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June 2019
8th PKES Summer School – Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics and Political Economy
8th PKES Summer School - Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics and Political Economy University of Greenwich Room None, Park Row, SE10 9LS, London. 26 Jun 2019 9:30 a.m. –28 Jun 2019 4:30 p.m. This three-day summer school at the University of Greenwich introduces Post-Keynesian Economics as an alternative to mainstream neoclassical economic theory and neoliberal economic policy. Key assumptions in Post Keynesian Economics are that individuals face fundamental uncertainty about the future; there is a central role for ‘animal spirits’ in…
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Rethinking the Political Economy of Place Conference
Rethinking the Political Economy of Place: Challenges of Productivity, Inclusion and Power Conference This is the sixth Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Conference and it will be held on 11-12 July 2019 at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. The shifting landscape of concerns and concepts in economic politics in places around the world, calls for a rethinking of the political economy of place. Two of the key challenges – currently faced by cities, regions, nations and supranational institutions around…
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EAEPE Conference 2019
The 31st Annual EAEPE Conference 2019 30 years after the fall of the Berlin wall – What happened to Europe/Where does Europe stand today? What is new in economics? Warsaw, Poland 12-15 September 2019 Keynote Speakers Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Loughborough University London Smita Srinivas, The Open University UK & University College London For further details see: https://eaepe.org/?page=events&side=annual_conference&sub=eaepe_2019_cfp Young Scholars Pre-conference 11 – 12 September 2019, in Warsaw, Poland The pre-conference will be organised in a series of workshops aiming at…
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St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar – ‘A Democratic Measure of National Income’ by Martin Weale
Date: Wednesday, 16 October 2019 Time: 18:00 -19:30 Speaker: Martin Weale Talk Title: ‘’A Democratic Measure of National Income’’ Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College All are welcome. The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Judge Business School. Speaker: Martin Weale is Professor at King's College, London. He joined King’s College in 2016 after completing two three-year terms as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. He had previously been…
Find out more »Cambridge Realist Workshop – Tony Lawson – Really Rethinking Economics
Speaker: Tony Lawson Talk Title: ‘Really Rethinking Economics’ Drinks available from 7:30 pm, talk starts at 8pm. Held in the Cynthia Beerbower Room at Newnham College
Find out more »St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar – ‘The Evolution of Sectarianism: A Political Economy Approach’ by Sebastian Ille
Date: Wednesday, 30 October 2019 Time: 18:00 -19:30 Speaker: Sebastian Ille Talk Title: " The Evolution of Sectarianism: A Political Economy Approach" Location: Rushmore Room, St Catharine’s College All are welcome. The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Judge Business School. Speaker: Sebastian Ille is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the New College of the Humanities and Editor-in-Chief of International Social Science Journal. His areas of expertise and interest focus on the…
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Cambridge Realist Workshop – Stephen Medema – The Utility of Fictional Models for coming to grips with Reality
Speaker: Stephen Medema Talk Title: ‘The Utility of Fictional Models for coming to grips with Reality’ Drinks available from 7:30 pm, talk starts at 8pm.Held in the Cynthia Beerbower Room at Newnham College
Find out more »St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar – ‘The End of History: The Political Economy of Post-Liberal Capitalism’ by Aleksandr Buzgalin
Date: Wednesday, 13 November 2019 Time: 18:00 -19:30 Speaker: Aleksandr Buzgalin Talk Title: 'The End of History: The Political Economy of Post-Liberal Capitalism' Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine’s College All are welcome. The seminar series is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics and Policy Group at the Judge Business School. Speaker: Aleksandr Buzgalin is professor at the department of Political Economy and director of the Center for Modern Marxist Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, and Editor in Chief of Questions…
Find out more »Cambridge Realist Workshop – Dave Elder-Vass – The Nature of Value and price
Speaker: Dave Elder-Vass Talk Title: ‘The Nature of Value and price’ Drinks available from 7:30 pm, talk starts at 8pm. Held in the Cynthia Beerbower Room at Newnham College
Find out more »St Catharine’s Political Economy Seminar – ‘Policies to promote low-carbon technological development’ by Hector Pollitt
Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2019 Time: 18:00 -19:30 Speaker: Hector Pollitt Talk Title: "Policies to promote low-carbon technological development" Location: Ramsden Room, St Catharine's College Speaker: Hector Pollitt is the head of modelling at Cambridge Econometrics. He is a post-Keynesian economist with specific expertise in macro-sectoral economic modelling. He is currently researching linkages between post-Keynesian economics and complexity theory. At Cambridge Econometrics, Hector Pollitt oversees the application of the E3ME macro-econometric model, which treats the economy as a dynamic system…
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