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The Cambridge Journal of Economics, founded in the traditions of Marx, Keynes, Kalecki, Joan Robinson and Kaldor, welcomes contributions from heterodox economics as well as other social science disciplines.
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Call for papers
The Cambridge Journal of Economics is now inviting contributions to a forthcoming special issue, entitled "Ontology and the History of Economic Thought".
Deadline for submissions is 30 August 2019
Editors' Choice
The latest Editors' Choice paper from the Cambridge Journal of Economics is now freely available to read online.
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New Impact Factor of 2.070
We are delighted to announce that the Impact Factor for the Cambridge Journal of Economics has risen to 2.070.
To celebrate we have collated a selection of highly cited articles showcasing high impact research from CJE.
Industrial Districts
CJE publishes influential historical, theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented papers on alternative forms of industrial organization. This collection, "Industrial Districts", marks 40 years of the Journal.
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Assessing Austerity
A collection of articles from the Cambridge Political Economy Society journals: Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Journal of Political Economy, and Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society.
Stock-Flow Consistent Macroeconomics Virtual Issue
Read a collection showcasing how the Cambridge Journal of Economics promoted the emergence of the SFC approach through development of ideas associated with Keynes, Kalecki, Kaldor, Pasinetti and Godley. Follow the link below to read the articles in full for free.
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Why Care
If your parents required care, would you or a family member provide care for them or would you look for outside help? If you required care in your old age would you expect a family member to provide care?
The Hunger Games and a dystopian Eurozone economy
This post is an extract from 'Europe's Hunger Games: Income Distribution, Cost Competitiveness and Crisis', published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics. In this section, Servaas Storm and C.W.M. Naastepad are comparing The Hunger Games to Eurozone economies...
Public debt, GDP growth, and austerity: why Reinhart and Rogoff are wrong
In 2010, the Harvard University economics professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff published a paper in the American Economic Review, “Growth in a Time of Debt,” that spoke to the world’s biggest policy question: should we cut public spending to control the deficit or use the state to rekindle economic growth?...
Prize Winners
Winner of the 2015 CJE/ISRF Essay Competition
Congratulations to Julie Nelson, winner of the 2015 CJE/ISRF Essay Competition. Find out more about the competition and read the winning article ‘Husbandry: a (feminist) reclamation of masculine responsibility for care’ for free here.
Winner Announced: The European Society for the History of Economic Thought 2016 Best Article
Congratulations to Alberto Feduzi, Jochen Runde, and Carlo Zappia, the winners of The ESHET 2016 Best Article award, for "De Finetti on uncertainty".
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