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July 2018

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: James C.W. Ahiakpor

ADDRESS: Department of Economics,

California State University, East Bay

Hayward, CA 94542

E-MAIL: [email protected]

PHONE: (510) 885-3137 (Office)

By Invitation: Member of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Faculty Network, Fall

2015 to date.

A. Education:

1. Ph.D., University of Toronto, Toronto, 1981. Thesis: “The Role of Foreign Direct

Investment in Manufacturing Industry Development: The Case of Ghana.”

2. M.A. (Economics), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1977. Master's Essays:

(i) “The Determinants of Road Density” and (ii) “On Estimating Elasticities of

Substitution and Employment Functions: Some Queries.”

3. M.Sc. (Economics), University of Ghana, Legon, 1974. Thesis: “Employment Functions

in Selected Ghanaian Industries.”

4. B.Sc. (Economics), University of Ghana, Legon, 1971.

B. Teaching/Research Areas:

1. Monetary Economics

2. Development Economics

3. History of Economic Thought

4. Macroeconomics

C. Courses Taught:

1. California State University, East Bay, September 1991 to date:

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Monetary Theory (Graduate and Undergraduate), Graduate Seminar: Microeconomic Theory II,

Graduate Seminar: Macroeconomic Theory, Managerial Economics, Production Economics,

Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, Money and Banking (Graduate and Undergraduate),

International Economic Development (Graduate and Undergraduate), History of Economic

Thought (Graduate and Undergraduate), Selected Topics in Economic Thought (Graduate and

Undergraduate), Graduate Introduction to Economics, Economics for Managers in a Global

Environment (Graduate), Principles of Macroeconomics, and Principles of Microeconomics.

2. Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 1981 to August 1991:

Monetary Economics, Money and Banking, Development Economics, History of Economic

Thought, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Principles of

Microeconomics, and Principles of Macroeconomics.

3. University of Ghana, Legon, October 1973–August 1976: Principles: Micro- and

Macroeconomics.

D. Honors and Awards:

1. Professor Emeritus

2. Invited Membership, Foundation for Economic Education Faculty Network, November

2015 to date.

3. First Recipient: Marv Remmich Outstanding Faculty Research Award, College of Business

and Economics, May 2008.

4. Recipient: Marv Remmich Outstanding Faculty Service Award, College of Business and

Economics, June 2010.

5. Sabbatical Leave at CSUEB, 1997-98, 2004-2005, 2011-2012.

6. Invited to serve on the History of Economic Society Dorfman Prize selection committee,

2010–2011, by the Society President, August 26, 2010. Committee selects the best

Doctoral Dissertation in the history of economic thought.

7. Honorable Mention for the first Beth A. Hoffman Award for Economic Writing for the

paper, “Paying the Unemployed Does Not Stimulate An Economy,” The Freeman 60, no.

12 (December) 2010, pp. 27–29.

8. Biographical citation in Canadian Who’s Who (since 1990).

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9. Biographical citation in Marquis Who’s Who in America: Finance and Industry, since the

31st Edition, 1999.

10. Biographical citation in Marquis Who’s Who in American Education.

11. Faculty Merit Increases (FMI): 1999–2000; 1998–99; 1997–98; and One (1) Performance

Salary Step Increase (PSSI), 1996–97; PSSI 1995–96 unfunded.

12. One Course Release Time for Research, College of Business and Economics, California

State University, East Bay, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009.

13. Quarter Leave for Research (RSCA), California State University, East Bay, Fall 1997.

14. Koch Fellowship ($1,500), 1992.

15. Course Release Time Award, Affirmative Action Faculty Development Program, 1991–92,

California State University, Hayward, CA.

16. Fraser Institute Grant, $2,500, towards purchase of 1/2 Course Release Time at Saint

Mary’s University, Fall 1990.

17. Research Contract ($2,500), The Donner (Canada) Foundation, “The Economic Effects of

Guaranteed Annual Income Programmes,” 1990/91.

18. Research Contract ($6,000), The Fraser Institute, “The Economic Consequences of

Political Independence for Bermuda,” 1988/89.

19. Summer Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.,

May 1986, for the study of Advanced Austrian Economics. (Marquette University,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 14–21, 1986).

20. “Award of Excellence: Honourable Mention,” Administrative Sciences Association of

Canada (International Business Division), May 1984, for paper: “The Profits of Foreign

Firms in a Less Developed Country: Ghana.”

21. Research Grants, Senate Research Awards, St. Mary’s University, 1990, 1987, and 1983.

22. Doctoral Fellowship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, 1979–81.

23. Doctoral Thesis Research Fellowship, Centre for International Studies, University of

Toronto, 1979.

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25. National First Price Award-Winning Essay (U.S.$500 equivalent), 1972: “Management of

Ghana's Economy for the Promotion of National Unity,” sponsored by the Ghana

Association for the Advancement of Management.

26. University of Ghana Post Graduate Scholarship, 1972–73.

E. Academic Positions Held:

1. Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, California State University, East Bay,

September 1, 2016 -

2. Interim Chair, Department of Economics, California State University, East Bay, Winter–

Spring, 2011.

3. Chair, Department of Economics, California State University, Hayward, CA, January 1994

to August 31, 2000.

4. Professor (Tenured, 1993), Department of Economics, California State University,

Hayward, CA, September 1993 to September 2016.

5. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, Hayward,

California, September 1991–August 1993.

6. Associate Professor (Tenured, 1985), Department of Economics, Saint Mary's University,

1986–1993 (On Leave of Absence, 1991–1993).

7. Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Saint Mary’s University, 1981–86.

8. Research Fellow/Lecturer, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER),

University of Ghana, 1974–81

9. Instructor, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, 1979 to 1993: (Field:

Money and Banking).

10. Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto, 1978–81.

11. Temporary Junior Research Fellow, I.S.S.E.R., University of Ghana,

1973–74.

12. Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Ghana,

1971–73.

F. Publications:

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i. Books, Monographs, Reports

1. Classical Macroeconomics: Some Modern Variations and Distortions. London and New

York: Routledge, 2003.

2. Keynes and the Classics Reconsidered (Editor). Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic

Publishers, 1998.

3. Multinationals and Economic Development: An Integration of Competing Theories.

London and New York: Routledge, 1990; reprinted 2013.

4. The Economic Consequences of Political Independence: The Case of Bermuda.

Vancouver, B.C.: The Fraser Institute, 1989.

5. “Expenditure Patterns of Out-Going Tourists in Ghana,” Ghana Tourist Control Board,

Accra, 1976.

ii. Articles:

1. “Misrepresenting Adam Smith’s Monetary and Banking Analyses: A Comment on

Nicholas Curott’s Interpretations.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought

(forthcoming).

2. “On the Impossibility of Keynes’s Liquidity Trap: Classical Monetary Analysis Helps to

Explain.” History of Economic Ideas 26, No.1 (July) 2018, pp. 3158.

3. “Keynes, Mill, and Say’s Law: A Comment on Roy Grieve’s Mistaken Criticisms of Mill.”

Journal of the History of Economic Thought 40, No. 2 (June) 2018, pp. 26773.

4. “The Modern Ricardian Equivalence Theorem: Drawing the Wrong Conclusions from

David Ricardo’s Analysis.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought 35, No.1 (March)

2013, pp. 77−92.

5. “On the Similarities between the 1932 Harvard Memorandum and the Chicago Anti-

Depression Recommendations.” History of Political Economy 42, No. 3 (Fall) 2010, pp.

547–71.

6. “Laurence Stephen Moss, 1944–2009: A Biographical Sketch.” American Journal of

Economics and Sociology 69, No. 1 (January) 2010, pp. 14–34.

7. “Was David Hume a Deflationist? A Critique of Paganelli’s Interpretation.” History of

Economic Ideas 17, No. 3, 2009, pp. 174–79.

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8. “The Phillips Curve Analysis: An Illustration of the Classical Forced-Saving Doctrine.”

Journal of the History of Economic Thought 31, No.2 (June) 2009 pp. 143–60.

9. “Mystifying the Concept of Capital: De Soto’s Misdiagnosis of the Hindrance to Economic

Development in the Third World.” Independent Review 13, No. 1 (Summer) 2008, pp. 57–

79.

10. “On Aspromourgos’s Mistaken Reading of Adam Smith’s Price Theory.” History of

Economic Ideas 16, No. 3 (Summer) 2008, pp. 119–24.

11. “Garrison on Mises and Forced Saving: Arguing the Implausible?” History of Political

Economy, 40, No. 2 (Summer) 2008, pp. 383–95.

12. “Classical Macroeconomics: Correcting Some Misrepresentations in Gootzeit’s Review

Article.” History of Economic Ideas 13, No. 2, 2005, pp. 161–69.

13. “Comments on: ‘Is there racism in economic research?’” European Journal of Political

Economy, 21 (September) 2005, pp. 781–89.

14. “George Reisman on National Income Accounting: A Correction.” American Journal of

Economics and Sociology 64, No. 2 (April) 2005, pp. 715–17.

15. “On the Future of Keynesian Economics: Struggling to Sustain a Dimming Light.”

American Journal of Economics and Sociology 63, No. 3 (July) 2004, pp. 583–608.

16. “On the Mythology of the Keynesian Multiplier.” American Journal of Economics and

Sociology 60, No. 4 (October) 2001, pp. 745–73.

17. “Hawtrey on the Keynesian Multiplier: A Question of Cognitive Dissonance?” History of

Political Economy 32, No. 4 (Winter) 2000, pp. 889–908.

18. “Wicksell on the Classical Theories of Money, Credit, Interest, and Price Level

Determination: Progress or Retrogression?” American Journal of Economics and

Sociology 58, No. 3 (July) 1999, pp. 435–57.

19. “The Genesis of the Only Diagram in the General Theory: A Comment.” Journal of the

History of Economic Thought 21, No. 1 (March) 1999, pp. 39–41.

20. “Did Adam Smith Retard the Development of Economic Analysis? A Critique of Murray

Rothbard’s Interpretation.” The Independent Review 3, No. 3 (Winter) 1999, pp. 355–83.

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21. “Austrian Capital Theory: Help or Hindrance?” Journal of the History of Economic

Thought 19 (Fall) 1997, pp. 261–85.

22. “Full Employment: A Classical Assumption or Keynes’s Rhetorical Device?” Southern

Economic Journal 64, No. 1 (July) 1997, pp. 56–74.

23. “A Paradox of Thrift or Keynes’s Misrepresentation of Saving in the Classical Theory of

Growth?” Southern Economic Journal 62, No. 1 (July) 1995, pp. 16–33.

24. “Rashid on Adam Smith: In Need of Proof.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 10, No. 2,

(Fall) 1992, pp. 171–80.

25. “Rawlings, Economic Policy Reform and the Poor: Consistency or Betrayal?” Journal of

Modern African Studies 29, No. 4, 1991, pp. 583–600.

26. “On Keynes’s Misinterpretation of ‘Capital’ in the Classical Theory of Interest.” History

of Political Economy 22, No. 3, 1990, pp. 507–28.

27. “Drawing Misleading Conclusions from One-period Data: A Comment on Anyinam.”

Canadian Journal of African Studies, 23, No. 2, 1989, pp. 295–96.

28. “On the Difficulty of Eliminating Deficits with Higher Taxes: Some Canadian Evidence.”

Southern Economic Journal, 56, No. 1 (July) 1989, pp. 24–31(with Saleh Amirkhalkhali).

29. “Do Firms Choose Inappropriate Technology in LDCs?” Economic Development and

Cultural Change 37, No. 3 (April) 1989, pp. 557–71.

30. “Recognizing ‘Left’ from ‘Right’ in Ghana: A Comment on Ninsin.” Canadian Journal of

African Studies 22, No. 1, 1988, pp. 132–36.

31. “The Profits of Foreign Firms in a Less Developed Country: Ghana.” Journal of

Development Economics 22, No. 2, 1986, pp. 321–35. An earlier version published in

Proceedings: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (International Business

Division), vol. 5, part 8, 1984: B.M. Wolf (Editor). Paper cited as Honorable Mention for

Best Paper Award.

32. “The Capital Intensity of Foreign, Private Local and State Owned Firms in a Less

Developed Country: Ghana.” Journal of Development Economics 20, No. 1, 1986, pp.

145–62.

33. “The Success and Failure of Dependency Theory: The Experience of Ghana.”

International Organization 39, No. 3 (Summer) 1985, pp. 535–52.

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34. “Ricardo on Money: The Operational Significance of the Non-Neutrality of Money in the

Short Run.” History of Political Economy 17, No. 1 (Spring) 1985, pp. 17–30.

Reprinted in Pioneers in Economics: David Ricardo (1772-1823). Mark Blaug (ed.),

Edward Elgar, 1991, pp. 55–68.

35. “Ricardo on the Non-Neutrality of Money in a World of Taxes.” History of Political

Economy 14, No. 2, 1982, pp. 147–65 (with Jack L. Carr).

36. “Henry Thornton and the Development of Ricardo’s Economic Thought: A Comment.”

History of Political Economy 14, No. 1, 1982, pp. 112-14.

Reprinted in Pioneers in Economics: Henry Thornton, Jeremy Bentham, James

Lauderdale, Simone de Sismondi. Mark Blaug (ed.), Edward Elgar, 1991, pp. 331–33.

37. “The Behavioural Patterns of Foreign-Owned Firms in the Less Developed Countries, and

the Efficacy of Some Measures for Controlling Foreign Firms.” Proceedings of the

Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (International Business), vol. 3, Part 8,

1982: A. Rugman (ed.).

38. “Employment Generation in Selected Ghanaian Industries, 1962–69.” In Supply and

Utilization of Labour in West Africa, vol. 1, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic

Research, Legon, Ghana, 1975.

39. “The Impact of Wages on Industrial Employment in Ghana, 1962–69.” Economic Bulletin

of Ghana (Second Series), vol. 4, no. 3/4, 1974, 87–105 (with William F. Steel).

40. “Saving, Investment and Capital Formation in Rural Areas of Ghana.” In Rural

Employment Study, International Labour Office, Geneva, 1975 (with A.A. Aboagye).

iii. Book Chapters:

1. “Ricardo, David” in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online, edited by

George Ritzer, 2011.

2. “Fiscal and Monetary Policies for Economic Development.” In Baffoe-Bonnie, John and

Khayum, Mohammed (eds.), Contemporary Economic Issues in Developing Countries.

New York: Praeger, 2003, pp. 153–66.

3.. “Say’s Law: Keynes’s Success with it Misrepresentation.” In Kates, Steven (ed.), Two

Hundred Years of Say’s Law: Essays on Economic Theory’s Most Controversial Principle.

Edward Elgar, 2003, pp. 107–32.

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4. “Creating the Structures for an Efficient and Dynamic Economy: The Case of Ghana.” In

Bodo B. Gemper, Ed., The International Trend Towards Indicative Targeting. Hamburg:

Verlag Weltarchiv GmbH, 1988, pp. 189–202.

5. “Regulation and the Consumer Interest.” In Walter E. Block, ed., Reaction: The New

Combines Investigation Act, Vancouver, B.C.: The Fraser Institute, 1986, pp. 140–54.

iv. Book Reviews:

1. Review of The Elgar Companion to David Ricardo. Edited by Neinz D. Kurz and Neri

Salvadori. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2015, xiv + 603 pp. $290 (hardcover), ISBN:

978-1-84844-850-6 at http://eh.net/book_reviews/the-elgar-companion-to-david-ricardo/,

December 2015.

2. Review of Interpreting Classical Economics: Studies in long-period analysis. Edited by

Neinz D. Kurz and Neri Salvadori. London and New York: Routledge, 2007, in the

History of Economic Ideas 16, No. 3 (Summer) 2008, pp. 160–63.

3. Review of On Classical Economics by Thomas Sowell. New Haven, CT, and London:

Yale University Press, 2006. In THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW Vol. 12, No. 2, 2007

(Fall): 290–95.

4. Review of David Ricardo’s Macroeconomics: Money, Trade Cycles, and Growth by

Timothy Davis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. For the History of

Economics Society Network, archived at http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/title.php.

5. Review of The Economics of Alfred Marshall: Revisiting Marshall’s Legacy. Edited by

Richard Arena and Michel Quéré. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. In the

International Journal of Social Economics Vol. 31, No. 7, 2004, pp. 733–36.

6. Review of Keynes: Contemporary Responses to the General Theory. Edited by Roger

Backhouse. South Bend, IN. St. Augustine’s Press, 1999. In the Journal of the History of

Economic Thought Vol. 25, No. 2 (June) 2003, pp. 239–42.

7. Review of Ethnic Diversity, Liberty and the State: The African Dilemma by Mwangi S.

Kimenyi. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar for The Locke Institute, 1997. In The

Independent Review Vol. 3, No. 4 (Spring) 1999, pp. 615–17.

8. Review of The Keynesian Fallout by Narindar Singh. New Delhi/ Thousand Oaks/London:

Sage Publications, 1996. In the Southern Economic Journal 64, No.1 (July) 1997, pp.

330–31.

http://eh.net/book_reviews/the-elgar-companion-to-david-ricardo/

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9. Review of Sustainable Development for a Democratic South Africa, edited by Ken Cole.

London: Earthscan, 1994. In the Journal of Modern African Studies 33, no. 3 (September)

1995, pp. 509–12.

10. Review of All the Difference: A Development Economist’s Quest by Benjamin Higgins.

Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1992, and Equity and Efficiency

in Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Benjamin Higgins edited by Donald J.

Savoie and Irving Brecher. Montreal and Kingston University Press, 1992. In Canadian

Public Policy 20, no. 3 (September) 1994, 330–32.

11. Review of Challenges of Leadership in African Development, edited by Olusegun

Obasanjo and Hans d’Orville. New York: Crane Russak, 1990. In the Journal of Modern

African Studies 31, no. 4, December 1993, pp. 692–95.

12. Review of Adam Smith and Modern Economics, by Edwin G. West. Brookfield, VT:

Edward Elgar, 1990. In the Canadian Journal of Economics 24, no. 4, 1991, pp. 994–97.

13. Review of Productivity and American Leadership: The Long View, by William J. Baumol,

Sue Anne Bailey Blackman, and Edward N. Wolff, Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press,

1989, 395 pp. In Small Business Economics 3, 1991, pp. 73–75.

14. Review of Technical Change and Economic Theory, by Giovanni Dosi, et al. London:

Pinter, 1988, 646 pp. In Small Business Economics 2, no. 1, 1990, pp. 79–81.

15. Review of A Nation in Debt: Economists Debate the Federal Deficit, edited by Richard H.

Fink and Jack C. High. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of America, 1987, 300 pp.

In the Eastern Economic Journal 15, no. 1 (January-March) 1989, pp. 79–81.

16. Review of Ghana: Politics, Economics and Society, by Donald I. Ray, London: Frances

Pinter, 1986, 192 pp. In Canadian Journal of Political Science 21, (March) 1988, pp.

184–85.

17. Review of Essentials of Economics, by D.C. Hague and A.W. Stonier, London, 173 pp. In

Economic Bulletin of Ghana, (Second Series) 4, no. 3/4, 1974, pp. 108–11.

v. Other Publications:

1. “The Economics of the Corn Dog: Correcting a Misattribution to Adam Smith,” The

Freeman Online, Wednesday, March 26, 2014.

2. “The False Choice between ‘Austerity’ and Economic Growth.” The Freeman 62, no. 8

(October) 2012, pp. 8–9.

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3. “Contradicting Keynes: Bernanke’s Debt Default Scare.” The Freeman 61, no. 8 (October)

2011, pp. 12–14.

4. “Paying the Unemployed Does Not Stimulate an Economy.” The Freeman 60, no. 12

(December) 2010, pp. 27–29. Cited among Honorable Mention for the first Beth A.

Hoffman Memorial Prize for Economic Writing, 2010.

5. “Keynes’s Ghost.” The Freeman 59, no. 6 (July/August) 2009, pp. 10–12.:

5. “Israel Kirzner on Supply and Demand.” Ideas on Liberty, 50, no. 7 (July) 2000, pp. 23–

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6. “The Cedi Crisis.” West Africa. 8–14 January 1996, pp. 16–17.

7. “Why Economists Need to Speak the Language of the Marketplace.” The Freeman 45,

no.12 (December) 1995, pp. 785–87. Re-published in Freeman online, February 2009.

8. “Some International Neglect Would be Good for Africa.” The Freeman 44, no. 8 (August)

1994, pp. 447–50.

9. “Multinational Corporations in the Third World: Predators or Allies in Economic

Development?” Religion and Liberty, September/October 1992, pp. 7, 10–11.

10. “Reaction: Canadian Government’s Proposed Spending Control Act.” The Fraser Forum,

January 1992, pp. 9–11.

11. “Bank doesn’t control interest rates.” The Financial Post (Daily Edition), October 17,

1989, p. 16.

12. “Tiananmen is Only a Symbol.” The Financial Post (Daily Edition), August 25, 1989, p.

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13. “Interpreting Free Trade Correctly.” The Financial Post (Daily Edition), December 20,

1988, p. 14.

14. “Linking Economic Policy Changes to Loans Helps Third World Poor.” The Financial

Post, 22–24 October 1988, p. 14.

15. “Poor Workers Exploited by Trade Restrictions.” The Financial Post (Daily Edition), 1

June 1988, p. 14.

16. “If the Price Isn’t Right We Can Buy Elsewhere.” The Financial Post (Daily Edition), 8

April 1988, p. 16.

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17. “On Free Trade between Canada and the U.S.” The Times (Saint Mary’s University), Vol.

17, March 1988, p. 4.

18. “Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.” Fraser Forum, November/December 1987, pp. 11–

13.

19. “The Exchange Rate System in Ghana: A Comment.” Legon Observer, vol. XII, October

1980.

20. “Facing Economic Realities in Ghana.” West Africa, no. 3294, September 1980.

21. “The Budget and Wages.” Legon Observer, vol. XII, February 1980.

22. “The Sugar Problem.” Legon Observer, vol. VII, no. 9, 1972.

23. “How Relevant is Devaluation to Ghana’s Economic Situation?” Legon Observer, vol.

VII, Jan/Feb. 1972.

24. “What Price: Import Substitution?” Legon Observer, vol. VI, no. 26, December 1971.

25. “Commentary: J.H. Mensah’s ‘The Wealth of the Nation’.” Legon Observer, vol. VI, no.

18, August/September, 1971.

G. Papers Presented at Conferences:

1. “Is the IS-MP Model a Better Alternative to the IS-LM Model?” History of Economics

Society Annual Meetings, Loyola University, Chicago, Ill, June 1417.

2. “Wrong Lessons from the Great Depression: Milton Friedman, Ben Bernanke and the US

Fed,” History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, University of Toronto, Toronto,

Canada, June 22‒25, 2017.

3. “A Classical Dichotomy or Keynes’s Misinterpretation of the Quantity Theory of Money?”

History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, Duke University, Durham, NC, June

17−20, 2016.

4. “On the Implausibility of Keynes’s Liquidity-Trap Proposition,” History of Economics

Society Annual Meetings, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, June 26−29, 2015.

5. “Money, Credit, and Banking: The Redundancy of Free-Banking Advocacy,” History of

Economics Society Annual Meetings, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 20−22, 2014.

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6. “On a Confusing Passage in Hume’s ‘Of Money’,” Western Economic Association

International Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 29–July 3, 2012.

7. “The Modern Ricardian Equivalence: A Necessary Condition for the Inefficacy of Fiscal

Policy?” Western Economic Association International Conference, San Diego, CA, June

29–July 3, 2011.

8. “On Harrod’s Unhelpful Suggested Diagram to Keynes on the Classical Theory of

Interest,” History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, University of Notre Dame,

South Bend, IN, June 17−20, 2011.

9. “The Ricardian Equivalence: A Necessary Condition for the Inefficacy of Fiscal Policy?”

History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, June

25–28, 2010.

10. “Giving Up on Keynes’s Prescription: A Classical Alternative to AS-AD

Macroeconomics.” History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, University of

Colorado at Denver, June 26–29, 2009.

11. “Hume on Money, the Price Level and Wage Rates: In Search of a Consistent

Interpretation.” History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, York University, Toronto,

Canada, June 27–30, 2008.


Development in the Third World.” Western Economic Association International

Conference, Seattle, WA, June 29 –July 3, 2007.

13. “The Phillips Curve: An Illustration of the Classical Forced-Saving Doctrine.” Western

Economic Association International Conference, San Diego, CA June 29–July 3, 2006.

14. “The Phillips Curve: An Illustration of the Classical Forced-Saving Principle.” History of

Economics Society Meetings, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, June 24–27, 2005.

15. “On the Significance of the 1932 Harvard Anti-Depression Memorandum: A

Reassessment.” History of Economics Society Meetings, University of Toronto, Toronto,

Canada, June 25–28, 2004.


Western Economic Association International Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June

29–July 3, 2004.


History of Economics Society Meetings, Duke University, Durham, NC, July 4–7, 2003.

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18. “Say’s Law: Keynes’s Success with its Misrepresentation.” Western Economic Association

International Conference, Seattle, WA, June 29–July 3, 2002.

19. “Say’s Law: Keynes’s Success with its Misrepresentation.” History of Economics Society

Meetings, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, June 29–July 2, 2001.

20. “On the Definition of Money: Classical vs Modern.” History of Economics Society

Meetings, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 30–July 3, 2000.

21. “Hawtrey on the Keynesian Multiplier: A Question of Cognitive Dissonance?” History of

Economics Society Meetings, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, June 25–28,

1999.

22. “On the Mythology of the Keynesian Multiplier.” Western Economic Association

International Conference, Lake Tahoe, NV, June 28–July 2, 1998.

23. “On the Mythology of the Keynesian Multiplier.” History of Economics Society Meetings,

University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 19–22, 1998.

24. “Wicksell on the Classical Theories of Money, Credit, Interest, and the Price Level:

Progress or Retrogression?” Presented at the Allied Social Science Association Meetings.

Chicago, IL, Jan. 3–5, 1998.

25. “Rothbard on Adam Smith: Correcting Some of His Misrepresentations and Errors of

Argument” (Revised) Presented at the Southern Economic Association Meetings, Atlanta,

GA, November 21–24, 1997.

26. “Rothbard on Adam Smith: Correcting Some of His Misrepresentations and Errors of

Argument.” Western Economic Association International Conference, Seattle, WA, July

9–13, 1997.

27. “Keynes on the Classics: A Revolution Mainly in Definitions?” History of Economics

Society Meetings, University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, June 20–23, 1997.

28. “Fisher, the Classics and Modern Macroeconomics.” Presented at the Allied Social

Science

Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 3–6, 1997.

29. “Austrian Capital Theory: Help or Hindrance?” Presented at the Western Economic

Association International Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 28–July 2, 1996.

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30. “Full Employment: A Classical Assumption or Keynes’s Rhetorical Device?” (Revised)

Allied Social Sciences Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 5–7, 1996.

31. “Full Employment: A Classical Assumption or Keynes’s Rhetorical Device?” Western

Economic Association International Conference, San Diego, CA, July 5–9, 1995.

32. “Keynes, Hicks, and the Inadequacies of the IS-LM Model” (Revised) History of

Economics Society Meetings, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, June 2–5, 1995.

33. “Keynes, Hicks, and the Inadequacies of the IS-LM Model.” Western Economic

Association International Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 29–July 3, 1994.

34. “Towards an Integrated and Prosperous South Africa: Learning from the Rest of Black

Africa.” African Studies Coalition Conference, Sacramento State University, Sacramento,

CA, April 29–30, 1994.

35. “The Error in Keynes’s Paradox of Thrift Proposition.” Western Economic Association

International Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 24, 1993.

36. “Africa in the New World Order: Benefits from Relative Neglect.” Berkeley-Stanford

African Studies Conference, Stanford, CA, May 1, 1993.

37. “On Keynes’s Paradox of Thrift: A Restatement of Classical Growth Theory

Misinterpreted.” History of Economics Society Meetings, George Mason University,

Fairfax, VA, May 31–June 2, 1992.

38. “Africa in the New World Order: Benefits from Relative Neglect.” Conference on Africa

and the New World Order, Sacramento State University, Sacramento, CA, May 8–9, 1992.

39. “Economic Policy Reform in Ghana, 1983-90: Some Transferable Lessons.” Western

Economic Association International Conference, Seattle, WA, June 29–July 3, 1991.

40. “Rawlings, Economic Policy Reform, and the Poor: Consistency or Betrayal?” Canadian

Association of African Studies Conference, York University, Toronto, Ontario, May 16–18,

1991.

41. “The Economic Effects of Guaranteed Annual Income Programmes in Canada and the

U.S.” Donner (Canada) Foundation Conference on Income Maintenance Programmes,

Chicago, IL, November 16–18, 1990.

42. “How Government Spending Follows Taxation.” Fraser Institute Conference on Tax

Limitation, Toronto, Ontario, October 11, 1990.

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43. “On the Relative Significance of Population in Explaining Road Density.” Western

Economic Association International Conference, San Diego, California, June 30–July 3,

1990.

44. “Economic Policy Reform in Ghana, 1983-89: Some Transferable Lessons.” Joint

Canadian Association of African Studies and USSR Academy of Sciences Conference,

Moscow, June 11–14, 1990.

45. “Can and Should a Central Bank Control the Money Supply as Now Defined?” Canadian

Economics Association Annual Meetings, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., June 1–3,

1990.

46. “Rawlings, Economic Policy Reform, and the Poor: Consistency or Betrayal?”

Conference on the Political Economy of Ghana, School of Advanced International Studies,

The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., April 6–7, 1990.

47. “The Interaction Between a Changing Socio-political Environment and Economic

Development: The African Experience and Lessons for South Africa.” Conference on

Socio-political Environment and Economic Development, Pretoria, South Africa, March 1–

3, 1990.

48. “On Keynes’s Misinterpretation of ‘Capital’ in the Classical Theory of Interest,” and

“Keynes on the Classical Theory of Interest: Why Hicks’s Clarifications Could Not Be

Successful.” History of Economic Thought Workshop, University of Toronto, Toronto,

Canada, November 3, 1989.

49. “Can and Should a Central Bank Control the Money Supply as Now Defined?” Western

Economic Association International Conference, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 18–22, 1989.

Also presented at the Department of Economics Seminar, Dalhousie University, November

17, 1989.

50. “Keynes on the Classical Theory of Interest: Why Hicks’s Clarifications Could Not Be

Successful.” History of Economics Society Conference, University of Richmond,

Richmond, VA, June 10–13, 1989.

51. “Keynes on the Classical Theory of Interest: Why Hicks’s Clarifications Could Not Be

Successful.” Canadian Economics Association Conference, Laval University, Quebec

City, June 2–4, 1989.

52. “Traditional Medical Practice in Ghana: A Reassessment of Recent Evidence.” Canadian

Association of African Studies Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, May 10–

13, 1989.

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53. “Creating the Structures for an Efficient and Dynamic Economy: The Case of Ghana.”

Fifth World Congress of Social Economics, University of York, York, England, August 2–

4, 1988.

54. “‘Capital’ in the Classical Theory of Interest: Some Consequences of Keynes’s

Misinterpretation and Implications for an Early Correction.” Western Economic

Association International Conference, Los Angeles, California, June 30–July 3, 1988.

55. “Two Views on the Ideological Left in Ghana: An Assessment.” Canadian Association of

African Studies Conference, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, May 11–14, 1988.

56. “On the Deficit Policy in Canada: Some Causality Tests.” (with Saleh Amirkhalkhali)

Canadian Economics Association Meetings, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,

June 5–7, 1987.

57. “Do Firms Choose Inappropriate Technology in LDCs?” Canadian Economics

Association Meetings, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, June 5–7, 1987. Also

presented at Department of Economics Seminar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova

Scotia, October 24, 1986.

58. “The Role of Statist Ideology in African Development Crisis: The Case of Ghana.”

Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton,

Alberta, May 7–9, 1987.

59. “Keynes on the Classical Theory of Interest: A Misinterpretation with Significant

Consequences.” History of Economics Society Conference, Barnard College, New York,

NY, June 2–4, 1986.

60. “Keynes on the Classical Theory of Interest: A Misinterpretation with Significant

Consequences.” Canadian Economics Association Meetings, University of Manitoba,

Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 29–31, 1986.

61. “Do Firms Choose Inappropriate Technology in LDCs?” Western Economic Association

International Conference, San Francisco, California, July 1–4, 1986.

62. “On the Irrelevance of Neoclassical Economics to LDCs: A Clarification of Some

Definitions” (Revised) Western Economic Association International Conference,

Anaheim, California, June 30–July 4, 1985.

63. “On the Irrelevance of Neoclassical Economics to LDCs: A Clarification of Some

Definitions.” South-South Conference, McGill University, Montreal, May 15–17, 1985.

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64. “The Nationality of Firms and their Capital Intensity in a Less Developed Country:

Ghana.” International Atlantic Economic Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 8–

13, 1984.


Short Run.” Invited Guest Lecturer History of Economics Workshop, Department of

Economics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, March 27, 1984.

66. “The Success and Failure of Dependence Theory: The Experience of Ghana.” Canadian

Association of African Studies Conference, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish,

Nova Scotia, May 9–12, 1984.

67. “The Nationality of Firms and their Capital Intensity in a Less Developed Country:

Ghana.” Canadian Economics Association Meetings, Guelph University, Guelph, Ontario,

May 27–29, 1984.

68. “The Profits of Foreign Firms in a Less Developed Country: Ghana.” (A revised and

extended version of the A. S.A.C. paper) Western Economic Association International

Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 24–28, 1984.

69. “The Profits of Foreign Firms in a Less Developed Country: Ghana.” Administrative

Sciences Association of Canada (International Business Division) Meetings, Guelph

University, Guelph, Ontario, May 28–29, 1984. Paper chosen for the “Award of

Excellence: Honorable Mention.”


Short Run”; with a Postscript on Canadian Monetary Policy, Canadian Economics

Association Meetings, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., June 1983.


Short Run.” History of Economics Society Meetings, University of Virginia,

Charlottesville, Virginia, May 1983.

72. “The Behavioral Patterns of Foreign-Owned Firms in the Less Developed Countries, and

the Efficacy of some Measures for Controlling Foreign Firms.” Administrative Sciences

Association of Canada Meetings (International Business Division), University of Ottawa,

Ottawa, Ontario, May 31–June 1, 1982.

73. “Assessing the Economic Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in the Less Developed

Countries: An Alternative Approach.” Canadian Association of African Studies

Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, May 1982.

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74. “Tourist Expenditure Patterns and the Returns from Tourism.” Conference on Tourism in

Ghana, University of Ghana, Legon, 1976.

H. Other Conference Activities:

1. Session Chair, “Macro After Keynes I,” History of Economics Society Annual Meetings,

Loyola University, Chicago, Ill, June 1417, 2018.

2. Discussant, History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, Loyola University, Chicago,

Ill, June 1417:

“Neutral Technical Progress and the Measure of Value: Along the Kaldor-Kennedy Line”

by Up Sira Nukulkit (Univeristy of Utah).

3. Session Chair, History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, University of Toronto,

Toronto, Canada, June 22‒25, 2017.

4. Discussant: History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, Duke University, Durham,

NC, June 17–20, 2016:

“Irving Fisher’s 100% System as an Ideal ‘Vehicle’ for Monetary Control: Arguments and

Criticism,” by Samuel Demeulemeester (ENS Lyon).

5. Chair: Session on “Henry Thornton and the Banking School Tradition” at the History of

Economics Society Annual Meetings, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, June

26−29, 2015.

6. Discussant: History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, Michigan State University,

East Lansing, MI, June 26−29, 2015:

“The Pre-Bretton Woods Monetary Order: A Study of Harry Dexter White’s Contribution

to International Monetary Reforms,” by Pierre-Hernan Rojas, (Université Paris

Dauphine).

7. Discussant: History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

June 20−22, 2014:

“Paul van Zeeland and the first years of the US Federal Reserve System: A History of the

Fed from a future Belgian Prime Minister,” Rebeca Gomez-Betancourt and Ivo Maes

(University of Lyon 2. Triangle-ISH. 14 Avenue Berthelot, Lyon, France and Banque

Nationale de Belgique, Chaire Robert Triffin, Université Catholique de Louvain & ICHEC

Brussels Management School).

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8. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, San Diego, CA, June

29–July 3, 2012:

“Foreign exchange market interventions and the fundamental $-¥ exchange rate” by Joscha

Beckmann*, Ansgar Belke** and Michael Kühl* (*Univeristy of Duisburg-Essen, **

University of Duisburg-Essen, DIW Berlin and IZA Bonn, Essen and Berlin).


29–July 3, 2011:

“International Spillovers from U.S. Fiscal Policy Shocks” by Stephen B. Nicar (University

of Colorado, Boulder, CO).

10. Chair, Session on “Perspectives on Keynes” at the History of Economics Society Annual

Meetings, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, June 25–28, 2010.

11. Discussant: History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, Syracuse University, Syracuse,

NY, June 25–28, 2010:

“How to get out of the ‘Triffin dilemma’: Triffin’s reflections on the International

Monetary System (1958–1971)” by Ilaria Pasotti (University of Florence; Catholic

University of Milan).

12. Chair, Session on “The Dissemination of Economic Ideas II” at the History of Economics

Society Annual Meetings, University of Colorado at Denver, June 26–29, 2009.

13. Discussant: History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, University of Colorado at

Denver, June 26–29, 2009:

“Revolutionary Strategies, Cambridge Classicism, and the Origins of the Keynesian

Revolution” by Nahid Aslanbeigui (Monmouth University) and Guy Oakes (Monmouth

University)

14. Chair, Session on “Monetary Theory and Policy” at the History of Economics Society

Annual Meetings, York University, Toronto, Canada, June 27–30, 2008.

15. Discussant: History of Economics Society Annual Meetings, York University, Toronto,

Canada, June 27–30, 2008:

“The Origins of the Monetary Approach to the Balance of Payments” by Russell S. Boyer

(University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario).

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16. Chair, Session on “Inputs and Economic Growth” at the Western Economic Association

International Conference, Seattle, WA, June 29–July 3, 2007.

17. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, Seattle, WA, June

29–July 3, 2007:

“Agricultural, Technological Change, and Child Labor” by Richard Gabrowski (Southern

Illinois University) and Sharmistha Self (Missouri State University).

18. Chair, Session on “Bank Performance and Regulation” at the Western Economic

Association International Conference, San Diego, CA, June 29–July 3, 2006.


29–July 3, 2006.

i. “Exchange Rate Volatility and Optimal Central Bank Intervention” by Hui-Kuan Alice

Tseng (University of North Carolina).

ii. “Government versus Private Control, Political Loans and the Privatization of the

Korean Banks” by Sang-Kum Bae (Korea Economic Research Institute), Jaewook An

(Kyung Hee University), and Ronald A. Ratti (University of Missouri, Columbia).

20. Chair, Session on “Topics in Monetary Policy” at the Western Economic Association

International Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 29–July 3, 2004.

21. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, Vancouver, B.C.,

Canada, June 29–July 3, 2004.

i. “The Effects of Learning in Interactive Monetary Policy Committees” by Macr Berk

and Beata K. Beirut (De Nedelandsche Bank)

ii. “From the Great Depression to the Great Inflation: Path Dependence and Monetary

Policy” by Mark V. Siegler (California State University, Sacramento).

22. Chair, Session on Investment and Growth in 20th

century Economics. History of Economic

Society Meetings, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, June 25–28, 2004.

23. Discussant: History of Economic Society Meetings, University of Toronto, Toronto,

Canada, June 25–28, 2004:

“Currie’s Leading Sector Strategy of Growth: An Appraisal” by Ramesh Chandra

(University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.).

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24. Chair, Session on “Keynesian and Post Keynesian Issues II” at the History of Economics

Society Meetings, Duke University, Durham, NC, July 4–7, 2003.

25. Discussant: History of Economics Society Meetings, Duke University, Durham, NC, July

4–7, 2003.

i. “The Question of Microfoundations in the Hayek-Keynes Controversy” by Abdallah

Zouache, (Creuset, Saint-Etienne, France).

ii. “The January 1932 Memorandum on Anti-Depression Policies Revisited” by Ramesh

Chandra, (University of Strathclyde, U.K.).

26. Discussant: Association of Private Enterprise Education, Las Vegas, NV, April 6–8, 2003.

“Boom and Bust: Japanese and U.S. Credit Creation in a Growing Economy” by Fred R.

Glahe (University of Colorado-Boulder) and John P. Cochran (Metropolitan College of

Denver).


29–July 3, 2002.

“The Federal Reserve, the Stock Market, and the ‘New Economy’” by Roger W. Spencer

and John H. Huston (Trinity University, Texas).

28. Chair, Session on “Keynes and General Equilibrium Theory” at the Allied Social Science

Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, January 4–6, 2002.

29. Discussant: Allied Social Science Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, January 4−6,

2002.

“Underemployment: Voluntary and Involuntary” by Ezra Davar (Ben-Gurion University of

the Negev, Israel).

30. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, July

4–8, 2001:

“The Dynamic Response of U.S. Stock Prices to Foreign Flows of Capital” by Mary E.

Allender (University of Portland), Bahram Andragi (University of Portland), and Kambiz

Raffiee (University of Nevada).

31. Discussant: History of Economics Association Meetings, Wake Forest University, Winston-

Salem, NC, June 30–July 2, 2001:

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“Vers une Nouvelle Biographie de J.B. SAY: Reintegrating the Political Author, the

Entrepreneur and the Classical Economist” by Evert Schoorl (University of Groningen).

32. Discussant: History of Economics Society Meetings, University of British Columbia,

Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 30–July 3, 2000:

“On the Austrianlessness of Modern Austrian Economics” by Neel Chamilall (Université

de Aix-Marseille 3, France).

33. Discussant: History of Economics Society Meetings, University of North Carolina,

Greensboro, NC, June 25–28, 1999:

“On the Origins and the Legacy of Lange’s Laws” by Petur O. Jonsson (Department of

Economics, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC).

34. Chair, Session on “Contested Readings” at the History of Economics Society Meetings,

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 30–July 3, 2000.

35. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, Lake Tahoe, NV,

June 28–July 2, 1998.

“Testing Aggregation Bias from Simple Sum vs. Divisia Aggregates,” by Jean A. Gauger

(University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and George C. Davis (Texas A&M University,

College Station).

36. Discussant: History of Economics Society Meetings, University of Quebec at Montreal,

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 19–22, 1998:

“Chalmers vs. Malthus and Sismondi on Gluts; Or Imperfect Wage and Interest Rate

Adjustment vs. Underconsumption,” by Petur O. Jonsson (Fayetteville State University,

Fayetteville, N.C.)

37. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, Seattle, WA, July 9–

13, 1997.

“Central Bank Independence and International Monetary Dependence: The Role of

Credibility in International Monetary Coordination,” by Gerald Groshek (Naval

Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA).

38. Discussant: History of Economics Society Meetings, University of South Carolina,

Charleston, SC, June 20 B 23, 1997:

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i. “Continuity and Change in Keynes’s Thought: The Importance of Hume,” by David

Andrews (Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY).

ii. “Hayek’s Popperian Critique of the Keynesian Methodology,” by Robert Nadeau

(University of Quebec at Montreal).

39. Discussant: Allied Social Science Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 3–6, 1997.

i. “Ethnicity in Markets: Supplier Credits in African Manufacturing,” by Marcel

Fafchamps (Stanford University, CA).

ii. “Joan Robinson and the Cambridge Revolutions,” by Maria Cristina Marcuzzo

(Universita Degli Di Roma).

iii. “A Perspective on E.A.G. Robinson’s The Structure of Competitive Industry,” by

Chaitram J. Talele (Columbia State College).

40. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, June

28–July 2, 1996:

“Gender and Development Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa,” by Pareena Lawrence

(University of Minnesota, Morris).

41. Discussant: African Finance and Economic Association Conference, San Francisco,

January 5–7, 1996:

i. “Enterprise Financing in Sub-Saharan Africa,” by Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford

University, Stanford, CA).

ii. “Economic Instability: A Case Study of Selected Countries,” by N. Frank Ekanem

(Howard University, Washington, DC).

42. Session Chair: African Finance and Economics Association Conference, San Francisco,

January 5−7, 1996: “Economic Issues of African Development.”

43. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, Vancouver, B.C.,

Canada, June 29–July 3, 1994:

“The Monetary Doctrines of John Wheatley,” by Thomas M. Humphrey (Federal Reserve

Bank of Richmond, Richmond, VA).

44. Discussant: African Studies Coalition Conference, California State University,

Sacramento, CA, April 29–30, 1994:

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i. “Minorities in the media: The African American Experience,” by Stevina U.

Evuleocha (California State University, Hayward, CA).

ii. “It ain’t necessarily so: a critical view of images of African American women on

selected television shows,” by Amiso M. George (Our Lady of the Lake University,

San Antonio, TX).

45. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, San Francisco, July

9–13, 1992:

i. “Constitutional Economic Theory and Its Implications for Constitutional Reform in

South Africa,” by Anton D. Lowenberg (University of Colorado, Denver, CO).

ii. “A History of X-Efficiency,” by Gibbs Dibrell (Redondo Beach, CA).

iii. “The Philosophical Foundations of Smithian Political Economy,” by Donald J. Oswald

(California State University, Bakersfield, CA)

46. Panel Member, “The Socio-Economic Consequences of Aids in Africa.” Conference on

Africa and the New World Order, California State University, Sacramento, CA, May 8–9,

1992.


29–July 3, 1991:

“External Debt and Growth in Africa,” by Mohammed A. Shibli (Stonehill College, North

Easton, MA).

48. Panel Member, Liberty Fund Colloquium on “Liberty and Moral Development.”

Indianapolis, Indiana, November 29–December 2, 1990.

49. Discussant: Papers on “Measuring Economic Freedom,” Liberty Fund Conference, Sea

Ranch, California, November 8–11, 1990.

50. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, San Diego,

California, June 30–July 3, 1990:

i. “Development and Democracy in the Third World,” by Abbas Pourgerami (California

State University, Bakersfield, CA).

ii. “International Distribution of Income,” by Ronald Sprout (Economic Consultant,

Silver Spring, Maryland).

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51. Discussant: Canadian Economics Association Annual Meetings, University of Victoria,

Victoria, B.C., June 1–3, 1990:

“U.S. Money Demand Instability: A Flexible Least Squares Approach,” by Leigh

Tesfatsion and John M. Veitch (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA).

52. Session Chair: Canadian Economics Association Annual Meetings, University of Victoria,

Victoria, B.C., June 1–3, 1990: “Fiscal Policy.”

53. Co-chair of Organizing Committee, Canadian Association of African Studies Conference

1990. Hosted jointly by Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s Universities, Halifax, May 9–12.

54. Discussant: Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia,

May 9–12, 1990:

i. “The Emperor in New Clothes: New Themes in the World Bank’s Concept of

Structural Adjustment,” by Eboe Hutchful (University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario).

ii. “The Impending Failure of Structural Adjustment,” by Colin Stoneman (University of

York, York, England).

iii. “The Lights are Going Out: The Altered Map of Africa Following Structural

Adjustment,” by Barry Riddell (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario).

55. Session Chair: Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia,

May 9–12, 1990:

“Structural Adjustment: Country Experiences.”

56. Discussant: History of Economics Society Conference, University of Richmond,

Richmond, VA, June 10–13, 1989:

“The ‘Rigid’ Wages Fund Doctrine: McCulloch, Mill, and the ‘Monster’ of Money,” by

John Vint (Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, England).

57. Discussant: Western Economic Association International Conference, Lake Tahoe,

Nevada, June 18–22, 1989:

“Economic Strategic Continuity and Global Trade,” by Victor Lux Tonn (Salve Regina

College, New Port, R.I.).

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58. Panel Member: Liberty Fund-Fraser Institute Conference on “Measuring Economic

Freedom.” Vancouver, B.C., July 28–30, 1988.

59. Discussant: Western Economic Association Conference, Los Angeles, California, June 30–

July 3, 1988:

i. “Oil Exports and Government Policy in Mexico: The Performance of Traded and

Nontraded Sectors,” by Linda Kamas (Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.).

i. “Mexico’s Debt Burden: A Structural Solution,” by Stephen Stamos (Bucknell

University, Lewisburg, PA.).

60. Discussant: Canadian Economics Association Annual Meetings, Wilfried Laurier

University, Windsor, Ontario, June 2–4, 1988:

i. “Involuntary Unemployment in the General Theory,” by E. L. Forget and Hugh Grant

(University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba).

ii. “Keynes’ Theory of Investment Reconsidered: Evidence from His Lectures,” by Robert

W. Dimand (Brock University, St. Catherines, Ont.).

ii. “Emergence of Private Property: Experience of Travancore,” by Gopal Chengalath

(University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba).

61. Discussant: History of Economics Society Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge,

Massachusetts, June 20–22, 1987:

“J.S. Mill and J.E. Cairnes on Natural Value: The Role of Expectations in late-classical

Economics,” by E.L. Forget (The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba).

62. Discussant: 4th World Congress of Social Economics, Toronto, Ontario, August 12–15,

1986:

i. “Structural Change and Economic Adjustment Processes: The British Case,” by C.R.

Grant (London School of Economics, London, England).

ii. “Does the Chinese Concept of the Socialist Market Economy Comply with Walter

Euken’s Thesis of the Instability of Mixed Economies?” by S.G. Karsten (West

Georgia College).

63. Discussant: History of Economics Society Conference, Barnard College, New York City,

June 1986:

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“Nominal Wage Contracts and the Economics of Keynes,” by S.Q. Lemche and J.N.

Smithin (University of Calgary and York University).

64. Discussant: Canadian Economics Association Conference, University of Manitoba,

Winnipeg, May 1986:

i. “The Role of Markets in Famines: An Empirical Model,” by S.Q. Ahsan (University of

British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.).

ii. “Investment Demand for Children in an Agrarian Economy: Theory and Empirical

Evidence from Bangladesh,” by M. Huq and A. Islam (University of Saskatchewan,

Saskatoon, Sask.)

65. Discussant: Atlantic Canada Economics Association Conferences, University of New

Brunswick, Moncton, New Brunswick, October 24–26, 1985:

i. “The Efficiency Wage Hypothesis and the Scissors Problem,” by K.Y. Tsui (University

of Toronto) and D. Li (University of Guelph).

ii. “Monetary Policy, Devaluation and Capital Accumulation in an Open Developing

Economy with Fixed Exchange Rates,” by M. Moussa (Acadia University).

66. Panel member, “Finance, Debt and Trade,” World Bank/Dalhousie University Conference

on Africa's Economic Crisis and Donor Policies, Halifax, March 29, 1985.

67. Discussant: International Atlantic Economic Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March

1984:

“Money and Inflation in France since the Mid-1960s” by Richard T. Seldon (University of

Virginia, Charlottesville, VA).

68. Discussant: Canadian Economics Association Meetings, Guelph University, Guelph,

Ontario, May 1984:

i. “From Price Adjustment to Output Adjustment: Keynes’ Lecture on ‘The Monetary

Theory of Production’, 1932–35,” by R.W. Dimand (Carleton University, Ottawa,

Ontario).

ii. “J.S. Mill on Expectations,” by E. Forget (University of Toronto).

iii. “Real Bills, Forced Currency, and the Restriction Period in Britain,” by G. Poitras (St.

John’s University, New York, N.Y.).

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69. Discussant: Atlantic Canada Economics Association Meetings, Halifax, November 1982:

“Marshall’s Principles and the ‘Biological Viewpoint’,” by A.L. Levine (University of

New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.).

70. Discussant: Atlantic Canada Economics Association Meetings, Halifax, November 1981:

“Forecasting the Financial Activity of the Canadian Near Banks,” by J. Brox and Wendy

Maclean (Brock University and Dalhousie University).

71. Session Chair: Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference (International

Business Division) Conference, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, May 27–29,

1985: “Canadian Firms in a multinational environment.”

72. Session Chair: Canadian Association of African Studies Conference, St. Francis Xavier

University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, May 1984: “Rural Development in Northern Ghana.”

I. Department Seminar Papers:

1. “On a Confusing Passage in Hume’s ‘Of Money’: Do Wage Rate Changes Lead Price Level

Changes or the Reverse?” Department Workshop on Economic Research, October 17, 2012.

2. “The Modern Ricardian Equivalence Theorem: A Necessary Condition for the Inefficacy

of Fiscal Policy?” Department Workshop on Economic Research, October 6, 2010.


Development in the Third World.” Department Workshop on Economic Research,

November 14, 2007.

4. “Time We Discarded the AS-AD Model in Macroeconomics.” Department Workshop on

Economic Research, February 28, 2007.

6. “The Phillips Curve Analysis: An Illustration of the Classical Forced-Saving Doctrine.”

Department Workshop on Economic Research, February 22, 2006.

7. “History of Economic Thought: A Perverse Form of Entertainment?” Department

Workshop on Economic Research, October 27, 2004.

8. “The Future of Keynesian Economics.” Department Workshop on Economic Research,

November 12, 2003.

8. “Say’s Law: Keynes’s Success with its Misrepresentation.” Department Workshop on

Economic Research, October 31, 2001.

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9. “On the Definition of Money: Classical vs Modern.” Department Workshop on Economic

Research, November 15, 2000.

10. “On the Mythology of the Keynesian Multiplier.” Department Workshop on Economic

Research, November 18, 1998.

11. “Rothbard on Adam Smith: Correcting the Record.” Department Workshop on Economic

Research, June 4, 1997.

12. “Austrian Capital Theory: Help or Hindrance?” Department of Economics, California

State University, Hayward. Feb. 5, 1997.

13. “Full Employment: A Classical Assumption or Keynes’s Rhetorical Device?” Department

of Economics, California State University, Hayward, February 21, 1996.

14. “Some International Neglect Would be Good for Africa.” Department of Economics,

California State University, Hayward, November 9, 1994.

15. “On Keynes’s Paradox of Thrift Proposition: A Restatement of Classical Growth Theory

Misinterpreted.” Department of Economics, California State University, CA, October

1992.

16. “Economic Policy Reform in Ghana, 1983B90: Some Transferable Lessons.” Department

of Economics, California State University, Hayward, CA, October 1991.

17. “Can and Should a Central Bank Control the Money Supply as Now Defined?” Economics

Seminar Series, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, N.S., November, 1988.

18. “‘Capital’ in the Classical Theory of Interest: Some Consequences of Keynes’s

Misinterpretation and Implications for an Early Correction,” Saint Mary’s University,

Halifax, N.S., March 1987.

19. “Some Consequences of Raw Materials Import Dependence in Ghanaian Manufacturing

Industries,” Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (I.S.S.E.R.), Legon,

Ghana, February 1980.

20. “Should Bank Deposits have been Taxed as Part of the ‘Currency Reform’ in Ghana?”

Department of Economics, University of Ghana, Legon, February 1980.

21. “Price Distortions and Income Distribution in Ghana,” I.S.S.E.R., Legon, May 1976.

I. Committee Work:

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1. California State University, East Bay

i. Member (by CBE write-in election), CAPR (2008–09 to 2009–10); Secretary, Fall

2009.

ii. Member (CBE Rep), University Faculty Affairs Committee (2014−2015;

2015−2016).

iii. Member (CBE Rep), Awards Sub-Committee of the University Faculty Affairs

Committee (Spring 2015; 2016).

iv. Advisor, The Smith Center for Private Enterprise Research, September 2007 to

Summer 2015.

v. Invited Member, PT&R Committee for the Library, 2007–2008.

vi. Member, University Senate (2005–2006, 2006–2007)

vii. Chair, University Fairness Sub-Committee (Winter 2005).

viii. Member, University Peer-Panel Appeals Review Committee (May–June, 2005)

ix. Member, Department Post-Tenure Review Committee, 2001–2002, 2006–2007,

2015−2016.

x. Member, Department RTP Committee, Fall 2010, 2012−2013, 2014−2015,

2015−2016, 2016‒2017, 2017‒2018.

xi. Member, Department Lecturer Review Committee, 2001–2002, 2003–2004, 2007–

2008, 2012–2013, 2013−2014, 2014−2015, 2015−2016, 2016‒2017, 2017‒2018.

xii. Member, Department Sabbatical Leave Committee, 2009–2010.

xiii. Department Representative on CBE PT&R (RTP) Committee, 2000–2001, 2002–

2003, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, and 2009–2010.

xiv. Member, CBE Committee on Outstanding Staff Award, 2007–2008, 2010–2011.

xv. Member, CBE Faculty Affairs Committee, 2010−2011, 2011−2012.

xvi. Member, CBE Curriculum Committee, 2012−2013, 2013−2014.

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xvii. Member, Senate Sub-Committee on Instruction and Curriculum, 2003–2004.

xviii. Member, Planning Committee for CSUH Administrative Retreat, 1994.

xix. Participated in CSUH Telephone Campaign to reach Prospective Students: (Winter

1994, 1995, 1996, and Summer 2005)

xx. Member, University Committee on Accreditation (1993–94)

xxi. Member, University Committee on Research (1992–94)

xxii. Member, Department Curriculum Committee (1991–93)

xxiii. Member, Basic Skills Requirements Appeals Subcommittee (1991–93, 2005–2006)

xxiv. Member, School of Business and Economics Committee on Accreditation Proposal

(1992–93).

2. Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, N.S., Canada

i. Member (and Chairman, 1989-91), Senate Research Committee, 1988–91.

ii. Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, The Times, 1989–91.

iii. Member, President’s Committee on Aids, 1988/89.

iv. Member, President’s ‘Blue Ribbon’ Committee on “The Future of Saint Mary’s

University,” 1989–90.

v. Member, Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Economics, 1988–

1990.

vi. Member, Development Committee, Department of Economics, 1990–91.

vii. Member, University Senate, 1986/87.

viii. Member, Senate Admissions Committee, 1983/84–1985/86.

ix. Library Representative, Department of Economics, 1985/86–1986/87.

x. Member, Recruitment Committee, Department of Economics, 1981/82–1984/85.

xi. Member, Asian Studies Committee, 1981/82–1991.

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xii. Member, International Development Studies Faculty, 1984/85–1991.

J. Other Academic Activities:

1. External Examiner, Ph.D. Dissertation in Economics, Dalhousie University, January 1984.

2. Manuscript Editor (1 manuscript) for Sage Open Publication, December 2014.

3. Referee, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (International Business Division):

Papers submitted for inclusion in the 1984 and 1985 Proceedings.

4. Referee, Three (3) papers for the Academy of International Business 1990 Proceedings

(Toronto), May 1990; three (3) papers for the 1991 Proceedings (Miami), May 1991; and

three (3) papers for the 1992 Proceedings (Brussels), June 1992.

5. Referee, American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 6 manuscripts: August 2000;

April 2005; February 2008; January (1) and May (2) 2009.

6. Referee, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. 1 manuscript: May 1989.

7. Referee, Canadian Journal of African Studies. 5 manuscripts: June 1986; February and

July 1987; February 1988; and October 1991.

8. Referee, Comparative Political Studies: I manuscript, June 2013.

9. Referee, Contemporary Economic Policy. 1 manuscript: Feb. 1997.

10. Referee, Econ Journal Watch. 1 manuscript: October 2003.

11. Referee, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics. 1 manuscript, December 2009.

12. Referee, European Journal of Political Economy. 1 manuscript: March 2007.

13. Referee, History of Economic Ideas. 4 manuscripts: July 2004; August 2006; April 2017,

and July 2018.

14. Referee, History of Political Economy. 2 manuscripts: July 1984 and June 1985.

15. Referee, Journal of African Economies. 1 manuscript: May 2003.

16. Referee, Journal of African Finance and Economic Development. 2 manuscripts: May

1991; and December 1992.

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17. Referee, Journal of International Business Studies. 2 manuscripts: March and July 1990.

18. Referee, Journal of Institutional Economics. 1 manuscript: January 2009.

19. Referee, Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 18 manuscripts: November 1993;

July 1996; April 1998; August 1999; March 2003; January & June 2006; April & October

2007; June 2008; July 2011; October & November 2012; January, March & August 2013;

February 2015; March 2016.

20. Referee, Journal of Prices and Markets: 1 manuscript, July 2013.

21. Referee, Review of Austrian Economics. 1 manuscript: June 2002.

22. Referee, Review of Black Political Economy: 1 manuscript, May 2013.

23. Referee, Review of Social Economy. 1 manuscript: July 1989.

24. Referee, Southern Economic Journal. 10 manuscripts: November 1989; April 1991; July

1992; September 1993; April and December 1994; June 1995; October 1996; April 2007.

25. Reviewed the 8th

edition of Greg Mankiw’s Macroeconomics for Worth Publishers, May

2014.

26. Responded to a Questionnaire on a Chapter in Fredric Mishkin’s The Economics of Money,

Banking, and Financial Markets (Pearson), March 2014.

27. Reviewer, A book proposal for the MIT Press, August 2015.

28. Reviewer, Book Proposal and Four Chapters for a Macroeconomics textbook by Scott

Sumner and Stephen Rubb for Worth Publishers, March 2014.

29. Reviewed chapters 16−18 of Hubbard and O’Brien’s 2nd

Edition, Money and Banking

textbook for Pearson, December 2013.

30. Reviewer: Managerial Economics, 6th

Edition, by William Samuelson and Stephen Marks

for John Wiley, October 2010.

31. Reviewer: Three Chapters in Managerial Economics by Jeffrey Perloff and James Brander

for Addison-Wesley, October 2009.

32. Reviewer, Chapters 9–11 in Robert Barro’s Macroeconomics, for Thomson Publishing

Company, March 2005.

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33. Reviewer, Chapters 1–3 of Macroeconomics, 2nd Edition by Roger E.A. Farmer, South-

Western, November 2000.

K. Community Work:

1. Participant on Panel Discussion of “The Big Short,” CSUEB Library, April 27, 2018.

2. KTVU interview on President Trump’s Tax Cut proposed legislation, December 20, 2017.

3. Smith Center Lecture: “Is Free Banking the Cure for What is Wrong with the Fed?”

February 18, 2015.

4. Two Lectures at the Independent Institute’s Summer Institute: The Challenge of Liberty:

(1) “Adam Smith: The Invisible Hand” and (2) “The Curse of Keynes: How Modern

Macroeconomics Got into Its Present Mess,” July 17, 2014.

5. Responded to questions from Christy Hammill, a High School Student, on “The Economic

Consequences of Guaranteed Annual Income to Americans,” March 10, 2014.

6. Interview on the Exceptional Conservative Show, hosted by Ken McClenton, The

American Conservative National Radio Network on “The Federal Reserve and the

Economic Consequences of Political Scandals,” May 23, 2013.

7. Member, Program Committee of Catholic Charities of the East Bay (by invitation), Fall

2012 to Fall 2016.

8. Invited to serve on the History of Economic Society Dorfman Prize selection committee,

2010–2011.

9. Three Lectures at the Independent Institute’s Summer Program, “The Challenge of

Liberty”: (1) “Adam Smith, Free Markets and Economic Development,” July 15, 2013, (2)

“Adam Smith, Free Markets and Economic Development” and (3) “The Curse of Keynes:

How Modern Macroeconomics Got into Its Present Mess,” July 25, 2013.

10. Two Lectures at the Independent Institute Summer Seminar, Oakland, CA: “Government

and Economic Development,” June 15, 2010; “Adam Smith, Free Markets and Economic

Prosperity,” August 11, 2010.

11. Interview with Dukascopy (Switzerland) on “Current US Economic Situation,” published

online, October 25, 2012.

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12. Answered questions for CSUEB’s The Pioneer on “The Economics of Legalizing

Marijuana in California,” May 25, 2010.

13. Panel presentation: “The Current Economic Crisis,” to the United Muslims of America

28th

Annual Dinner & Symposium, Newark, CA, November 7, 2009.

14. Responded to questions on the prospects for world economic recovery, posed by Aygun

Badalova, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan, November 3, 2009. Published in Trend

Capital, November 2009: http://en.trend.az/capital/macro/1571749.html.

15. Two Lectures at the Independent Institute Summer Seminar, Oakland, CA, on

“Government and Economic Development,” June 15 and August 10, 2009.

16. Answered questions from Lynn Vincent, Senior Writer for World Magazine on “Registered

Warrants and Budget Mess in California,” July 13, 2009.

17. Responded to questions on U.S. Congress’s stimulus bill from Aygun Badalova,

Correspondent for Trend News Agency of Azerbaijan, February 11, 2009, and published in

Trend Capital: http://capital-en.trend.az/important/opinion/142675.html

18. Panelist on “The Financial Crisis” organized by the CBE MBA Association, November 12,

2008.



20. Telephone Interview on “The Current and Future Prospects for the U.S. Economy.” East

Bay Business Times, June 3, 2008.

21. Interview on “Consumer Confidence and Bush’s Stimulus Package” by Diane Guerrazzi

for KTVU 10 O’clock News, April 25, 2008.

22. Lecture: “Convertibility of the Nira.” California-Nigeria Forum, Berkeley, California,

September 29, 2007.





25. By invitation from Tim Erickson to serve as “an international expert,” I participated in a

discussion on the “economic, social, and cultural implications of globalization” on

http://capital-en.trend.az/important/opinion/142675.html

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“Politalk,” an international internet forum. I posted four (4) commentaries over a two-

week period in January 2001. Other participants were from the US, Canada, Belgium,

Argentina, Mexico, Lebanon, Kenya, Indonesia, and Singapore.

26. Board Member: Serra Center, Fremont, CA. January 1998–December 2000: Board

President, January–December 2000; Secretary-Treasurer and Chair of Finance

Committee, January–December 1999; Member of Finance Committee, January–December

1998.

27. External Assessor of candidate for Promotion to Associate Professor, Department of

Economics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, August 1998.

28. External Assessor of candidate for Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor,

Department of Economics, Howard University, Washington, D.C., January 1997.

29. External Assessor of candidate for Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor at the

Department of Africology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, August 1995.

30. Lecture: “The Balanced Budget Amendment Proposal.” Smith Center Summer Program

for Teachers, California State University, Hayward, CA, June 21, 1995.

31. Member, Diverse Cultures and Gifts Committee, St. Raymond Catholic Church, Dublin,

CA, 1993- 2001 (Vice Chairman, Sept. 1995–February 1996; Chairman, February 1996–

August 1996).

32. Lecture: “Bermuda: Economic Consequences of Political Independence Revisited.”

National Interest Association (Bermuda) Forum, July 23, 1994, Hamilton, Bermuda.

33. Two Lectures: i. “Socialism and Economic Development in the Third World,” and ii.

“Interest Rates: Who or What Determines Them?” Smith Center Summer Program for

Teachers, California State University, Hayward, CA, June 20 and 24, 1994.

34. Lecture: “World Hunger.” Two Classes at The Head-Royce School, Oakland. December

9, 1993.

35. Telephone Interview, Daily Review: “The Impending Removal of U.S. Trade Restrictions

on Vietnam.” November 29, 1993.

36. Lecture: “Monetary and Fiscal Policies: Myths and Realities.” Smith Center Summer

Program for Teachers, California State University, Hayward, CA, June 22, 1993.

37. Lecture: “Multinationals in the Third World.” Acton Institute Seminar, Tiburon, CA,

September 25, 1992.

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38. Guest Lecture: “Capitalism and Economic Development in the Third World.” Smith

Center Summer Program for Teachers, California State University, Hayward, CA, June 19,

1992.

39. Lectures: (a) “Building Equal Access to Economic Opportunities,” and (b) “Multinationals

and Third World Economic Development.” The Acton Institute Seminars, September and

October 1991, St. Clair, Michigan.

40. Radio Interview on C.B.C. (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, Nova Scotia)

Information Morning Programme, on “The Implications of Proposed Deregulation of

Gasoline Pricing and Retail Services in Nova Scotia.” May 10, 1991.

41. Lecture: “Building Equal Access to Economic Opportunities.” To Student “Heads of

Government,” Royal Commonwealth Society Student Conference, Halifax, April 6, 1991.

42. Telephone Interview, The Halifax Herald, on “The Economic Consequences of Canadians

Buying Canada Savings Bonds 1990.” October 17, 1990.

43. Radio Interview on C.B.C. (Sydney) Information Morning Programme: “Justification for

Proposed Gasoline Price Increase and Its Consequences.” October 8, 1990.

44. Radio Interview on C.B.C. (Halifax) Information Morning Programme: “Why and the

Effects of Gasoline Price Increases.” September 20, 1990.

45. Telephone Interview, The Halifax Herald: “On the Justification of Higher Gasoline Prices

in Nova Scotia.” September 19, 1990.

46. Participant on Halifax C.B.C. Regional Talkback Programme, “Should we have Marketing

Boards in Canada?” July 1990.

47. Telephone Interview by the Ottawa correspondent for the Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star

(Halifax): “On Bank of Canada’s ‘High interest Policy’.” September 1989.

48. Chief Adjudicator, 4th Annual Nova Scotia Student Commonwealth Conference, April 8–9,

1989.

49. Telephone Interview: Halifax Daily Mail – “Implications of the Stock Market Crash for

Canada.” October 1987.

50. Telephone Interview: Halifax Daily Mail – “Implications of the Proposed Free Trade

Agreement between Canada and the U.S.” October 1987.

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51. Radio Interview: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC, Halifax) Information

Morning: “Implications of the Sale of Air Canada.” July 1987.

52. Radio Interview: C.B.C. (Halifax) Information Morning: “The High Interest Rates on

Credit Cards.” February 1987.

53. Radio Interview: C.B.C. (Halifax) Information Morning: “The Federal Budget, 1982.”

November 1982.

L. Research in Progress:

1. Book Manuscript: “Macroeconomics Without the Errors of Keynes: The Quantity Theory

of Money, Saving, and Policy” (Routledge).

N. Professional Affiliations:

1. American Economic Association

2. History of Economics Society

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