The discussion will be monitored by the S3C Students. Among the Participants
are Professors:
Morteza Ardebili,
James Sturgeon,
James Webb, and
Bill Williams.
All Social Science Consortium Students and Professors are invited to
this round table. A short article by James Webb Pragmatisms (Plural)
is available also at the Economics Department office (211 Haag Hall).
Questions to be discussed:
What are the different
kinds of Pragmatisms?
According to the Structure
of Scientific Practice (SSP) approach, Pragmatism
is just an epistemology, not a paradigm. How does Pragmatism
generate scientific knowledge?
Critical evaluation
of the SSP approach and its notion of Paradigm.
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDENT SEMINAR ON RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Facilitated by Prof. Fred
Lee
Professor Andrew Bergerson will talk about his
research. Professor Bergerson has written a paper on "The Nazi Reformatio
Vitae: Metaphysics and Ethics in Everyday Life".
The First
Pragmatism Seminar for Winter 2002
James Webb
will present a brief discussion of "Pragmatisms (Plural)" followed by a
discussion of the "Separation of Knowing and Doing" led by Jim Sturgeon.
Fifth Meeting of the Monthly Money Seminar,
Facilitated by Professors Stephanie
Bell and L.R.
Wray
Topic: The Monetary Circuit
Discussion will be led by Visiting Professor,
Dr. Giuseppe Fontana, Economics, LUBS, University
of Leeds,
Leeds, United Kingdom
Suggested Readings:
1. The Theory of the Monetary Circuit, by Augusto
Graziani, Thames Papers, Spring 1989.
(available in Department Office)
2. Post
Keynesians and Circuitists on Money and Uncertainty: an Attempt at Generality,
by Giuseppe
Fontana, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Fall 2000,
Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 27-48.
(available also in Department Office or by e-mail:
gf@lubs.leeds.ac.uk).
Open to All Students and Faculty
Sponsored by the Center for Full Employment
and Price Stability
Post Keynesian Summer
School
(June 17-28, 2002)
Seventh International
Post Keynesian Workshop (June 29-July 3, 2002)
Conference
on the History of Heterodox Economics in the 20th Century (26
- 28 September 2002)
at the University of
Missouri-Kansas City, Place: Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering
and Technology
Current
Seminars
Money
Seminar
Open to All Students and Faculty
Facilitated by Professors Stephanie
Bell and L.R.
Wray
Monthly
CFEPS Seminar
Sponsored by the Center
for Full Employment and Price Stability
Open to All Students and Faculty
Seminar
on Pragmatism
Facilitated by Jim Webb, Social Science Consortium
Doctoral
Seminar on Research Methodology
Facilitated by Fred
Lee
Seminar on John Commons
26th March, 2003, Wednesday, at RH 203 from 2-4 pm, we'll continued with our 5th session of the Veblen-Commons Seminar, under the direction of Dr. James Sturgeon. At the previous session we continued our discussion about managerial transactions and the notion of the "going concern" ant its relationship with the 'working rules'. The idea of 'efficiency' was connected with concepts such as 'going plan' and 'going business'. Also, we reviewed again the notion of 'scarcity' under Commons' view. For example, in Commons' view wages are a measure of 'scarcity' (not natural scarcity) and not for productivity. The notion of 'institutions' offered by Commons was revisited where the unit of analysis are transactions and not individuals, and cause and effect relationships: "collective action in control and liberation of individual action". A discussion went on about the notion of 'collective action' and we examined this notion under the theory of New Institutional Economics such as Mancur Olson. Also, the difference between 'real' value and 'reasonable' value was explored.
Seminar on John Commons
19th March, 2003, Wednesday,at RH 203 from 2-4 pm
Today we'll go on with our 4th session of the Veblen-Commons-Seminar. So
far, we have been covering topics of Vol.1 -"Institutional Economics" by J. Commons.During the first session we concentrated on the discussion about
the notion of 'transactions" in Commons' terminology and the importance of the idea of ownership in Commons' theoretical framework. We began also to
examine the notion of collective action. On the 2nd session, we worked on the notions of bargaining, managerial and rationing transactions and the
importance of the concept of intangible property in Commons' views. Then we explored the notion of scarcity in Commons quite different of course
from the Neoclassical Economics'. Also, the discussion has been combining issues of Pragmatism and Dewey's methodology perspectives. Last session we
did a review of the history of economic thought under Commons' perspective. We had a discussion on to what extent it was fair that Commons considered
Marx a 'physical economist'. Also, an important discussion began on the two versions in OIE Economics about the theory of value: 1) the instrumental
theory of value (Dewey-Veblen-Ayres); 2) Commons' theory of reasonable value. Are they contradictory each other? a good discussion went on.
Institutional Economics needs a clear theory of value. It is very important for Graduate Students to understand that one cannot
have a good grasp of Institutional Economics if we re not familiar with
Commons' approach. It is also crucial for policy-making perspectives.
HETERODOX ECONOMIC THEORY SEMINAR FALL SEMESTER 2002
Friday, December 6, 2002: Professor Stefan Kesting (University of Bremen and Visiting Professor) "Deliberative Welfare-Effects in Theory and Practice"
HETERODOX ECONOMIC THEORY SEMINAR FALL SEMESTER 2002
The first seminar in the W2003 semester was a discussion with Professors Forstater and Lee on the question: "Is There a Structuralist Post Keynesian Economics?" The contributions of Pasinetti, Rima, Hagemann, and Eichner who emphasis structure and technological change will be discussed relative to the contributions of Davidson, Minsky, and Chick who emphasis money and finance. A sub-topic will be: "Does Post Keynesian Economics Recognize Technological Unemployment?"
NOVEMBER 22, 3-5 PM, ROYAL HALL 204
Third Seminar on Money
Facilitated by Professors
Stephanie
Bell and L.R.
Wray
GUEST SPEAKER: MALCOLM
SAWYER, Visiting Professor and Professor of Economics at the University
of Leeds
TOPIC: 'Can Monetary
Policy Affect the Real Economy ?'
A related paper discussed
was: Arestis, P. and Sawyer, M.C. (2002a), "The Bank of England Macroeconomic
Model: Its Nature and Implications", Journal of Post Keynesian Economics,
24(4), 529-545. This is available at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/MKB/MalcolmSawyer.
SPONSORED BY: CENTER
FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT AND PRICE STABILITY (CFEPS)
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 15, 3-5 PM, ROYAL HALL 402
MONTHLY MEETING OF PRAGMATISM SEMINAR FACILITATED BY PROFESSOR BILL WILLIAMS
TOPIC: PRAGMATISM: THE MISADVENTURES
Friday, November
1, 3.00 - 5.00, RH 202
HETERODOX ECONOMIC THEORY SEMINAR FALL SEMESTER
2002
Professor Stefan Kesting (University of Bremen and Visiting
Professor) gave a talk on
"Power and Discourse--The Contribution of
Institutional Economics"
Friday,
September 6, 3.00 - 5.00, RH 202
The first session of the new ECONOMIC
THEORY SEMINAR for FALL SEMESTER 2002
Roundtable discussion of A. S. Eichner and J. A. Kregel,
"An Essay on Post-Keynesian Theory: A New Paradigm in Economics,"
Journal of Economic Literature 13 (December): 1293 - 1314.
Discussion Question: "Does the article have any relevance to current
Post Keynesian economic theory?" Copies of the article will be in
the
Department Office or it can be obtain from JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org
SOCIAL
SCIENCES PICNIC
At the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Thursday – Saturday, 3 – 5 October 2002
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Post Keynesian Conference (June 29 - July 3, 2002)
Friedrich August von Hayek, 1889-1992
Larry Hickman, Director of
the Dewey Center at the Southern
Illinois University, will present a lecture on:
"Reconstructing the Fact/Value
Split: Habermas, Dewey, and third Generation Critical Theory"
The
First Pragmatism Seminar for Winter 2002
James
Webb will
present a brief discussion of "Pragmatisms
(Plural)" followed by a discussion of the "Separation of Knowing and
Doing" led by James
Sturgeon.
Fifth Meeting of the Monthly
Money Seminar, Facilitated by Professors Stephanie
Bell and L.R.
Wray
Topic: The Monetary Circuit
Discussion was by Visiting Professor,
Dr. Giuseppe Fontana, Economics, LUBS, University
of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Suggested Readings:
1. The Theory of the Monetary Circuit,
by Augusto Graziani, Thames Papers, Spring 1989.
(available in Department Office)
2. Post
Keynesians and Circuitists on Money and Uncertainty: an Attempt at Generality,
by Giuseppe
Fontana, Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Fall 2000,
Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 27-48. (available also in Department Office or by e-mail:
gf@lubs.leeds.ac.uk).
Sponsored by the Center
for Full Employment and Price Stability
October
21, 3 pm.
Letter from AFEE/UMKC Summer School Participants
May
5th, 2001 Saturday, 1 pm
Sponsored by the Economics
Club at UMKC
May
2, 2001 3:00pm-5:30pm,University Center, Room 106
"The Economic
Conditions and Prospects for China"
A roundtable with
special guest
Dr. Gao Shangquan from China
Sponsored by The Center
for Full Employment and Price Stability
Distinguished Visiting Scholar Edward J. Nell from the New School for Social Research
Monday,
April 16, 2001, 4:00 - 5:20 PM, Haag Hall, Room 309
"The
Theory of Growth of Demand"
Edward J. Nell, New
School for Social Research
Tuesday,
April 17, 2001
3:30
- 5:00 PM Royall Hall, Room 111
"Effective
Demand and the Employer of Last Resort"
Edward J. Nell, New
School for Social Research
5:15
- 6:45 PM Royall Hall
Interdisciplinary
Ph.D. Student Seminar:
"Transformational
Growth and Critical Realism"
Wednesday,
April 18, 12:00 - 2:00 PM, Haag Hall, Room 212
"On
the Theoretical Integration of Keynes and Sraffa: Challenges and Possibilities"
Edward J. Nell, New
School, and Frederic
S. Lee, UMKC
Moderator: Mathew
Forstater, UMKC
Sponsored by: Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, and the Department of Economics, University of Missouri - Kansas City.
Friday April 13, 2001at 3.00 - 5.00 in Haag Hall,
Room 212
Professor Shona Kelly Wray (History Department
at UMKC) talked about the qualitative/historical methods she uses
in her research on love and death in medieval Italy.
March 23, 2001, Haag
Hall 212, 3.00-5.00
John Jumara (UMKC graduate student) presented his dissertation
topic which is on "Organizations as Social Theory".
Thursday,
March 22, 2001at 2 p.m. in room 301 Haag Hall.
March 9, 2001
Professor Shannon
Jackson (Department of Sociology)
presented
"Ethnographic Methods:
The Trials and Tribulations of Fieldwork".
Professor Jackson discussed
her research in Cape Town, South Africa and about the difficulties in conducting
grounded investigations in alien contexts.
March 7, 2001, Haag Hall
310, 4:00 - 5:30, The Theory
of Agency
January 31 and February 14,
2001,Haag Hall, Room 310, 4:00-5:30 pm.
Sponsored by UMKC,
the Social
Science Consortium and the Department
of Economics
Doug
Bowles
(UMKC Economics Graduate Student, Researcher at the Center
for Economic Information
Dissertation Topic: Application of Parcel-based
GIS Methodology to the Study of Community Development
Tuesday, November 28th at 3 pm
The American
City at the Turn of the Century: New Directions in Public Policy and Interdisciplinary
Research
Plaza Room, UMKC Administative
Center, 5115 Oak St.
Wednesday, November 29th, 3 pm
Is
There Equal Opportunity in the Credit Market? Racial Discrimination and
Bank consolidation in the U.S.
Room 403, Royal Hall,
UMKC, 800 E. 52nd St.
Thursday, November 30th, 7:30 p.m.
Empirical Studies
of Racial Inequality in Access to Credit as a Benchmark for Policy Responses
to America's Historical Legacy of Slavery - Compensating for Racial Exploitation
Bruce R, Watkins Cultural
Heritage Center, 3700 Blue Parkway (at Cleveland Avenue), Kansas City,
MO.
(UMKC Visiting Distinguished
Research Professor and United Nations
Financial Expert)
"Global Economic
Growth and Imbalances: Launching the United Nations Trade and Development
Report, 2000"
October 26, 2000
The Economic Consequences of the Fiscal Surplus
October 27, 2000
What is the Theory of the Monetary Circuit in Understanding
the Role of Modern Money
Sponsored by The Center for Full Employment and Price Stability and the Economics Club at UMKC
The
Promise of Public Work
A
Workshop on Public Service Employment and Community Development
With
Special Guest
Harry
Boyte(Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Humphrey Institute of
Public Affairs, University of Minnesota)
"Beyond
a Paycheck: Meaningful Work and the Rebirth of Democracy
Sponsored
by CFEPS
October 6, 2000
The Evolution of Inequality
in the Age of Globalization
Sponsored by CFEPS
October 5, 2000
The Mexican Economy and NAFTA
Sponsored by the Economics Club at UMKC
March 9, 2000
Cartels in Action: Case Study
of Market Governance in the American Gunpowder Industry, 1865-1880
March 13, 2000
Inflexible Prices and the Great
Depression
Sponsored by the Economics Club,
Economics Department at UMKC and ODE
February 28, 2000
Development Policy after the Seattle WTO Fiasco: a
Reassessment
Organized by the CFEPS, Department of Economics and the
Economics Club at UMKC and ODE
November 10, 1999
Is
a Plumber or a Financial Architect Needed to End International Liquidity
Problems such as the Recurring Currency Crises of the 1990's?
Sponsored by CFEPS
October 20, 1999
The 'End' of the Worldly
Philosophy?
Sponsored by CFEPS the Economics
Department and the Economics Club at UMKC
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