[Alan Freeman asked me to forward this.]
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International Working Group on Value Theory
CALL FOR PAPERS
Year 2000 Value Theory Mini-Conference
Crystal City Hyatt Regency, March 24th- March 26th 2000
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Apologies for any cross-posting
We invite you to the seventh "New Directions in Value/Price Theory"
mini-conference, organized by the International Working Group on Value
Theory
(IWGVT), to be held as part of the Eastern Economic Association (EEA)
conference. Papers relating to the IWGVT's areas of interest are welcome
and
proposals for complete panels will be considered.
The full call, and instructions for submission, are on our website at
www.greenwich.ac.uk/~fa03/iwgvt.
We can be contacted at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
for information or informal discussion.
Abstracts of individual papers or proposals for complete sessions are
welcome
from May 1st onwards. Proposals for complete sessions should be made by
August
1st 1999.
The deadline for papers and accompanying material is November 1, 1999.
Papers
must be complete when submitted but may consists of drafts or work in
progress. Although this may seem stringent, our experience in 1999 was
that it
greatly facilitated dialogue by making the papers available to
participants in
advance of the conference, and also provided an opportunity for
discussants to
prepare considered responses. Authors are welcome to submit papers in
their
mother tongue. Completed papers need not be long papers, and, again, we
strongly encourage papers which revisit contributions made at past
mini-conferences, other conferences, or previously published work.
The IWGVT actively pursues collaboration and engagement with other
currents of
economic thought, and welcomes proposals for joint sessions at the
upcoming
EEA.
What is the IWGVT?
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The IWGVT aims to promote pluralistic debate on concepts of value,
seeking
particularly-but not exclusively-to deepen the discussion of value
concepts
appropriate to dynamic analysis, and to end the unacceptable exclusion
of the
value theory of Karl Marx from existing debates.
The principal justification which economics offers for excluding its
foremost
critic is the proposition that, whatever the merits of his contribution
on
individual issues, his concept of value is invalid because it leads to
internal inconsistencies. A growing body of independent research shows
that
this argument is no longer sustainable. We conclude that the discussion
on
value should re-open without the presupposition of any established
standard,
tradition or source of authority regarding either value or Marx.
The IWGVT defends no particular theory of value beyond arguing that the
concept itself is indispensable. It does believe it is possible to
assess the
merits of contesting theories in debate. It seeks to create an
atmosphere for
this debate-which does not at present exist-such that all value
theories, and
all readings of value theorists, may discuss on an equal footing,
referring in
their support neither to the evidence of authority nor the conviction of
doctrine but to reasoned and logical discussion based on textual
evidence for
readings and factual evidence for theories.
Six successive mini-conferences have provided a widespread, gratifying
and
international response to our initial appeal. The number of panels and
panelists has grown steadily, as has participation from those outside
the
United States.
The IWGVT is beginning to be recognized as a forum for all those
interested in
the discussion of value, irrespective of theoretical orientation.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
