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11/12/2020

We hereby invite you to submit your manuscripts to the eleventh volume of the New School Economic Review (NSER).

We encourage diversity of subject matter and methodology covering a wide range of topics in economics. Submissions can be in the form of, but not limited to, scholarly articles, commentaries, book reviews, guest editorials, and announcements. The papers will be reviewed by a committee of referees, selected mostly from New School alumni. The NSER welcomes submissions from academics, practitioners and students of all levels seeking to broaden and strengthen the foundational structure of the study of economic systems.

The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2021. https://nsereview.org/index.php/NSER/announcement/view/7

02/12/2020

Call for Papers: New School Economic Review special issue on climate change | New School Economic Review

We hereby invite you to submit your manuscripts to a special issue of the New School Economic Review (NSER) on the economics of climate change.

Potential topics include:

Climate change, climate disasters and climate justice
The macroeconomics and macroeconomic policies of climate change
Sustainable growth and climate change
Challenges of climate finance
Competition, clean technologies, resource use, R&D, innovation policy and obstacles to phasing in renewable energy (eg.: fossil fuel oligopolies)
New frontiers of public policy: green infrastructure, food and agriculture, development policy, green jobs, carbon taxation and trading, resource management, migration, etc
The role of the private sector: incentives, extractive industries, forestry, ESG, green jobs, resources use management, water management, innovation, etc
The global south and new challenges to development policy: industrial policy, commodities, finance strategies, and conservation

Call for Papers: New School Economic Review special issue on climate change 2020-02-12 We hereby invite you to submit your manuscripts to a special issue of the New School Economic Review (NSER) on the economics of climate change. Potential topics include: Climate change, climate disasters and clima...

05/21/2019

Fall 2019 Submission Deadline Extension | New School Economic Review

Fall 2019 Submission Deadline Extension | New School Economic Review

Fall 2019 Submission Deadline Extension 2019-05-21 To provide students and faculty with the necessary time for reshaping their research into publishable material, the deadline for submitting manuscripts to the fall 2019 issue of the NSER has been extended to June 15th. Please submit your manuscript....

04/17/2019

Call for Special Issue Proposal | New School Economic Review

Join the NSER team as a guest editor and gather authors to publish about the topics you care about.

Call for Special Issue Proposal 2019-03-11 Overview: The New School Economic Review (NSER) invites the submission of proposals for thematic special issues, which normally comprise 5 to 10 research papers of maximum 6,000 words, in addition to possible policy notes or book reviews related to the them...

04/04/2019

NSSR Economics Seminar Series: Anti-austerity: Lerner's Functional Finance at 75

Watch Stephanie Kelton, Mark Blyth, and Clara Mattei discuss Abba Lerner's Functional Finance, MMT, and austerity at the NSSR Economic Department Seminar Series.

The New School for Social Research Economics Department Seminar Series: "Anti-Austerity: Lerner's Functional Finance at 75" Stephanie Kelton (Stony Brook Uni...

03/12/2019

Call for Papers for the NSER's Fall 2019 Issue | New School Economic Review

We're pleased to announce that the NSER is now accepting submissions for its 10th volume, Fall 2019 Issue. Please share widely!

Call for Papers for the NSER's Fall 2019 Issue 2019-03-11 We hereby invite you to submit your manuscripts to the next issue of the New School Economic Review (NSER). The NSER is a peer-reviewed, student-run economics journal that publishes original research articles in political economy, heterodox e...

11/21/2018

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09/27/2017

The BRICS and a Changing World

Check out this report by The New School for Social Research Prof. Sanjay Reddy, with contributions by several New School PhD Econ students (Mohamed Obaidy and Joana Avritzer) and Econ professor Paulo dos Santos! https://developingeconomics.org/2017/09/27/the-brics-and-a-changing-world/

06/14/2017

e-Book Launch: Can Dependency Theory Explain Our World Today?

Today Institute for New Economic Thinking launched an e-book on dependency theory, edited by our very own Frutuoso Santana (MA student) and Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven (PhD student). The volume comprises interviews with 13 scholars from around the world who express a variety of viewpoints on the meaning and relevance of dependency theory in today’s context.

Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) has released a new e-book, “Conversations on Dependency Theory”

05/24/2017

The front cover of our latest issue. Download the full issue here:http://www.newschooljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NSER-Vol-9-FULL.pdf

05/24/2017

Is ‘Imperialism’ a Relevant Concept Today? A Debate Among Marxists – New School Economic Review

This month, four prominent Marxists met at The New School in New York to debate the relevance of imperialism. The debate was related to the publication of Prabhat Patnaik’s new book A Theory of Imperialism. With him in the panel were geographer David Harvey, political scientist Nancy Fraser, and economist Duncan K. Foley. Development economist Sanjay Reddy moderated the debate. The main question for the panelists was: Is ‘Imperialism’ a relevant concept today? A fruitful debate followed, suggesting that contemporary imperialism is crying out for analysis and critique. Via Developing Economics.

This month, four prominent Marxists met at The New School in New York to debate the relevance of imperialism. The debate was related to the publication of

05/15/2017

Volume 9 of The New School Economic Review Launched – New School Economic Review

We are proud to announce the 9th volume of New School Economic Review! Hope you enjoy it!

Volume 9 of The New School Economic Review Launched May 15, 2017 NSER Editorial Board Volume 9 of The New School Economic Review has now been published. We hope you enjoy it! Download volume 9 here. Posted in News and Events

01/31/2017

What Can We Learn from Alternative Theories of Economic Development? – New School Economic Review

"Putting Development Back Into Development Economics": NSER editor Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven reviews the new book by Erik S. Reinert, Jayati Ghosh and Rainer Kattel: Alternative Theories of Economic Development. via Developing Economics.

As people across the world are struggling to understand the rise of Trumpism, anti-establishment and anti-free trade movements,

11/16/2016

Facebook Isn’t Responsible for the Price of Information – New School Economic Review

Blog Editor Mike Isaacson explains how the hand wringing over the proliferation of fake news masks the restriction of real news.

Facebook Isn’t Responsible for the Price of Information November 16, 2016 Mike Isaacson Many keystrokes have been spent on the next of the succession of scourges meant to counter-explain the collapse of establishment politics and the loss of Hillary Clinton: Facebook hoaxes! Not to be outdone by the...

10/31/2016

Philanthropy in Development: Undermining Democracy?

NSSR PhD student Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven on philanthropy in international development, and its relation to global democracy.

The word philanthropy dates back to the Greek word φιλανθρωπία, which means the love of humanity. Today the OECD defines private philanthropy as non-official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries. Such assistance can be through large p

10/26/2016

What we know about the wealthy

NSSR PhD candidate Rishabh Kumar in the Business Standard today

Recent interest in economics has started to return to this question, especially in the context of today's rich countries

09/13/2016

New School For Social Research is a Guiding Force In Economic Theory

“The steps needed to bring economics teaching into the real world do not require the invention of anything new or exotic,” Anwar Shaikh says, quoting a September 2014 editorial in the Financial Times: “The curriculum should embrace economic history and pay more attention to unorthodox thinkers such as Joseph Schumpeter, Friedrich Hayek, and, yes, even Karl Marx. Faculties need to restore links with other fields such as psychology and anthropology, whose insights can explain phenomena that economics cannot. Economics professors should make the study of how people act the starting point of courses, not an afterthought.”

For the better part of a generation, the world’s economic system has been dominated by libertarian free market theory—a theory that promotes small government, deregulation, and a host of other conservative ideas. However, the way Anwar Shaikh, chair of the Economics Department at The New School for…

08/20/2016

Call for Papers: The Political Economy of University, INC. – New School Economic Review

A call for papers to a very interesting and important special issue of the World Economic Review: Contemporary Political Issues on the Political Economy of University, INC.

Call for Papers: The Political Economy of University, INC. August 20, 2016 NSER Editorial Board Neoliberal restructuring includes an unprecedented attack on the autonomy of universities, their faculties, administrators, support staffs and students. How has your work—as a professor, graduate student,...

08/12/2016

Female Economists and the Blogosphere – Do We Dare Mention Sexism?

Economist and blogger Claudia Sahm conceives of three possible reasons that there are so few female economic bloggers: 1) women with opinions are not well received, 2) women are busy with other forms of service, and 3) women underestimate what they would contribute by blogging. However, aren’t these actually manifestations of deeper issues of patriarchy and sexism in our field and in society? Excellent post by Carolina Alves!

I recently read Claudia Sahm’s piece on why there are very few female economists in the blogosphere. As a blogger herself, as someone who is active on Twitter, and as a follower of approximately ei…

07/22/2016

Why Isn’t The World Bank’s Choice of Chief Economist More Controversial?

NSER editor Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven questions the enthusiasm Paul Romer's appointment as Chief Economist of the The World Bank has been met with: "Selecting a Western economist with little development experience and with his most famous prescription for development being fundamentally neo-colonial can hardly be considered an ‘impressive’, ‘great’ or ‘forward-thinking’ choice for an institution claiming to serve developing countries."

July 22, 2016 Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
This week it became clear that the World Bank has chosen Paul Romer as its next Chief Economist. As Chief Economist he’ll have the overall responsibility of the Bank’s research program and be able to shape the

06/12/2016

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06/12/2016

What’s Curiously Missing from the Wolfers Slides – New School Economic Review

Justin Wolfers recently posted slides declaring six tenets of modern economics "probably not true." Blog Editor Mike Isaacson insists that a seventh was mysteriously missing: microfoundations.

What’s Curiously Missing from the Wolfers Slides June 12, 2016 Mike Isaacson Once again, the New Keynesians are cherry-picking from post-Keynesian and Marxian critiques of economic theory. This time the subject is macroeconomics – the whole thing. Justin Wolfers out of the University of Michigan rec...

06/02/2016

The Anxiety of Economics – New School Economic Review

Blog Editor Mike Isaacson reviews NSSR PhD student Katherine Moos' work on the Lucas Critique and "policy nihilism"

The Anxiety of Economics June 2, 2016 Mike Isaacson We live in especially anxious times. The past half-century has seen a decided turn away from public provisioning – a shift known as neoliberalism or the Washington consensus depending on what side of the Tropic of Cancer you live on. Certainly this...

06/01/2016

Meet the Bernie Sanders Supporter Who Debated Bill Clinton for 30 Minutes at a New Mexico Restaurant

Josh Brody just graduated from The New School. Last week he ran into former President Bill Clinton at at restaurant & ended up debating him for 30 minutes. Check out why this young & bright Bernie Sanders supporter and New School alum is so critical of Clinton!

We end the show today in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where what was supposed to be a routine campaign stop for former President Bill Clinton turned into a 30-minute debate with a Bernie Sanders supporter. Clinton was campaigning for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, when he stop...

05/15/2016

Transcript: Comments on The Future of Capitalism – New School Economic Review

Long read for your Sunday: Ebba Boye's comments at SCEPA's "The Future of Capitalism" with Yanis Varoufakis. Or just watch the video. Whatever.

Transcript: Comments on The Future of Capitalism May 15, 2016 Ebba Boye I will start this talk by explaining where I come from. My background is from Norway, a tiny country in the outskirts of Europe, where the struggle to stay outside of the EU has been fought from the left. We fought against what…

05/01/2016

Climate Change & Class War – New School Economic Review

NSER Associate Editor Douglas McDonald discusses the tensions between market reforms and environmental justice

Climate Change & Class War May 1, 2016 Douglas McDonald This Thursday NSSR phd candidate Julia Puaschunder gave the oikos lunch presentation with a talk called “Intergenerational Justice: Climate Change Burden Sharing,” which suggested the possibility of using bonds to fund mitigation and adaptation…

05/01/2016

10 Riots That Challenged Injustice and Changed US History – New School Economic Review

This May Day we remember the riots that changed history.

10 Riots That Challenged Injustice and Changed US History December 4, 2014 Mike Isaacson, Ian Scott Howland, Oriol Vallès Codina and Erjola Zotkaj By Mike Isaacson, Ian, Oriol Vallès Codina, and Erjola Zotkaj There has been a lot of word vomit on social media denouncing property destruction and loot…

04/29/2016

Is Development Possible In Capitalism? – New School Economic Review

NSER editor Doug Mcd covered last week's Debating Development conference & asks: Is Development Possible In Capitalism?

Is Development Possible In Capitalism? April 29, 2016 Douglas McDonald Last Friday was the Debating Development conference, organized by the titular scholars of INET’s Young Scholars Initiative, a group coordinated by NSSR’s own Ingrid Kvangraven. The conference put many scholars of different region…

04/22/2016

There’s No Migration Problem Amnesty Can’t Solve – New School Economic Review

Blog editor Mike Isaacson responds to Branko Milanovic's stance on immigration

There’s No Migration Problem Amnesty Can’t Solve April 22, 2016 Mike Isaacson On Wednesday, Branko Milanovic whose work deals mostly with quantifying global inequality wrote a piece about migration for the Financial Times. The piece, titled “There Is a Trade-Off Between Citizenship and Migration” be…

04/17/2016

The Unearned Income Tax Credit – New School Economic Review

Blog editor Mike Isaacson on the tax the rich don't pay on money they did nothing to earn. It's not tax evasion - it's evasive taxation.

The Unearned Income Tax Credit April 14, 2014 Mike Isaacson It’s that time of the year again when each of us makes the most valiant attempt to eschew the social contract. For some, this means a hefty reward for hiding money in offshore accounts. For the rest of us, it means forking over a portion of…

04/12/2016

Three days to submit your manuscript for the 9th volume of the New School Economic Review. Please see our call for papers for more details: http://www.newschooljournal.com/call-for-papers/

04/08/2016

Heather Boushey: The Political Economy of Time and ‘Work-Life Conflict’ | The New School

From this past Wednesday at The New School

Economist Heather Boushey, a New School PhD (http://www.newschool.edu) and outside advisor to the Hillary Clinton campaign, will join The New School's Schwar...

04/01/2016

New School President Annoyed with Radical Graduate Students, Shuts Down the NSSR – New School...

Breaking News: David Van Zandt seeks to preserve own salary by issuing university currency.

New School President Annoyed with Radical Graduate Students, Shuts Down the NSSR April 1, 2016 NSER Editorial Board Angered that graduate students are unimpressed with his compromise of “it could be a lot worse,” David Van Zandt has filed for chapter 16 bankruptcy, a new provision allowing for venge…

03/05/2016

Video: Launch of NSER Vol. 8 & Discussion on Money, Power and Capitalism

Did you miss the event Tuesday? Don't worry: It was filmed! Watch the discussion between Paulo dos Santos and Ramaa Vasudevan here.

March 4, 2016: On March 1st 2016 The New School Economic Review celebrated the launch of its 8 volume with talks by Professors Ramaa Vasudevan (Colorado State University) and Paulo dos Santos (The New School)…