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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
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
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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.
Alan Freeman
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www.greenwich.ac.uk/~fa03
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