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Patrick Bond speaks on global finance at the World Association for Political Economy, Hanoi, 24 May





Economic Volatility and Slap-Dash Repairs to the International Financial Architecture
Patrick Bond
Senior Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban South Africa
presented to the conference on
‘Growth, Development and Social Justice’
The Ninth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy
Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, 24 May 2014


Growth, Development and Social Justice
The Ninth Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE)

May 22-25, 2014, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Hanoi, Vietnam


Registration
Online registration at www.wapeweb.org/en
On site registration on May 22 through May 25, 2014

PHOTOS









Schedule

May 23, Friday
2:00-6:00pm WAPE Council meeting/WRPE Editorial meeting
Where: VASS, No1. Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi

May 24, Saturday
8:30am-12:40pm WAPE 2014 Forum Plenary I
Where: Auditorium, VASS, No1. Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
12:40pm- Lunch
Where: Lieu Giai Café, 28 Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
2:00-5:50pm WAPE 2014 Forum Parallel Session I-II
Where: VASS, No1. Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
8:00-9:00pm WAPE Council meeting/WRPE Editorial meeting
Where: VASS, No1. Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi

May 25, Sunday
8:30am-12:00pm WAPE 2014 Forum Parallel Session III-IV
Where: VASS, No1. Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
12:00pm- Lunch
Where: Lieu Giai Café, 28 Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
2:00-6:00pm WAPE 2014 Forum Plenary II
Where: Auditorium, VASS, No1. Lieu Giai Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
6:30pm- Farewell Banquet
Where: TBD

Shuttle bus will be arranged to pick you up at Baoson Hotel and Daewoo Hotel. Detailed information will be sent to your later or checked at www.wapeweb.org.en.

PROGRAM


May 24, Saturday

8:30-10:00am Opening Ceremony

Where:
Chair: Prof. Dr. Pham Van Duc, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, VASS

  • Welcome Speech, 15 mins

  • Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of VASS
  • Opening Speech, 15 mins
    Hiroshi Onishi, Vice Chair of WAPE, Keio University, Japan

  • Introductive Report of the Conference, 15 mins
    Prof. Dr.Pham Van Duc, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, VASS

  • Release of WAPE 2014 Awards & Appointments, 15 mins
    Allen Ding, Secretary General of WAPE, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China

  • Speech upon Receiving Marxian Economics Award I, 15 mins
    David Kotz, Vice Chair of WAPE, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

  • Speech upon Receiving Marxian Economics Award II, 15 mins
    Yuanpeng Hong, Fudan University, China


  • 10:00-10:10am Coffee Break

    10:10am-12:10pm Keynote Speeches I, 15 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Roger Seifert, University of Wolverhampton, UK

  • How to Build the Calculation System of Gross Domestic Product of Welfare: Important Revision Based on GDP and a Relatively Optimal Indicator
    Enfu Cheng, Chair of WAPE, Academician of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

  • Human Development and Socialist Accounting
    Michael Lebowitz, Simon Fraser University, Canada

  • Transcending Global Economic Volatility and Slap-Dash Repairs to the International Financial Architecture
    Patrick Bond, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Micro and Macro Statistic Advances for the 21st Century Socialist Economy
    Heinz Dieterich, Director of Center for Transition Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico

  • Agrarian Relations in India
    V.K. Ramchandran, Director of Foundation for Agrarian Studies, India

  • The Geopolitical Economy of the Golden Age: Beyond ‘Fordism’ and the ‘Long Boom’
    Radhika Desai, University of Manitoba, Canada


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    12:10pm Group Picture
    Where:

    12:25pm Inauguration of the Bust of Karl Marx and Tree Planting Ceremony
    Where:

    12:40pm Lunch
    Where:

    2:00-3:50pm Session I (Parallel Panel I-III)

    Panel I Contemporary Global Economy, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Jenny Clegg, University of Central Lancashire, UK

  • Economic Development Strategies of 20th Century Socialism and Lessons for the 21st Century
    Duncan McFarland, Activist, organizer, writer, USA

  • How to Understand the Great Depression Today and the Historical Role of So-Called “Middle-Class”
    Hiroshi Setooka, Komazawa University, Japan

  • Global Industrial Policy: the New Frontier of Struggle in International Political Economy
    Jenny Clegg, University of Central Lancashire, UK

  • The Strategic Concept and Implementation Steps of the Silk Road Economic Zone
    Hang Wu, Northwest University, China


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    Panel II Development and Independence, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Milani Ana Maria, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Brazil

  • Dependent, Imperial, Permeable, Or...? Canada and the Present Geography of Accumulation
    J.Z. Garrod, Carleton University,Canada

  • Economic Independence is the Essential Factor of a Country ---- from the Current Situation in Ukraine
    Zhongwei Xu, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

  • National Economic Security and State Economic Autonomy Based on the Perspective of Global Strategy
    Zhan Shu, Fuzhou University, China

  • The “Asymmetric” Insertion of Latin America and Asia in the Last Decade: A New Phase of Dependency
    Milani Ana Maria, Universidade Federal de Alagoas (UFAL), Brazil


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    Panel III Economy and Democracy, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Hiroshi Onishi, Vice Chair of WAPE, Keio University, Japan

  • Substantive Democracy Calls for Democratic Economics
    Manuel Couret Branco, University of Évora, Portugal

  • A Profile of Political Thinking in Japan after World War II---Maruyama Masao and the Democratic Reform in Japan
    Keqin Yuan, Hokkaido University of Education, Japan

  • Human Development As The Goal of The Cause of building Socialism in Vietnam
    Prof. Tran Tuan Phong, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

  • Non-Western Marxist Traditions in Northeast Asia
    Hiroshi Onishi, Vice Chair of WAPE, Keio University, Japan


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    3:50-4:00pm Coffee break

    4:00-5:50pm Session II (Parallel Panel IV-VI)

    Panel IV Technology, Innovation and Economic Growth, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Hiroshi Izum, Osaka University of Economics, Japan

  • Notes about the Techno-economic Revolutions
    Luis Sandoval Ramírez, Institute for Economic Research –UNAM, México

  • Three-Sector ‘Marxian Optimal Growth Model’ and Strong Accumulation Period
    Ryo Kanae, kyoto University, Japan

  • Peri-urbanization, Coordination of Population and Land Factors and Economic Growth
    Shuyun Du, Zhengzhou University, China

  • Total Labor Productivity and Total Factor Productivity - Marxian versus Neoclassical in Productivity Measurement
    Hiroshi Izum, Osaka University of Economics, Japan


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    Panel V Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: David S. Pena, Palm Beach State College, USA

  • Climate Change and Agriculture - A Marxist Perspective
    T. Jayaraman, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

  • A Deep Thinking on Development
    Pengfei Yan, Wuhan University,China

  • Sustainable Development: A Marxist Clarification
    David S. Pena, Palm Beach State College, USA

  • Re-industrialization and Energy in Europe and USA - Are Cheap Fossil Fuels Comparative Advantages?
    Josef Baum, University of Vienna, Austria


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    Panel VI The Role of Government and Market in Economy, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: R.V. Ramana Murthy, University of Hyderabad, India

  • Nation State, Marketisation of Social Services And Uncertainty of Livelihood in India
    Dr. Balwinder Singh Tiwana, Punjabi University, India

  • The Relationship Between The Market Economy And Socialism from The Perspective of The Dialectics of The Evolution of History And Some Characteristics of the Socialist- Oriented Market Ecconomy in Vietnam
    Prof. Pham Van Duc, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

  • Capitalist Development, Petty Production and the Neoliberal Welfare: Evidences from Rural India
    R.V. Ramana Murthy, University of Hyderabad, India

  • Some Perception Issues to Get the Government to Play Its Role Better under the Condition of Socialist Market Economy
    Di Xie, Liaoning University, China


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    8:00-9:00pm WAPE Council meeting/WRPE Editorial meeting
    Where:

    May 25, Sunday

    8:30-10:10am Session III (Parallel Panel VII-X)

    Panel VII Development of Contemporary Capitalism, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Ernst Herzog, Germany

  • Capitalism Has Always Developed Unevenly- Does The Rise of BRICS Economies Matter?
    Pritam Singh, Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK

  • German Austerity: Driver Of The European Crisis
    Ernst Herzog, Germany

  • Neoliberal Capitalism Cannot Produce Sustainable Growth- Not to Speak of Social Justice. What Answers of the Left Are Necessary?
    Hermann Dworczak, World Social Forum, Austria


  • Discussion, 20 mins

    Panel VIII Marxism and Agrarian Issues: Selected Themes, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Madhura Swaminathan, Indian Statistical Institute(Bangalore), India

  • How Can China Achieve Economics of Scale in Agriculture
    Xinhua Jian, Wuhan University, China
  • Proletarianization of the Poor Peasantry: Some Data from Indian Villages
    V.K. Ramachandran & Aditi Dixit, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, India

  • Vietnam’s Agricultural Reform and Development Experience
    Xinhua Xu, Hainan Normal University, China

  • Differentiation of The Peasantry And Economies of Scale In Indian Agriculture : Evidence fromVillege Studies
    Madhura Swaminathan, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, India; Arindam Das, Foundation for Agrarian Studies, India


  • Discussion, 20 mins

    Panel IX Welfare System and Social Justice, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Pham Thi Hong Diep, University of Economics and Business Vietnam National University, Vietnam

  • Structural Changes in the Chinese Labor Market and Social Security System: A Flexicurity Point of View
    Chengnan Yan, Niigata University, Japan

  • Social Justice: the Core Value of the Socialist System
    Shinan Fang, Suzhou University, China

  • Reflect China's Economic Development and Social Justice From the “Latin American Trap”
    Xuguo Min, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

  • Korean Social Welfare System – Issues in the New Context of Development
    Pham Thi Hong Diep, University of Economics and Business Vietnam National University, Vietnam


  • Discussion, 20 mins

    Panel X Vietnamese-Chinese Panel, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair:

  • TBD
    Enfu Cheng, Chair of WAPE, Academician of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

  • TBD
    Wen Zhou, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics

  • Two or three speakers from Vietnam.

    Discussion, 20 mins

    10:10-10:20am Coffee Break

    10:20am-12:00pm Session IV (Parallel Panel XI-XIII)

    Panel XI Development of Contemporary Socialism, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: David M. Kotz, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

  • Historical Development of the Antagonisms, Immanent in A Given Form of Production
    Eike Kopf, Foreign Expert for the Chinese Edition of the Writings from Marx and Engels in Beijing, Germany

  • Spanning the “Caudine Forks” and the China Roads towards Socialism
    Jiankang Xu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

  • Lessons of Business Cycles Analysis for Developing Countries – A Marxist Perspective
    Eri Ikeda, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherland

  • Capitalism, Economic Crisis, and Socialism: The Prospects for a Transition to Socialism in the Developed Capitalist Countries
    David M. Kotz, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA


  • Discussion, 20 mins

    Panel XII Marx’s Theory of Money and Capital, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Howard Nicholas, Institute of Social Studies, Netherland

  • On Marx’s Theory of Capital Risk and Its Application in China.
    Tiande Li, Sichuan University, China

  • Marx and Proudhon: Some Possibilities for Monetary Reform and Changes in the Circulation Process
    Tsuyoshi Yuki, Saitama University

  • Study on the New Internationalization Approach of China’s State-owned Commercial Banks
    Nanping Jiang, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China

  • Marx’s and Marxist Theories of Money and the Aggregate Price Level
    Howard Nicholas, Institute of Social Studies, Netherland


  • Discussion, 20 mins

    Panel XIII Land Use and Social Justice, 20 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Satoshi Matsui, Senshu University, Japan

  • Argument on Reform of Equal Price with Same Right for Both Urban and Rural Construction Land in China
    Jie Li, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

  • Marx and Justice
    Satoshi Matsui, Senshu University, Japan

  • Analysis on Western scholars’ Remoulding of the Das Capital
    Lihua Tai, China University of Political Science and Law, China

  • Climate Change and Agriculture - A Marxist Perspective
    Thanongsai Soukkhamthat, National Economic Research Institute, Lao PDR


  • Discussion, 20 mins

    12:00pm Lunch
    Where:

    2:00-3:30pm Keynote Speeches II, 15 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: Jean-Claude Delaunay, Vice Chairman of WAPE, Gabriel Peri Foundation, France

  • Models of Public Sector Organization: Efficient and Effective Service Delivery by the State
    Roger Seifert, University of Wolverhampton, UK

  • Aspects of Agarian Change: Some Evidence from Tamil Nadu, India
    Venkatesh Athreya, Bharathidasan University, India

  • Values of Modernization: the Case of Ukraine
    Anton Filipenko, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine

  • Recent Development in ‘Political Economy’ in Korea
    Dong-Min Rieu, Chungnam National University, Korea


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    3:30-5:00pm Keynote Speeches III, 15 mins each
    Where:
    Chair: David Matters, Communist Party of Australia

  • A Comparison of Chinese and International Scholarship on the Economic and Social Contribution of Mental Labor
    Alan Freeman, University of Manitoba, Canada

  • Pattern of Reproduction of Capital in Brazil
    Niemeyer Almeida Filho, Federal Univeristy of Uberlandia, Brazil

  • The World Financial Crisis: the Minsky Theory and Reality
    Nobuharu Yokokawa, Musashi University, Japan

  • The Celtic Tiger in the Global Neoliberal Social Structure of Accumulation
    Terrence McDonough, Ireland National University


  • Discussion, 30 mins

    5:00-5:10pm Coffee Break

    5:10-6:00pm Closing Ceremony
    Where:
    Chair: David Kotz, Vice Chair of WAPE, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA

  • Release of WAPE 2014 Statement, 15 mins
    Pham Van Duc, Director of the Institute of Philosophy, VASS
  • Release of WAPE Council Resolutions, 10 mins
    Allen Ding, Secretary General of WAPE, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China
  • Remark from WAPE 2015 Forum host, 10 mins
    TBD
  • Closing Speech, 15 mins
    Enfu Cheng, Chair of WAPE, Academician of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

    Chorus: Internationale

    6:30pm Farewell Banquet
    Where: TBD



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