Dear Colleague,

Attached are four notices of interest to heterodox economists. The first is a call for papers and participants for the 2001 Spring seminar of the PKESG. The second is a special call for papers in the area of the history of economics thought for the FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HETERODOX ECONOMICS. The third is information about the THE HYBRID ORTHODOX/HETERODOX ECONOMICS PROGRAM AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. It should be noted that the AHE website--http://www.hetecon.com--carries short blurbs and contact points about economic programs at New School, Open University, University of Hertfordshire, UMKC, and others that offer courses in heterodox economics. If you want you program included, contact Bruce Philp at [log in to unmask] Finally, the HISTORY OF ECONOMICS REVIEW has put out special issue in
honour of Ray Petridis who is a good, long standing heterodox economist.

I hope you find these notices of interest.

Fred Lee


POST KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS STUDY GROUP SEMINARS
2001 - 2002
Spring Seminar
Call for Papers and Participants

Date: March 01, 2002
Venue: Leeds Metropolitan University, UK

Prior to conference season commencing, the PKSG committee
would like to hold another seminar. Karl Petrick has kindly
arranged facilities for us at Leeds Metropolitan University (precise
directions to be supplied later) on March 1st 2002.

So, if anyone has a paper that they would like to present at this
event please let me know. Ian Steedman has already kindly offered
a paper. In addition, it would be great if members indicated their
intentions about attending. This would help the committee with
assessing the viability of the event as well as catering!

Best wishes,
Paul Downward

Further information from:
Dr Paul Downward ([log in to unmask]), Reader in
Economics, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent,
ST4 2DF, Telephone 01782 294101 (direct line)



CALL FOR PAPERS ON THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AT THE
FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HETERODOX ECONOMICS

Dear Colleagues

I append a call for papers for a Special Session on History of Economic
Thought at the 4th annual conference of the Association for Heterodox
Economics, and the paper call for the Conference itself. Please feel free
to forward this message to anyone who might be interested.

Andy Denis
Economics Department, The City University, London
My home page: http://www.city.ac.uk/andy

CALL FOR PAPERS

Session on History of Economic Thought at the

FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HETERODOX ECONOMICS

9-10 July 2002, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Session title: 'Collective and individual rationality in the history of
economic thought'

There will be a session on the History of Economic Thought at the fourth
Annual Conference of the Association of Heterodox Economics, to be held in
Dublin on Tuesday and Wednesday 9-10 July 2002. If you would like to give a
paper on any aspect of the History of Economic Thought at the conference,
please send me (details below) an abstract by the end of January 2002. The
session will have the theme - 'Collective and individual rationality in the
history of economic thought' - and papers which explicitly address this
theme will be given preference.

Collective and individual rationality in the history of economic thought

'What, if any, is the legitimate rôle of the state in the economy?' That is
a fundamental question - perhaps THE fundamental question - for economics.
How do (micro level) agent interests and behaviours interact to generate
(macro level) social outcomes? Are those outcomes desirable, or should
society as a whole, in the form of the state, intervene to modify them? How
has the articulation between micro and macro levels in economics, between
individual actions and social outcomes, between individual and collective
rationality, been theorised in economics. Papers are invited which
investigate these questions, exploring the answers that have been given by
economic thinkers. Further information may be obtained from me, Andy Denis
([log in to unmask]).

Please send your abstract to me, Andy Denis ([log in to unmask]) and copy
to Avis Lexton ([log in to unmask]) by end January 2002. Postal addresses:
Andy Denis, Department of Economics, School of Social and Human Sciences,
The City University, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 0HB (fax: +44 (0)20-7040
8580); Avis Lexton, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton
Hall, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, MK7 6AA.



THE HYBRID ORTHODOX/HETERODOX ECONOMICS PROGRAM AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

Our graduate core program combines a sound foundation in more conventional economics as well as social or political economics. All M.A. students are required to take a four course core in macro, micro, 'metrics, and political economy. All Ph.D. students take an additional four course core in macro, micro, 'metrics, and political economy. Beyond the core, students have a great deal of flexibility in selecting their fields of emphasis and their research topics.

Our orthodox theory core is taught by faculty who hold degrees from the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Washington, the University of Kansas, MIT, and the University of Michigan. Our heterodox economics program is headed by Ron Phillips, who has been president of AFEE and AFIT, and Steve Shulman, who did his graduate work at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Three-fourths of our faculty have published in the JEI.

Our former students have been very active in heterodox economics. Ray Benton and Bruce McDaniel were ASE Potter Award winners and Jim Krauseneck, Paul Peterson, Jim Swaney, Doug Brown, Ann Mari May, Marie Livingston, Brent McClintock, Mike Carroll, Chuck Sperry, Laurie Strangman, Chris Enerson, Terrel Gallaway, Julie Gallaway, Doug Kinnear, John Sellers, Bob Lucore, KimWheatley, Kirsten Jasek_Rysdahl, Kelvin Jasek_Rysdahl, and Karin Sable have given ASE, AFEE, or AFIT papers, published in ROSE or JEI, or won a student paper award. Several of our current students are giving papers on a joint AFEE/ASE session this year in Atlanta. Swaney is incoming president of AFEE and Brown is president of AFIT. May was secretary_treasurer of AFEE and several of our students have gone on to serve on the JEI board of editors.

For more information, see our web site (http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Econ/index.html) or contact Ron Stanfield, Coordinator of Graduate Studies or Ron Phillips, Chair. E-dresses:
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HISTORY OF ECONOMICS REVIEW

The History of Economic Thought Society of Australia (HETSA) announces the publication of

HISTORY OF ECONOMICS REVIEW
No. 34 Summer 2001
Special Issue in Honour of Ray Petridis
Guest Editor: Robert Leeson

Contents:

Ray Petridis, HETSA and the Revival of the History of Economic Thought
Paul Flatau and Robert Leeson

Articles

Is Labour Cheapening a Means to Reducing Involuntary (Labour) Unemployment?
Tony Aspromourgos

The Role of Economists in Government and International Agencies: A Fresh Look at the Field
A.W. Coats

The Methodology of Early Neoclassical Distribution Theory: Universalism, the Deductive Method and Ethics
Paul Flatau

The Value of Things in the Imaginative Life: Microeconomics in the Bloomsbury Group
Craufurd D. Goodwin

Thomas Carlyle, the Dismal Science and the Contemporary Political Economy of Slavery
Peter Groenewegen

Forty Years Teaching Post Keynesian Themes in Adelaide and Cambridge
Geoff Harcourt

'State Capitalism' in the Soviet Union
M.C. Howard and J.E. King

Carlyle, Ruskin and Morris: Work across the 'River of Fire'
Rob Knowles

Internalising the Externalities of Homoeconomicus: Turning Silicon Astronomers Into Popperian Bookmakers
Robert Leeson

Training Professional Economists: The Australian Experience
John Lodewijks

Keynes's Criticisms of Malthus and Malthus's 'Reply'
John Pullen

Sismondi's Macroeconomic Model: An Annotated Translation
Michael Schneider

Report: HETSA Conference 2001
Conference Programme
Abstracts
Call for Papers: HETSA Conference 2002
Communications


All up, it's a bumper issue of 219 pages at a cost of US$15, which includes postage (or a year's subscription - two issues - is US$30). We especially welcome library subscriptions (US$50 for a year). Make checks payable to HETSA and send to:

William Coleman
School of Economics
University of Tasmania
GPO Box 252-85
Hobart
Tasmania
Australia 7001