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Conference and seminar organisation

  • 2024, June. (Currently being organised). Seminars with visiting delegation from the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and participants from a number of UK universities. London and Manchester.
  • 2016. Seminar on the post-crisis political and economic situation in Britain. With visiting delegation from the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and participants from a number of UK universities. University of Westminster.
  • 2014. 46th UK History of Economic Thought Conference. University of Westminster. This also functioned as the founding conference of The History of Economic Thought Society.
  • 2008. City University London conference on teaching methods in economics. Assisted, in particular with reviewing articles from the conference published as a special issue of International Review of Economics Education.
  • 2007. Interdisciplinary Seminar on the History and Philosophy of Economic Thought. 最准的六合彩论坛.

Conference and Seminar Papers聽(in reverse chronological order of year)

2018

  • A thousand men and a calf: William Petty鈥檚 two theories of distribution in their biographical background. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, 2018.聽聽7-9 June 2018, Complutense University of Madrid.

2017

  • 鈥淗omo ricardensis: common ancestor of Marxism and neoclassical economics.鈥� Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Royal Economics Society, April 2017, Bristol.
  • 鈥淭hat which remaineth鈥�: surplus and necessity from the New Testament to English political economy. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, May 2017, Antwerp, Belgium.聽

2014

  • 2-4 July 2014鈥║niversity of Greenwich, LondonWilliam Petty鈥檚 鈥榩ar and equation between lands and labour鈥�: Irish lands, English political economy and 鈥榝actors of production鈥�. Paper presented to the 16th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, 2-4 July 2014, University of Greenwich, London.

2013

  • 鈥淭hat which remaineth鈥�: surplus and necessity from the New Testament to William Petty. Paper presented to the Kingston Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, 16-18 May 2013.
  • Markets and politics: the imperative for the history of ideas. Paper delivered to the conference organised by the University of Westminster on 鈥淭he Politics of markets 鈥� shaping, steering and evaluation鈥�, 13 June 2013.
  • William Petty and Marx鈥檚 analysis of the 鈥榤omenta鈥� of the primitive accumulation of capital. Paper delivered to the 15th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics. 4-6 July 2013,聽聽London Metropolitan University.
  • Money, land and language:聽William Petty in the City of London, 1658. Paper presented to the Reading Early Modern Conference, University of Reading, 9-11 July 2013.聽

2010

  • 鈥淭he first economic policy proposal: William Petty and the origination of the practice of the economist. Paper for the 14th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought聽聽on the theme 鈥楾he practices of economists in the past and today鈥�. Amsterdam, 25-7 March 2010.
  • 鈥淭echnological progress and economic analysis from Petty to Smith鈥�. Paper for the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, Research Seminar, 13 April 2010.

2009

  • 鈥淓conomists and geographers: Paul Krugman鈥檚 Nobel award-winning 鈥榥ew economic geography鈥� and its reception by the incumbent discipline.鈥� Paper for the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, Research Seminar, 17 March 2009.
  • 鈥淭echnological change and economic analysis in early modern English economic writings.鈥� Paper for the 13th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, on the theme 鈥淭echnological change and economic analysis鈥�. Economic Departments of the University of Macedonia and the Aristotle University, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. 23- 26 April 2009.
  • 鈥淧aul Krugman鈥檚 鈥楴obel award鈥�: economics imperialism, geography and the political economy of development.鈥� Paper for the 11th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, on the theme 鈥淗eterodox Economics and Sustainable Development, 20 years on鈥�, Kingston University, London, 9-12 July 2009.

2008

  • 鈥淲illiam Petty and the colonialist roots of development economics鈥�. Paper for the 12th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, University of Economics, Prague, 15-17 May 2008, on the theme: 鈥淒evelopment and Transition in the History of Economic Thought鈥�.

2007

  • 鈥淭he European Enlightenment and the world economy today; or, Adam Smith and the Wealth of 鈥楿ncivilised Nations鈥�.鈥� Paper for the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, Research Seminar, 8 November 2007.
  • 鈥淐olonial territory and social surplus: William Petty in the City of London, 1658鈥�. Paper for the 2007 Annual UK Conference on the History of Economic Thought. Queens University, Belfast, 10-12 September 2007.
  • 鈥淟imited Liability and the Wealth of 鈥楿ncivilised Nations鈥�: Adam Smith and the Limits to the European Enlightenment鈥�. Paper for the conference on 鈥楥orporate Accountability, Limited Liability and the Future of Globalization鈥�, CISD, School of Oriental and African Studies, 20-21 July 2007. Subsequently published in Cambridge Journal of Economics. Vol. 34, Issue No. 5. pp. 857-67.
  • 鈥淲illiam Petty and the Whig history of economic thought鈥�. Paper for the Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics. Bristol. 13-15 July 2007.
  • 鈥淲illiam Petty and the economic surplus: a biographical exploration鈥�. Paper for the conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought. Strasbourg, 5-7 July 2007.

2006

  • 鈥淲illiam Petty and the economic surplus: a biographical exploration鈥�. Paper for the annual UK History of Economic Thought Conference, University of Brighton Business School, 13-15 September 2006.
  • 鈥淲illiam Petty and colonialism: a critique of some pluralist perspectives in the a critique of pluralism in the secondary literature.鈥� Paper for the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics. London School of Economics, 14-16 July 2006.
  • 鈥淢oney, land and language: William Petty in the City of London, 1658鈥�. Paper for the colloquium 鈥淢oney, power and prose: interdisciplinary studies of the financial revolution in the British Isles, 1688-1756鈥�. Armagh, 8-10 June 2006.
  • 鈥淓conomics and its neighbouring disciplines鈥�. Paper for the Westminster Business School. 16 May 2006. 鈥淔rench Jesuits, English political economy, and a 鈥榤ost remarkable accident鈥欌��. Paper delivered at the 10th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, Porto, Portugal, 28-30 April 2006.

2005

  • 鈥淐olonialism, displacement and cannibalism in early modern economic thought鈥�. Paper delivered at a colloquium at the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, London, and Institute for English Studies, London, 14-17 September 2005. Subsequently published in Balfour, Robert, ed. 2010. Culture, capital and representation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan..
  • 鈥淚s the history of economic thought a discipline? Current literature on William Petty as a case study鈥�. Paper for the Conference on the History of Economic Thought, University of Exeter, 5-7 September 2005. 鈥淧luralism and the economic geography of development鈥�. Papers delivered at the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, City University, London, July 7-11 2005.
  • 鈥淲illiam Petty and the colonialist roots of development economics鈥�. Paper for the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, City University, London, July 7-11 2005.
  • 鈥淭he spatial-economic logic of William Petty鈥檚 population transfer scheme鈥�. Paper for the 9th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, on the theme 鈥淓conomics and other disciplines鈥�, University of Stirling, 9-12 June 2005. Subsequently published in Arena, Dow and Klaes (2009) as 鈥淓conomics, geography and colonialism in the writings of William Petty鈥� (see CV-9.1). 鈥�
  • William Petty and the roots of economics鈥�. PhD Thesis. Currently being revised for publication (see CV-9.2).

2004

  • 鈥淧aul Krugman, Jeffrey Sachs, and development economics鈥�. Paper for the Political Economy of Development Seminar, SOAS, London, February 2004.

2003

  • 鈥淭he 鈥榥ew economic geography鈥欌��. Lecture for the MSc course Economic and the social sciences, SOAS, March 2003; repeated March 2004.

2002

  • 鈥淲illiam Petty and the roots of economics鈥�. Paper presented to the Interdisciplinary Seminar, School of Social and Human Sciences, City University, London. 2002.
  • 鈥淭he spatial economy: from William Petty to Paul Krugman鈥�. Paper for the Political Economy of Development Seminar, SOAS, London. March 19 2002.

2001

  • 鈥淓conomic transactions and geometrical form in the work of William Petty: a study in the roots of spatial economics鈥�. Paper presented to the Research Seminar of the Department of Economics, SOAS. November 2001.

2000 and earlier

  • 鈥淎rguments for privatisation in Britain and their relevance for developing countries鈥�. Lecture to British Council course for Chinese economists. University of Oxford. September 1994. Repeated, September 1995.
  • "Theories of oil supply鈥�. Paper presented to the Research Seminar of the Department of Economics, SOAS. March, 1994.
  • "Commodity prices, inflation and North-South economic interaction鈥�. MSc dissertation, Birkbeck College, London. 1992.
  • "Economic management in Korea鈥�. Paper delivered to the annual conference of the British Association of Korean Studies. Oxford. March 1991.
  • "Economic development in Egypt, 1798-1841鈥�. Dissertation for MSc in Development Studies, London School of Economics. 1970.

Writings on Middle Eastern and bibliographical subjects

  • Fourth supplementary catalogue of Arabic printed books in the British Library, 1970-1980. 4 volumes. London: British Library. 1981.
  • Arabic language collections in the British Library: a user鈥檚 guide. London: British Library. 1984.
  • 鈥淎rabic manuscript sources on Sub-Saharan Africa in the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books鈥�. In: African studies: papers presented at a colloquium at the British Library, 7-9 January 1985. I Sternberg and P M Larby, eds. London: British Library. 1986.
  • 鈥淎 library tour of the People鈥檚 Democratic Republic of Yemen鈥�. In: India Office Library and Records [and] Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, British Library Reference Division, Newsletter. Summer 1985.
  • Guide to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books of the British Library. London: British Library. 1974. [A complete guide covering all languages.]

Selected letters to the press

Letters on economic and other issues published in the press, over 20 of them in the Financial Times; examples:

  • 鈥淐oncentrating on macroeconomic policy won鈥檛 solve history鈥檚 problems鈥�. Financial Times. 25 January 2010.
  • 鈥淪mith鈥檚 鈥榠nvisible hand鈥� was an ideal, not a reality鈥�. Financial Times. 10 November 2009.
  • 鈥淓arly Christians lived by communist principles鈥�. Financial Times. 23 November 2009.
  • 鈥淎cademics languish behind the curve set by journalists鈥�. Financial Times, 5 June 2009.
  • [On Gordon Brown and the surplus economies.] The Guardian. Friday October 31.
  • [On the IMF and the Arab countries.] The Independent. Friday 31 October 31.
  • 鈥淭his time, the US can鈥檛 rescue the world economy鈥�. The Independent. Friday, 24 October 2008.
  • 鈥淲here large-scale slavery began鈥�. Financial Times. Saturday October 11 2008.
  • 鈥淢onetarist fallacies of an earlier era revived鈥�. Financial Times. Wednesday July 2 2008.
  • 鈥淎ll talk of consensus is becoming impractical鈥�. Financial Times. Wednesday May 7 2008.
  • 鈥淗as EU legislation secretly changed?鈥� Financial Times. Friday February 1 2008.
  • 鈥淭he bank never loses鈥�. The Guardian. Monday September 24 2007.
  • 鈥淭he invisible hand guiding the chancellor鈥�. The Guardian. Wednesday March 21, 2007