I have recently co-written a chapter in the new ‘Handbook of Alternative Theories of Political Economy’ that considers ways that political economy teaching can be expanded. Five broad strategies are discussed: seeking reform to get more PE units of study taught within economics [...]
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We’re pleased to be able to inform readers of Progress in Political Economy of progress with a political economy project that we’ve been working on for the last three years. Following an invitation from the UK-based international publisher, Edward Elgar, we’ve been compiling a book that [...]
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Internationally renowned Australian political economist Geoffrey Harcourt died, aged 90, on 7 December 2021. The editors of Progress in Political Economy and the Journal of Australian Political Economy honour his contributions. His writing ranged over diverse fields, including national income [...]
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Two full time continuing opportunities at our Camperdown Campus Opportunity to join a leading social sciences school Academic Level B, Base Salary $110,856 - $131,639 + 17% superannuation
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PhD scholarship at the University of Sydney (School of Social and Political Sciences), Sydney, Australia
This scholarship is part on an exciting political economy social justice project focused on the energy affordability of vulnerable households.
The 3-year scholarship is to [...]
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What is political economy? How is political economy different from conventional economics? Why choose to study political economy? What’s it like to be a political economy student? Where can political economy take you in your life and career?
For Open Day 2021, current and former [...]
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For several years now the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been responding to declining levels of enrolments in the study of economics by diligently extolling the personal and societal benefits of studying economics and by producing research on the topic of falling enrolments. For [...]
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Written in the ‘before times’ and printed in April, 2020 at the start of the pandemic, Capitalist Political Economy was published just as the world was poised for a major change in its political economy… or was it? Was 2020, with its ascendant nationalism and crises in production and social [...]
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