Matthew Watson is a professor of political economy and international political economy (IPE) in University of Warwick's Department of Politics and International Studies. His work in the area of IPE has been published widely; he has solely authored five books, and had more than fifty articles published in peer reviewed academic journals on a wide range of issues in political economy and IPE.[1]
His five books are Foundations of International Political Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) (which received a nomination for the IPEG Book of the Year Award 2004/2005),[2] Political Economy of International Capital Mobility (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007),[3] Uneconomic Economics and the Crisis of the Model World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014),[4] The Market (Agenda, 2018)[5] and False Prophets of Economics Imperialism: The Limits of Mathematical Market Models (Agenda, 2024).[6]
Between 2001 and 2007, Watson served as a member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Conference of Arts and Social Sciences.[7]
Watson has also been an organiser of two of the Political Studies Association's specialist groups: the Labour Movements Specialist Group and the Political Economy Specialist Group.[8] Additionally, he has acted as advisor to both Oxfam (on its fair trade campaign) and War on Want (on its Tobin tax and duty on foreign exchange transactions campaigns in the UK),[9] and he has occasionally been consulted by Bloomberg.com as an expert on the UK's economic policy.[10][11]
Selected publications
edit- The Market (Agenda Publishing, 2018).
- Uneconomic Economics and the Crisis of the Model World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
- Political Economy of International Capital Mobility (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
- Watson, Matthew (2007). "Trade Justice and Individual Consumption Choices: Adam Smith's Spectator Theory and the Moral Constitution of the Fair Trade Consumer". European Journal of International Relations. 13 (2): 263–288. doi:10.1177/1354066107076957. S2CID 146406192.
- "Towards a Polanyian Perspective on Fair Trade: Market-Bound Economic Agents and the Act of Ethical Consumption". Global Society. 20 (4): 435–451. 2006. doi:10.1080/13600820600929788. S2CID 143572862.
- Foundations of International Political Economy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- Watson, Matthew (2005). "What Makes a Market Economy? Schumpeter, Smith and Walras on the Coordination Problem". New Political Economy. 10 (2): 143–161. doi:10.1080/13563460500144710. S2CID 153589031. (3rd place in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Article)[12]
References
edit- ^ Selected publications
- ^ Berry, C (2006) Book Review of 'Foundations of International Political Economy', Millennium - Journal of International Studies 35 (1): 239.
- ^ Watson, Matthew (2007). The Political Economy of International Capital Mobility. doi:10.1057/9780230592667. ISBN 978-1-349-27964-7.
- ^ Uneconomic Economics and the Crisis of the Model World. ISBN 9781137385482.
- ^ "Review of Matthew Watson, 'The Market'". Theory, Culture & Society | Global Public Life. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ Watson, Matthew (2024). False Prophets of Economics Imperialism. Agenda. ISBN 9781788217668.
- ^ Steering Committee of the Standing Conference of Arts and Social Sciences
- ^ PSA Political Economy Specialist Group
- ^ University of Warwick, PAIS, Matthew Watson Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brown Suffers Setback as Britain Extends Recession
- ^ Buiter, Julius Split on BOE Plan Amid "Sick Man" Tag
- ^ Templeton Enterprise Article Award Archived 14 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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