:Title: Association for Heterodox Economics 10th Anniversary Conference :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:28:02 PDT :Modified: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:42:42 PDT :URL: http://www.ned.com/user/u523412994/news/32/ I have no idea why the latter part of this entry is bolded. If anyone can see, please tell me so I can fix it. This is the schedule for the Conference in Cambridge that I am attending next week. If there are sessions that interest you and you want a report or further information, please say so and I will see if I can't get it for you. **Association for Heterodox Economics 10th Anniversary Conference Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, Thursday 3rd-Sunday 6th July, 2008** Programme of Events **Thursday 3rd July** .. raw:: html
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15.00-16.30AHE Conference: Business Meeting & Planning SessionDav014
16.30-17.00Tea/CoffeeRecital Room
17.00-18.30Ruskin Annual Lecture: Nicholas Garnham on The Economics of Culture. Chair: Alan Freeman. Welcome from Martin Reynolds, Dean of AIBSMumford Theatre Theatre
19.00-20.30AHE Reception (Wine and canapés); Speakers: Paul Downward and Wendy Olsen; Bronwen-Rees and the presentation of InterconnectionsRuskin Gallery
Friday 4th July
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09.00-10.30Panel Session 1Multiple locations
10.30-11.00CoffeeRecital Room
11.00-12.30Plenary: Sustainable Development: Ali Douai, Joan Martinez-Alier, Inge Ropke, Miriam Kennet.Mumford Theatre Theatre
12.30-13.30LunchRecital Room
13.30-15.00Panel Session 2Multiple locations
15.00-15.30Tea/CoffeeRecital Room
15.30-17.00Panel Session 3Multiple locations
18.30-20.00Prize-giving reception: Short welcome by Ioana Negru and Alan Freeman; Book launch by William Mitchell and Joan MuyskenDowning College
Saturday 5th July
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09.00-10.30Panel Session 4Multiple locations
10.30-11.00CoffeeRefectory
11.00-12.30Plenary: Pluralism and Heterodoxy - Speaker: Tony Lawson, Chair: Andrew MearmanMumford Theatre
12.30-13.30LunchRefectory
13.30-15.00 Panel Session 5Multiple locations
15.00-15.30Tea/CoffeeRefectory
15.30-17.00 Reflections on the Past and Current State of Heterodoxy: Victoria Chick; Geoff Harcourt, Ha-Joon Chang, Gary Mongiovi, Alan Freeman Dav014+016
19.00-21.00CONFERENCE DINNER: Speaker: Geoff HarcourtDowning College
Sunday 6th July
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09.30-11.00Panel Session 6Multiple locations
11.00-11.30CoffeeRefectory
11.30-13.00 Panel Session 7Multiple locations
13.00-14.00LunchRefectory
14.00-15.30 Plenary Session: Reflections on the Economic Crisis: Giuseppe Fontana, Jan Toporowski, John Grahl, Victoria ChickMumford Theatre
**Association for Heterodox Economics, 10th Anniversary Conference Anglia Ruskin University, 3rd-6th July, 2008** **AHE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE** Friday 4th July Panel Session 1 9.00am-10.30am *Panel A:* Financial Markets Venue: Hel 251 * Financial developments and Post-Keynesian economic growth: advancing theoretical and empirical grounds, Taha Chaiechi; * The political economy of meritocracy: A Post-Kaleckian, Post-Olsonian approach to unemployment and income inequality in modern varieties of capitalism, Arne Heise; * Pedagogical Lessons from the Financial Crisis: The need for Pluralism, Maria Alejandra Caporale Madi and Jack Reardon Chair: Stuart Wall *Panel B:* Welfare and Rationality Venue: Hel 252 * Redistributive impact of public policies in Turkey, Özlem Albayrak; * A reformulation of the foundations of welfare economics, Randall G. Holcombe; * Inheritance and the intention to bequeath: an examination of different aspects of intergenerational wealth transfers, Martin Schürz. Chair: Ioana Negru *Panel C:* Ecological Economics I Venue: Hel 251 * Growth dynamics, social inequalities and environmental quality: an empirical analysis applied to developing and transition countries, Matthieu Clément and André Meunié; * Whither sustainable development? A Post-Keynesian perspective, Eric Berr; * The relations between ecological economics and political ecology, Joan Martinez-Alier. Chair: Ali Douai *Panel D:* Marxian Economics and Money Venue: Hel 118 * Marx, subjugated banking and an emerging corporate monetary system, Simon Mouatt; * Money, credit and state: Post-Keynesian theory of credit money and chartalism, Atsushi Naito. Chair: Brian Roper Discussant: Michael J. Murray *Panel E:* Economic History and Adam Smith Venue: Hel 106/107 * Systemic decline in British shipping 1870-1960, Greg Clydesdale; * “I have little faith in political arithmetic”, Hugh Goodacre; * Variations on a theme by Adam Smith: Culture, creativity and innovation in the internet age, Alan Freeman. Chair: Alan Shipman **Friday 4th July Panel Session 2 13.30pm-15.00pm** *Panel A:* Ecological and Environmental Issues Venue: Hel 110/111 * Environmental policy in Turkey: an Institutionalist critique, Selin Efşan Nas, Eyüp Özveren and Emre Özçelik; * The insurance value of biodiversity: effects of genetic diversity versus high-productivity crops on long-term agricultural performance, Sylvie Geisendorf; * Migration and ecological consequences, V. P. Raghavan. * Limitations in Orthodox Economic Analysis of Urban Reality, Shann Turnbull Chair: Joel Magnuson *Panel B:* Teaching Heterodox Economics Venue: Hel 251 * Explaining Mainstream Economics’ insistence on mathematics, Vinca Bigo; * Comparative versus competitive advantage: how the Mainstream got that way, Alan Shipman; * Mainstream Economics: searching where the light is, Rogier de Langhe. Chair: Jeffrey David Turk *Panel C:* Globalisation and Economic Cycles Venue: Hel 115 * Globalisation and the upward long wave, Bill Jefferies; * Long cycles, long waves and expansionary phases, Keith Hassell. Chair: Alan Griffiths Discussant: Arturo Hermann *Panel D:* Consumption Theory Venue: Hel 252 * (Quasi) scarcity and global hunger: a sociological critique of the scarcity postulate with an effort to synthesis, Adel Daoud; * Context and choice: a pluralistic approach to consumer behaviour, Peter E. Earl and Tim Wakeley; * An evolutionary perspective on the economics of energy consumption: the crucial role of habits, Kevin Maréchal. Chair: Josef Baum *Panel E:* Marxian Economics I Venue: Hel 118 * Pasinetti, Marx and simple commodity production, Andrew B. Trigg; * Valuation in the presence of stocks of commodities: exploring the temporal single system interpretation of Marx, Nick Potts; * Dependency theory: How valid is it today? Amit Jyoti Sen. Chair: Julian Wells *Panel F:* Russian Roundtable I: Economic Problems and the Energy-Ecological Shift of the 21st Century Venue: Hel 106/107 * Presentation of the Part IV of a global forecast up to 2050s: “The Energy-Ecological Future of Civilizations”, Yakovets, YU V; * Shaping national policies at the time of global technological change, Glazyev, S.Yu; * The technological shift at the start of the 21st Century, Badalian L. Chair: Victor Krivotorov **Friday 4th July Panel Session 3 15.30pm-17.00pm** *Panel A:* Green Economics and Ethics Venue: Hel 110/111 * Will climate change enforce global justice – the turning point for the North-South divide, Josef Baum; * Mindful Ecology and Economy, Joel C. Magnuson; * The political economy of the human right to water, Manuel Couret Branco and Pedro Damião Henriques. Chair: Bronwen-Ann Rees *Panel B:* Philosophical Debates I Venue: Hel 115 * Socialism, knowledge and the instrumental valuation principle, Andrew Cumbers and Robert McMaster; * Traction in the world: economics and narrative interviews, Jeffrey David Turk. * Capital Accumulation in less developed countries, Prabirjit Sarkar. Chair: Bill Jefferies *Panel C:* Book Discussion: Full Employment Abandoned: Shifting Sands and Policy Failures, William Mitchell and Joan Muysken Venue: Hel 251 * The abandonment of full employment: why sovereign governments have a choice, William Mitchell and Joan Muysken; * Relevance of the book for economic policies in the integrated EMU with a common currency, Philip Arestis; * Relevance of book for understanding ‘innocent frauds’ in modern policy making and how full employment and price stability can be achieved, Warren Mossler. Chair: Mark Hayes *Panel D:* Marxian Economics II Venue: Hel 106/107 * An instrumental approach to political economics, M. J. Murray; * Cosmopolitan social democracy: a Marxist critique, Brian S. Roper. Chair: Simon Mouatt Discussant: Gary Mongiovi *Panel E:* Ecological Economics II Venue: Hel 118 * An inquiry on power and ecological economics, Bengi Akbulut and Ceren Ilkay Soylu; * Are we ready to understand individuals and organizations as political actors? Peter Söderbaum; * The ontology of environmental values: the contribution of historical institutionalism to (socio-) ecological economics, Ali Douai and Matthieu Montalban. Chair: Martha A. Starr **Saturday 5th July Panel Session 4 9.00am-10.30pm** *Panel A:* Ethics in Economics Venue: Hel 118 * Towards an understanding of organizational transformation through ethical enquiry, Bronwen Rees and John Wilson; * Cohen’s interpretation of Rawls’ theory of justice: an integration of mainstream in welfare economics, Tarrit Fabien; * Philosophy of measurement of inequality: plural approaches in economics, David Vázquez-Guzmán. Chair: Martin Schürz *Panel B:* Philosophical Debates II Venue: Hel 251 * John Dewey’s theory of democracy and its links with the heterodox approach to economics, Arturo Hermann; * Process philosophy and the critique of critical realism, James Juniper; * The Althusserian challenge in retrospect and prospect, Erik Olsen. Chair: Tony Lawson *Panel C:* Finance and Methodology Venue: Hel 106/107 * Aspiration paradox in micro-finance: a difficulty and an opportunity, Wendy Olsen; * The state of economic heterodoxy in research on the financial sector fragility and bank failures in Africa, Radha Upadhyaya; * From credit crunch to depression, Brian Grogan. Chair: Maria Alejandra Caporale Madi *Panel D:* Institutionalism Venue: Hel 252 * Economics and historical specificity: a study in comparative analytics, Valentin Cojanu; * Are conventions solutions? Contrasting visions of the relationship between convention and uncertainty, John Latsis. * Flexicurity capitalism, Peter Flaschel and Sigrid Luchtenberg. Chair: Jack Reardon Discussant: Ceren Soylu *Panel E:* Ecological Economics III Venue: Hel 110/111 * Debated universes and environmental conventions, Valérie Boisvert and Franck-Dominique Vivien; * Environmental conventions: the case of agriculture, Clarisse Cazals; * “Toward partial reorientation of Land Management for Sustainability in view of material circulation”, Sylvie Ferrari, Kozo Mayumi and Atsushi Tsuchida. Chair: Miriam Kennet **Saturday 5th July Panel Session 5 13.30pm-15.00pm** *Panel A:* Pluralism in Economics Venue: Hel 251 * Economics and the real world: students’ perceptions of economics and the role of heterodoxy in changing them, Andrew Mearman, Tim Wakeley and Gamila Shoib; * Pluralism and green economics, Ioana Negru; * Withering pluralism in Germany: Heterodox economics after five years of the post-autistic movement in Germany, Thomas Dürmeier. Chair: Rogier DeLanghe *Panel B:* Finance and Inflation in Latin America Venue: Hel 106/107 * The present Argentine inflation. The need of an heterodox vision to analyze its causes and specificities, Juilo Eduardo Fabris, Pablo Julio Lopez and José Villadeamigo; * The Bank of Brazil: the path since the mid-90s, Rogerio Andrade and Simone Deos; * A macroeconomic analysis of inflation and stagflation in less developed economies, Hamid Nazeman. Chair: Arne Heise *Panel C:* Markets and Firms Venue: Hel 110/111 * On companies’ microeconomic objectives; profit rate versus pure profit, Louis de Mesnard; * Markets, prices and market power, Thomas Lines. Chair: Carmen Costea Discussant: Steve Keen *Panel D:* Marxian and Sraffian Approaches Venue: Hel 118 * Towards a generalized Marxian approach: a synthesis of heterodox economic approaches, Takashi Satoh; * The capital controversy in historical perspective, Gary Mongiovi. Chair: Steven Pressman Discussant: Simon Mouatt *Panel E:* Ecological Economics IV Venue: Hel 252 * The social construction of normal standards in consumption, Inge Ropke; * Global warming and high consumption: habits, needs and social values, Martha A. Starr; * The environmental impacts of changing consumption patterns: evidence from Turkey, Bëgum Ozkaynak, Fikret Adaman and Unal Zenginobuz. Chair: Sylvie Ferrari **Sunday 6th July Panel Session 6 9.30am-11.00am** *Panel A:* Russian Roundtable II: Economic Problems and the Energy-Ecological Shift of the 21st Century Venue: Hel 252 * Return to the Classical paradigm: the theory of Coenoses: Malthusianism with a Schumpeterian twist, Krivotorov V.; * Sustainable global development and the principle of self-organization of complex systems, Chistilin, D.; * Technology and psychology: a mechanism of anthropogenic crises, Nazaretyan, A. Chair: Lucy Badalian *Panel B:* Challenges to Neoclassical Economics Venue: Hel 110/111 * Anti-empiricism in economics: the case of Neoclassical axiomatism, Tamás Dusek; * Pluralism about rationality in economics: theories as tools, C. Tyler Des Roches and Thomas Wells. * Neoclassical Economics: determinism, choice and agency, Fran Smith. Chair: João Rodrigues *Panel C:* Theory of the Firm Venue: Hel 106/107 * Marshall’s theory should be discarded, Steve Keen and Carmen Costea; * Prices and price strategies, James Case; * Mexican multinational firm expansion: A heterodox microeconomic analysis, Gustavo Vargas. Chair: Colin Richardson *Panel D:* Post-Keynesian Economics Venue: Hel 118 * A critique of Post-Keynesian economics applied to the political economy of the Euro zone, Riccardo Bellofiore and Joseph Halevi; * A Post-Keynesian approach to microeconomic policy, Steven Pressman; Chair: Andrew Trigg Discussant: Giuseppe Fontana *Panel E:* Doctoral Students’ Contributions (poster session) Venue: Hel 115 Contributors: Shira D. Jones, Alicia Giron, Vanessa da Costa Val Munhoz. Chair: David Vázquez-Guzmán **Sunday 6th July, 11.30- 13.00 pm Panel Session 2** *Panel A:* Austrian Economics and Markets Venue: Hel 118 * Drawing the line: Mises, Hayek and the antinomies of neoliberalism, João Rodrigues; * Computer grids and the catallaxy paradigm, Colin Richardson; Chair: Randall Holcombe Discussant: Andy Denis *Panel B:* Book Session: “Mindful Economics: Understanding American Capitalism, Its Consequences and Alternatives” by Joel Magnuson Venue: Hel 252 Contributors: Joel Magnuson, Alan Griffiths, Bronwen Rees. Chair: Valentin Cojanu *Panel C:* Ecological Economics VI: Final Roundtable Venue: Hel 251 Contributors: Joan Martinez-Alier, Miriam Kennet, Begüm Özkaynak, Martha A. Starr, Franck-Dominique Vivien, Peter Söderbaum, Ali Douai Chair: Andrew Mearman *Panel D:* Book Session: ‘Reclaiming Marx’s “Capital”: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency’ by A. Kliman Venue: Hel. 110/111 Contributors: Andrew Kliman, Ioana Negru, Alan Freeman, Andrew Trigg Chair: Erik Olsen *Panel E:* Teaching Heterodox Economics II Venue: Hel 106/107 * Why do mainstream economists lie to students? Michael Joffe; * Minds and Markets: Challenges to heterodox teaching in contemporary Brazil, Maria Alejandra Caporale Madi and Ricardo Gonçalves. Chair: Jeffrey D. Turk Discussant: Alan Shipman