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b School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End
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Academic Appointments and Affiliations
From Sept 2013
Reader, School of Economics and Finance
Queen Mary University of London
2008–2013
Senior Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance
Queen Mary University of London
2012–2013
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lecturer, School of Economics and Finance
Queen Mary University of London
Instructor in Microeconomics
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Tutorial Fellow, Department of Economics
London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Research Fellow, Department of Economics
University of Siena
Research Assistant, joint research project Department of Economics
University of Siena and University of Tokyo
2004–2008
2003–2013
2002–2004
2001–2004
1995–1996
Education
1999–2005
Supervisor
Examiners
PhD: Economics “Economic dynamics of equality and classes”
London School of Economics and Political Science
Meghnad Desai
Ben Fine, Robert Sugden
1998–1999
MPhil: Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science
1997–1998
MSc: Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
London School of Economics and Political Science
1991–1997
BSc: Economics (magna cum laude)
University of Siena
Research Interests
AOS
AOC
Distributive justice, liberalism and equality of opportunity, axiomatic exploitation theory,
classical price and value theory
Macrodynamics and distribution, analytical Marxism and methodology, political
philosophy
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Research
Articles
Forthcoming
Forthcoming
2015
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
“The Dynamics of Exploitation and Class in Accumulation Economies”, joint with
Jonathan Cogliano and Naoki Yoshihara, Metroeconomica.
“Liberal Egalitarianism and the Harm Principle”, joint with Michele Lombardi and
Kaname Miyagishima, The Economic Journal.
“Exploitation in economies with heterogeneous preferences, skills and assets: An
axiomatic approach”, joint with Naoki Yoshihara, The Journal of Theoretical Politics,
vol. 27, 8-33.
“On the impossibility of complete non-interference in Paretian social judgements”, joint
with Marco Mariotti, Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 148, 1689-1699.
“The Sources of Aggregate Profitability: Marx’s Theory of Surplus Value Revisited”, joint
with Nils Frohlich and Peter Flaschel, Intervention - European Journal of Economics and
Economic Policies, vol. 10, 299-312.
“Exploitation, Inequality, and Power”, The Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol. 25(4),
526-545.
“Labor Productivity and the Law of Decreasing Labor Content”, joint with Peter Flaschel
and Reiner Franke, Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 37(2), 379-402.
“Exploitation of Labour and Exploitation of Commodities: a ’New Interpretation”’, joint
with Naoki Yoshihara, Review of Radical Political Economics, vol. 45, 517-524.
“Treading a Fine Line: Characterisations and Impossibilities for Liberal Principles in
Infinitely-Lived Societies”, joint with Michele Lombardi, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical
Economics (Topics), vol. 12, article 24.
“Allocating chances of success in finite and infinite societies: The Utilitarian criterion”,
joint with Marco Mariotti, Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 48, 226-236.
“A rejoinder to Bertram Schefold” joint with Peter Flaschel and Reiner Franke, Review
of Political Economy, vol. 24, 445-447.
“Profits and Exploitation: A Reappraisal”, joint with Naoki Yoshihara, Advances in
Mathematical Economics, vol. 16, 85-109.
“The Measurement of Prices of Production: An Alternative Approach”, joint with Peter
Flaschel and Reiner Franke, Review of Political Economy, vol. 24, 417-435.
“Analytical Marxism”, Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 26, 649-673.
“Reorienting Economics?”, joint with S. Mohun, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, vol.
42, 126-145.
“Education, Growth And Distribution: Classical-Marxian Economic Thought And A
Simple Model”, joint with Amitava K. Dutt, Cahiers d’Economie Politique, vol. 61,
157-185, 2011.
“Strong Subjectivism in the Marxian Theory of Exploitation: A Critique”, joint with
Naoki Yoshihara, Metroeconomica, vol. 62, 53-68.
“Exploitation and Productiveness: The Generalised Commodity Exploitation Theorem
Once Again”, joint with Naoki Yoshihara, Bulletin of Political Economy, vol. 4, 45-58.
“Commodity Content in a General Input-Output Model: A Comment”, joint with Naoki
Yoshihara, Metroeconomica, vol. 61, 740-748.
“The Temporal Single-System Interpretation: Underdetermination and Inconsistency”,
joint with Simon Mohun, Marxism21, vol. 6, 277-301. [Reprinted in (N. Potts and A.
Kliman, Eds.) Is Marx’s theory of profits right?, Lexington Books, Chapter 10, pp.99-114,
2015.]
“Global Capitalism and Imperialism Theory. Some Issues of Substance and Method”,
Review of Political Economy, vol.21, 195-211. [Lead article]
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2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2004
1999
“Non-Interference Implies Equality”, joint with M. Mariotti, Social Choice and Welfare,
vol.32, 123-128.
“Analytical Marxism and Rational Choice Marxism”, Report on the Studies of Marxism
Abroad. [In Chinese]
“A Future for (Analytical) Marxism?”, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, vol.38, 388-399.
“The Incoherence of the TSSI: A Reply to Kliman and Freeman”, joint with Simon
Mohun, Capital and Class, vol. 92, 139-145. [Reprinted in (N. Potts and A. Kliman,
Eds.) Is Marx’s theory of profits right?, Lexington Books, Chapter 7, pp.63-68, 2015.]
“Exploitation and Time”, Journal of Economic Theory, vol.132, 189-207, 2007.
“Goodwin Cycles and the U.S. Economy 1948-2004”, joint with S. Mohun, Economics
Study of Shangai School, vol.14, 62-73. [In Chinese]
“Structural Stability and Goodwin’s Growth Cycle”, joint with S. Mohun, Structural
Change and Economic Dynamics, vol.17, 437-451.
“Dynamics, Disequilibrium, and Marxian Economics”, Review of Radical Political
Economics, vol. 37, pp.517-529.
“What we owe our children, they their children ”, joint with J. E. Roemer, Journal of
Public Economic Theory, vol. 6, pp.637-654. [Lead article]
“The Temporal Single-System Interpretation of Marx’s Economics: A Critical
Evaluation”, Metroeconomica, vol. 55, pp.96-114. [Section 3 reprinted in (N. Potts
and A. Kliman, Eds.) Is Marx’s theory of profits right?, Lexington Books, Chapter 5,
pp.51-54, 2015.]
“Equity in the distribution of resources between generations”, Annali della Fondazione
“L.Einaudi”, vol. 32, pp.3-18.
Chapters in books
Forthcoming
2015
2013
2013
2009
2009
2009
2008
2007
“Analytical Marxism”, in (T. Carver, Ed,) The Cambridge Dictionary of Political
Thought, Cambridge University Press.
“Unequal exchange, assets, and power: recent developments in exploitation theory”, joint
with Naoki Yoshihara, in (G. Codognato, M. Teschl, and Y. Xu, Eds.) Individual and
Collective Choice and Social Welfare, Springer, pp.253-288.
“The sources of Profitability”, joint with Nils Frohlich and Peter Flaschel, in (L. Taylor,
A. Rezai and T. Michl, Eds.) Social Fairness and Economics. Economic essays in the
spirit of D.K. Foley, Routledge, pp.199-212.
“Individualismo metodologico e teoria delle scelte razionali nel marxismo analitico”, in
(E. Basile, G. Lunghini and F. Volpi, Eds.) Pensare il capitalismo. Nuove prospettive
per l’economia politica, Franco Angeli, pp.98-116.
“The Rationality of Analytical Marxism”, in (A. Chitty and M. McIvor, Eds.) Karl Marx
and Contemporary Philosophy, Palgrave, pp.236-252.
“Rosa Luxemburg on Imperialism: Some issues of substance and method”, in (R.
Bellofiore, Ed.) Rosa Luxemburg and the Critique of Political Economy, Routledge,
pp.130-143.
“Rosa Luxemburg’s Critique of Marx’s Schemes of Reproduction: A Re-evaluation and
a Possible Generalisation”, joint with M. Desai, in (R. Bellofiore, Ed.) Rosa Luxemburg
and the Critique of Political Economy, Routledge, pp.24-33.
“Goodwin Cycles and the U.S. Economy 1948-2004”, joint with S. Mohun, in (P. Flaschel
and M. Landesmann, Ed.) Mathematical Economics and the Dynamics of Capitalism,
Routledge, pp.157-194.
“Intergenerational Justice, International Relations, and Sustainability”, joint with J.
E. Roemer, in (J. E. Roemer and K. Suzumura, Eds.) Intergenerational Equity and
Sustainability, Palgrave.
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Book reviews
2015
2014
2008
2008
2007
2007
2003
2003
Exploitation and Economic Justice in the Liberal Capitalist State, By Mark R. Reiff.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013, pp.372. Perspectives on Politics, vol.13,
1137-1138.
Changing Inequality, By Rebecca Blank. University of California Press, Berkeley, 2011,
pp.xiii + 225. Economica, vol.81, 594-595.
A Future for Marxism?, By Andrew Levine. Pluto Press, London, 2003, Review of Radical
Political Economics, vol.40, 390-2.
States and Markets, By A. Przeworski. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New
York, 2003, pp. x + 223, Review of Radical Political Economics, vol.40, 249-252.
Environment, Inequality and Collective Action, Edited by M. Basili, M. Franzini, and A.
Vercelli, Routledge, London. 2006. pp. xii + 251. Economica, vol.74, 562-563.
Capitalism, By V. Lippit. Routledge, London, 2005, pp. xvi + 188. Economica, vol.74,
179-180.
Karl Marx and the Classics, by J. Milios, D. Dimoulis and G. Economakis. Ashgate,
Aldershot, 2002, pp. x + 228. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought,
vol.10, 509-512.
Recasting Egalitarianism, by S. Bowles and H. Gintis. Verso, London and New York,
1998, pp. xiii + 397. Review of Radical Political Economics, vol.35, 553-556.
Conferences and seminars
Conferences
2000-2005:
2006-2010:
Society for Public Economic Theory (Warwick, 2000); “Marxism2000” (UMass Amherst,
2000); European Economic Association (Bolzano, 2000); Eastern Economic Association
(New York City, 2003); “Economics for the Future” (Cambridge, 2003); Association for
Heterodox Economics (Nottingham Trent, 2003); “Like a Candle Burning at both Ends”
(Bergamo, 2004, invited); “Intergenerational Equity and Sustainability” (Hakone, 2005,
invited); “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy” (UMass Amherst, 2005, invited).
CEPET conference (Udine, 2006); European Association for Evolutionary Political
Economy (Bremen, 2005); Association for Heterodox Economics (London, 2006);
UK History of Economic Thought (Brighton, 2006); American Economic Association
(Chicago, 2007); First Analytical Political Economy Workshop (QMUL, 2007);
Manchester Workshops in Political Theory (Manchester, 2008); “Developing Quantitative
Marxism” (Bristol, 2008); Workshop on Exploitation Theory (2008, Hitotsubashi
University); Political Studies Association Conference (Swansea, 2008); Midwest Political
Science Association (Chicago, 2009); Third Analytical Political Economy Workshop
(QMUL, 2009); Association for Heterodox Economics (Kingston, 2009); “New Directions
in Welfare” (Oxford, 2009); Political Studies Association, Labour Movements Group
Workshop (London, 2009); “What have we learned on income Distribution since the
’years of high Theory’ ?” (Paris, 2010, invited); Fourth Analytical Political Economy
Workshop (QMUL, 2009); 14th Conference of the Research Network FMM: “Stabilising
an Unequal Economy? Public Debt, Financial Regulation, and Income Distribution”
(Berlin, 2010)
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2011-2015:
Eastern Economic Association (New York City, 2011); Society for the Advancement
of Economic Theory (Faro, 2011, invited); Manchester Workshops in Political Theory
(Manchester, 2011, invited); 15th Conference of the Research Network FMM: “From
crisis to growth? The challenge of imbalances, debt, and limited resources” (Berlin,
2011); American Economic Association (Chicago, 2012); Hitotsubashi Conference on
“Equality and Welfare” (Tokyo, 2012); Sixth Analytical Political Economy Workshop
(QMUL, 2012); INET conference on ’False Dichotomies’ (Waterloo, 2012): teacher of
the mini-school on Inequality; Seventh Analytical Political Economy Workshop (UMass
Amherst, 2013); Historical Materialism conference (New York City, 2013, invited);
European Society for the History of Economic Thought conference (Kingston, 2013);
Manchester Workshops in Political Theory (Manchester, 2013); American Economic
Association (Philadelphia, 2014); Progressive Economy Conference (Europarliament,
Brussels, 2014); Yale-Princeton workshop on politics, social choice and public economics
(Yale, 2014); Formal Ethics (Rotterdam, 2014); WINIR conference (Greenwich, 2014);
QMUL theory workshop (London, 2014); 19th Conference of the Research Network FMM:
“The spectre of stagnation. Europe in the World Economy” (Berlin, 2015).
Seminars
2001-2015:
University of Milan - Bicocca (2001); University of Siena (2002); Catholic University
of Milan (2004); State University of Milan (2005); University of Bergamo (2006);
Hitotsubashi University (2007); University of Siena (2007); Marx and Philosophy Society
Seminar (Institute of Education, London, 2007); University of Padova (2008); Barnard
College, Columbia (2008); Hitotsubashi University (2008); University of Massachusetts,
Amherst (2009); London School of Economics and Political Sciences (2010); Colgate
University (2011); University of Bergamo (2011); University of Oslo (2011); Kingston
University (2011); University of Sydney (2012); University of Western Sydney (2012);
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2013); State University of Milan (2013); Kingston
University (2013); University of Bayreuth (2013); University of Kent (2014); University of
Massachusetts, Amherst (2014); Bocconi University (2014); London School of Economics
and Political Sciences (2014), University of Pavia (2015); University of the West of
England (2015); University of Leeds (2015).
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Economics A (LSE, TA)
Economics of Social Policy (LSE, TA)
Intermediate Microeconomics (LSE, Summer School, TA)
International Economics, (University of Siena)
Environmental Economics (University of Siena)
Monetary Economics (University of Bergamo)
Microeconomics 1 (QMUL)
Advanced Microeconomics (QMUL)
Public Finance (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Housing Economics and Finance (MSc, LSE, TA)
Urban Economics (MSc, LSE, TA)
Microeconomic Principles (Diploma, LSE, TA)
Microeconomics B (MSc, QMUL)
Microeconomic Theory (PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
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Organisational Activities and Visiting Positions
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
October 2014
April 2014
September 2013
April 2013
May 2012
January 2012
May 2011
May 2011
May 2011
May 2010
October 2009
May 2009
May 2008
May 2007
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Summer
Spring
February
February
2015
2014
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
“Social Welfare, Justice and Distribution: celebrating John Roemer’s contributions to
economics, political philosophy and political science” at QMUL
QMUL exploitation workshop (with Ben Ferguson) (with Amitava K. Dutt)
Ninth Analytical Political Economy Workshop at the University of Notre Dame (with
Amitava K. Dutt)
QMUL exploitation workshop (with Ben Ferguson)
Eighth Analytical Political Economy Workshop at Wesleyan University, Middletown (with
Gil Skillman)
Workshop on Exploitation Manchester Workshops in Political Theory (with Ben
Ferguson)
Seventh Analytical Political Economy Workshop at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst (with Peter Skott)
Sixth Analytical Political Economy Workshop at Queen Mary University of London (with
Simon Mohun)
Special session on “Exploitation and classes. Thirty years after the General Theory”,
American Economic Association conference
Political Studies Association, Labour Movements Group Workshop on “The Radical/Far
Left in Contemporary Western Europe”, Queen Mary University of London
Spring Workshop in Economic Theory at Queen Mary University of London (with Chris
Tyson and Nizar Allouch)
Fifth Analytical Political Economy Workshop at Queen Mary University of London (with
Simon Mohun)
Fourth Analytical Political Economy Workshop at Queen Mary University of London
(with Simon Mohun)
Political Studies Association, Labour Movements Group Workshop on “Political Economy
and Social Democracy”, Queen Mary University of London
Third Analytical Political Economy Workshop at Queen Mary University of London (with
Simon Mohun)
Second Analytical Political Economy Workshop at Queen Mary University of London
(with Simon Mohun)
First Analytical Political Economy Workshop at Queen Mary University of London (with
Simon Mohun)
Visiting professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Visiting professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Visiting professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Visiting professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Visiting professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Visiting professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Visiting professor, Hitotsubashi University
Visiting professor, Hitotsubashi University
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Professional Service
Referee for:
Referee for:
Referee for:
Referee for:
2011–
2011–
2011–
2008–2011
2013–
2012
2010
Professional
affiliations:
(Economics) Economic Journal [2], Economic Theory, Journal of Mathematical
Economics [2], Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic
Dynamics and Control [2], Social Choice and Welfare [2], Mathematical Social
Sciences [2], Journal of Public Economic Theory, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and
Econometrics, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics [5], Metroeconomica [10],
Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Political Economy [2], Cambridge Journal of
Economics [3], Review of Keynesian Economics, European Journal of the History of
Economic Thought [4], Eastern Economic Journal [2], Scottish Journal of Political
Economy, Development and Change, Bulletin of Economic Research, Journal of
Microeconomics, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Bulletin of Political
Economy, Rivista Italiana di Economia, Economics Research International, Journal of
Reviews on Global Economics.
(Political Science, Philosophy and interdisciplinary) Journal of Theoretical Politics,
Political Studies, Contemporary Political Theory, Philosophy of the Social Sciences [4],
Economics and Philosophy [4], Erkentnnis, Res Publica, Climatic Science, Capital and
Class.
(Publishers) Oxford University Press, Routledge.
(Grants and research projects) Institute for New Economic Thinking [5].
Associate Editor Metroeconomica
Associate Editor Journal of Economic Surveys
Associate Editor Studies in Microeconomics
Advisory Board Metroeconomica
PhD supervisor, Giorgos Galanis (Warwick University)
PhD examiner (University of Siena)
PhD examiner (University of Bari)
Econometric society, American Economic Association, Royal Economic Society, Political
Studies Association UK, Union for Radical Political Economics, Association of Heterodox
Economics
Awards
2009
2002
2000–2001
1999–2000
1998
1997-1998
UK Political Science Association Overseas Conference Awards
Department of Economics financial award, London School of Economics
Monte dei Paschi di Siena scholarship
Ente gli Studi Monetari, Bancari e Finanziari “L. Einaudi” scholarship
“A. Sclavi” award for the best B.Sc. dissertation, Faculty of Economics, University of
Siena
Fondazione “L. Einaudi” scholarship
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Administrative duties
2007–
2013–2014
2009–2010
2007–2008
2005–2008
2007–2008
2007–2008
2006
2004–2007
Director of Undergraduate Studies and chair of the Teaching and Curriculum
Development Committee of the School of Economics and Finance (QMUL)
Executive committee, Department of Economics, UMass Amherst
Senior Management Team of the School of Economics and Finance (QMUL)
Hiring Committee of the School of Economics and Finance (QMUL)
Representative of the School of Economics and Finance (QMUL) at the University of
London “Stern and Gerstenberg Prizes Sub-Committee”
Staff-Student Liaison Committee of the School of Economics and Finance (QMUL)
Year 1 Tutor, School of Economics and Finance (QMUL)
Organiser of the First “Bernard Corry Public Lecture” at QMUL.
Representative of the School of Economics and Finance on the Law and Social Sciences
Faculty Board (QMUL)
Other
2014–
2014
2012
2012
2009–2010
2009–2010
2004–
2004–2005
2000–2003
External examiner, University of St Andrews
Nomination as Teacher of the Year at Queen Mary University of London
Staff Bonus Award for outstanding contribution to the College at Queen Mary University
of London
Bonus award for outstanding contribution in the management of the UG programme and
in student recruitment at Queen Mary University of London
Drapers’ award for excellence in teaching at Queen Mary University of London
Teaching award as best lecturer of the year in the School of Economics and Finance,
Queen Mary University of London
Member of the Reading Group in Economic Theory at the School of Economics and
Finance, Queen Mary University of London
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice Programme (PGCAP) at Queen Mary
University of London. I have completed the PGCAP programme in September 2005
(Bonus Payment for early completion awarded)
Examiner for the External Study Programme of the University of London
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