Fellows who are self-funded (or partially self-funded) need to cover the costs of accommodation and meals (1200 euros for 9 nights); instruction, course materials and symposium participation (2,400 Euros), and cost of their air travel and local transportation. APPLICATION PROCEDURES ? The deadline for the completed applications is August 8, 2011. ? Kindly note that for applications to be processed all required documents must be submitted simultaneously via e-mail. Application requirements are: a) The completed application form for admission (see www.kaum.itu.edu.tr/en/) b) A Curriculum Vitae c) A personal statement which should include a description of the applicant?s background and current work in economics, interest and/or background in gender studies, background and /or interest in macroeconomics, background and/or interest in international economics, motivation for taking the course, how s/he plans to use the knowledge, skills and networks gained in the program, and how s/he expects to contribute to the course and more generally to knowledge networking in the future. This statement should be between 500-750 words. The statement should address all these areas. d) A letter of recommendation from someone who is familiar with the applicant?s work in economics. e) For those whose main language of instruction during their education was not English, some proof of English proficiency test (e.g., TOEFL) will be preferable, but other proof may be accepted (e.g. a sample of written work in English). f) For applicants who are currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program or who have obtained a Ph.D. or M.A. degree in the last two years, a copy of their transcripts in the Ph.D. or the M.A. program. Items a ? c (the application form, C.V., personal statement) should be sent by the applicant to admin at gem-europe.org via email; item d (the recommendation letter (a signed and scanned copy written on the person?s institutional letterhead) should be sent by the recommender to admin at gem-europe.org via email, with a subject line ?recommendation for Mr., Ms. ???. In addition, a pdf copy of items e - f (proof of English proficiency and transcripts in cases which are relevant) should be sent again to admin at gem-europe.org by the applicant. Please contact the Program Coordinators Ipek Ilkkaracan Ajas (ilkkaracan at itu.edu.tr) or Ozge Izdes (izdes at economics.utah.edu). Knowledge Networking Program on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics 1ST European Regional Intensive Workshop and Symposium: October 9 - 17, 2011, Istanbul APPLICATION FORM 1. Full legal name (Last, First, Middle)_________________________________________________ 2. Mailing Address ________________________________________________________________ 3. Permanent address (if different) ___________________________________________________ 4. Current place of employment or current university and program at which you are enrolled _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Telephone: Home ______________________________________________________________ Work ________________________________________________________________________ Mobile _______________________________________________________________________ 6. E-mail address ________________________________________________________________ 7. Fax Number __________________________________________________________________ 8. Skype name_________________________________________________________________ 9. Date and Place of birth__________________________________________________________ 10. _ Female _ Male 11. Citizenship ____________________________________________________________________ 12. Country of permanent residence (if different from country of citizenship) ____________________ 13. Educational History (beginning with the current or the most recent institution attended; please add lines as necessary) Name and location of institution Degree acquired Years of enrollment 1. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 2. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 3. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 14. Employment History (beginning with the current or the most recent employer; please add lines as necessary) Name and location of employer Position held Years of employment 1. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 2. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 3. ___________________ ______________ ________________ 15. Native Language (s) ___________________________ Other languages ______________________________ If English is not your native language, please check if applicable English was a medium of instruction in my graduate program____ I have taken an English proficiency test and my score was _____ 16. Name, title, affiliation, address and e-mail address of person who will write your recommendation letter. Name: Title: Affiliation: Address: e-mail: 17. How did you hear about the program? 18. Do you have any special needs? (please note that your special needs will not have an impact on your chance of admission. It is for our information so that we can be prepared to meet your needs in case you do attend the program.) 19. Funding for attendance (please check where applicable) 1. ____ I will need full funding. 2. ____ My employer or university may provide partial or full funding. Please send a copy of my acceptance letter to the following person at the following email address _______________________________________________________________________ 3. ____ My employer or university will definitely provide partial funding. The amount or the nature of funding is (e.g. travel, accommodations or an amount in USD equivalent) as follows: Amount: US $___________ covering ______________________________________________ Please send a copy of my acceptance letter to the following person at the following email address _______________________________________________________________________ 4. ____ My employer or university will definitely provide full funding. Please send a copy of my acceptance letter to the following person at the following address or (email) _______________________________________________________________________ 5. ____ I do not need funding. 20. Any other information you would like to communicate to us: ______________________________________________ From urpe at labornet.org Mon Aug 1 13:25:13 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:25:13 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] At the Brecht: Spanish Classes/Fracking and NYC/ Pontecorvo's Burn! Message-ID: <20179503.1312226713652.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I?argue that the?absurd squabble over the National Debt -- and yesterday's debt ceiling deal -- are destructive and?almost entirely beside the point.??Our top priority -- and?that?of the President and Congress --?ought to be?reducing the Jobs Deficit.? Cutting the budget ?deficit?during a time of?high unemployment is terrible idea. ????More generally, I argue that deficits are routinely?mis-characterized and misunderstood:?borrowing today ?to support state investment (job creation, infrastructure, education) can be a? gift ?to?future generations, who may well enjoy higher incomes and a richer?array of opportunities in the future. All the best, Tim Koechlin Director International Studies Program Vassar College -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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John Weeks -- Current commentary: Obama and the Weimar Republic & 2 articles in the Social Europe Journal http://jweeks.org Other email: johnweeks at jweeks.org Telephones {NEW MOBILE] (44) 07905 099836 land lines: (44) 0207 693 0385 (44) 01730 823556 From tstenn at keene.edu Mon Aug 8 19:58:54 2011 From: tstenn at keene.edu (Tamara Stenn) Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 21:58:54 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Please Post: fair trade and solidarity economy Message-ID: Please Post: fair trade and solidarity economy I recently finished by doctoral work on the Effect of Fair Trade on indigenous women and am interested in continuing to work academically in Fair Trade and Solidarity Economy. I've presented in Mexico and (soon) Canada. I am interested in contacting academics who are working in similar areas or who are interested in my providing presentations or projects in that area. My location is in (southern) Vermont. I can skype, and have power point presentations I can offer. Thanks! Tamara Stenn Keene State College Adjunct Professor: Integrative Studies, Economics, Management, Fair Trade Doctoral Candidate SCI 183, Mailstop 2001 Keene, NH 03435-1301 Cell: 802-579-3386 tstenn at keene.edu "The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles." - Mahatma Gandhi "Reasoning is a robust source of hope and confidence in a world darkened by murky deeds - past and present." - Amartya Sen -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3716 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dollars at dollarsandsense.org Tue Aug 9 06:53:47 2011 From: dollars at dollarsandsense.org (Dollars & Sense) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:53:47 -0400 Subject: [URPE] heterodox books from Dollars & Sense Message-ID: Add some excitement to your syllabus this fall! Dollars & Sense textbooks and anthologies bring the real world into your classroom, with clearly-written research and analysis that places economics in context, challenges the assumptions of mainstream academic theories, and empowers students to think about alternatives to the prevailing system. These affordable, engaging readers will animate your classroom discussions and help your students see how their textbooks relate to the important economic events around them. View the complete catalog at dollarsandsense.org/bookstore.html, or click here to order examination copies: www.dollarsandsense.org/examcopies.html New for the fall semester: Real World Labor , 2nd edition. Edited by Immanuel Ness, Amy Offner, and Chris Sturr. Publication date: April 2011. $34.95. With more than 80 articles by leading writers and scholars of the labor movement, Real World Labor addresses recent changes in the nature of work and wages; discrimination by race, gender, and immigration status; militarism and its effects on the working class; union responses to the global financial meltdown; and new forms of rank-and-file organizing and resistance. Contributors include: David Bacon, Kim Bobo, Patrick Bond, Aviva Chomsky, Steve Early, Bill Fletcher Jr., Staughton Lynd, Frances Fox Piven, Robert Pollin, Paddy Quick, and many others. "For any labor studies course, Real World Labor is the most comprehensive and accessible book available today. Written by authoritative scholars of the labor movement in the United States and worldwide, no book compares to this work in its breadth of coverage and scope of analysis." --THOMAS J. KRIGER, National Labor College Other recent titles: Introduction to Political Economy, 6th Edition. 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Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 20974 bytes Desc: not available URL: From leefs at umkc.edu Tue Aug 9 15:08:09 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:08:09 -0500 Subject: [URPE] AFIT Student Paper Competition Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD159EB4BEF@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> The Association for Institutional Thought 2012 Call for Papers The 33rd annual meeting of AFIT will be held April 11-14, 2012 Houston, Texas Hyatt Regency, Houston In conjunction with the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) 54th Annual Conference Theme for the 2012 Conference: Institutionalism and Building a Better Future. Click here for more information. The Association for Institutional Thought Seventh Annual Student Scholars Award Competition The Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT) proudly announces the Seventh 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. Awards will be made to the three best papers. 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 54th Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency, Houston, April 11-14, 2012. Winners will each receive: 1. $300 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 the special AFIT session in order to be eligible for the prize. Prizes will be presented during the AFIT Presidential Address Dinner. Application Procedures and Deadlines Papers must be between 15-25 pages in length, including references and appendices. They should be submitted electronically (preferably in Word format) by December 15, 2011 to: Daniel A. Underwood Professor, Economics & Environmental Science Peninsula College 1502 East Lauridsen Blvd. Port Angeles, WA 98362 USA E-mail: dunderwood at pencol.edu Winners will be notified by 1/15/12. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 10183 bytes Desc: not available URL: From raymondlotta at hotmail.com Tue Aug 9 17:10:33 2011 From: raymondlotta at hotmail.com (raymond lotta) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:10:33 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Debt ceiling debate, global economy and austerity - with working link In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: Dear Friends, This was posted a few days ago but the link to the article did not work. My apologies! Here is the corrected link to the recent interview I gave on the debt ceiling debate: http://revcom.us/a/241/raymond-lotta-debt-ceiling-debate-en.html Comments are welcomed. 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On any given day, more than two million individuals are incarcerated (either in jail or in prison) and as many as seven million individuals - roughly one out of every thirty-one adults - are under some form of correctional supervision (either incarcerated, on probation or on parole). Rates of incarceration among black men are particularly staggering: although they constitute less than ten percent of the U.S. population, they represent over thirty-five percent of the country's population behind bars. Given the devastating social and economic consequences of incarceration, it is no exaggeration to say that the prison both reflects and reproduces racial and class inequality. These facts have inspired a resurgence of critical attention in a wide array of disciplines to the causes, contours and consequences of America's imprisonment binge. This special issue of WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society will examine the wide-ranging implications of these trends for work, labor markets and the labor movement. It will both foreground the ways in which the politics of punishment are enmeshed with the politics of labor and shed a long overdue spotlight on the plight of some of society's most vulnerable workers (incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated). The guest editors of this issue will consider original empirical papers on a wide array of topics that address the intersection of labor and punishment. Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to: * The experiences of formerly-incarcerated individuals in the labor market and in the workplace * Collaboration or conflict between prisoner "re-entry" and movements for workplace justice * Prison guards' unions and the politics of imprisonment * Criminal background checks, employer discrimination and "ban the box" initiatives * Historical or contemporary analyses of prison labor * Organizing and collective actions of prisoners (protests, labor strikes, hunger strikes, riots) * Case studies of targeted apprenticeship or job-training/job-placement programs for formerly incarcerated individuals To be considered for this special issue, please email a copy of your paper to Gretchen Purser (gwpurser at maxwell.syr.edu), Daisy Rooks (daisy.rooks at mso.umt.edu) and Immanuel Ness (iness at brooklyn.cuny.edu) by December 1, 2011. 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Registration information is below. Marxian Economics (Econ 305) The UMass Amherst Department of Economics (www.umass.edu/economics) offers a unique online course in Marxian Economics (Econ 305). Professor Stephen Resnick developed online Marxian Economics based on his well-known and popular undergraduate course, which he has taught many years at UMass Amherst. The online version of Marxian Economics offers students an exciting opportunity to engage with other students from around the world in learning about and discussing the original and thought-provoking perspectives on Marxian social theory developed by Stephen Resnick and his colleague Richard Wolff. The instructor for the course will be a Ph.D. student in economics at UMass Amherst. The course combines reading, discussion, lecture, and writing for an interactive and enriching learning experience. Students will read Marx?s own writings and historical and contemporary interpretations. A series of video lectures by Professor Resnick illustrates concepts with examples, visual aids, and anecdotes refined over years of successful teaching. Instructor-guided participatory discussions promote interaction among students and critical thinking on the central themes of the course. Graded essays, exams, and participatory discussions help students organize and consolidate their knowledge. This intensive analysis addresses the central themes of Marxian social theory and economics: an understanding of the class process as the organization of surplus value; an analysis of the relationship between class and non-class processes using the concept of overdetermination; the epistemological foundations of Marxian theory (including a discussion of empiricism, rationalism, and dialectics); and other topics. The course ends with application of Marxian concepts to understand the stress and strain of US capitalism over the last four decades. Offered in Fall 2011 by instructor Hyun Woong Park. Enroll at www.UMassULearn.net or, for current UMass Amherst students, at spire.umass.edu. Questions? Email us: online at econs.umass.edu. Please circulate this announcement to anyone you think might be interested and email online at econs.umass.edu with questions. -- Michael Ash, Chair, Department of Economics Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 Email mash at econs.umass.edu Tel +1-413-545-3815 // Fax +1-413-545-2921 http://people.umass.edu/maash http://econs.umass.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please send your endorsement to Tom Pursey ( t.pursey at wdm.org.uk) of the World Development Movement staff, who is co-ordinating this letter. Could you please also make clear your title, full name and institution in your response? Thanks for your attention on this, Bob Pollin 7 October 2011 Dear G20 Finance Ministers, We write to you to urge you to commit with your counterparts to take effective action to curb excessive speculation on food commodities. Excessive financial speculation is contributing to increasing volatility and record food prices, exacerbating global hunger and poverty. While there are many pressures on food prices, fundamental changes in supply and demand cannot fully account for the dramatic price fluctuations that have occurred in recent years. In June, a report for the G20 by international organisations including the IMF and the OECD noted that "too much speculation can cause frequent and erratic price changes" in futures markets. It would appear that the enormous increase in commodity speculation since 2003 is unnecessary to meet hedging demand or promote pricing efficiency. In fact, excessive speculation undermines the price discovery function of futures markets, driving key commodity prices away from levels determined by supply and demand. Evidence from the UN Conference on Trade and Development suggests that financial speculators are less likely to base trading decisions on information regarding supply and demand and are more prone to herding behaviours than commercial traders. The High Level Panel of Experts on food security for the Committee on World Food Security at the FAO reported in July that "tighter regulation of speculation is necessary." The panel suggested that "Increasing transparency, by requiring exchange trading and clearing of most agricultural commodity contracts, and setting lower limits for noncommercial actors could be the first set of measures taken by the countries that house major commodity exchanges." Given the volume of off-exchange trading and the lack of public reporting from some commodity exchanges, increasing market transparency is vital, but will not go far enough to tackle excessive financial speculation. We therefore urge you to support the establishment of position limits to cap the proportion of agricultural commodity derivatives markets that can be held by financial speculators. Limits could be set at a level that would maintain sufficient liquidity in the markets while preventing an excessive concentration of purely financial actors. The US has already passed legislation including provisions to introduce such limits and the G20 should act to prevent regulatory arbitrage between exchanges. Position limits would be more effective in tackling excessive speculation than position management powers, which rely on the use of judgement by exchanges and provide little assurance that powers will be exercised effectively. Clear limits would provide regulatory certainty, promoting stable and sustainable derivatives markets to the benefit of food producers, consumers and broader economic stability. With around 1 billion people enduring chronic hunger worldwide, action is urgently needed to curb excessive speculation and its effects on global food prices. Yours sincerely, cc: Michel Barnier, European commissioner for internal market and services ************************************** Robert Pollin Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) Gordon Hall 418 N. Pleasant Street University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 577-0819 (office); (413) 577-0261 (fax) (413) 545-6355 (PERI office); (413) 549-8796 (home) PERI website: http://www.peri.umass.edu/ The attached letter is based on the following sources: . FAO, IFAD, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, WFP, the World Bank, the WTO, IFPRI and the UN HLTF (2011) Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets: Policy Responses . . High Level Panel of Experts on food security, FAO Committee on World Food Security (2011) Price volatility and food security. . UNCTAD (2011) Price formation in financialized commodity markets: the role of information. . UNCTAD (2008) Trade and development report. Chapter II: Commodity price hikes and instability. For further information about the World Development Movement's campaign, visit www.wdm.org.uk/food. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Web: http://www.umass.edu/economics/basu.html From jrcrotty at comcast.net Sun Aug 14 09:22:52 2011 From: jrcrotty at comcast.net (James Crotty) Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:22:52 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Paper on the 'austerity war' Message-ID: <4E47E84C.5090507@comcast.net> I have written a paper on the conflict over how to deal with the US deficit problem titled "The Great Austerity War: What Caused the Deficit Crisis and Who Should Pay to Fix It." It is available at http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/working_papers/working_papers_251-300/WP260.pdf. The paper interprets the current crisis as the latest phase in a decades-long effort by right-wing forces to destroy the modest form of social democracy or democratically controlled capitalism built in the US from the 1930s through the late 1970s, explains the causes of the current deficit crisis, and evaluates conflicting positions over how to respond to the crisis through an historical perspective. The paper is accessible to undergraduates. Jim Crotty -- James Crotty Professor Emeritus and Helen Sheridan Memorial Scholar Economics Department UMASS Amherst jrcrotty at comcast.net Home Phone: 413-253-7644 From urpe at labornet.org Mon Aug 15 12:53:20 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:53:20 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] At the Brecht This Week: Arna's Children/Black Power Mixtape/ Black August Benefit Show Message-ID: <7320195.1313434401184.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To that end, they have drafted a letter to the G20 Finance Ministers, and they are asking for endorsements. Lastly, in the Heterodox Websites and Associates, you will find three interesting blogs and the launch meeting report of the African Association for Promoting Political Economy (AAPPE). In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers 3rd Annual Young-Scholar Conference: "The Dynamics of Normative Orders" 4th Economic Development International Conference of GRETHA/GRES 8th Critical Labour Studies Symposium AFIT 2012 Conference AFIT Seventh Annual Student Scholars Award Competition International Conference: The Labor of Multitudes? Political Economy of Social Creativity Intervention: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies - Special Issue on Post-Keynesian and Institutional Political Economy JSHET Conference 2012 ?conomia Special Issue on Economic Imperialism Palgrave-MacMillan Book Series: Basic Income Guarantee WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society Special Issue on Labor and Punishment Call for Participants 15th Conferene of the Research Network Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM) FMM Introductory Lectures on Post-Keynesian Economics Economic Governance and Innovation: The Role of Institutions, Product Market Competition and Networks HETSA 2012, Schumpeter Society Conference 2012, and Australian Conference of Economists 2012 Marxian Economics: An online course from UMass Amherst developed by Stephen Resnick Knowledge Networking and Capacity Building Program on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics Job Postings for Heterodox Economists American University, USA ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco, USA M.E. Sharpe, Inc., USA New Economics Institute University of Alaska Southeast, US Conference Papers, Reports, and Articles Keynes & Commodity Speculation: Interview to Cristina Marcuzzo in Australia URPE: David Gordon Lectures Heterodox Journals American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 70(3): July 2011 Historical Materialism, 19(2): 2011 History of Economics Review, 53: Winter 2011 Industrial and Corporate Change, 20(4): August 2011 Journal of Economic Issues, 45(2): June 2012 Journal of Institutional Economics, 7(3): September 2011 Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 33(4): Summer 2011 Mother Pelican: A Journal of Sustainable Human Development: August 2011 ?conomia ? History /Methodology/Philosophy, 1(2): June 2011 Revista de Econom?a Critica, 11: 2011 Science & Society, 75(2): April 2011 Heterodox Newsletters CCPA National Update Development Viewpoint #65 EPI News Global Labor Column IDEAs, July 2011 Levy News IIPPE in Brief July 2011 NEF e-letter Heterodox Books and Book Series Heterodox Books from Dollars & Sense Heterodox Books from Edward Elgar Heterodox Books from ZED Publishers Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality The Global Minotaur Market Liberalism, Growth, and Economic Development in Latin America Modern Political Economics: Making Sense of the Post-2008 World Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism Representing Capital: A Reading of Volume One Socially Unblanced Europe: Socio-Political Proposals in Times of Crisis What Every Environmentalist Needs To Know about Capitalism Heterodox Book Reviews 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown Green Economics: Confronting the Ecological Crisis International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption Corruption, Development and Institutional Design Marx and Philosophy Review of Books Heterodox Graduate Programs, Scholarships, and Grants Institute for New Economic Thinking: Fall 2011 Grants Cycle Joint PhD program on ?Economic Development: Analyses, Policies, and Theories?, University of Macerata and University of Camerino, Italy Heterodox Web Sites and Associates African Association for Promoting Political Economy (AAPPE) Blog: The Commons Sense L. Randall Wray's Bolg: Great Leap Forward Yanis Varoufakis' Blog Queries from Heterodox Economists Fair Trade and Solidarity Economy For Your Information Australian Survey on Undergraduate Economics All Cambridge Journals are free to access for 6 weeks LSE Keynes vs Hayek Letter from Economists on Commodity Speculation New Film About the Dubious Economics of Canada-EU Free Trade Routledge Political Economy Collection: Free access World Economic Association Update Report Work Forum: Spreading awareness of policies promoting full employment -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Deepankar From jw10 at soas.ac.uk Mon Aug 15 11:17:05 2011 From: jw10 at soas.ac.uk (John Weeks) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:17:05 +0100 Subject: [URPE] Please circulate: How to calculate the US deficit Message-ID: If my comment on the debt interested you, try this one on the deficit. http://jweeks.org/35%20Measuring%20US%20deficit.html There is a pdf link for those who want a hardcopy. -- Current commentary: How to calculate the US deficit 2 articles in the Social Europe Journal http://jweeks.org Other email: johnweeks at jweeks.org Telephones {NEW MOBILE] (44) 07905 099836 land lines: (44) 0207 693 0385 (44) 01730 823556 From soapbox at comcast.net Tue Aug 16 12:39:02 2011 From: soapbox at comcast.net (Ruth Indeck) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:39:02 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Speaker needed -- woman active in women's movement in NJ during Viet Nam era Message-ID: <4E4AB946.8050407@comcast.net> This is not our usual economics speaker request, but I thought URPE might have some women who went to school in NJ during the Viet Nam war, and were active in women's rights issues. Katie Henry is looking for the following: Each year the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation hosts an all day Forum for teachers on the Vietnam era. This year the Forum will take place on Friday, October 21, 2011 in Holmdel, NJ. The title is "Unrest in the Garden State: Student Activism during the Vietnam Era." The Forum has a keynote speaker and three panels on different topics: Civil Rights, Women's Rights, and the Vietnam War. The panels consist of three panelists that are experts in the field and/or have first hand experience with the topic. I am looking for a woman who was involved in women's rights demonstrations as a student in New Jersey during the Vietnam era. This woman will talk about her experience for 10-15 minutes and answer questions following the panel. I need two woman to fill this role. The third confirmed panelist is a research librarian from Douglass College at Rutgers University who has studied extensively women's rights. Attached is a registration form for more information. There is no cost to attend as a panelist. I am having an extremely hard time finding anyone who fits this role. If you or someone you know could speak on your experience please contact me via the information below. Thank you so much! Katie Kathleen Henry Director of Programs and Museum Content New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation Vietnam Era Museum& Educational Center P.O. Box 648, 1 Memorial Lane Holmdel, New Jersey 07733 P: 732.335.0033 x104 F: 732.335.1107 khenry at njvvmf.org www.njvvmf.org From jatapia at isr.umich.edu Mon Aug 15 07:59:35 2011 From: jatapia at isr.umich.edu (Jose Tapia) Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:59:35 -0400 Subject: [URPE] =?iso-8859-1?q?Announcement=3A_=22La_Gran_Recesi=F3n_y_el_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?capitalismo_del_siglo_XXI=22_and_=22Statistical_Evi?= =?iso-8859-1?q?dence_of_Falling_Profits_as_Cause_of_Recession=22?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <57FB79AC7A8713428736C8FA2BD20C640D41A07E@isr-mail1.ad.isr.umich.edu> This is just to announce that the book La Gran Recesi?n y el capitalismo del siglo XXI that I authored with Rolando Astarita (a lecturer at the Universidad de Buenos Aires) has been just published in Spain by Libros de la Catarata (Madrid). The subtitle of the book is "Teor?as econ?micas, explicaciones de la crisis y perspectivas de la econom?a mundial" [Economic theories, explanations of the crisis and perspectives of the global economy]. I believe the book can be purchased online. Though the book is focused on the world economy, the main analyses concern the US economy. I would like also to announce that my "Statistical Evidence of Falling Profits as Cause of Recession: A Short Note", which is forthcoming in Rev Radical Polit Econ is available as unformatted manuscript at http://sitemaker.umich.edu/tapia_granados/files/statistical_evidence_of_falling_profits.pdf Jos? A. Tapia Granados, MBBCh, MPH, Ph.D.(Econ) Assistant Research Scientist, The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Room 3320 426 Thompson Street, P.O. Box 1248 Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248 Phone: (1) (734) 763-0447 Fax: (1) (734) 936-0548 e-mail: jatapia at umich.edu http://sitemaker.umich.edu/tapia_granados/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7605 bytes Desc: not available URL: From soapbox at comcast.net Tue Aug 16 14:49:28 2011 From: soapbox at comcast.net (Ruth Indeck) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:49:28 -0400 Subject: [URPE] =?windows-1252?q?From_June_Zaccone=3A_Federal_Debt=3A_Who_?= =?windows-1252?q?Ran_up_the_Bill=3F_Who=92ll_Pay_It=3F?= Message-ID: <4E4AD7D8.6000400@comcast.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 5946 bytes Desc: not available URL: From juliohuato at gmail.com Fri Aug 19 08:50:10 2011 From: juliohuato at gmail.com (Julio Huato) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:50:10 -0400 Subject: [URPE] From NSSR Economics List: Faculty search Message-ID: This may be of interest to URPE members: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: GF Economics Secretary Date: Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:29 PM Subject: Message from Chair re faculty search To: econlist To the New School Economics community, I am pleased to announce that the Economics Department will be searching to fill two faculty lines this year, one at the senior level (Associate or Full Professor) and one at the junior level (Assistant Professor).? Attached please find the job ad that will appear in the September issue of the AEA?s Job Openings for Economists.? Please distribute the ad widely. Students who would like to provide input to the search process should contact their ESU representatives. The Department has a busy and exciting year ahead.? We look forward to a very successful search process. Sincerely, Will Milberg Professor and Department Chair * * * E00 Macroeconomics D00 Microeconomics J00 Labor and Demographic economics J15 Economics of Minorities and Races J16 Economics of Gender O1 Economic Development B5 Current Heterodox Approaches L00 Industrial Organization N00 Economic History B00 History of Economic Thought B4 Economic Methodology The Department of Economics, The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts, is seeking an Associate or Full Professor with tenure and an Assistant Professor, tenure track. Salary will be commensurate with experience and achievement. We seek scholars with a commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching and to continuing economic research productivity. Applicants should conduct research in one or more of the fields listed and be interested in broadening current economic theories to meet the great challenges of the 21st century. We welcome applications from scholars working in all traditions of economics. To be considered please apply at: careers.newschool.edu. Include a cover letter indicating knowledge of the unique profile and history of The New School Economics Department, your c.v., a sample paper, teaching evaluations, and three letters of reference. Applications should be received by November 15th for full consideration. Contact: Economics Search Committee, Dept. of Economics, The New School for Social Research, 6 E. 16th Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10003 or econsearch at newschool.edu. For more information about the Department of Economics and Eugene Lang College, see http://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/ and http://www.newschool.edu/lang/. We encourage applications from individuals who belong to groups underrepresented in higher education. The New School is an equal opportunity employer. The New School is committed to maintaining a diverse educational and creative community, a policy of equal opportunity in all its activities and programs, including employment and promotion. The New School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran or marital status. Individuals from groups historically under-represented in higher education are encouraged to apply, as are international candidates. Job approval is pending budgetary approval. From al at economics.utah.edu Fri Aug 19 13:36:36 2011 From: al at economics.utah.edu (Al Campbell) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:36:36 -0600 Subject: [URPE] Syllabi Message-ID: Dear URPE members, If you are looking for ideas for your non mainstream courses about now, the syllabi section on the URPE Website continues to slowly expand. 17 new ones just went up from last Spring (OK, I am a bit slow ....), giving us about 80, with 5 in Spanish. Check them out, you will find some very interesting material there. Open the main page www.urpe.org, then "Resources for Teachers, Researchers & Activists" in the left column, then "Syllabi" in the left column. In late November I will send out a note asking for syllabi you have from this Fall (giving you some time to get the bugs out ....), but those of you who actually get everything into finished form before classes start can send them to me (English or Spanish) anytime (al at economics.utah.edu), and I will put them into a file until I upload them all in early November. For the URPE Steering Committee, Al From g.m.hodgson at herts.ac.uk Sun Aug 21 04:05:37 2011 From: g.m.hodgson at herts.ac.uk (Hodgson, Geoffrey M) Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:05:37 +0100 Subject: [URPE] JOIE-ful News Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to announce that the Journal of Institutional Economics (JOIE), published by Cambridge University Press, has been selected by Thomson Reuters for these listings: ? Social Sciences Citation Index? ? Journal Citation Reports/ Social Sciences Edition ? Current Contents?/Social and Behavioral Sciences This was also formerly referred to as ?ISI Listing.? It is the international equivalent of AAA credibility ranking for a journal. In addition, Thomson Reuters began indexing with V.5 (1) 2009, which means that JOIE should have its first Impact Factor? (IF) in June 2012 when the 2011 IFs (based on articles published in 2009 and 2010) are published. I wish to thank everyone involved with JOIE, and all JOIE authors for their excellent submissions. Together our hard work has given JOIE a new international profile. JOIE is now a leading and established outlet for the development of institutional economics. Best wishes Geoff Hodgson JOIE Editor in Chief Geoffrey M Hodgson Research Professor University of Hertfordshire Business School www.geoffrey-hodgson.info -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 8057 bytes Desc: not available URL: From bpie at umd.umich.edu Tue Aug 23 20:03:00 2011 From: bpie at umd.umich.edu (Bruce A Pietrykowski) Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:03:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [URPE] Warren Samuels (1933-2011) Message-ID: <1047206807.679661.1314151380124.JavaMail.root@scotland.its.umd.umich.edu> Dear URPE Members, ? I just wanted to pass along this announcement from the Association for Social Economics (below) about the passing of a true friend of heterodox economics. ? Warren Samuels, a champion of heterodox economics and one of the world?s leading scholars of economic thought and methodology died on August 17. ? While?my encounters with Warren were few and far between, for me they were always rich and rewarding. ? To my mind Warren was the epitome of a mensch ? warm, caring, thoughtful and humble. ? Warren?s intellectual energy made him a veritable force of nature. ? I will miss him. ? Bruce Pietrykowski ? With great sadness, we report that Warren Samuels passed away August 17 at home in Gainesville, Florida. Warren was a highly respected and extensively published historian of economic thought, economic methodologist, and expert on the economic role of government. He was a long-time member of the Association for Social Economics, a member of the editorial board of the Review of Social Economy, president of the ASE in 1988, and a 1997 Divine Award recipient. In his honor the ASE awards the Warren Samuels Prize at the Allied Social Sciences Association meetings in January for the best paper on social economics presented at the meetings. ? Warren Samuels was author or co-author of many books and scholarly papers, edited or co-edited a tremendous number of volumes, including a considerable amount of unpublished, archival materials, edited or co-edited Journal of Economic Issues, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, and the Journal of Income Distribution, was on the editorial boards of 22 journals, and edited or co-edited many book series. For the last number of years he worked at compiling and organizing every reference and interpretation of the invisible hand concept. Erasing the Invisible Hand: Essays on an Elusive and Misguided Concept in Economics will appear with Cambridge University Press in September. ? Warren will be remembered for his generosity and kindness towards those with whom he worked and interacted, for his tolerance, humanity, and concern for others, and for his intellectuality, openness, honesty, and his commitment to pluralism in economics. Many individuals and organizations benefited from his support, and the economics profession was fortunate to count him a member. ? Warren Samuels (1933-2011) -- Bruce Pietrykowski, Ph.D. Professor of Economics Director, Urban and Regional Studies Program Director, Center for Labor and Community Studies Department of Social Sciences University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 48128 313-593-9970 (office) 313-593-5096 (Department office) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Historical Materialism Book Series is looking for book proposals of the following type: - scholarly monographs on Marx and Marxism, or applications of Marxist methods to particular fields and issues - translations of works by non-anglophone Marxist writers - republications of Marxist classics with a new editorial apparatus - thematically coherent anthologies of Marxist texts Please send all proposals, with a full account of the proposed structure and argument of the proposed volume (including estimated total word length and delivery date), as well as its position in relation to the existing scholarship to: historicalmaterialism at soas.ac.uk PhD dissertations are welcome as long as the author is prepared to engage in rewriting to transform it into book form. All HM books are published in hardback form by Brill and in paperback format by Haymarket Books The HM Book Series is also looking for copy-editors and translators to collaborate with the publishing programme. Please send your CV to the aforementioned email. __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: * New Members 4 Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE A bad score is 579. A good idea is checking yours at freecreditscore.com. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 16068 bytes Desc: not available URL: From tstenn at keene.edu Wed Aug 31 14:17:58 2011 From: tstenn at keene.edu (Tamara Stenn) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:17:58 -0400 Subject: [URPE] seeking funding for Fair Trade research Message-ID: Hello; I need help for finding funding for further research on indigenous women producers: conducting impact and comparative studies of economic and QoL impacts. I'm seeking about $10,000 - $15,000 (ideally) to cover a summer's worth of Fair Trade research in Bolivia and Peru. I can write up a formal proposal with all costs, travel, per diem, transportation, etc. I have funded my own study of indigenous women working in Fair Trade over 15 years for my doctoral research. My completed dissertation is "Comercio Justo and Justice - the effects of Fair Trade on Bolivian Indigenous Women" I am writing several academic journal articles about my findings and am presenting my findings at several international economic conferences/meetings (Mexico, Canada, Washington, DC, Amherst, MA, Chicago...). My work is interdisciplinary - economics and anthropology. I want to continue this study in three ways - making comparative studies of semi-rural Andean women and trade. 1. Expand the study to Peruvian knitters as a comparative study across countries (but not cultures) - I have personally worked with Peruvian knitters for 5 years. 2. Examine the new constitutional Bolivian Fair Trade model and its local impact (and comparing it to the local impact of the global fair trade model on the same population - semi-rural Andean women). 3. Compare Bolivia's informal economy production with Fair Trade production (semi-rural Andean women knitters). I worked for two years as a consultant and business developer at Bolivia's Chamber of Small Business (CADEPIA) within Bolivia's informal sector and have engaged with trade in that sector for 15 years. I need funding for these studies - where can I find some? I would love to conduct my studies from May - August 2012. I then want to continue publishing the work academically - but also to write a book about it too. Suggestions? Thanks! Tamara Stenn, DA Keene State College Adjunct Professor: Integrative Studies, Fair Trade, Economics SCI 183, Mailstop 2001 Keene, NH 03435-1301 Cell: 802-579-3386 tstenn at keene.edu "Solidarity does not assume that our struggles are the same struggles, or that our pain is the same pain, or that our hope is for the same future. Solidarity involves commitment, and work, as well as the recognition that even if we do not have the same feelings, or the same lives, or the same bodies, we do live on common ground." - Sarah Ahmed From soapbox at comcast.net Wed Aug 31 20:43:19 2011 From: soapbox at comcast.net (Ruth Indeck) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:43:19 -0400 Subject: [URPE] EC question on job creation and taxing the rich Message-ID: <4E5EF147.9010506@comcast.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please share it with others. Tom Palley Thomas Palley Associate, Economic Growth Program New America Foundation Tel: (202)-667-5518 e-mail: mail at thomaspalley.com www.thomaspalley.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7229 bytes Desc: not available URL: From heterodoxnews at gmail.com Mon Sep 5 14:38:21 2011 From: heterodoxnews at gmail.com (Heterodox Economics Newsletter) Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 16:38:21 -0400 Subject: [URPE] [HEN-URPE] Heterodox Economics Newsletter 119 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *Heterodox Economics Newsletter* Issue 119 | September 5, 2011 [Read HTML ] [Download PDF ] Editors' Note A new semester has begun and the Newsletter is now back on the regular three-week publication cycle. In this issue, lots of interesting new calls for papers/participants are listed. To highlight, there are two calls for papers challenging the crisis-prone capitalist system: that is, Cambridge Journal of Economics is asking you to submit enlightening papers on "the Future of Capitalism" and the ESHET 2012 Conference will be put together with the theme of "Designing and Transforming Capitalism ." The ASSA administration has just announced a preliminary program for the 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago. The registration and housing will open on September 13. When registering, keep in mind that you should select the Association for Social Economics membership box, otherwise your registration fee goes to the AEA. Also note that most heterodox sessions will be taking place at either Palmer House Hilton (URPE and IAFFE) or Swissotel (ASE, AFEE, and IAFFE). During the ASSA meeting, a Chicago-based heterodox economics department at Roosevelt University is cordially inviting you to a heterodox party. Check this out here . A couple of editorial notes are worth mentioning. After announcing an on-line heterodox economics course at the UMass-Amherst in the previous issue, we received a query about advertising on-line courses. We are happy to include such information in the Newsletter. Certainly it is a new and great opportunity for heterodox economics to reach students who otherwise have no chance to take it. Send us on-line course information if you have one. We often receive queries about announcing a new journal issue. We try not to miss any, but it is hardly possible for us to keep up with all the new issues. We do not actively look for the new issues, so ask that the editors and/or publishers of heterodox journals notify us once a new issue is published. And text format (html, doc, or rtf), rather than a pdf or picture, is preferred. Lastly, we are deeply saddened that Warren J. Samuels died on August 17. It is a great loss to our entire heterodox economics community. May he rest in peace. In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers IX International Colloquium: Inequality and Its Persistence Cambridge Journal of Economics: the Future of Capitalism European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) 2012 Conference Oeconomicus Workshop: Innovation, Philosophy, Scientific Realism and Methodology in Green Economics Call for Participants ASSA 2012 Preliminary Program, Registration, and Heterodox Party Center for Economic Stability Incorporated First Annual Meeting Economic Governance and Innovation: The Role of Institutions, Competition and Networks ICAPE 2011 Conference The Japan Society of Political Economy (JSPE) 59th Annual Conference London-bas ed Grundrisse reading group Making the Boom Pay... if not now, when? Workshop in Honour of Malcolm Sawyer Workshop: Building Consensus on Global Poverty Workshop: Financing the Transforma tion to a Zero Carbon Economy Job Postings for Heterodox Economists Al Quds/Bard Honors College, West Bank, Palestine Central College, US New School for Social Research, USA Texas Christian University, US University of Bayreuth, Germany University of the West of England, Bristol, UK Heterodox Journals Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(5): Sep. 2011 The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 22(2): July 2011 Economy and Society Journal of Institutional Economics Mother Pelican, 7(9): Sep. 2011 Ola Financiera, 10: Septiembre-Diciembre 2011 Review of Radical Political Economics, 43(3): September 2011 Heterodox Newsletters Global Labour Column IDEAs Levy News Heterodox Books and Book Series Confronting Managerialism Institutions, Human Development and Economic Growth in Transition Economies Historical Materialism Book Series looking for new projects Reassessing the Paradigm of Economics Heterodox Graduate Programs and Scholarships Honours and Masters programmes in Development Theory and Policy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg Heterodox Economics in the Media Palley: Euro bonds are not enough: Eurozone countries need a government banker Queries from Heterodox Economists Call for Guest Lecturers, City University London Job Creation and Taxing the Rich Seeking Funding for Fair Trade Research For Your Information Doug Henwood: David Graeber Interview on LBO Heterodox Syllabi by URPE Warren J. 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You can find the preliminary information about the ESHET 2012 Conference here: http://www.leontief.ru/inc2/articles/363/428/basket/presenteshet2.pdf There is another typo in the Newsletter: the IX International Colloquium: Inequality and Its Persistencewill be taking place in Graz, *Austria*, not Australia. We apologize for the confusion. ********* Dr. Tae-Hee Jo and Dr. Ted P. Schmidt, Editors Heterodox Economics Newsletter Economics and Finance Department SUNY Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 USA Newsletter Website: http://heterodoxnews.com Newsletter Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1858 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Tue Sep 6 09:46:53 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:46:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] Brooklyn Conference October 1 -- REGISTER NOW! 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Ron ________________________________ From: Thomas Palley To: urpe-announcements at lists.econ.utah.edu Sent: Sun, September 4, 2011 8:32:29 AM Subject: [URPE] Euro bonds are not enough Dear URPE Friends and Colleagues, Last Wednesday (August 31) the FT Economists? Forum published an op-ed of mine titled ?Euro Bonds Are Not Enough: Eurozone Countries Need a Government Banker?. Please share it with others. Tom Palley Thomas Palley Associate, Economic Growth Program New America Foundation Tel: (202)-667-5518 e-mail: mail at thomaspalley.com www.thomaspalley.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If any of you would be interested in participating, please contact Rubio and discuss it with him, at his email address which is include. In solidarity, Al ________________________________ From: Vicente Rubio [mailto:vrubiopu at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 1:13 AM To: Al Campbell Subject: Economy Forum at OccupyWallSt Sep 17th Dear Al, this is Vicente Rubio. I was part of the Left Forum 2011 organization, and we were in contact for some months at that time. Unfortunately, we couldn't meet in person at the Forum (I was really busy at that moment). I hope it does not bother you if I'm writing to you now concerning a different issue, but I think this could be of interest for you and URPE members. As you may know, there is a call to a demonstration next Saturday at Wall St. (see link below for further details). The organizing assembly is planning several activities for that day, from 12pm to 3pm at Chase Manhattan Plaza. This protest is coordinated with similar actions throughout the world (Frankfurt, London, Madrid and around 60 other places). Following initiatives in other cities, the OccupyWallSt assembly would like to organize an Economics teach-in on Saturday, organized around 5 main points: 1.- How does the stock market work, financial derivatives and their involvement in the prices of food and poverty all over the planet 2.- Debt. Productive economy vs financial economy 3.- Transnationals 4.-Tax havens 5.- Energy crisis and decreasement https://occupywallst.org/ The OccupyWallSt group is looking for economists interested in participating in this action. I think this could be of interest for URPE members. Please share this among your contacts and networks. If some URPE members (maybe those living in NYC) are interested, they can contact me by email at vrubiopu at gmail.com. 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Kind regards, Geoff Schneider Advanced Pedagogy and Course Design Workshop: Cutting Edge Teaching Techniques and Strategies for Pluralistic Economists Facilitated by Dr. Geoffrey Schneider, Professor of Economics and Director of the Bucknell University Teaching and Learning Center Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 8:30am-4:10pm Location: Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL Registration Fee: $25. Please make checks payable to: Teaching and Learning Center, Bucknell University. Note that you must submit the $25 registration fee to be guaranteed a spot in the workshop?space is limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Scholarships: A number of scholarships are available for graduate students and for untenured faculty who do not have financial assistance to attend the workshop. These scholarships have been generously provided by various heterodox associations, including URPE, AFEE, AFIT, ASE, and AJES. More details will be available shortly regarding the application procedure for scholarships. Overview: Most heterodox economists today end up working at teaching-oriented institutions. Thus, our success in the academy often depends significantly on our ability to teach successfully. This workshop is structured for heterodox graduate students and new faculty to give them a comprehensive background in advanced pedagogical techniques and strategies that will help them succeed in the classroom. Drawing on the latest pedagogical research, the workshop will cover constructing and meeting learning objectives, syllabus design, models for pluralistic teaching, active and collaborative learning techniques, and teaching controversial topics. 8:30-9:00 ?Registration; Pick up materials; Initial activity I. Course design 9:00-9:30 ?Designing first day activities: establishing Customs, Connections, Community and Curiosity. The first day of class sets the tone for the whole semester, and it is an opportunity to begin building the kind of classroom environment that you want. Participants will engage in a group activity modeling good first day activities, discuss best practices, and work on constructing their own activity that connects with their course material and that facilitates productive classroom interactions. 9:30-10:10 ?Constructing sophisticated learning objectives for an engaging, well-organized course Often the first thing that tenure and job search committees look at is your syllabus and its learning objectives. A well-organized course contains a coherent focus with sophisticated course-level learning objectives. Learning objectives should include the big ideas of the course, they should define what students should learn to do (e.g., solve a particular type of problem; understand the economic issues in a newspaper) and at what depth students should understand things. ?A course should also be broken down into objectives for major assignments which can be assessed. Participants will hear about best practices in constructing learning objectives and will construct some for their courses. 10:10-10:20 ?Break 10:20-10:50 ?Course rules vs. a Welcoming Syllabus We are often told that a syllabus is our ?contract? with the students. If we don?t have an iron-clad syllabus, we open ourselves up to students taking advantage of us. But many syllabi are lifeless and hectoring, written for the few bad apples instead of the many good students. We?ll work on creating a welcoming syllabus that also protects us from problem students. We?ll also consider designing a syllabus that serves as a useful study guide for students. This is important for pedagogical purposes and because constructing a welcoming syllabus can be quite useful for the job market and for the tenure process. 10:50-11:30 ?Meeting learning objectives: exams, papers and assignments that facilitate learning We all use exams, papers, assignments and other techniques for assessing how well students meet our learning objectives, but they can be dry and formulaic. We will work on constructing exams and assignments that actually help students learn material, and design rubrics to facilitate learning and to make grading easier and more systematic. 11:30-12:00 ?Bringing pluralism into the economics classroom I: models for pluralistic teaching Teaching heterodox material in the classroom can be complicated in that we sometimes face hostile colleagues or students. There are different methods for teaching heterodox economics, such as a heterodox-focused course, a multi-paradigmatic approach, or an implicitly pluralistic approach to the subject matter. Each of these comes with different opportunities and challenges. We will discuss the various approaches and determine which one suits our teaching environment and our personal style. Lunch Roundtable: Teaching environments facing pluralistic economists 12:00-1:30 ?Invited guest speakers talk about their experiences teaching heterodox economics. Panelists will include: Bob Prasch, Middlebury College; Martha Starr, American University; and more. Guest speakers will offer advice for new teachers of heterodox economics. They will discuss the challenges they have faced as teachers, both from colleagues and from students, and share some of their most effective teaching strategies. After the panelists finish brief presentations, we will have an open discussion. 1:30-1:40 ?Break 1:40-2:10 ?Pluralistic Teaching II: Strategies for Teaching Controversial Topics There is an art to teaching heterodox ideas in ways that are welcoming to students, even those who are the children of the bourgeoisie! We will discuss some classic strategies for teaching material that may seem quite controversial to many students. It is particularly important for heterodox economists to frame material so that they are seen as open-minded and fair. III. Classroom interactions 2:00-4:00 2:10-2:50 ?Active Learning Techniques for Economics Classes At teaching institutions today, the focus is on active, student-centered learning. We will focus on some classic active learning techniques to make the classroom more lively and to get students more engaged in the course material. 2:50-3:00 ?Break 3:00-4:00 Collaborative Learning Exercises for Economics Classes Some of the most exciting and innovative classroom exercises involve collaborative learning. During this part of the workshop, participants will participate in and learn about collaborative learning exercises designed for use in economics classes. They will begin adapting some cutting edge collaborative learning techniques for their classes. 4:00-4:10 Wrap Up and Workshop Evaluation About the workshop leader: Geoffrey Schneider received a BA from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. ?He is currently a Professor of Economics and Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Bucknell University. He has co-authored two textbooks, Introduction to Political Economy and Economics: A Tool for Critically Understanding Society, and authored or co-authored articles in the Journal of Economic Issues, The Review of Social Economy, The Review of Radical Political Economics, The Forum for Social Economics, and Feminist Economics. ?He is an award-winning teacher, author of several articles on pedagogy, and guest editor of two special issues of the Forum for Social Economics on Teaching Heterodox Economics. From leefs at umkc.edu Tue Sep 13 07:07:04 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:07:04 -0500 Subject: [URPE] ASSA registration - important In-Reply-To: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD159E6FF5C@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> References: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD159E6FF5C@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD159EB4DB6@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> Below is for all heterodox economists--note the issue of picket lines and picking up registration material at Swissotel or at the Palmer House. ________________________________ [cid:image001.jpg at 01CC71EC.1FC422F0] ATTENTION ASE MEMBERS: Registration for the ASE/ASSA Meetings to be held January 5-8, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois begins September 13, 2011. Please make your plans to attend. ASE Opening Plenary Session and Reception Thursday, January 5, 6:30 p.m. Swissotel, Grand Ballroom ROBERT SHILLER Yale University Finance and the Good Society Martha Starr, American University, Presiding Reception Immediately Following Click Here for the ASE Program Registration for the ASSA Meetings in Chicago will begin on Tuesday, September 13, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. Housing reservations can be made after registration is complete. The ASE sessions will be in the Swissotel. Registration may be completed at the AEA website http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting For questions contact: assa at vanderbilt.edu or 615-322-3509 Please note that Hyatt Regency workers have not had a contract for the last two years and may be picketing the Hyatt Regency. In order not to cross picket lines it is important that ASE members preregister and complete and return the form found on the AEA website asking that your conference materials be picked up at the Swissotel. Your materials will be at the Hyatt unless you complete and return the form to the AEA offices in Nashville. On-site registration is in the Hyatt and might mean crossing picket lines. All ASE sessions are in the Swissotel. Registration Packet Pickup at Satellite Location (email to: assa at vanderbilt.edu or fax to: 615?343?2986) I would like to pick up my preregistration packet at the following location, provided the dispute is not resolved by December 1st. _____ Swissotel _____ Palmer House (LERA, NEA and URPE Members only) Name: ___________________________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________________________ Affiliation (university or business) ______________________________________ Please note that the web site for ASE - www.socialeconomics.org also provides information for participation in several regional meetings. Click here for details. The CALL FOR PAPERS FOR 2012 includes the following: Eastern Economic Association - March 9-11, 2012, Boston, MA - Deadline for submission is October 17, 2011. Midwest Economics Association - March 30 - April 1, 2012, Evanston, IL - Deadline for submission is October 3, 2011. Western Economic Association - June 29 - July 2, 2012, San Francisco, CA - Deadline for submission is November 30, 2011. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 13193 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It is preferable, but not required, that the paper is presented at one of the ASSA sessions sponsored by the Association for Social Economics. Papers will not normally exceed 6,500 words (inclusive of references, notes), and should follow the style guidelines for the Review of Social Economy. The winner of the prize will be announced during the ASE presidential breakfast, to which the winner is invited. The winning paper may, subject to peer review, be published in a subsequent issue of the Review of Social Economy. The winner of the Warren Samuels Prize receives a $500 stipend. The selection committee consists of: A Past-President of ASE; A Co-editor of the Review of Social Economy (Chair); A member of the Editorial Board, Review of Social Economy. This prize is awarded to a paper, being presented at the January, 2012, ASSA meetings in Chicago, Ill., in sessions not restricted to sessions in the ASE programme. 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To participate one must be a current dues-paying member of URPE. Please send panel and/or paper proposals and any other inquiries to Scott Carter at URPE_at_EEA at yahoo.com. In solidarity, Scott From markb380 at newschool.edu Thu Sep 15 10:02:28 2011 From: markb380 at newschool.edu (brendan mark) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:02:28 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Looking for a definition of Neoliberalism Message-ID: Dear URPE, My name is Brendan Mark and I am working on a thesis this year looking at the Arab Spring. I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a good definition of Neo-liberalism and/or Neo-liberal policies. Thank you very much. Best, Brendan -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This position will support the undergraduate major and the Department's M.A. in Applied Economics, which focuses on urban and regional policy issues with a comparative international dimension. The M.A. program will open in fall 2012. We are interested primarily in applicants with teaching and applied research records in urban economics and policy issues?such as public finance or state and local finance, housing and real estate markets, economics of non-profits, and/or immigration/demography, with a comparative international focus. Exceptional applicants in other policy-relevant applied fields of research will also be considered. Additionally, the applicant is expected to demonstrate an ability to secure external funding. We are interested in candidates who include heterodox political economy, feminist approaches, applied policy analysis, or innovative methodologies in their research. Qualifications: candidates should have a successful teaching record and the capacity to contribute to undergraduate general education, the economics major and graduate instruction. Evidence of successful teaching with diverse students is highly desirable. Candidates must have completed the Ph.D. by no later than August 31, 2012. Evidence of progress towards an excellent scholarly record is necessary. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2011. We anticipate preliminary interviews at the ASSA meetings in Chicago. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, a sample of written work, and three current letters of recommendation to: Personnel Committee, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125-3393. Please include in your letter of application an explanation of how your work would complement the heterodox nature of the Department. UMass Boston is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Title IX employer. -- Randy Albelda Professor of Economics University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 02125 617-287-6963 randy.albelda at umb.edu From leefs at umkc.edu Fri Sep 16 13:22:19 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:22:19 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Next AHE 2012 Conf in Paris Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD159EB4E0B@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> Colleagues, Please go to the following link: http://www.assoeconomiepolitique.org/political-economy-outlook-for-capitalism/ to see the call for papers for the next Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) conference. It is being held jointly with the International Initiative for Promotion of Political Economy (IIPPE) and with the French Association of Political Economy and the Association of Heterodox Economists (FAPE). Apart from individual submissions the submission of panel proposals are encouraged. I am personally interested in developing some panels on heterodox microeconomics and country-specific social histories of heterodox economics. If you are interested, please e-mail me. Papers can be submitted to any of the three associations. This joint conference is a very important one in that it is designed to show that pluralist-heterodox economics is alive, well, and active and there is unity among pluralist and heterodox organizations. This is important because in Europe and especially in France, the state organizes economics and the appointment of economists in a way that generally excludes heterodox economists. So the conference is also a visible demonstration of the importance and vitality of pluralist heterodox economics. The Conference is supported by: European Research Network on Money, Banking and Finance Euro-Mediterranean Economic Research Development (DREEM) l'Association pour le D?veloppement des Etudes Keyn?siennes (ADEK) American Journal of Economics and Sociology It would be nice if other heterodox associations in Europe and around the world, various heterodox economics journals, publishers that produce heterodox economics books, and even departments that promote heterodox economics would show their support by making at least a small contribution to the conference. These contributions will be used to cover in part the travel, lodging, and food costs and conference fees for graduate/post-graduate students and paper presenters that need funding to participate in the conference. The importance of wide support is that it shows the extent that pluralist-heterodox economics exists-and also show that in this age of individuals it is possible to get by with a little help from friends. If you-that is associations, journals, publishers, and departments-are interested in making a contribution, please e-mail me (leefs at umkc.edu) or Bruno Tinel ( (bruno.tinel at univ-paris1.fr) or C?dric Durand (cdurand at ehess.fr). Paraphrasing various protest songs, I would like to see the CSE, AFEE, URPE, ASE, EAEPE, SHE, JSPE CJE, JPKE, ROPE, MESharpe, Routledge, UMKC, SOAS, Bremen, and many others in the lecture halls, on the street, in the caf?, and following Liberty to building a better heterodox economics: Liberty Leading the Heterodox Economists (People) [cid:image001.jpg at 01CC7478.694D8F90] Artist Eug?ne Delacroix Year 1830 Type Oil on canvas Dimensions 260 cm ? 325 cm (102.4 in ? 128.0 in) Location Louvre, Paris Fred Lee Professor Frederic S. 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Copies are US$12 each, post-paid, or $6.50 each for 5 or more copies mailed to the same address. (please add $2 for overseas postage). Checks made payable to IWW Kansas City GMB Ask for discounted rates for 25 or more copies Send all orders and queries to: Fred Lee, Kansas City GMB IWW, 5506 Holmes Street, Kansas City MO 64110 USA or email greaterkciww at gmail.com Ideal for tabling, workplace walls, and gifts. Every wage slave needs one! Fred Lee Professor Frederic S. Lee Editor, American Journal of Economics and Sociology President, Association for Institutional Thought Department of Economics University of Missouri-Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 USA E-mail: leefs at umkc.edu For Heterodox Economics Newsletter: http://www.heterodoxnews.com For the Association for Heterodox Economics: http://www.hetecon.com; http://www.hetecon.net International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE): http://icape.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 45070 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu Wed Sep 21 07:33:30 2011 From: mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu (mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:33:30 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Stony Brook How Class Works - 2012 conference call for proposals Message-ID: PLEASE POST AND FORWARD WIDELY HOW CLASS WORKS - 2012 CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS A Conference at SUNY Stony Brook June 7-9, 2012 The Center for Study of Working Class Life is pleased to announce the How Class Works ? 2012 Conference, to be held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, June 7-9, 2012. Proposals for papers, presentations, and sessions are welcome until December 12, 2011 according to the guidelines below. For more information, visit our Web site at < www.workingclass.sunysb.edu>. Purpose and orientation: The conference seeks to explore ways in which an explicit recognition of class helps to understand the social world in which we live, and ways in which analysis of society can deepen our understanding of class as a social relationship. Presentations should take as their point of reference the lived experience of class; proposed theoretical contributions should be rooted in and illuminate social realities. Presentations are welcome from people outside academic life when they sum up social experience in a way that contributes to the themes of the conference. Formal papers will be welcome but are not required. All presentations should be accessible to an interdisciplinary audience. Conference themes: The conference welcomes proposals for presentations that advance our understanding of any of the following themes. The mosaic of class, race, and gender. To explore how class shapes racial, gender, and ethnic experience and how different racial, gender, and ethnic experiences within various classes shape the meaning of class. Class, power, and social structure. To explore the social content of working, middle, and capitalist classes in terms of various aspects of power; to explore ways in which class and structures of power interact, at the workplace and in the broader society. Class and community. To explore ways in which class operates outside the workplace in the communities where people of various classes live. Class in a global economy. To explore how class identity and class dynamics are influenced by globalization, including experience of cross-border organizing, capitalist class dynamics, international labor standards. Middle class? Working class? What's the difference and why does it matter? To explore the claim that the U.S. is a middle class society and contrast it with the notion that the working class is the majority; to explore the relationships between the middle class and the working class, and between the middle class and the capitalist class. Class, public policy, and electoral politics. To explore how class affects public policy, with special attention to health care, the criminal justice system, labor law, poverty, tax and other economic policy, housing, and education; to explore the place of electoral politics in the arrangement of class forces on policy matters. Class and culture: To explore ways in which culture transmits and transforms class dynamics. Pedagogy of class. To explore techniques and materials useful for teaching about class, at K-12 levels, in college and university courses, and in labor studies and adult education courses. How to submit proposals for How Class Works ? 2012 Conference Proposals for presentations must include the following information: a) title; b) which of the eight conference themes will be addressed; c) a maximum 250 word summary of the main points, methodology, and slice of experience that will be summed up; d) relevant personal information indicating institutional affiliation (if any) and what training or experience the presenter brings to the proposal; e) presenter's name, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address. A person may present in at most two conference sessions. To allow time for discussion, sessions will be limited to three twenty-minute or four fifteen-minute principal presentations. Sessions will not include official discussants. Proposals for poster sessions are welcome. Presentations may be assigned to a poster session.Proposals for sessions are welcome. A single session proposal must include proposal information for all presentations expected to be part of it, as detailed above, with some indication of willingness to participate from each proposed session member.Submit proposals as an e-mail attachment to michael.zweig at stonybrook.edu or as hard copy by mail to the How Class Works - 2012 Conference, Center for Study of Working Class Life, Department of Economics, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384. Timetable: Proposals must be received by December 12, 2012. After review by the program committee, notifications will be mailed on January 17, 2012. The conference will be at SUNY Stony Brook June 7-9, 2012. Conference registration and housing reservations will be possible after February 20, 2012. Details and updates will be posted at http://www.workingclass.sunysb.edu. 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So, please keep your expectations low regarding video quality, etc. We are just trying to reach as larger an audience as possible for the transmission of discussions that promise to be of great interest to people in these challenging political and economic times. Best, Julio Huato From heterodoxnews at gmail.com Mon Sep 26 10:01:33 2011 From: heterodoxnews at gmail.com (Heterodox Economics Newsletter) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:01:33 -0400 Subject: [URPE] [HEN-URPE] Heterodox Economics Newsletter, No. 120 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Heterodox Economics Newsletter Issue 120 | September 26, 2011 [Read HTML ] [Download PDF ] Editors' Note The season of job searching and job opening has returned. H.E.N is the must-see source for new heterodox jobs. If you have a job for heterodox economists, send us an advert. There is no cost for including a job advert in the Newsletter (we often get a query about the cost of job announcement). As for the upcoming ASSA annual meetings, we have a couple of things to remind you. Firstly, if you have not registered, you'd better do it as soon as possible (go to: http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php). Also note that there may be a picket line at the Hyatt Regency, the headquarter of the ASSA. You can avoid crossing the picket line by requesting the ASSA administration that you will be picking up your registration packet at Swissotel or Palmer House. The request form is found here . Secondly, there will be a pedagogy and course design workshop for young heterodox economists (graduate students and untenured faculty) organized by Geoffrey Schneider (Bucknell University) on January 5, 2012 at Roosevelt University, Chicago. Check this out here and contact your own heterodox association (for example, URPE, AFEE, AFIT, ASE, and AJES) for funding your trip to Chicago in January. In spirit of solidarity, we will not repost Huffington Post's links in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter. This is because of the boycott of the Huffington Post by AFL-CIO affiliates unions, such as the National Writers' Union, UAW 1981. For further information on this go to: http://www.nwu.org/boycott-huffington-post. Finally, we'd like to call your attention to the protest that started last week to Occupy Wall Street . To protest bailouts, lack of jail time, etc., this group has established "residence" at Liberty Square in order to take back "our country" from financial interests. You can support the cause by donating food or money. Use the link provided to find out how. There is also a continuous live video stream on the web site. Keep it up! In solidarity, Tae-Hee Jo and Ted Schmidt, Editors Email: heterodoxnews at gmail.com Website: http://heterodoxnews.com ------------------------------ Table of Contents Call for Papers AHE-FAPE-IIPPE 2012 Joint Conference ASE at Eastern Economic Association 2012 Conference ASE at Midwest Economics Association 2012 Conference ASE at Western Economic Association International 2012 Conference Conference on Economic Philosophy The ESHET Istanbul Conference: Special Issue of EJHET The Green Economics Institute Workshop History of Economics as Culture 4th Workshop How Class Works 2012 Conference Labor Studies Journal - Special Issue on Labor and the Public Sphere URPE at Eastern Economics Association 2012 Conference 4th Economic Development International Conference of GREThA/GRES 6th Annual Conference on History of Recent Economics Call for Participants Advanced Pedagogy and Course Design Workshop: Cutting Edge Teaching Techniques and Strategies for Pluralistic Economists A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for the Next Generation 2011 E.L. ?Ted? Wheelwright Memorial Lecture Society for Women in Philosophy Conference Workshop in Honour of Malcolm Sawyer Research Network Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies (FMM) 15th Conference The Way Forward - Austerity or Stimulus? URPE Conference: War on the Working Class Job Postings for Heterodox Economists Bard College, The Levy Economics Institute, US Bard College, The Economics Program, US Hobart and William Smith Colleges, US Columbia University, US New Mexico State University, US Queen's University, Belfast, UK Trent University, Canada University of Massachusetts - Boston, US Whitman College, US York University, Canada Conference Papers, Reports, and Articles Critical Political Economy Geneva Conference Report Annual Conference of the EuroMemo Group Heterodox Journals American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 70(4): Oct. 2011 Challenge, 54(5): Sep.-Oct. 2011 Journal of Economic Issues, 45(3): Sep. 2011 Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 33(3): Sep. 2011 Journal of Institutional Economics, 7(3): 2011 MONETA E CREDITO, 64(254): 2011 PSL Quarterly Review, 64(257): 2011 Network of Industries Quarterly, 13(3): Sep. 2011 Real-World Economics Review, 57: Sep. 2011 Science & Society, 75(4): Oct. 2011 Socio-Economic Review, 9(4): Oct. 2011 Heterodox Newsletters GDAE News Global Laoubr Column EuroMemo Group nef-e-letter Levy News Heterodox Books and Book Series Africa?s Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent The Birth of Capitalism: A 21st Century Perspective Marx and Alienation: Essays on Hegelian Themes Remaking Scarcity: From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy Heterodox Book Reviews The Economist?s Oath: On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics The Institutionalist Movement in American Economics, 1918-1947: Science and Social Control Historical Materialism: New List of Books for Review Marx and Philosophy Review of Books Request for Review of Anarchism and Syndicalism... Heterodox Graduate Programs, Scholarships and Grants Joseph Rowntree Foundation Funding Opportunities (UK) Heterodox Web Sites and Associates Working Economics: New Blog by EPI Heterodox Economics in the Media Gallagher and Wise on The false promise of Obama's trade deals Wray and Kelton: What the Country Needs Is a New New Deal Stephen Dunn: Britain's life expectancy can be raised with a bit of Japanese-style nannying For Your Information A Good Studio in Paris (if you are visiting for a week or so) 2011 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition Film - Capitalism is The Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity HES "Best Article in the History of Economics" 2011 Nominations Excellence Award in Global Economics Affairs 2012 Haymarket Books 10th Anniversary Celebration IWW 2012 Labour History Calendar JSTOR announces availability of historical articles 2012 Leontief Prize Winners Warren Samuels Prize -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Research Fellows will be expected to pursue original research, publish consistently in international forums, teach two graduate seminars a year, and contribute to the institutional development of MISR as a premiere research institution in Africa. Applicants should have their Ph.D. by June, 2012 in an appropriate field. Research Fellows will be appointed for a three-year term, with the possibility of renewal. The appointments will begin in 2012 contingent upon final budgetary approval. Salary is competitive. Interviews of selected candidates will be held at the African Studies Association conference in Washington, D.C., in November, 2011, or later by appointment Applications will begin to be considered October 31, 2011. The search will remain open until the positions are filled. Applicants should send a letter of application, C.V., writing sample or published work, and three letters of recommendation to the MISR Director, Mahmood Mamdani, at director at misr.mak.ac.ug and mm1124 at columbia.edu. Please send application materials to both addresses. In addition, applications should be mailed to: Before December 1: Mahmood Mamdani 417 Knox Hall, MC9628 606 West 122nd St New York, NY 10027 USA After December 1: Director Makerere Institute of Social Research Plot 1, Makerere Hill Road P. O. Box 16022 Wandegeya, Kampala UGANDA For more information about the Makerere Institute of Social Research, please visit the website at http://www.misr.mak.ac.ug -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The paper is accessible to undergraduates. -- James Crotty Professor Emeritus Economics Department UMASS Amherst jrcrotty at comcast.net Home Phone: 413-253-7644 From soasevents at soas.ac.uk Mon Oct 3 05:39:46 2011 From: soasevents at soas.ac.uk (SOAS Events) Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 12:39:46 +0100 Subject: [URPE] Celebrating 50 years of Political Economy at SOAS, 12th Oct, 5:30pm. Message-ID: * Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Department of Political Economy at SOAS, I would like to invite you to a Celebration of the 50 years of Political Economy on 12th Oct 2011 at Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (10 Thornhaugh Street, London, WC1H 0XG). Further details are as below: **Time: *5:30 registration for 6 pm start *Contact details: *020 7898 4013; Email: soasevents at soas.ac.uk *Chair:* Prof Jan Toporowski *Panel: * Prof Graham Furniss: (Pro Director, SOAS) Prof Deborah Johnson (Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences) Prof Emeritus Terry Byres: The Political Economy of Agrarian Change Prof Costas Lapavitsas: Finance and Capital Prof Ben Fine: Mainstream Economics: Unfit for Purpose Prof Emeritus John Weeks: Contemporary Capitalism Prof Jan Toporowski (Head of Department: Future of Radical Economics at SOAS) *Description: * In 1962 Terry Byres joined SOAS, inaugurating an era of radical economics at the School. Over the next half century, an internationally renowned group of radical economists joined the Department of Economics. The School will celebrate the 50 productive and intellectually exciting years, and look forward to the next 50, by bringing together in one programme, past and present professors from SOAS radical economics. Their many accomplishments will be highlighted by displays of their many books. * You are also specially invited to a post-event drinks reception. Please circulate this to any other colleagues who might be interested. * Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. * * *Regards, * -- SOAS Events Team Tel: 020 7898 4013 Email: soasevents at soas.ac.uk Web: www.soas.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The two authors analyze the connections between economics& economic systems and climate change, energy sources& social movements. And you can hear the different ways the speakers used their microphones. WBAI is at 99.5 FM (right in the middle of the FM dial). You can hear it live at http://www.wbai.org Go to http://www.comicbookradioshow.com/ecoglold.html for the direct links to past episodes of Eco-Logic. From dlaibman at scienceandsociety.com Tue Oct 4 09:58:55 2011 From: dlaibman at scienceandsociety.com (dlaibman at scienceandsociety.com) Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 11:58:55 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [URPE] David Laibman, course at Brecht Forum, begins Oct. 11 Message-ID: <50141.71.167.250.52.1317743935.squirrel@mail.endcrypt.com> BRECHT FORUM October 11th, 2011 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM 10-SESSION CLASS BEGINS NOTE Date Change- Postponed from Oct 4 Political Economy After Economics David Laibman An exploration of Marxist political economy, which seeks both to capture the core elements in the foundational work of Marx, and to reconstruct that legacy using tools from conventional (capitalist) economic theory. The political-economic perspective is essential, and its revolutionary/transformative properties must be preserved and highlighted; at the same time, political economy cannot look the way it did in the 19th and early 20th centuries, before the advent of formal and quantitative economics. Topics can be chosen by the class, but prime candidates are: the theory of value and exploitation, the theory of capitalist accumulation and crisis, and the theory of postcapitalist (communist) society. There is no presumption of any prior specific knowledge on the part of students; only a willingness to explore, and consider. Readings (to be developed further): David Laibman, Capitalist Macrodynamics: A Systematic Introduction (Macmillan, 1997); ?Daring to Design Socialism: Visions, Models, Projections,? Special Issue, Science & Society, April 2012 (available in manuscript form); Marx, selected writings David Laibman is Professor of Economics at the City University of New York (Emeritus), and Editor of Science & Society Sliding scale: $95-$125 Free for Brecht Forum Subscribers From soapbox at comcast.net Tue Oct 4 13:27:39 2011 From: soapbox at comcast.net (Ruth Indeck) Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:27:39 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Seeking radical economists in Albuquerque? Message-ID: <4E8B5E2B.9080407@comcast.net> The mother of a Brooklyn Conference attendee lives in Albuquerque and was hoping to introduce the Albuquerque Occupation to URPE members. Does anyone know radical economists in Albuquerque, or the general vacinity? Thanks, Ruthie From kchrist52 at aol.com Wed Oct 5 08:24:52 2011 From: kchrist52 at aol.com (Kim Christensen) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 10:24:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [URPE] Seeking adjunct for "Economics of Health" near NYC Message-ID: <8CE5181AE2C2EFC-2024-16D8D@webmail-m007.sysops.aol.com> I'm looking for an adjunct to teach "The Economics of Health" this spring for the graduate-level Health Advocacy Program at Sarah Lawrence College (just outside NYC near the MetroNorth train line). The course, which enrolls primarily older women students with no background in economics, contrasts basic approaches to economic analysis (neoclassical, Keynesian, Marxist, behavioral, and feminist) and ends with an exploration of one or two current-day health-related issues such as health disparities by race and class, analysis of the recent health reform legislation, etc.. Class meets once weekly; pay is standard adjunct pay. Ph.D. preferred; advanced abd considered; teaching experience and evidence of teaching effectiveness required. I'm currently teaching the course and love both the program and the students. But I'm overloaded this spring and am looking for a replacement. I'm happy to share my syllabus, scanned materials, etc. and discuss the course and the program with interested candidates. If you're interested, please send me your c.v. And please forward this to anyone who might be interested. 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The SC needs people who work to carry out this ongoing building process, though with 12 people working each person needs to take on just 1or 2 or 3 tasks - the SC needs people who can work, but the time commitment is not overwhelming when we share out the work. As everyone knows, we have already entered very "interesting" times for radical political economy - the bankruptcy of the mainstream is more apparent than ever, though to date they have not retreated an inch in defending and promoting their paradigm (with severe social costs as the result for people in the US and other parts of the world). We are hoping these times will bring forth some new people to jump into URPE's (actually very exciting) work. To submit a nomination, send about one paragraph telling briefly who you are, what you do (academic, activist, whatever), and why you want to join the URPE SC - that is, what you would like to see URPE doing, or doing more of, that you would like to help do. 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Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2176 bytes Desc: not available URL: From rdwolff at att.net Wed Oct 5 13:16:03 2011 From: rdwolff at att.net (Richard Wolff) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 12:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [URPE] My talk last night at Occupy Wall Street, Manhattan In-Reply-To: <1317841537.64473.YahooMailNeo@web181306.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <4E8A398D.4000707@gis.net> <1317733240.85149.YahooMailNeo@web181301.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1317741173.32050.YahooMailNeo@web181319.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1317753091.48668.YahooMailNeo@web181307.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1317839652.42029.YahooMailNeo@web181306.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <1317841537.64473.YahooMailNeo@web181306.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1317842163.85495.YahooMailNeo@web181308.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Dear URPE, I thought you might be interested in the talk I gave at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations/encampment near Wall Street in Manhattan. Rick Wolff ? rdwolff at att.net rdwolff.com ? Occupy Wall Street ends capitalism's alibi This protest pinpoints how dysfunctional our economic system is: we must refashion it for human needs, not corporate aims * * * Richard Wolff * * guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 October 2011 08.30 EDT * A man holds up an anti-Wall Street placard on the march to NYPD headquarters. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images Occupy Wall Street has already weathered the usual early storms. The kept media ignored the protest, but that failed to end it. The partisans of inequality mocked it, but that failed to end it. The police servants of the status quo over-reacted and that failed to end it ? indeed, it fueled the fire. And millions looking on said, "Wow!" And now, ever more people are organising local, parallel demonstrations ? from Boston to San Francisco and many places between. Let me urge the occupiers to ignore the usual carping that besets powerful social movements in their earliest phases. Yes, you could be better organised, your demands more focused, your priorities clearer. All true, but in this moment, mostly irrelevant. Here is the key: if we want a mass and deep-rooted social movement of the left to re-emerge and transform the United States, we must welcome the many different streams, needs, desires, goals, energies and enthusiasms that inspire and sustain social movements. Now is the time to invite, welcome and gather them, in all their profusion and confusion. The next step ? and we are not there yet ? will be to fashion the program and the organisation to realise it. It's fine to talk about that now, to propose, debate and argue. But it is foolish and self-defeating to compromise achieving inclusive growth ? now within our reach ? for the sake of program and organisation. The history of the US left is littered with such programs and organisations without a mass movement behind them or at their core. So permit me, in the spirit of honoring and contributing something to this historic movement, to propose yet another dimension, another item to add to your agenda for social change. To achieve the goals of this renewed movement, we must finally change the organisation of production that sustains and reproduces inequality and injustice. We need to replace the failed structure of our corporate enterprises that now deliver profits to so few, pollute the environment we all depend on, and corrupt our political system. We need to end stock markets and boards of directors. The capacity to produce the goods and services we need should belong to everyone ? just like the air, water, healthcare, education and security on which we likewise depend. We need to bring democracy to our enterprises. The workers within and the communities around enterprises can and should collectively shape how work is organised, what gets produced, and how we make use of the fruits of our collective efforts. If we believe democracy is the best way to govern our residential communities, then it likewise deserves to govern our workplaces. Democracy at work is a goal that can help build this movement. We all know that moving in this direction will elicit the screams of "socialism" from the usual predictable corners. The tired rhetoric lives on long after the cold war that orchestrated it fades out of memory. The audience for that rhetoric is fast fading, too. It is long overdue in the US for us to have a genuine conversation and struggle over our current economic system. Capitalism has gotten a free pass for far too long. We take pride in questioning, challenging, criticising and debating our health, education, military, transportation and other basic social institutions. We argue whether their current structures and functioning serve our needs. We work our way to changing them so they perform better. And so it should be. Yet, for decades now, we have failed to similarly question, challenge, criticise and debate our economic system: capitalism. Because a taboo protected capitalism, cheerleading and celebrating it became obligatory. Criticism and questions got banished as heresy, disloyalty or worse. Behind the protective taboo, capitalism degenerated into the ineffective, unequal, crisis-ridden social disaster we all now bear. Capitalism is the problem ? and the joblessness, homelessness, insecurity, and austerity it now imposes everywhere are the costs we bear. We have the people, the skills and the tools to produce the goods and services needed for a just society to prosper. We just need to reorganise our producing units differently, to go beyond a capitalist economic system that no longer serves our needs. Humanity learned to do without kings and emperors and slave masters. We found our way to a democratic alternative, however partial and unfinished the democratic project remains. We can now take the next step to realise that democratic project. We can bring democracy to our enterprises ? by transforming them into cooperatives owned, operated and governed by democratic assemblies composed of all who work in them and all the residents of the communities who are interdependent with them. Let me conclude by offering a slogan: "The US can do better than corporate capitalism." Let that be an idea and a debate that this renewed movement can engage. Doing so would give an immense gift to the US and the world. It would break through the taboo, finally subjecting capitalism to the critiques and debates it has evaded for far too long ? and at far too great a cost to all of us. ? Richard Wolff is participating in a day-long teach-in at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park, New York on Tuesday 4 October. This article is based on remarks he will be addressing there at 6pm local time * ? 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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Stephanie Seguino -- Stephanie Seguino Professor of Economics 340 Old Mill University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 Tel. 802.656.0187 Fax 802.656.4529 homepage: www.uvm.edu/~sseguino Photography: http://stephanieseguino.blogspot.com/ From mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu Fri Oct 7 06:13:22 2011 From: mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu (mzweig at notes.cc.sunysb.edu) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:13:22 -0400 Subject: [URPE] "American Military Deaths in Afghanistan, and the Communities from Which These Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines Came" - a report on the tenth anniversary of the war Message-ID: Today, the tenth anniversary of the start of the current war in Afghanistan, the Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook releases its report "American Military Deaths in Afghanistan, and the Communities from Which These Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines Came," by Michael Zweig, Michael Porter, and Yuxiang Huang. The study presents a detailed picture of the men and women who have died in the war, and the communities which have lost them. It compares these findings with people and communities in the country as a whole. The report is based on a reading of obituaries and tribute pages for each of the 1,446 U.S. military personnel who died in Afghanistan from the start of the war in October 2001 to the end of 2010, and analysis of Census and other data for the communities from which they came. The report addresses the racial and gender composition of the dead, their education levels and reasons for joining the military, and their position in the class structure of the economy. The report also details the geographic origins of the dead and presents key economic data for their communities. The findings challenge a number of widely held assumptions about the identity and motivation of Americans who have died in Afghanistan and the economic conditions in their home communities. Whatever one's views on the war, it is important to know who is dying from doing the work of it. See the full report and data appendixes at < http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/publications/afghan_casualties.shtml >. Contact Michael Zweig at 631.632.7536 (land line) 646.823.5508 (mobile) michael.zweig at stonybrook.edu -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2399 bytes Desc: not available URL: From franceskboyes at gmail.com Sat Oct 8 07:11:52 2011 From: franceskboyes at gmail.com (frances boyes) Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 09:11:52 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Final CFP: Alternative and Non-capitalist Political Ecologies In-Reply-To: <1318040381.88847.YahooMailClassic@web121509.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1318040381.88847.YahooMailClassic@web121509.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: --------please forward to potentially interested parties and list-serves------------- Hello all. This is our final call for people who would like to organize sessions for the special track of events on alternative and non-capitalist political ecologies for the 2012 SfAA Meetings in Baltimore. These events seek to move discussion beyond a critique of capitalism and conventional economic development in order to consider the range of available alternatives. There is still time to get involved! See the cfp below for more information, and if you'd like to submit a paper or session, please contact us by October 12 at bburke at email.arizona.edu (Brian) or bshear at anthro.umass.edu (Boone). Thank you. Alternative and Non-capitalist Political Ecologies A Special Track for the 2012 Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting March 28-31, 2012 -- Baltimore, MD We live today at the intersection of the two great crises of our time, an economic crisis that has brought severe social dislocation, growing inequalities, and violence, and an ecological crisis that has undermined the natural resources that sustain us and the ecosystems that we call home. These crises scream out for new modes of being in the world, ways of life that move us toward a sustainable and egalitarian future. But how do we get there? How do we create these new modes of being and how do we make them real? The answers are not clear, but they surely do not involve more of the same. We can no longer hope for the benefits of growth to trickle down, nor can we wait for the tidal wave of revolution to sweep over us. We need imagination, critique, and action today. As the activist scholars J.K. Gibson-Graham suggest, we need possibilities for creating revolution ?in the here and now.? With this in mind, we invite you to join us in exploring the alternative and non-capitalist practices that people and communities are already developing as ways of crafting a more sustainable and equitable world. We invite academics, organizers, practicing anthropologists, and community members to help organize and/or submit papers, projects, and activities as part of a special track on Alternative and Non-capitalist Political Ecologies being organized for the 2012 SfAA Annual Meetings in Baltimore. This ?track,? or internal theme, will highlight and link together a variety of conventional and unconventional sessions and events. Drawing inspiration from Gibson-Graham, our goal is to investigate, celebrate, and constructively critique the diverse array of alternative modes of being in the world as a means of both politicizing the economy and unsettling the taken-for-grantedness of capitalism. We invite ethnographic accounts, theoretical explorations, films and mixed-media presentations, informal discussions, performance, and practical activities that explore the possibilities and limitations of worker ownership, community owned projects, moral economies, alternative currencies, autonomous political spaces, the commons, alternative markets, freecycling, urban agriculture, barter, WWOOFing, permaculture, and the list goes on. We will also invite you to participate in alternative economic activities that will operate during the meetings. Context: Crisis The twin crises are not mere abstractions, and they are not crises in faraway lands or far-off times. These crises shape the everyday lives of people around the world, including our neighbors and our own families. We see the crises in the desperate but determined faces of farmers who sit down and light themselves on fire while governments and corporations debate the future of agriculture within five-star bunkers designed to safeguard governance from the influence of the people. We see the crises in the ecological and social devastation brought on by more intensive fossil fuel extraction and use, the difficulties of adapting to a changing climate, and the challenges of managing nuclear energy and waste. We see the crises in the gendered and racialized divisions of labor, uneven distribution of economic benefits and environmental toxins, and, in response, the growth of environmental and economic justice movements. We see them in the fate of the hundreds of thousands of families left homeless by the current financial crisis, families who paid-in to the dream of progress and prosperity and in the process provided capital to the world?s biggest banks. These families unwittingly helped to underwrite the expulsion of people from their ancestral lands for the sake of global mineral exploration, financed the construction of factories to absorb the hordes of rural peasants left landless by the ?rational exploitation? of natural resources and the enclosure of the global commons of agricultural diversity, and supported the growth-obsessed speculation that would ultimately return to haunt them. These crises are not unhappy accidents of a ?system? gone awry. They don?t result from inadequate or excessive regulation or the unjust actions of a few bad apples who let greed get the best of them. They are, in fact, the logical results of the social relations within which we live, the economic processes to which we contribute, and the economic vision that we have come to see as natural, inevitable, and commonsensical. The crises are, therefore, also crises of imagination. They challenge the great myths that capitalist production and free-market exchange are viable paths toward social health and wealth. Beyond Crisis? Radical Possibility But this time of crisis offers a moment of opportunity when we might move beyond the conventional ?solutions? of coping, accommodating, managing, and reforming. As economies restructure, new political alliances are forged and new cultural narratives are written; conventional ideas become unfixed, social practices become less certain, and space is created for economic experimentation and new imaginings. In this unsettled terrain, there is more to do than simply fight for more regulation, better wages, and higher taxes on the rich, however useful these reforms might be. We have the opportunity to take a new perspective on the wealth of resources that surround us and identify new economic possibilities, construct alternative cultural logics, and forge new social relations. How can we begin to build these other worlds? Can we imagine economies without exploitation and commodification as prevailing logics? Can we imagine a world in which a family in the US can pursue their dream of security and well-being without sacrificing the security and well-being of families on the other side of the globe? Can we imagine urban wastelands as community gardens, the unemployed as active contributors to community wealth, the caring economies of the home as a source of rich possibility for collaboration and community? Can we imagine markets built on ethical decision making rather than rational, self-interest, or collective management of production and accumulation? Engaged researchers can support the construction of more sustainable and equitable economies by examining the tremendously diverse, already-existing experiments with new ways of being in the world. In so doing, they can help us imagine, reveal, and investigate alternatives to the political-economic and cultural forces associated with capitalism that have brought us to the brink and have so thoroughly colonized our imaginations: commodity exchange, production through exploitation, and the construction of economic subjects who understand themselves primarily as self-interested, resource maximizing actors. Now, as we stand in the midst of these crises, is a time of radical possibility, a time for response rooted in creative, critical, and practical reflection and inspired action. Our Invitation: Imagination, Analysis, and Action Applied anthropology is perhaps particularly well positioned for this task. Anthropologists have a long history of studying ?non-market? economies and denaturalizing capitalism by uncovering a range of economic variation that people exhibit. However, as applied anthropologists charged with promoting social and economic justice, we want to do more than catalogue human diversity or document how people negotiate, accommodate or adapt to market forces. We want to locate, scrutinize and support alternative forms of production and exchange, new economic understandings and desires, and new ways of making the world. As part of this project, we are planning a special series of events on alternative and non-capitalist political ecologies for the 2012 SfAA Conferences in Baltimore. In addition to traditional academic activity, we hope to spark collaborations with community groups, host an alternative economy at the meetings, tour local alternative economic projects, and engage with local and national media. Our goal is to celebrate, theorize, and amplify non-capitalism and to make visible the range of economic forms that people are already engaged in, not as responses to or amelioration of capitalist forces, but as viable economic relations, processes and subjectivities from which to launch counterhegemonic practices and movements. We invite you to join us in developing and carrying out any phase of this exciting project! (To propose a paper, session or event, or to get involved in planning this project, contact the collective at bburke at email.arizona.edu or bshear at anthro.umass.edu .) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URPE members applauded the activists and the discussion turned to ways in which we could cooperate in working for our shared goals. It is clear that the activists will succeed in continuing the occupation for a long time, and also that the fledgling movement will grow. Already there have been occupations in 45 states, and increasing numbers of people are openly challenging ? the system.? Two of the popular chants are: ?They got bailed out, we got sold out? and ?We are the 99%.? The activists are eager to discuss their own perspectives and are open to a wide range of ideas. There is a general recognition that the economic system has failed to provide for the people and that the political system does not provide for their represention. Several URPE members have already visited ?Liberty Park? where informal discussions are continually taking place. The occupants come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Young people who have never held regular jobs mix with students from both public and private universities and are joined by unemployed people from ?Main Street? to ? Wall Street.? There is a daily ?General Assembly? each evening at 7 where decisions are made by consensus with scrupulous attention to democratic procedure, including a policy for preferential recognition of speakers from groups who are under-represented in traditional discussions. (This resembles URPE?s own ?affirmative action? policy for recognition based on gender and race/ethnicity/nationality, but includes preference for GLBT people.) URPE members also participated in the New York October 5th demonstration of 20,000 people which brought more than 30 trade unions, many community organizations and students walking out from several universities to march in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. It is hard to describe the ways in which the possibility of a broad-based, unified movement in opposition to ?the system? generated a welcome sense of optimism about the future, in place of the despondency which has been an all too common a response to the increasing attacks we have been experiencing for a long, long time. On a small scale, the participation of Occupy Wall Street people in Sunday?s URPE Membership meeting was a terrific experience for URPE members, and the activists were delighted to be greeted with such enthusiastic support. The activists are committed to a long-term struggle. They know that it will be hard to continue the actual occupation in New York in its present form in the cold months of winter, and there is ongoing discussion of how to build the movement into the future. New York activists talked, at Sunday?s URPE meeting, of setting up a ?free university? which? would allow for more structured learning, and URPE offered to help in this. Sunday?s discussion included ways in which we could share out experiences on how to ensure transparency and accountability among our members/participants. In the meantime, please note the following: ? Email message from Sid Gurung _gurus655 at newschool.edu_ (mailto:gurus655 at newschool.edu) : Occupied Wall Street Journal (a newsletter produced by Occupy Wall Street) is taking in submissions from everyone at _occupymedia at gmail.com_ (mailto:occupymedia at gmail.com) . If you could pass this info around with the people in URPE, that would be great. ? For live feed go to: _www.livestream.com/globalrevolution_ (http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution) ? In New York, the people working on URPE and Occupy Wall Street are: Julio Huato jhuato at gmail.com Ruthie Indeck soapbox at comcast.net Paddy Quick paddyquick at aol.com Chris Rude _chris.rude at ciper.org_ (mailto:chris.rude at ciper.org) ? URPE members who are active in this movement in other parts of the country are encouraged to share their experiences on URPE listserv. ? Sign Higher Education petition: o Higher Education Faculty support the OCCUPY WALL STREET protest. We see the impact of the economic crisis in our classrooms and on our campuses each day. Our students are burdened with crippling student loans as they face a bleak and depressed job market and an economic recession with no end in sight, while our institutions increasingly rely on adjunct and part-time faculty. We teach more and more for less and less, and our students suffer as we lose our ability to mentor because of our own lack of time and financial insecurity. The OCCUPY WALL STREET movement is a step towards a better and more just future for our past, current, and future students and for higher education faculty. We stand in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. To read more and to sign, click here: _http://www.change.org/petitions/higher-education-faculty-members-sign_ (https://sfcmail.stfranciscollege.edu/owa/redir.aspx?URL=http://www.change.org/petitions/higher-education-faculty-mem bers-sign) Report submitted: October 8, 2011 Paddy Quick (paddyquick at aol.com) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 12957 bytes Desc: not available URL: From urpe at labornet.org Mon Oct 10 13:15:12 2011 From: urpe at labornet.org (urpe at labornet.org) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:15:12 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [URPE] [NYC] [Brechtevents1] At the Brecht Forum This Week: Maonomics/Rick Wolff/Raising Children on the Left/Gerald Horne Message-ID: <15096561.1318274113071.JavaMail.root@elwamui-karabash.atl.sa.earthlink.net> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 70715 bytes Desc: not available URL: From svburks at morris.umn.edu Mon Oct 10 17:14:24 2011 From: svburks at morris.umn.edu (Stephen Burks) Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:14:24 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Tenure Track Opening at Morris Campus of UMinn, Fall 2012 Message-ID: Dear All: Please see the full position and campus description, below. Steve Burks, Chair, Economics Search Committee ***************************BEGIN DESCRIPTION********************** Tenure Track Opening in Economics beginning Fall, 2012 at the University of Minnesota, Morris Summary. The University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM) announces an opening for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics, with specializations in Macroeconomics and either Economic Development or Regional Economics, beginning fall 2012. Specific responsibilities include Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, courses related to either Economic Development or Regional Economics, and other introductory or elective courses in economics or in management. The annual teaching load is 5 semester-long courses (20 credit hours). Salary is competitive with mid-tier liberal arts colleges; both research support (including eligibility for internal grants through the University of Minnesota) and fringe benefits are strongly competitive. Success in both teaching and research are required for promotion and tenure; qualified candidates with an interest in a balanced teaching and research career at an undergraduate liberal arts college are strongly encouraged to apply. Position open until filled; application review will begin on Nov. 1. Candidates will be contacted for interviews at the ASSA in Chicago. The Campus: The University of Minnesota, Morris is a residential four-year undergraduate public liberal arts college serving 1,900 students. It is one of only seven public liberal arts colleges ranked in Carnegie?s ?national? category, and combines the liberal arts educational mission with moderate tuition costs that make it accessible to broader segments of the public than most private institutions. Our campus has been one of the Forbes Magazine ?Best Buy? colleges in several recent years. UMM is also a national leader in green technology, and is frequently ?grid-negative? due to two commercial-grade wind turbines and the nation?s first operational corn-stover-based biomass gasification plant. The Students: Admissions are selective, and the dominant student culture is hardworking and serious. The majority of the student body is from the rural and small town mainstream of the Midwest; however, the Morris student body is also one of the most ethnically diverse in the University of Minnesota system, with 20% students of color (12% are American Indian students) and a growing international student population. Location: One of five campuses of the University of Minnesota, UMM is located 160 miles west of Minneapolis in the rural community of Morris, MN (population 5,000). Advantages: Small college life-style coupled with access to the University of Minnesota?s research support, libraries and information technology, and excellent students. Salaries are competitive with mid-tier liberal arts colleges, and fringe benefits are competitive with top tier research universities. Colleagues: The economics and management program is an integrated department with a collegial faculty of seven persons working together to fashion an outstanding student experience centered on undergraduate learning and research. Our faculty includes both heterodox and mainstream economists. Teaching: UMM places a strong emphasis on excellence in undergraduate teaching, and therefore we are seeking a person who has a genuine commitment in this regard. The standard annual teaching load is five semester courses of four credits each. Classroom and program innovation are encouraged, and excellent opportunities exist for institutional funding of educational innovations. Research: The pursuit of an active research or creative program is expected of all faculty members at UMM, and in economics the expectation is that faculty will publish in refereed journals. We are particularly interested in faculty who may involve undergraduates in their professional endeavors. Internal funds are routinely available for student research, and Morris faculty have access to the full range of University of Minnesota faculty research funds on a competitive basis, as well as some specific funds reserved for faculty on our campus. Affirmative Action: The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Required Qualifications: i) ABD, with a plan for degree completion, in Economics or a related field (for appointment at Instructor rank); ii) evidence of successful undergraduate college teaching experience; iii) evidence of a promising research program. Preferred Qualifications: i) Ph.D. (or an equivalent terminal degree) in Economics or a related field in hand at the position start date (for appointment at Assistant Professor rank); ii) interest in and ability to teach advanced undergraduate courses in macroeconomics, and either economic development or regional economics; the additional ability to contribute to the Management curriculum will be a plus; iii) interest in working at an undergraduate liberal arts institution; iv) interest in and ability to supervise undergraduate research and internships; and v) evidence that the candidate?s professional research program is viable at a liberal arts undergraduate institution. How to Apply: I.) All candidates must apply online at the University of Minnesota online Employment System at http://employment.umn.edu. This creates a required central record human resources record, but is not by itself sufficient for consideration. The letter of application and the CV may be submitted through this channel if the applicant prefers. II.) Then, to create the local records primarily used in evaluating applicants, please send the following items: a. A letter of application (also may be placed in the central record), b. Curriculum Vitae (also may be placed in the central record), c. Three letters of reference, d. Graduate school transcripts (unofficial copies are sufficient for initial screening), e. Teaching statement and evidence of undergraduate college teaching success (such as supervisor or student evaluations), and f. Research statement and a sample of research output. By surface mail to: Ms. Sharon Severance, Administrative Specialist Division of Social Science University of Minnesota, Morris 600 East 4th Street Morris, MN 56267 Or by e-mail attachment to: Sharon Severance Direct questions to: Dr. Stephen V. Burks, Chair, Economics Search Committee, by surface mail at: Division of Social Science, University of Minnesota, Morris, 600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267; or by e-mail at svburks at morris.umn.edu; or by telephone at: 320-589-6191. ***************************END DESCRIPTION********************** From kramer at fiscalpolicy.org Tue Oct 11 08:09:27 2011 From: kramer at fiscalpolicy.org (Brent Kramer) Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:09:27 -0400 Subject: [URPE] [Fwd:Exciting research and evaluation job opportunity at 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds in NY] Message-ID: ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [Fwd:Exciting research and evaluation job opportunity at 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds in NY] From: "Brent Kramer" Date: Sat, October 8, 2011 4:04 pm To: urpe-announcements at lists.econ.utah.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [EARN] Exciting research and evaluation job opportunity at 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds in NY From: "Steve Herzenberg" Date: Thu, October 6, 2011 7:13 pm To: earn at talk.epi-lists.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folks: The job posting below is for an 1199 SEIU Training and Employment Fund position in NY City that would report to the former Secretary of Labor and Industry in PA, Sandi Vito. . The core of the job is to research, evaluate, and develop the adult education programs of the Fund. . Under the Fund's leadership, the job is also guaranteed to include opportunities to explore innovative ideas for helping workers. . In other words, it will be a great opportunity for the right person to do technically innovative evaluation/research on programs with real potential to make a difference in and of themselves but which are also connected with longer-term strategies for expanding economic opportunity. . While the position does not require a PhD, it would be a good fit for a mature post-doc that wants a good job in today's economy that also wants a "professional development opportunity" and leaves lots of different doors open down the road. Where to apply follows the job description. Steve Job Posting Program Manager - Education Department 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds, NY Requisition Number: 3471TEF Responsibilities * Research, evaluate and develop adult education programs for the 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds * Effectively recommend future training and educational initiatives for the Training and Upgrading Fund; study healthcare industry trends and keep abreast of changes * Provide qualitative and quantitative evaluation of existing education programs; recommend and design program improvements based on evaluation and research * Design research methodology and conduct research on education program outcomes and promising education practices * Serves as a liaison to higher education institutions including the City and State Universities of New York (CUNY and SUNY) * Participate in the research, development and timely submission of grant proposals and applications to public and private funding sources to support creation of new programs; report and track outcomes * Interface with union leaders, employers and human resource staff to design new education programs for 1199SEIU members * Partner with the management team to establish organizational goals, monitor organization performance and problem solve issues * Oversee, manage and evaluate project leaders, educational program leaders, temporary employees and contractors assisting in the research and development unit; design and oversee new program implementation * Perform additional duties and projects as assigned by management Qualifications * Master's degree in Education, Training or equivalent years of work experience required; plus * Minimum five (5) years experience conducting program research or development of adult education programs required * Ability to understand and develop budgets, principles of statistics, percentages and proportions required; intermediate level of Microsoft Excel, Access and Word highly preferred * Excellent track record of accomplishments in educational program development and implementation * Demonstrated experience developing research methodology, conducting qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation of education programs * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain effective client relationships * Good leadership skills with proven abilities to manage programs, track data, and oversee staff * Ability to meet deadlines within short time frames and flexibility to shift focus from one project to another * Solid analytic and problem solving abilities with exceptional organizational skills, driven by customer focus and goal oriented principles * Must meet performance standards including attendance and punctuality To Apply Please Do One of the Following: 1. Click on the following link and follow the application directions there: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA2/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=NBF1199 &cws=1&rid=2899 2. Contact HR directly at (646) 473-6205 for submission of application and resume via fax or email 3. Email: sandi.vito at 1199funds.org 4. Mail to: 1199 SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund, 330 W. 42nd Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10036. Stephen Herzenberg Keystone Research Center www.keystoneresearch.org office: 717-255-7145 cell: 717-805-2318 _______________________________________________ EARN mailing list EARN at talk.epi-lists.org http://talk.epi-lists.org/listinfo.cgi/earn-epi-lists.org From leefs at umkc.edu Wed Oct 12 07:07:05 2011 From: leefs at umkc.edu (Lee, Frederic) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:07:05 -0500 Subject: [URPE] Advanced Pedagogy and Course Design Workshop Message-ID: <45F34333ADC5A345873FC2AC20629B4CD16052BCED@UM-EMAIL02.um.umsystem.edu> Dear Colleagues, Below and attached, please find an announcement about the Advanced Pedagogy & Course Design Workshop January 5th at Roosevelt University in Chicago. This is scheduled for the day before the ASSA meetings, and should be of value to teachers of all sorts, especially graduate students and newly hired faculty members. Kind regards, Geoff Schneider ___________________ Advanced Pedagogy and Course Design Workshop Cutting Edge Teaching Techniques and Strategies for Pluralistic Economists Facilitated by Dr. Geoffrey Schneider, Professor of Economics and Director of the Bucknell University Teaching and Learning Center Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 8:30am-4:10pm Location: Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, sponsored by the Roosevelt University Economics Department Registration Fee: $25. To register, send your name, contact information, and a check for $25 payable to: Teaching and Learning Center Bucknell University 123 Bertrand Library Lewisburg, PA 17837 Note that you must submit the $25 registration fee to be guaranteed a spot in the workshop?space is limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Scholarships: Scholarships are available for graduate students and for untenured faculty who do not have financial assistance to attend the workshop. Scholarships in the amount of $125 are available to cover conference registration and expenses related to attending the workshop (lodging, travel). Most of these scholarships are being provided by heterodox organizations, including URPE, AFEE, AFIT, and ASE, to their members, although a few scholarships are available to unaffiliated graduate students. To apply for a scholarship, please register for the workshop and include in your submission a letter of application including your name, email address, reason for requesting a scholarship, employment status (year in graduate school and expected date of completion, or year and location of employment) and whether or not you are a member of any of the heterodox associations listed above. Preference will be given to graduate students in their last two years of graduate school and visiting or untenured professors. Note that those receiving a scholarship will receive a check for $125 upon completion of the workshop, but no funds will be available prior to that point. Overview: Most heterodox economists today end up working at teaching-oriented institutions. Thus, our success in the academy often depends significantly on our ability to teach successfully. This workshop is structured for heterodox graduate students and new faculty to give them a comprehensive background in advanced pedagogical techniques and strategies that will help them succeed in the classroom. Drawing on the latest pedagogical research, the workshop will cover constructing and meeting learning objectives, syllabus design, models for pluralistic teaching, active and collaborative learning techniques, and teaching controversial topics. 8:30-9:00 Registration; Pick up materials; Initial activity I. Course design 9:00-9:30 Designing first day activities: establishing Customs, Connections, Community and Curiosity. The first day of class sets the tone for the whole semester, and it is an opportunity to begin building the kind of classroom environment that you want. Participants will engage in a group activity modeling good first day activities, discuss best practices, and work on constructing their own activity that connects with their course material and that facilitates productive classroom interactions. 9:30-10:10 Constructing sophisticated learning objectives for an engaging, well-organized course Often the first thing that tenure and job search committees look at is your syllabus and its learning objectives. A well-organized course contains a coherent focus with sophisticated course-level learning objectives. Learning objectives should include the big ideas of the course, they should define what students should learn to do (e.g., solve a particular type of problem; understand the economic issues in a newspaper) and at what depth students should understand things. A course should also be broken down into objectives for major assignments which can be assessed. Participants will hear about best practices in constructing learning objectives and will construct some for their courses. 10:10-10:20 Break 10:20-10:50 Course rules vs. a Welcoming Syllabus We are often told that a syllabus is our ?contract? with the students. If we don?t have an iron-clad syllabus, we open ourselves up to students taking advantage of us. But many syllabi are lifeless and hectoring, written for the few bad apples instead of the many good students. We?ll work on creating a welcoming syllabus that also protects us from problem students. We?ll also consider designing a syllabus that serves as a useful study guide for students. This is important for pedagogical purposes and because constructing a welcoming syllabus can be quite useful for the job market and for the tenure process. 10:50-11:30 Meeting learning objectives: exams, papers and assignments that facilitate learning We all use exams, papers, assignments and other techniques for assessing how well students meet our learning objectives, but they can be dry and formulaic. We will work on constructing exams and assignments that actually help students learn material, and design rubrics to facilitate learning and to make grading easier and more systematic. 11:30-12:00 Bringing pluralism into the economics classroom I: models for pluralistic teaching Teaching heterodox material in the classroom can be complicated in that we sometimes face hostile colleagues or students. There are different methods for teaching heterodox economics, such as a heterodox-focused course, a multi-paradigmatic approach, or an implicitly pluralistic approach to the subject matter. Each of these comes with different opportunities and challenges. We will discuss the various approaches and determine which one suits our teaching environment and our personal style. II. Lunch Roundtable: Teaching environments facing pluralistic economists 12:00-1:30 Invited guest speakers talk about their experiences teaching heterodox economics. Panelists will include: Bob Prasch, Middlebury College; Martha Starr, American University; Paddy Quick, St. Francis College; and more. Guest speakers will offer advice for new teachers of heterodox economics. They will discuss the challenges they have faced as teachers, both from colleagues and from students, and share some of their most effective teaching strategies. After the panelists finish brief presentations, we will have an open discussion. 1:30-1:40 Break 1:40-2:10 Pluralistic Teaching II: Strategies for Teaching Controversial Topics There is an art to teaching heterodox ideas in ways that are welcoming to students, even those who are the children of the bourgeoisie! We will discuss some classic strategies for teaching material that may seem quite controversial to many students. It is particularly important for heterodox economists to frame material so that they are seen as open-minded and fair. III. Classroom interactions 2:00-4:00 2:10-2:50 Active Learning Techniques for Economics Classes At teaching institutions today, the focus is on active, student-centered learning. We will focus on some classic active learning techniques to make the classroom more lively and to get students more engaged in the course material. 2:50-3:00 Break 3:00-4:00 Collaborative Learning Exercises for Economics Classes Some of the most exciting and innovative classroom exercises involve collaborative learning. During this part of the workshop, participants will participate in and learn about collaborative learning exercises designed for use in economics classes. They will begin adapting some cutting edge collaborative learning techniques for their classes. 4:00-4:10 Wrap Up and Workshop Evaluation About the workshop leader: Geoffrey Schneider received a BA from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is currently a Professor of Economics and Director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Bucknell University. He has co-authored two textbooks, Introduction to Political Economy and Economics: A Tool for Critically Understanding Society, and authored or co-authored articles in the Journal of Economic Issues, The Review of Social Economy, The Review of Radical Political Economics, The Forum for Social Economics, and Feminist Economics. He is an award-winning teacher, author of several articles on pedagogy, and guest editor of two special issues of the Forum for Social Economics on Teaching Heterodox Economics. -------------------------------------------- Mary V. Wrenn, Ph.D. 3807 University Circle Economics Dept Weber State University Ogden, UT 84408 marywrenn at weber.edu To add or remove from this mailing list, please go to or send an email message to the address listserv at listserv.umkc.edu, with the text SIGNOFF ASSOCIATION-FOR-INSTITUTIONALIST-THOUGHT in the body of the message. You are subscribed to the ASSOCIATION-FOR-INSTITUTIONALIST-THOUGHT list as leefs at UMKC.EDU. 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(Twice referred) ISBN: 0061429252 Sherman, Howard J. /The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great Recession, and the Public Option/. Written with a Marxian-Mitchellian institutionalist framework to showcase cycles of boom and bust in a capitalist economy, specifically focusing on the Great Recession of 2008-09. Arguments and reasoning are clear to students. (Twice Referred) ISBN: 0765625385 Dollars & Sense. /Real World Macro/ ? ? ? ? Covers monetary and fiscal policy, productivity and investment, inflation and unemployment, international trade and finance, the debt crisis, and arguments surrounding ?free trade?. (Five times Referred) ISBN: 1878585703 Wolff, Richard. /Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About it./ An analysis of the current crisis in short, accessible chapters arranged topically ? ? ? ? ISBN: 156656784X Dollars & Sense. /The Economic Crisis Reader/ Includes the latest news and analysis of the causes, consequences, and possible ways out of the ongoing crisis, including the financial meltdown, Fed policy, stimulus and deficits, housing, unemployment, global dimensions, and much more. (Twice Referred). ? ? ? ? ISBN: 1-878585-84-4 MacEwan, Arthur and Miller, John A. /Economic Collapse, Economic Change: Getting to the Roots of the Crisis/. Discusses the events leading up to the financial crisis, within the context of globalization, de-regulation, and the decline of unions. Has a progressive bent. (Twice Referred) ISBN: 076563068 Dugger, William M. and Peach, James. /Economic Abundance: An Introduction./ The authors argue that several entrenched institutions are predatory and exploitative, resulting in disparity around the globe. There is also a discussion on employment and the movement towards ?full? employment. ISBN: 0765623412 Stiglitz, Joseph E. /Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy/. Criticizes aspects of financial institutions in regards to the meltdown. Critique on Obama administration?s response as well as the Fed?s. Konings, Martijn. /The Great Credit Crash/. A critical analysis of the current economic crisis from the perspective of the US and Europe as well as offering chapters on China and Latin? America. Sorkin, Andrew Ross. /Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System ? and Themselves/. Describes key players and their motives in creating and addressing the financial crisis. Magdoff, Fred & Yates, Michael D. /The ABC?s of the Economic Crisis: What Working People Need to Know./ A Marxist analysis of the financial crisis geared toward working people, students, and activists. (Three times Referred) Leopold, Les. /The Looting of America: How Wall Street?s Game of Fantasy Finance Destroyed our Jobs, Pensions, and Prosperity/. A less explicit Marxist view that analyzes Wall Street?s use of exotic instruments that very few understood, as well as the casino mentality many executives displayed. Narrative story framework. Meeropol, Michael Allen. /Surrender: How the Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution/. Analyzes the impact institutional policies had in creating a failing economy between 1990 and1994. Defends the argument that budget deficits have very little impact on the economy. It also foreshadows a next big recession by 1999 (Close!). Published in 1998 Goodwin, Neva R; Nelson, Julie A.; Harris, Jonathan; Roach, Brian; Devine, James. /Macroeconomics in Context/. Addresses macroeconomic stabilization, distributional equity, quality of employment, environmental considerations, and adequacy of living standards. Reich, Robert. Aftershock: /The Next Economy and America?s Future/. Makes comparisons between events leading up to the Great Depression and events leading up to the Great Recession (large speculation, income inequality, administrative responses). Stanford, Jim. /Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism/. ? ? ? ? A very approachable book for any reader. ? ? ? ? Available at library Garson, Barbara. /Money Makes the World Go Around: One Investor Tracks Her Cash Through The Global Economy from Brooklyn to Bangkok and Back/. Follows an initial investment in a mutual fund and uncovers a vast web of players and environments. Refers to particular crisis and bubbles of the 1990?s. Available at library Shiller, Robert J. /The Subprime Solution: How Today?s Global Financial Crisis Happened, and What to do about it/. Contains a set of suggestions on how to approach the financial meltdown. Published in 2008, so these ideas were formed previous to the extended consequences. Morgenson, Gretchen and Rosner, Joshua. /Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon/. ? ? ? ? Identifies key players in the financial meltdown. ? ? ? ? Lewis, Michael. /The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine/. ? ? ? ? Review of the financial meltdown from a financial insider ? ? ? ? Henwood, Doug. /Wall Street/ An overview of how finance and money impinge upon the macro economy. Published in 1997. It is available for free download http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/WSDownload.html (Twice Referred) Torre, Andrew. /Myths of Capitalism/ He is currently in the process of writing the book. He now has five chapters completed. It will discuss capitalism and its current malaise, and straddles the general and academic markets. Contact him at andy_torre at hotmail.com if you would like to see a chapter or two. Other Resources for more titles: http://www.urpe.org/res/sup.html http://www.urpe.org/res/text.html ? ? ? ? -- Stephanie Seguino Professor of Economics 340 Old Mill University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 Tel. 802.656.0187 Fax 802.656.4529 homepage: www.uvm.edu/~sseguino Photography: http://stephanieseguino.blogspot.com/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7465 bytes Desc: HTML Version of Message URL: From randy.albelda at umb.edu Thu Oct 13 11:48:28 2011 From: randy.albelda at umb.edu (Randy Albelda) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:48:28 -0400 Subject: [URPE] Announcement: New MA in Applied Economics at UMass Boston Message-ID: <4E97246C.4050305@umb.edu> New Master of Arts in Applied Economics University of Massachusetts Boston The Economics Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston is pleased to announce its new Master of Arts in Applied Economics. The curriculum offers three distinctive features: focus on urban economic issues; emphasis on practical application of research methods; and insights from both traditional and alternative economic approaches. The 30 credit program, offered in late afternoons and evenings, is perfect for people currently working and is designed to provide the theoretical, analytical, and practical skills required of economic consultants, researchers, and governmental and non-governmental organization managers. Faculty members are heterodox economists with expertise in feminist, behavioral, institutional, Marxian, and post-Keynesian approaches as well as applied economic research experience. Students are encouraged to tackle timely economic policy issues including income stratification, economic and environmental sustainability, progressive taxation, gender and racial inequality, financial reform, and urban transformation. More information at http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/economics/grad/ma/. Please spread the word. Thanks, Randy Albelda -- Randy Albelda Professor of Economics University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 02125 617-287-6963 randy.albelda at umb.edu From kchrist52 at aol.com Thu Oct 13 13:04:54 2011 From: kchrist52 at aol.com (Kim Christensen) Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:04:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [URPE] For NY URPE'ers re: Occupy Wall St. Message-ID: <8CE57F220B15C41-17D0-25801@webmail-d179.sysops.aol.com> Dear URPE colleagues: MoveOn.org has just reported that Bloomberg plans to order the NYPD to "clear" Zuccotti Park tomorrow (Friday) morning at 7:00. Those of us who have been around for a while know what that confrontation is likely to look like if we don't get a massive presence to the park tomorow morning. (And, if MoveOn is wrong, we can all just yell, "Rah! Rah! Good guys!" and go home!) If you are in or near NYC and have any interest in the Occupy Wal St. action, tomorrow morning would be a good time to visit! Please pass this along to anyone else concerned with the fate of the occupation. Thank you. --Kim Christensen Long-time URPE'er -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 906 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mail at thomaspalley.com Fri Oct 14 07:33:03 2011 From: mail at thomaspalley.com (Thomas Palley) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:33:03 -0400 Subject: [URPE] EC 11 texts on the economic crisis Message-ID: <00f801cc8a75$cd9d3320$68d79960$@com> Dear URPE Friends and Colleagues, Two further additions to Stephanie Seguino's list of books explaining the crisis: (1) "Plenty of Nothing: The Downsizing of the American Dream and the Case for Structural Keynesianism", Princeton University Press. (2) The sequel, "From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics," Cambridge University Press, will be available in December 2011. Together, the two books give a pretty comprehensive analysis of what has happened, what is needed to restore shared prosperity, and the obstacles to change. Sincerely, Tom Palley Thomas Palley Associate, Economic Growth Program New America Foundation Tel: (202)-667-5518 e-mail: mail at thomaspalley.com www.thomaspalley.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3600 bytes Desc: not available URL: From izdes at economics.utah.edu Fri Oct 14 09:04:51 2011 From: izdes at economics.utah.edu (Ozge Izdes) Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:04:51 -0600 Subject: [URPE] Reminder: Symposium Invitation Message-ID: <45B3B5A7B6E5564DA230245082FF1722365D131202@C3V2.xds.umail.utah.edu> Sevgili Meslekta?lar, Sevgili Dostlar, Sizleri 17 Ekim 2011 tarihinde ?stanbul Teknik ?niversitesi Ayaza?a Yerle?kesi?nde d?zenlenecek olan "Gender Perspectives on the Current Economic Crisis in Europe and Beyond" ba?l?kl? Uluslararas? Sempozyumda aram?zda g?rmek isteriz. A?a??da ve ayr?ca ekte yollad???m?z sempozyum program? ile birlikte bu duyuruyu kendi ?evrenizde de yayg?nla?t?rabilirseniz seviniriz. Sempozyuma kay?t i?in l?tfen www.gem-europe.org sayfas?n? ziyaret ediniz. Sevgi ve Sayg?lar?mla, Yrd. Do?. Dr. Ozge Izdes International Symposium ?Gender Perspectives on the Current Economic Crisis in Europe and Beyond? Organized by GEM- IWG (International Working Group on Gender Macroeconomics and International Economics)* GEM-EUROPE AND GEM-T?RK?YE In Collaboration with the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Levy Economics Institute, UN Women, UNDP-Turkey and Warsaw School of Economics Hosted by Istanbul Technical University - Women?s Studies Center in Science, Engineering and Technology October 17, 2011, Istanbul Technical University Ayaza?a Campus, SDKM Conference Center Istanbul 8:30am- 9:00am Registration 9:00am - 9:30am Welcome and Introductions G?ls?n Sa?lamer, Istanbul Technical University, ITU WSC-SET (TBC) Ulrika Richardson-Golinski (TBC), UNDP-Turkey Agnieszka Grzybek, Heinrich Boell Foundation Rania Antonopoulos, GEM-IWG, GEM-Europe and Levy Economics Institute Nil?fer ?a?atay, GEM-IWG, GEM-T?rkiye, University of Utah and Levy Economics Institute ?pek ?lkkaracan, GEM-T?rkiye, and ITU WSC-SET ?zge ?zde?, GEM-T?rkiye, and Arel University Ewa Ruminska-Zimny, GEM-Europe and Warsaw School of Economics 9:30am-11:00 am Session I. Economic Crisis in Europe: Causes and Responses Moderator: Ewa Ruminska-Zimny, Warsaw School of Economics 1. Antonella Picchio, University of Modena, Modena, Italy ?Structural Adjustments in the European Union: A Feminist Perspective? 2. G?l ?nal, United Nations Development Programme-Regional Bureau for Asia-Pacific and Levy Economics Institute ?The Economic and Financial Crises in CEE and CIS Countries? 3. Rania Antonopoulos, Levy Economics Institute ?Structural Adjustment Revisited-The Case of Greece? Q&A (15 minutes) 11:00am - 11:30am Coffee Break 11:30am-12:30am Keynote Speaker: Dimitri Papadimitriou, Levy Economics Institute ?The End of the Eurozone? Structural Imbalances, Fiscal Austerity and the Inadequacy of Current Responses to the Sovereign Debt Crisis? Q&A (15 minutes) 12:30pm-1:30pm Luncheon 1:30pm-3:00pm Session II. Gender Perspectives on Economic Crises: What Have We Learned from International Experiences? Moderator: Agnieszka Gryzbek, Heinrich Boell Warsaw 1. Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University ?The Food, Fuel and Financial Crises? 2. Naoko Otobe, ILO Geneva ?Framing the Economic Crisis: Employment, Unemployment and Gender in the World Economy? 3. Valeria Esquivel, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento ?Past and Present Experiences in Latin America: the Case of Argentina? Q&A (15 minutes) 3:00pm-3:30pm Coffee Break 3:30pm-5:00pm Session III. Gendered Dimensions of Economic Crises: The Case of Turkey Moderator: G?lay G?nl?k ?enesen, Istanbul University 1. Emel Memi?, Ankara University and Levy Economics Institute ?Estimating the Impact of the 2008-2009 Crisis on Work Time? 2. ?zge ?zde?, Arel University ?Last in and First Out? Economic Cyclicality and Gendered Employment Outcomes in Turkey? 3. Yelda Y?cel, Bilgi University ?Fiscal Policy Responses in the Midst of the Current Crisis: A Gender Perspective? 4. ?pek ?lkkaracan, Istanbul Technical University ?The Political Economy of the Crisis: Rising Conservatism, Cash Transfers and Gender (in)Equalities? Q&A (15 minutes) 5:00 pm-6:00pm Session IV. Closing Roundtable: Reforming the Agenda from a Gender Perspective: Where Do We Go From Here? Moderator: Nil?fer ?a?atay, University of Utah and Levy Economics Institute Antonella Picchio, Jayati Ghosh, Dimitri Papadimitriou, Ewa Ruminska-Zimny, ?zge ?zde?, G?lay G?nl?k-?enesen, ?pek ?lkkaracan, Rania Antonopoulos 6:00 -7:00 Reception FOR SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION PLEASE VISIT www.gem-europe.org *GEM-IWG (www.genderandmacro.org ) is a global network of economists from over 70 countries; GEM-Europe ( www.gem-europe.org) and GEM- T?rkiye are regional and country level initiatives of GEM- IWG. This symposium has been made possible with generous support from the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Warsaw, Global Fund for Women, International Development Research Centre, Canada, Levy Economics Institute, U.S.A. , UN Women and UNDP-Turkey. From ismael.zadeh at drake.edu Sun Oct 16 08:20:50 2011 From: ismael.zadeh at drake.edu (Ismael Hossein-Zadeh) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:20:50 +0000 Subject: [URPE] An Insidious Threat to the Occupy Movement Message-ID: <398D615E8E20604E814477C85294E2AF1B17AF55@CH1PRD0302MB116.namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Would you please pass this link along to the URPE folks? Thanks. Ismael Hossein-zadeh http://politicaleconomics.info/papers/Occupy-Movement.pdf -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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