The latest SDAE news and information
We now have the details for the annual SDAE dinner and business meeting. The event will take place on Sunday night November 20th at the host Marriott Waldman Park in Washington, DC. We will be starting with drinks and a reception from 6:30pm-7:30pm and then continuing with dinner and our program from 7:30pm-10pm. We will let you know about the exact location when it is finalized. We will have our usual presentation of the FEE prizes and recognition of the Lavoie Prize winners, as well as Dick Wagner’s presidential address and our business meeting. Most important, however, is that we will be presenting our third Lifetime Achievement Award to Leonard Liggio.
In order to make this a special celebration of Leonard’s contributions to Austrian economics and classical liberalism, we have organized dinner somewhat differently. The Society has been able to secure generous donations from the Earhart Foundation and Liberty Fund, as well as having sold tables to the Koch Foundation, the Mercatus Center, and the Cato Institute, so that we have completely covered the cost of dinner. In order to reserve a seat for dinner, we are instead asking attendees to make a donation of at least $50 ($25 for grad students) to the Society to be used to create the Leonard Liggio Fellowship Fund to enable graduate students to attend the full SEA/SDAE meetings each year at reduced cost. We encourage you to consider a more substantial donation if your circumstances permit it. And donations to the Society are tax-deductible. We hope to have a nice big turnout for dinner and the start of a generous fund, both of which will honor Leonard.
All dinners include a baby wedge iceberg salad and citrus parfait dessert as well as two drink tickets for the bar.
Your choice of entrees consists of:
Char grilled salmon with shitake mushrooms and pinot noir sauce
or
Grilled filet mignon with cabernet reduction
or
a Chef’s choice vegetarian option (and we can do vegan if need be)
If you know that you will be attending, you can reply to this email to reserve a seat. Please let us know if you prefer the salmon, the beef, or the vegetarian/vegan when you reply. Out of respect for our most generous donors, we ask that you please provide us with payment when you reserve your seat. We don’t take credit cards so payment by check or Paypal is particularly encouraged. We will take cash or checks at the door, but the more we have in advance the better. And, again, we encourage you to donate generously to the Liggio Fund.
Please respond by Friday November 11th to ensure that we can give the hotel an accurate count.
Checks should be sent to:
Peter Lewin
Society for the Development of Austrian Economics
7708 Queens Garden
Dallas, TX 75248
The Paypal link can be found here.
Carl Menger Undergraduate Essay Contest
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Carl Menger Essay Contest for undergraduate students. Jeremy Horpedahl, Emily Skarbek, and Diana Thomas were this year’s judges. All entries were anonymous. The prize comes with $600 plus three nights accommodations at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park to attend and present at the Southern Economic Association in November. A panel featuring the winning papers will take place on Sunday, November 20 at 8:00 AM.The prizes will be presented at the Society’s annual dinner that evening.
This year’s winners are:
Zachary Carceres
New York University
“Status Quo Bias and State Legitimacy: Framing Effects of the Institutional Status Quo”
Liya Palagashvili
George Mason University
“Institutional Un-stickiness in Armenia: A Case Study of the Armenian Culture and Informal Institutions”
Andrew Marcum
Duke University
“The Chinese Massacre of 1871: A Perverse Emergent Order Perspective”
The Prize Committee would also like to extend its sincerest thanks to all the entrants. The number and quality of submissions exceeded our expectations. In particular, Jeff Fong from San Jose University merits an honorable mention for his essay "Revolution from Exchange."
The winning papers and official announcement are on the contest website.
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2011 Foundation for Economic Education Prizes for the best book and the best article recently published in Austrian economics.
The following conditions apply:
1. Authors nominated must be members in good standing with the SDAE (check the Society's website at http://it.stlawu.edu/sdae/ for information on how to join).
2. The books and articles nominated must have been published between January 1, 2009 and August 31, 2011.
3. Nominated articles should be emailed as an attachment or as a URL to the article to Chris Coyne.
4. Nominations for the book prize should include the title and all other relevant information (publisher, date of publication, ISBN #) and be sent to the above email address. Those nominating books need not send copies. Edited volumes and short monographs are not eligible for the award.
5. All nominations must be received by Chris Coyne no later than October 15, 2011.
6. Self-nominations will not be accepted.
Each prize comes with a cash award of $500 thanks to the generous support of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE). Recipients will be required to submit a short blog post on their winning book or article for posting on the FEE website. Winners will be announced at the annual banquet of the SDAE, this year in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the Southern Economic Association meetings from November 19-21, 2011. The SDAE dinner will be held on Sunday, November 20.
Questions may be directed to Chris Coyne.
SEA Meetings Information Now Online
Information about the upcoming Southern Economics Association meetings is online here.
The Society for the Development of Austrian Economics is pleased to announce that submissions for the 2011 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition are now being accepted. Submissions will be accepted from advanced PhD students in economics or other relevant disciplines anywhere in the world. The competition is limited to thesis chapters and/or other research that is geared toward publication in the professional journals; submissions should adhere to appropriate standards of academic writing and should be on a topic relevant to Austrian economics. There is no wordlimit; and, students submitting papers to this competition will retain all publication rights to their work; however, winners are encouraged to submit their papers to The Review of Austrian Economics for possible publication.
Three prizes are given, each worth $1000, to be used to pay expenses to attend the Southern Economic Association meetings this November 19-21, 2011 in Washington, DC, where the winners will present their work on a special panel scheduled for 10:00am, Monday, November 21. Prize awards are contingent on attending the SEA meetings and the SDAE’s annual business meeting and awards banquet on Sunday evening, November 20.
The prize committee consists of:
· Peter Boettke, Committee Chair, George Mason University
· Emily Chamlee-Wright, Beloit College
· Steven Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
· David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University
· Virgil Storr, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2011. Decisions will be made on or around October 20.
Please include a copy of your CV with your submission. All questions and submissions should be sent electronically to David Currie at dcurrie@gmu.edu.
SDAE Listserv Information
The Society is happy to announce the creation of a scholarly listserv devoted to the Austrian school of economics. The "AustrianEcon" listserv is devoted to the ideas of the Austrian school of economics and related contributions to the understanding of human action and its consequences. We aim for as broad a discussion as possible across any disciplines or schools of thought that relate to Austrian economics. It must be emphasized that the listserv is not a forum for political discussion except to the degree that such issues have a direct connection to the scholarly contributions of the Austrian school both past and present.
Membership in the list is subject to the approval of the list manager. Membership will be limited to those affiliated with universities, think-tanks, or other scholarly/intellectual organizations. Exceptions for those not so affiliated will be granted on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the list manager. SDAE members are automatically eligible for membership. You can request to join the list by emailing the list manager Steve Horwitz at shorwitz@stlawu.edu .
We strongly encourage members to use the list as a vehicle for the dissemination of their current scholarship. In particular, discussion of working papers is a very valuable use of the listserv. Any members wishing to make a paper available for discussion should contact the list manager and the paper will be posed at the SDAE website for list members to access. Austrian analyses of current contributions to the mainstream economics literature are also strongly encouraged as is discussion of current work in related disciplines (e.g., evolutionary psychology, political science, history, etc.) or traditions in economics (e.g., constitutional political economy, public choice, or various heterodox schools etc.) of which members might be less aware.
AustrianEcon is a moderated listserv. All messages require approval of the list manager.
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