ECONOMICS
FOR THE FUTURE
Cambridge (UK) 17-19 September 2003
What is the future of economics? This question is the theme for a major conference organised by the Cambridge Journal of Economics in celebration of the centenary of the Cambridge Economics degree. The conference will feature a series of debates on the following areas:
Papers are invited
in the areas of unemployment, inflation, industrial organisation, corporate
behaviour and the financial system, distribution, class conflict,
underdevelopment, uneven development, globalisation and international economic
integration. Papers may be from a
theoretical, applied, interdisciplinary or methodological perspective and the
emphasis should be on realism of analysis, the development of critical
perspectives, the use of empirical evidence and the construction of policy.
As well as
economics, the conference programme aims to includes contributions from a range
of disciplines including Geography, History, Law, Management, Philosophy,
Psychology and Sociology.
Abstracts of no
more than 500 words should be submitted before 31 December 2002 to:
The Programme Committee
Economics for the Future Conference
Faculty of Economics and Politics
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge CB3 9DD
UK
Papers accepted by
the Programme Committee must be received by 31 June 2003. Papers should not exceed 8000 words – and, if
author’s wish, may be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the
Cambridge Journal of Economics.
Further
information is at: http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/announce/cjeconf.htm