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3 items of possible interest to heterodox economists



Colleague,
 
3 items of possible interest:
 
1.    The Eighth Annual Post Keynesian Workshop--final call for summer school participants and papers
 
2.    New Journal:  Econ Journal Watch
 
3.    The Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE)  GRADUATE PROGRAMME in         philosophy and economics.
 
Fred Lee
 
 
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The Eighth Annual
Post Keynesian Workshop


Summer School: June 19 - 24, 2004
Conference: June 26 - June 29, 2004

In this email:
1. WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
2. IMPORTANT DEADLINES!
3. WORKSHOP WEBSITES  (WITH FULL DETAILS REGARDING PAPER PROPOSALS, SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS, REGISTRATION, AND COSTS)

1. WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

The Eight International Post Keynesian workshop will consist of the Post Keynesian Summer School from June 19-24, 2004 and the Post Keynesian Conference from June 26-29, 2004. The two events are linked in time but participants may want to go to either one or both.

The organizing theme for the workshop is “Economic Policy for the Real World”. Summer school and conference programs will be organized by Paul Davidson, Jan A. Kregel, L. Randall Wray and Mathew Forstater. 
This Workshop will provide a rigorous discussion of both the theoretical and applied aspects of Post Keynesian economics, with an examination of meaningful prescriptive policies relevant to real world phenomena. The summer school will be of particular interest to graduate students and recent graduates. Well-known Post Keynesian economists from around the world will be the teaching staff at the school.

Abstracts of paper proposals must be received by February 15, 2004, and should be sent to Pavlina Tcherneva at the email address below.

2. IMPORTANT DEADLINES

February 15, 2004: Summer School Applications
February 15, 2004: Conference Paper Proposals (abstracts or complete papers)
May 15, 2004: Conference Registration (higher rates apply for onsite registrations).
Conference fee: $75 (pre-registration)/$100 (late registration).
Student rate: $35.
May 15, 2004: Hotel booking at guaranteed conference rate of $84/night; higher rate applies after this date.
May 31, 2004: Complete Paper Submission (If we receive your paper by this date, we will post it on our web site for conference participants to read and print before the conference. It will also be reproduced on a CD. Unlike in previous years, at this workshop hard copies of conference papers will not be reproduced for participants.)  
 
2. WORKSHOP WEBSITES 
 
1. General Website: www.cfeps.org/events/pk2004
 
Pavlina R. Tcherneva
UMKC-CFEPS
Economics; 211 HH
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
tel.: 816.235.5835
fax: 816.235.6558
 
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ANNOUNCING

 

ECON JOURNAL WATCH

 

 

Dear economist,

 

I write to inform you of a new electronic journal called Econ Journal Watch.

 

EJW will publish Comments on articles appearing in economics journals.  It will serve as a forum for discussion about economics research and the economics profession.

 

Econ Journal Watch will bring lively commentary to professional economics.  It will watch the journals for inappropriate assumptions, weak chains of argument, phony claims of relevance, and omissions of pertinent truths.

 

The first issue of the triannual journal will appear in April at http://www.econjournalwatch.org/.

 

The project is directed by Donald Boudreaux (George Mason University), Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois-Chicago), Richard Stroup (Montana State University) and me (Santa Clara University). 

 

The Advisory Council includes James Buchanan, Ronald Coase, David Colander, Bruno Frey, James Gwartney, Robert Higgs, Israel Kirzner, Timur Kuran, Deepak Lal, Thomas Mayer, Douglass North, Sam Peltzman, Thomas Schelling, Vernon Smith, Gordon Tullock, Leland Yeager, and many others.

 

On the editorial team I am joined by Bruce Benson (Florida State University), Fred Foldvary (Santa Clara University), George Selgin (University of Georgia), and Lawrence H. White (University of Missouri-St. Louis).  The Managing Editor is Matthew Brown (Santa Clara University).

 

Extensive information about Econ Journal Watch, including a call for papers, is available on the announcement page at http://www.econjournalwatch.org/.  We warmly welcome inquiries and submissions. 

 

Yours truly,

 

Daniel Klein

Editor, Econ Journal Watch

Econjournalwatch.org

 

 

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The Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE) invites students to apply for its GRADUATE PROGRAMME in philosophy and economics, preferably before February 1, 2004 (later applications will be considered on a first come, first serve basis). The focus of the programme is on interdisciplinary areas where the Philosophy and Methodology of Economics, on the one hand, and Institutional Economics, on the other, meet (with particular attention paid to the new developments in science studies and to the new economics of institutions and organizations).

The programme is strongly international. Its working language is English.

Ideally, applicants have a Master's degree in economics or in philosophy, or are close to completing such a degree. Those with a strong Bachelor's degree will also be considered.  

The programme is in two parts. The first part provides a one-year MPhil Degree and it can be done separately. It consists of a set of foundational courses on topics that range from the philosophy and rhetoric of both mainstream and heterodox economics to the foundations of new institutional and evolutionary economics. The core courses are currently given by Mark Blaug, John Groenewegen, Arjo Klamer, Uskali Maki, Deirdre McCloskey and Jack Vromen as well as visiting professors (such as, in 2000-2003, by Gregory Dow, Wade Hands, John Davis, and Claude Menard).

Overall, EIPE has some 20 Members who participate in its activities, including teaching, and whose areas of expertise cover a broad range of fields and topics, from philosophy of science, social epistemology, social ontology, and internet ethics to theories of rationality, transaction cost economics, organization theory, game theory, and cultural economics (the current list of members comprises Gerrit Antonides, Mark Blaug, Igor Douven, Sanjeev Goyal, John Groenewegen, George Hendrikse, Jeroen van den Hoven, Maarten Janssen, Arjo Klamer, Barbara Krug, Theo Kuipers, Deirdre McCloskey, Uskali Maki, Bart Nooteboom, Paivi Oinas, Laszlo Polos, Ruth Towse, Jack Vromen, Richard Whitley, Theo van Willigenburg).

The MPhil will be useful for those who want to have a solid introduction to the areas covered; those who want to upgrade their knowledge close to the frontline research on these themes; and those who want to prepare themselves for PhD research at EIPE or elsewhere.

After the MPhil, students can apply for the second part of the EIPE Programme, the PhD programme. PhD theses focus on topics related to the EIPE Research Programme "Institutions".

EIPE organizes a regular research seminar with internationally renowned experts presenting papers. It also runs a PhD seminar to provide a forum for discussion of the work in progress by its graduate students. Moreover, it organises international workshops and conferences on a wide range of topics.

For more information about the institute, the graduate programme, and application procedures see our web site: http://www.eur.nl/fw/philecon/ or contact the secretary of the institute, Loes van Dijk (
internationaloffice@fwb.eur.nl, +31-10-408 8967).



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