Heterodox Economics Newsletter

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Issue-28, May 22, 2006

From the Editor

Recently I was talking with my editor at the University of Michigan Press and he told me the following: (1) manuscripts that do not have the potential to sell 750 copies in the first two years have a chance of not being accepted (unless there was a subsidy forthcoming to help with the costs); and (2) book sellers are reluctant to send representatives (and books) to conferences with less than 200 participants. What this implies for the former is that heterodox economists need to buy heterodox books to ensure that a market exists when they want their book published. As for the latter, because many heterodox conferences have less than 200 participants, it is necessary to think of ways to increase attendance, such as EAEPE developing an umbrella conference for all European heterodox economists and heterodox economic associations or that heterodox economic conferences team up with say history of thought conferences to generate the needed number of participants. In the end, the size of the conferences has to grow so that the books we write get displayed/advertised and bought.

In the Newsletter you will find some interesting call for papers, one being a conference on Rethinking Popper and another on Jobs and Justice. There are also a number of notices regarding upcoming conferences and inviting heterodox economists to participate: my favorite is the AHE Conference in London, but there is also the Progressive Economics Forum meetings in a couple of weeks. Keeping with my hobby horse regarding research assessment exercises, Donald Gillies has an interesting article in the recent PAER. For those who are not familiar with the Review of Social Economy as a potential outlet for your research, check out the info about the journal. Finally in the Newsletter there is info on new books for heterodox economists, the graduate program at the University of Siena, and the Tufts Institute award of its annual economics prize to Samuel Bowles and Juliet Schor.

Fred Lee

In this issue:

  - Call for Papers

          - JSPE 54th Annual Conference, 2006
          - Rethinking Popper
          - Jobs & Justice


- Conferences, Seminars and Lectures

          - The Association for Heterodox Economics Annual Conference
          - World Poverty and the Duty of Assistance
          - Progressive Economics Forum (PEF) Events
          - Second Malthus Lecture at the University of Hertfordshire
          - Causality and Probability in the Sciences
          - Institutions and the Economy: Historical Perspectives
          - "Which financing for which development ?" Group of economic and social research (GRES)

- Job Postings for Heterodox Economists

          - The Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE)

 - Heterodox Journals and Newsletters

         - Review of Social Economy
         - Post-autistic economics review
         - Revue de la Régulation
         - The Talking Economics Bulletin- May 06

- Heterodox Books and Book Series

          - Money and Exchange: Folktales and Reality- Sasan Fayazmanesh
          - Field Guide to the U.S. Economy
          - Specters of the Atlantic

- Heterodox Graduate Program and PhD Scholarships

          - University of Siena, Italy

  - Heterodox Websites

          - Brecht Forum

- For Your Information

         - Tufts Institute Awards Annual Economics Prize to Samuel Bowles and Juliet Schor
         - Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach
         - "Is NAFTA Working for Mexico?"
         - Talking Class on Campus