Re: The archives of PKT 11 Jan 1994 15:58:13 -0700 from <holtri@vax1.elon.edu>

["Dr. Richard W. Stratton" <R1RWS%AKRONVM.BITNET@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 11 Jan 1994 15:58:13 -0700 RICHARD P.F. HOLT said:
>Dear PKTers,
>I would like to invite discussion about how we might make greater use of
>the archives of PKT. We have plenty of room to include syllabi, class
>handouts, data sets, bibliographies, working papers, etc. Here are some
>of the ideas I have:

Ric,  I understand your desire to have a specialty list for PKTers, but
I wonder if you are aware of efforts to provide these same kind of
services for the entire profession.  It might be a good idea to
coordinate these services.  Also, are you suggesting a gopher type
service?

>1) We could have a list of different post keynesian economists with a brief
>biography of the economists and then an up to date bibliography of the
>persons writings. People like Sidney Weintraub, Joan Robinson, Hy Minsky,
>G. Harcourt, Paul Davidson, Ed Nell, Ken Galbraith, etc.

Such a list for active economists exists, though in a less detailed
form on the Sam Houston State University gopher server.  It is part of
the Economics initiative at SHSU run by George Greenwade.

You get to it by the path:
NORTH AMERICA / USA / TEXAS / SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY /
Check it out.  It is far from complete, but is growing steadily
and contributions by readers of PKT would be valued.

>2) I would like to see us share class syllabi both for undergraduate and
>graduate classes in all areas of economics. Marco, Labor, History of Thought,
>Public Finance etc. People like Gary Langer have written excellent class
>syllabi and we can all benefit how they bring post keynesian issues and
>thought into the class room. For example, Tom Asimakopulos gave me a copy
>a few years back of his graduate syllabus for macro economics that I think
>we could all learn from, so we could put that in a file for post keynesian
>syllabi.

This is also a feature on the SHSU gopher, along with working papers
links to data sources, and many other features.

>3. I would like us to have a serious and comprehensive archive of working
>papers. One of the benefits of coordinating pkt is that I have received a
>number of working papers ( I'm still trying to respond to them all) and this
>would provide, especially young authors an opportunity to share their work
>and get some feedback. The paper would stay in the working paper area until
>it becomes published and then for copy right reasons we would take out of
>the archives. But there are many insightful working papers that because of
>ideological reasons of the different journals never get published and this
>way the ideas would be out there for the public to benefit from.
>
>4. I would like to see a file that describes the different graduate programs
>from different countries that offer heterodox economic programs. This is
>something that could be kept up to date and referred to for those thinking
>about graduate school.

This is not something which has been completed on the SHSU gopher,
though there has been some discussion of it.  Why not contact
George, or just survey the information available and see what you
think.  My concern in this is that we use our resources efficiently,
and that researchers, students, and teachers have a limited number of
places to search to find the information they need.

>These are just some examples and I would like you to share your thoughts
>about these suggestions or any suggestions you might have for pkt and the
>use of its archives. Paul Davidson hit on something that the message of
>heterodox economics might not be getting out there in our undergraduate
>and graduate classes. I would like to see pkt as a source of information
>for our young economists. both in the undergraduate level as undergraduate
>research is being pushed and the graduate schools.
>-Ric Holt

As you might have gathered, I am very supportive of your project.
Whether you decide to go it alone, or join forces with those already
involved in similar projects, please keep me informed on your
progress.


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