Economics for
the Future

Cambridge (UK)
17-19 September 2003

For more information email:
cjeconf@econ.cam.ac.uk

 

Papers

Wednesday Thursday Friday
Wednesday 17 September
 
Plenary Debate 1: ‘The Future of Industrial Capitalism’
Debate led by:
John Eatwell  
Bob Rowthorn  
Paolo Sylos Labini  
Chair: Michael Kitson
 
Methodology 1: Use of Mathematics in history of thought
R Arena Can economics be a mathematical and a social science?
M Fracanzani Law and economics: back to Aristotle and the role of maths
K Velupillai The unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics in economics
Tony Lawson Chair
Microeconomics 1: Outsourcing, sub-contracting and the changing boundaries of organisations
D Grimshaw & J Rubery Inter-capital relations and the network organisation: Redefining the issues concerning work and employment
U Muehlberger From relational employment to relational contracting: outsourcing and dependent self-employment in the British and Austrian insurance industry
B Trukeschitz & U Schneider New forms of financing for social services
Frank Wilkinson Chair
Macroeconomics 1: Unemployment
D Webster The invention of ‘hysteresis’ and the misdiagnosis of the UK’s structural unemployment
P Arestis & M Sawyer Aggregate demand, conflict and capacity in the inflationary process
D Spencer The workplace requirements for sustainable full employment
Ron Martin Chair
Development 1A: Economic Development and Globalisation
G Mantey & N Levy A re-assessment of national credit policies for economic development with global markets
A Sindzingre Institutions And Development: Some Theoretical Elements
Stephanie Blankenburg Chair
Development 1B: Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Diverse Issues
S Chakravorty Spatial inequality and the size distribution of income
R Islam Revisiting the East Asian model of economic growth: labour market perspective
A Gabriele Exports of services, exports of goods and economic growth in developing countries
tbc Chair
International 1: New international financial architecture
A David Do controls on capital inflows insulate domestic variables against external shocks?
S Sen The future of global finance: what is wrong with the current conjuncture?
P Dulbecco & J-P Allegret The governance of international institutions: the IMF and the evolution of the new international financial architecture
John Grieve Smith Chair
Special Session 1: Ethics
D Cameron Libertarian trick: ethics without economics
A R Patey 6th form economics and philosophy: back to ethics and political economy
J Sullivan The reification of justice
Jane Collier Chair
   
Poster Sessions
T Bello Attacking Unemployment Hurdles in the Fragile Economies of Sub-Saharan Africa : the Experience of Nigeria
A Chilosi

The Economic System as an End or as a Means and the Future of Socialism and Capitalism: an Evolutionary Viewpoint

O De-Juan Wages, labor segmentation and employment. Can full employment be achieved by lowering wages?
T Diefenbach Internal Value Added and Profit Distribution
R Gassler A Framework for Heterodox Economics
M Hayes Investment and finance: using Critical Realism in empirical work
J Hecht Classical Competition and International Equity Reforms : the Financial-Profitability Nexus
J Hölscher & M Jarmuzek Over- or Undervalued Euroland Entry?
M J Ibrahim The Effect of Globalisation on the Development of Underdeveloped Economies
I Ilkkaracan An Alternative Non-linear Model of the Wage Curve and Some Empirical Evidence from the U.S.
K W Li Economism: the New Development Paradigm
G Liodakis The New Stage of Capitalist Development and the prospects of globalisation
A Millmow Australian Economics at the new millennium
M M Muhammedov The problems of integration of Uzbekistan to the global economic system
S Nistico A non-Hicksian Theory within the Hicksian Method: Prices and Quantities in a Temporary Equilibrium Perspective
A Nivorozhkin Evaluation of Active Labor Market Policies in Russia
L.G. de Oliveira A Qualitative Study about "The Regional Influence Factor" for industrial clusters
V Potocan & M Mulej The Interdependence of Management, Sustainable Development,
And Anticipatory Systems Thinking
J Schnellenbach The Dahrendorf hypothesis and its implications for (the theory of ) economic policy-making
J J Thomas Economies of Scale, Technical Progress and Regional Growth Disparities: Indian Industry, 1959-98
R Thomas How not to measure unemployment - and how it should be measured in the future
E Tome The Future of the World Economy: an Hypothesis
R Veneziani Analytical Marxism and the Fundamental Marxian Theorem. A Dynamic Generalisation and Critique
D Wilson and W Dixon Homo Economicus Meets G.H. Mead: a Contribution to the Critique of Economic Theory
H Yildirim Entreprenurship Counts in Regonal Development: A Cross-Regional Analysis of Turkish Entrepreneurs Cases
J Zhou An Obstacle Neglected by Theodore W. Schultz and Albert O. Hirschman – Overcoming Inefficient Land Use in Asia, Africa, Europe, and South and North Americas