Cambridge Political Economy Society

The Cambridge Political Economy Society, founded in the 1970s, aims to advance the education of the public in political economy and related matters, and to promote research in matters pertaining to political economy and to publish the useful results of such research. To this end the Society publishes the Cambridge Journal of Economics, the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society and Contributions to Political Economy.

In 1985 the Society established a charitable Trust which works to further these aims by providing funding for a variety of projects. More information about the Trust and the types of funding it provides is available here.

The Society is sponsoring the following conference in honour of Luigi L. Pasinetti:
The Economics of Structural Change: Theory, Institutions and Policies
The conference will take place at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from 12th to 13th September 2012.
A call for papers is available for download - please click this link

The Society also sponsors the following seminar series:

Cambridge Realist Workshop
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St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series
These seminars take place in the Ramsden Room at St Catharine's College during term-time. These seminar series aim to deal with aspects of Political Economy. The theme of the seminars over the academic year 2011-2012 is the same as in 2010-2011, namely The Economics of Austerity in view of the continuing problems related to the 'great recession'. Further information will be posted here as it becomes available. If you would like any further information please contact:
Philip Arestis at: pa267@cam.ac.uk or Michael Kitson at: mk24@cam.ac.uk.

The next seminar, will be held on Wednesday 2 May 2012 - Paul Mason will give a talk on 'Why it's kicking off everywhere' from 6-7.30pm. All are welcome.

Paul Mason is the economics editor of BBC Newsnight. The author of Live Working or Die Fighting, a global history of the labour movement; Meltdown, the end of the age of greed, an account of the post-Lehman financial crisis, Rare Earth, a novel about China, and in January 2012 Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The new global revolutions. Paul was awarded the RTS Specialist Journalist of the Year award in 2012 and is (as of 4 April 2012) Visiting Professor of Economics at Wolverhampton University.

CONTENT: What are the economic roots of the present unrest. From Tahrir to Syntagma to Zuccotti Park, Paul Mason argues the recurrent themes are the collapse of a neo-liberal narrative, the availability of networked forms of protest and communication, and a new relationship between the individual and the state.

Conference: "The Future of Capitalism"
Robinson College, Cambridge (UK), 25-26 June 2011
The conference was sponsored by the Cambridge Journal of Economics
Click here to go to the Conference webpages