Heterodox Economics Newsletter Issue 210 | March 06, 2017 | web1 | pdf2 | Heterodox Economics Directory3 While many standard economists would argue that an increase in the intensity of compe- tition brings forth superior social outcomes, only few of them have noted that their own field - academic economics - exhibits tendencies running contrary to this claim. While it has not gone unnoticed that the conjoined forces of 'publish or perish' and a highly stratified academic culture in economics continuously intensify competitive pressures (an issue also addressed in my last editorial4 ), the effects of this increase in competitive pressure have only rarely been studied systemically. Luckily, a fine paper by Sarah Necker5 addresses this shortcoming and provides a first and preliminary glimpse on the coping strategies developed in academic economics. Here is a selective quote summarizing her findings: "About one fifth admits to having refrained from citing others' work that contradicted the own analysis [...]. Even more admit to questionable practices of data analysis (32{38%), e.g., the 'selective presentation of findings so that they confirm one's argument.' Having complied with suggestions from referees despite having thought that they were wrong is reported by 39% (CI: 34{44%). Even 59% (CI: 55{64%) report that they have at least once cited strategically to increase the prospect of publishing their work. According to their responses, 6.3% of the participants have never engaged in a practice rejected by at least a majority of peers." These ethical deficiencies stand in stark contrast to the increasing technical sophisticat- edness in empirical economics, especially because the latter might actually be exploited to achieve 'publishability' (an issue also touched upon in past editorials, e.g. here6 and here7 ). And indeed, past heterodox research has often been concerned with the social embeddedness of economic activities and the 'negative externalities' associated with all-too competitive social settings. Just to quote the words of classic: "We may then come to the conclusion that while the element of competition can play a useful and constructive part in some departments of our lives, its unrestricting acceptance as the basic driving force will foster undesirable qualities like greed, fraud, ruthlessness, 1http://www.heterodoxnews.com/n/htn210.html 2http://www.heterodoxnews.com/n/htn210.pdf 3http://heterodoxnews.com/hed 4http://www.heterodoxnews.com/n/htn209.html 5http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733314000900 6http://www.heterodoxnews.com/n/htn202.html 7http://www.heterodoxnews.com/n/htn169.html 1 at the cost of truthfulness, readiness to help and solidarity.\ (Rothschild, K.W., 1954, The Wastes of Competition, 311) Interestingly, such a perspective can also be substantiated with reference to more recent research in behavioral economics (see here8 or here9 or this book10 ). Although these contributions have not (yet?) led academic economics back to the classic question on the broader social ramifications of economic developments, they allow for flexible framing of the underlying argument making it more easily digestible for our colleagues of a more traditional orientation ;-) All the best, Jakob Contents Call for Papers4 10th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics (Strasbourg, June 2017).......................................5 12th Annual Green Economics Conference at Oxford University: "Reform of Economics" (Oxford, June 2017).......................6 2nd Workshop on "Agent-based modelling" at ESCP Europe (Berlin, May 2017)7 Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Political Economy (JSPE): "Capital, Imperialism and the Critique of Capitalism" (Tokyo, Oct 2017)......8 Association for Evolutionary Economics @ AFEP Conference (Rennes, July 2017)....................................... 10 Association for Heterodox Economics Annual Conference: "Sustainability and Heterodox Economics" (Manchester, July 2017)............... 11 Cambridge Journal of Economics: Special Issue on "Towards De-Financialisation and the Rise of New Capitalism?"...................... 14 Conference on "Trade Negotiations and Dispute Resolution" (London, June 2017)....................................... 17 EAEPE Symposium on "Developing Economics: Towards a Critical Research Agenda for Development Economics" (Berlin, June 2017)......... 18 Freedom and Justice Summer Conference (New York City, Aug 2017)..... 19 International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education: Special Issue on "Pluralism with Purpose"........................... 21 8https://www.cens.uni-bonn.de/team/board/armin-falk/morals-and-markets.pdf 9https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/130/1/219/2337748/Do-Markets-Erode- Social-Responsibility 10https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Economy-Incentives-Substitute-Citizens/dp/0300163800 2 International Post-Keynesian And Institutionalist Conference: "Instability, Growth & Regulation" (Grenoble, Dec 2017)..................... 23 Session on "Financial geographies of Europe" @ EUGEO Congress (Brussels, Sep 2017).................................... 26 Special Sessions @ 29th Annual EAEPE Conference: "The role of the State in Economic Development" (Budapest, Oct 2017)............... 27 The 6th Cross-Border Post Keynesian Conference: "Populism, Heterodoxy, and Globalization" (Buffalo, June 2017)...................... 32 URPE-IAFFE joint sessions @ ASSA meeting (Philadelphia, Jan 2018).... 33 Work, Employment and Society (WES): Special Issue on "Solidarities in and through Work in an Age of Extremes".................... 34 Call for Participants 35 "International Conference: Marx's Capital after 150 Years { Critique and Al- ternative to Capitalism" (Toronto, May 2017)................ 36 20th Summer School on the "History of Economic Thought, Economic Philos- ophy and Economic History" (Como, Aug-Sept 2017)............ 39 ECLAC/UN Summer School on "Latin American Economies" (Santiago, Jul- Sep 2017).................................... 40 Summer School on "Repoliticising capitalism: contradictions, critique and al- ternatives" (Roskilde, Aug 2017)....................... 41 Summer school on "Applied Stock-Flow consistent and Agent-based Macro- modelling" (Paris, July 2017)......................... 43 Workshop in History of Economic Thought: "The diffusion in continental Eu- rope of the German Historical School (1850-1930)" (Lyon, 2017)..... 48 Job Postings 49 Association for Social Economics, US........................ 49 Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany.................. 50 Chapman University, US............................... 51 Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Belgium.............. 52 Radboud University, Netherlands.......................... 54 St. Francis College, US............................... 59 University of Leeds, UK............................... 60 Valparaiso University, US.............................. 62 Awards 63 Pierangelo Garegnani Research Prize 2017..................... 63 Journals 63 Accounting, Organizations and Society, 56..................... 63 Capital & Class, 41 (1)............................... 64 Development Problems. 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