<p> 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)</p><p>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] * 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 [email protected] or [email protected] For a record of Ron Stanfield’s academic contributions see: http://pohara.homestead.com/files/JRS-CV.doc </p>