Matthew Watson (political economist) explained

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

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Notes and References

  1. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/people/watson/publications/ Selected publications
  2. Berry, C (2006) Book Review of 'Foundations of International Political Economy', Millennium - Journal of International Studies 35 (1): 239.
  3. Book: 10.1057/9780230592667. The Political Economy of International Capital Mobility . 2007 . Watson . Matthew . 978-1-349-27964-7 .
  4. Book: 9781137385482. Uneconomic Economics and the Crisis of the Model World.
  5. Web site: Review of Matthew Watson, ‘The Market’ . 2024-08-20 . Theory, Culture & Society Global Public Life . en-GB.
  6. Book: Watson, Matthew . False Prophets of Economics Imperialism . Agenda . 2024 . 9781788217668 . 2024.
  7. http://www.scass.org.uk/steering.htm Steering Committee of the Standing Conference of Arts and Social Sciences
  8. http://pesg.blogspot.com/ PSA Political Economy Specialist Group
  9. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/staff/watson/ University of Warwick, PAIS, Matthew Watson
  10. http://wealth.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acFXC8YL3pDs Brown Suffers Setback as Britain Extends Recession
  11. https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a.slNPkVLUG4 Buiter, Julius Split on BOE Plan Amid "Sick Man" Tag
  12. http://www.cultureofenterprise.org/bookaward.html Templeton Enterprise Article Award