Readings+-+Neoliberalism

Seminar on ** Neoliberalism: Ideology, Economics, and Movements ** April 5, 2013, 1:30 - 5:30 pm, Creative Arts (M064) Wright State University, Dayton, OH

**Reading List ** [compiled by the seminar presenters and the organizer]

Deepankar Basu and Taki Manolakos. 2013. "Is There a Tendency for the Rate of Profit to Fall? Econometric Evidence for the U.S. Economy, 1948-2007." Review of Radical Political Economics. 45(1). John Henry. 2008. “The Ideology of the Laissez Faire Program.” //Journal of Economic Issues//, 42, March.  John Henry. 2010. “The Historic Roots of the Neoliberal Program”, //Journal of Economic Issues//, 44 (2): 543-550. Charalampos Konstantinidis. 2012. "Assessing the Rise of Organic Farming in the European Union: Environmental and Socio-economic Consequences," http://www.umass.edu/economics/publications/2012-01.pdf. Panayiotis Manolakos and Sirisha Naidu. 2010. “Primary Accumulation, Capitalist Nature and Sustainability,” Economic and Political Weekly,Vol - XLV No. 29, July 17, 2010. Tae-Hee Jo, Lynne Chester, and Mary C. King. 2012. “Beyond market-fundamentalist economics: An agenda for heterodox economics to change the dominant narrative.” //On the Horizon// 20(3): 155-163 [The entire issue of this special issue is also recommended.] Tae-Hee Jo. 2011. “Social Provisioning Process and Socio-Economic Modeling.” //The American Journal of Economics and Sociology//, 70(5): 1094-1116. Vlachou, Andriana and Charalampos Konstantinidis. 2010. “Climate Change: The Political Economy of Kyoto Flexible Mechanisms.” Review of Radical Political Economics,42 (1) 32-49.
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**Recommended Books ** Badiou, Alain. 2012. //Rebirth of History//. Verso. Cockett, Richard. 1994. //Thinking the Unthinkable//. Harper Collins. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> This is the best account of the history of the neoliberal organizations beginning in the 1930’s. Very detailed, well-documented. Du Bois, WEB. 2001. Education of Black People: Ten Critiques,1906-1960. Monthly Review Press. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Ghandy, Anuradha. 2012. Scripting the Change: Selected Writings of Anuradha Ghandy. Daanish Books. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Harvey, David. 2005. //A Brief History of Neoliberalism.// Oxford University Presss. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Henry, John. 1990. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">The Making of Neoclassical Economics //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">, London: Unwin Hyman. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Mirowski, Philip and Dieter Plehwe. 2009. //The Road from Mont Pelerin//. Harvard. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Excellent collection that has essays on the neoliberal projects in different countries; also essays on specific themes (unions, corporations, development, etc.). This is probably the best reference for most folks and contains enough history to provide a framework. Poulantzas, Nicos. 2001. State, Power, Socialism. Verso.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Web Sources Discussed in the Seminar **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Frederic S. Lee and Tae-Hee Jo. 2013. “Introduction to Heterodox Economics.” In //Heterodox Economics Directory//, 5th edition. Available here: []

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