Dear Member
of the World Economics Association,
The
WEA
is now two months old. So I thought I should give you a brief report on how things stand.
Membership is now over 6,000. Donations total nearly £13,000.
The Journals
Seven of the ten co-editorships of the
WEA
’s two new journals have been filled. These are as follows.
Economic Thought
John Latsis , UK, Reading Univeristy
Annalisa
Rosselli
,
Italy
,
Rome
La Sapienza
Alejandro
Nadal
,
Mexico
, El Colegio de Mexico
World Economics Journal
Zhu Andong
,
China
,
Tsinghua
University
,
Beijing
Jayati Ghosh
,
India
,
Jawaharial
Nehru
University
Norbert
Häring
,
Germany
, Handelsblatt
Michael
Hudson
,
USA
,
University
of
Missouri
at
Kansas City
We have chosen and are in the process of purchasing an online journal software system for the
WEA
’s three journals. It should be up and running by late August. When it is, you will be notified so that you can submit papers. We will also at that time be looking for volunteers to perform various tasks involved in the production of the journals. Meanwhile the editors of the World Economic Journal have already begun work at putting together the first issue. My
WEA
work commitments have delayed the publication of issue no. 57 of the real-world economics review, but it should be out soon.
Editorial Boards have been formed for the three journals and are listed
here
for the WEJ,
here
for ET, and
here
for the RWER.
Online Conferences: Volunteers needed
This link to our
Guidelines for Conferences
explains the anticipated conference setup. The Guidelines are open to amendment. We are currently investigating online conference software. It is likely that we will opt for a system that is a module of our journal software. In any case we need:
- 3 or 4 people to serve on the Conference Organisation Committee as described in the Guidelines,.
- Conference Leaders as also described in the Guidelines. This role especially concerns people who have a topic or set of topics that they would like to make the focus of a conference.
- one or more people with a bit of IT knowledge may also be needed.
Executive Committee
Progress with establishing the World
Economics Association reached the point where it needed a top layer of
formal structure in addition to its legal status as a Community Interest
Company (CIC) under
UK
law. A formal constitution with procedures
for electing officers and Executive Committee members is being prepared,
but things are not yet far enough advanced for its adoption and
enactment. Therefore we have recruited an interim Executive Committee. Its members are currently as follows.
Juan Carlos Moreno Brid
,
Mexico
,
UN Economic Com. for
Latin America
and the
Caribbean
C. P. Chandrasekhar
,
India
,
Jawaharlal
Nehru
University
Ping Chen
,
China
,
Peking
University
and
Fudan
University
Edward
Fullbrook
,
UK
, Real-World Economics Review
James K. Galbraith
,
USA
,
University
of
Texas
at
Austin
Grazia Ietto-Gillies
,
Italy
/
UK
,
London
South
Bank
University
Steve
Keen
,
Australia
,
University
of
Western Sydney
Tony
Lawson
,
UK
,
Cambridge
University
Peter
Radford
,
USA
, Radford Free Press
Dani Rodrik
,
USA
,
Harvard
University
Your ideas for the development of the
WEA
are welcome.
I and my co-organizers Peter Radford, Norbert
Häring
, Grazia Ietto-Gillies, Vicki Harris and Valerie Radford, who have worked hard for many months,
thank you for your support. We hope
that you will continue to spread the word among your colleagues and
encourage them to join the World Economics Association. Six thousand members is an excellent beginning.
Edward Fullbrook
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