Gender and the Consulting Academic Economist

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison F. Del Rossi ◽  
Joni Hersch
Keyword(s):  
Academic Economist

Book Reviews

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 562-565
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Networked Economy ◽  
Academic Economist

Stephane Hallegatte of World Bank reviews “Disasters and the Networked Economy”, by J. M. Albala-Bertrand. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the roles of societal networking and disaster localization in the framework of understanding disaster effect and responses. Discusses the problem with quantitative studies; a political economy framework—functionality, localization, and networks; networked reactions and public policy; the networked macroeconomy and disasters; regional disaggregation and two examples; and systemic consistency, business, and network shifting. Albala-Bertrand is an academic economist at Queen Mary, University of London.”

Thomas Robert Malthus, F. R. S. (1766-1834)

1959 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-108
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
General Education ◽  
Modern History ◽  
Joseph Priestley ◽  
Academic Economist

Malthus was born in 1766, the second son of Daniel Malthus, a landed gentleman of moderate fortune. The father, an amiable, talented but eccentric man, was a friend of Rousseau and Hume, who came to visit him a few weeks after Robert’s birth. Robert’s tutor before he went to Cambridge was Gilbert Wakefield, another disciple of Rousseau, and at Jesus College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1784, he was a pupil of William Frend who was a friend of Joseph Priestley. He was 9th wrangler in 1788, took orders in the same year, was elected a Fellow of his College in 1793, and was inducted to the living of Walesby in Lincolnshire in 1802; in 1804 he married and vacated his Fellowship and was appointed to the chair of Modern History and Political Economy at the East India College established at Haileybury for the general education of cadets for the Indian service. He is thus the first English (as opposed to Scottish) professional academic economist. He remained at Haileybury for the rest of his life, and though his seminal ideas were conceived before he went there, it provided a more congenial scene for the development and elaboration of his ideas than a country living would have done.

scholarly journals Dalle origini del capitalismo all’ordinamento corporativo

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Settis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
Post War ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
Academic Economist

Before rising to political prominence in the post-war Italian Republic as one of the defining leaders of the Christian Democracy, Amintore Fanfani distinguished himself as an academic economist and economic historian. Trained at the Università Cattolica in Milan, he was a pupil of its founder and rector, Agostino Gemelli. The essay examines Fanfani’s writings, starting from his dissertation, which addressed the role of religion in the origins of capitalism and discussed Marx’s and Weber’s views. In this and his following articles, reviews and books, during the thirties, Fanfani argued in favour of the subordination of economic activity to superior moral ends provided by religion. Such a ‘voluntaristic’ perspective was embodied by the corporatist experiment. Following in the footsteps of Gemelli’s proposal of an alliance between Catholicism and Fascism, Fanfani went on to support many aspects of the regime, notably its imperial wars in Africa.

The Role of the Academic Economist in Litigation Support

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-103
Author(s):  
Michael J. Vernarelli
Keyword(s):  
Academic Economist

Abstract No abstract available.

GENDER AND THE CONSULTING ACADEMIC ECONOMIST

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 1200-1216
Author(s):  
Alison F. Del Rossi ◽  
Joni Hersch
Keyword(s):  
Academic Economist

On United Nations Economics

1960 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-271
Author(s):  
J. Herbert Furth
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Political Judgment ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
The World ◽  
Academic Economist

The United Nations has made a vital contribution to economic intelligence and analysis through the publications of its Bureau of Economic Affairs as well as those of its regional commissions. The prestige of its professional staff is so high that their pronouncements find a respectful audience all over the world. This well-merited recognition, however, burdens the staff with heavy responsibilities. An academic economist may well indulge in political advice or economic forecasting, even though proficiency in economic theory guarantees neither sound political judgment nor the possession of prophetic gifts. It is different with staff members of a public agency, and especially with those of one of the foremost international institutions. Any advice they give should be based on generally accepted theories and values rather than on controversial hypotheses or partisan opinions. And, since they are as unable to foresee the future as other human beings, they should withstand the temptation to make predictions.

About Doing the Right Thing as an Academic Economist

2014 ◽  
pp. 100-115
Author(s):  
Erwin Dekker ◽  
Arjo Klamer
Keyword(s):  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Moral Choice ◽  
University Department ◽  
Social Goods ◽  
The Right ◽  
Academic Economist

This chapter argues that the art of phronesis is central to doing the right thing as an economist. Phronesis, or practical wisdom, is what we practice when we deliberate, weigh values, take into account our feelings and those of others, consider the circumstances, and grope for the right thing to do. Central to phronesis is figuring out the goods to strive for and the appropriate means to realize those goods. We argue that the goods can be categorized into personal goods, social goods, societal goods, and transcendental goods. An important choice that any economist faces is which conversation to join, to which part of economics he wishes to contribute. We argue that situating ourselves in a university department, in the search for truth and truth only, is an important moral choice, with consequences for the goods we can realize.

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