You are Cordially Invited to the -International Conference on Institutional, Social & Radical Economics*
“The Great Capitalist Restoration, Disembedded Economy & Nurturance Gap —
A Festschrift Celebration for James Ronald Stanfield” ** at the ASSAs
(**Veblen-Commons Award Recipient 2006)
Boston, 5 January 2006, 9.00-5.30*
Room - ‘Adams A’, Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel (40 Dalton Street, 3rd Floor)
Day before most ASSA meetings – Hotel Details - http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/ASSA/Boston_Housing_Map.pdf (Hotel No 10)
4 January Pre-Conference Dinner (Informal) 6.30-9.00pm (Apropos Restaurant, Sheraton Hotel, 39 Dalton St)
5 January Conference Itinerary – ‘Adams A’ Room, Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel
9.15 – 9.30 Coffee, Tea & Orange Juice
9.30– 10.40: The Colorado School
Ronnie Phillips, Colorado State University, “The Colorado School of Institutional Economics”
John Marangos, Colorado State University, “The Political Economy of Institutions and Transitional Economies”
10.50-12.00: Marx, the Economic Surplus and Post-Neoliberal Governance
Mary Wrenn, Weber State University, “The Economic Surplus as a Fund for Social Change, and Post-Neoliberal Governance”
Rick Wolff, University of Massachusetts, “A New Reading of Capital in the United States"
Lunch 12.00-1.15pm (Provided) -- “Mass. Ave Deli Buffet” (Room - Adams B – next door)
1.20-2.30: Globalization, the Disembedded Economy and the Nurturance Gap
Doug Brown, University of Northern Arizona, “The Polanyi-Stanfield Contribution: Re-embedded Globalization”
William Waller, Hobart and Smith College, “Nurturance and the Art of Living: The Caring Economics of J. Ron Stanfield
2.45 – 4.00: Ron Stanfield & Socioeconomic Progress
Phil O’Hara, Curtin University, “The Contribution of James Ronald Stanfield to Institutional, Social and Radical Economics”
Ron Stanfield, Colorado State University, “The Great Capitalist Restoration and Human Progress: A Somewhat Personal View”
4.15 – 5.30: Celebratory Drinks and Food
(Provided) (Room – Adams B – next door)
[** See you also at the Veblen-Commons Award Luncheon, 12.30, Friday 6 Jan, Hilton, Belvidere/Salon A]
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Everyone is welcome to attend the conference. There are no conference fees. The conference is hosted by the Global Political Economy Research
Unit. If you are interested in contributing a paper to the festschrift book, etc, contact ronfestschrift@yahoo.com or philohara1@yahoo.com For a record of
Ron Stanfield’s academic contributions see: http://pohara.homestead.com/files/JRS-CV.doc