Arjo Klamer on sabattical at NIAS

Posted September 21st, 2011 at at 1:56 pm by Editorial Staff under News Items.

NIAS in Spring Read about Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) and view Klamer’s profile.

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Remember when?
The New York Times quotes Klamer on Ronald Coase (1991)

Posted January 31st, 2010 at at 10:22 am by Editorial Staff under News Items, Remember when?.

From “Theorist of Property Rights Wins Nobel” By Tom Redburn Published: October 16, 1991, New York Times Arjo Klamer, an economic historian at George Washington University in Washington, said that Mr. Coase was unusual among academic economists in producing entertaining, well-written papers. “He is from what I call the old Chicago school rather than the [...]

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Klamer among signatories of an online petition to revitalize economics after the crash

Posted October 25th, 2009 at at 7:26 pm by Editorial Staff under Credit Crisis, News Items, Other blogs.

Krugman’s text that sparked the petition (New York Times, September 2nd, 2009): “Few economists saw our current crisis coming, but this predictive was the least of the field’s problems. More important was the profession’s blindness to the very possibility of catastrophic failures in a market economy … the economics profession went astray because economists, as [...]

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The press quotes Klamer in Ramadan firing

Posted August 24th, 2009 at at 11:22 pm by Editorial Staff under Moslims, News Items, Other blogs.

University staff angry at Ramadan sacking DutchNews.nl, Monday 24 August 2009 Link to article at Dutch News Tariq Ramadan A number of Erasmus University officials have protested at the way the university joined forces with Rotterdam city council to sack Tariq Ramadan, an expert on Islam and identity who has been a guest lecturer for [...]

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Klamer over Erasmus en Ramadan in de Volkskrant, 23 augustus

Posted August 24th, 2009 at at 5:51 pm by Editorial Staff under Moslims, News Items.

Erasmus-medewerkers tegen ontslag Ramadan, de Volkskrant, 24 augustus 2009 Van onze verslaggeefsters Janny Groen, Annieke Kranenberg Link to article De Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (EUR) had zich onafhankelijk van de gemeente Rotterdam moeten beraden op de positie van hoogleraar Identiteit & Burgerschap Tariq Ramadan. Door hem in eendracht met de gemeente te ontslaan heeft het universiteitsbestuur [...]

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Klamer is cited as the “Most spiritual economist” in de Volkskrant, 19 June 2009.

Posted June 23rd, 2009 at at 6:53 pm by Editorial Staff under News Items.

“Economische crisis is ook morele crisis.” De Volkskrant. 19 June 2009. Read full article »

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Klamer en “Focus op de ambachtseconomie”

Posted May 8th, 2009 at at 2:05 pm by Editorial Staff under Culture, News Items.

“Ambachtslieden zijn de kern van de samenleving zou je kunnen zeggen. Het staat voor kwaliteit. We zijn er afhankelijk van, loodgieters, dakwerkers, noem ze maar op. Je hebt ze ook geregeld nodig als je een huishouden runt. Maar ik denk dat het wel om meer gaat dan alleen dat. Ambachtslieden dragen ook bij aan de [...]

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Philosophers’ Rally 2009

Posted April 2nd, 2009 at at 6:13 pm by Editorial Staff under Calendar, News Items.

A two-day conference (12&13 May) held at the Drienerburght Hotel, University of Twente Arjo Klamer is among the keynote speakers. For more details click here

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‘Wintergasten’ over een andere kijk op economie

Posted February 12th, 2009 at at 1:51 pm by Editorial Staff under News Items.

BREDA – In de Waalse Kerk aan de Catharinastraat is zondag 15 februari om twee uur weer ‘n bijeenkomst van Wintergasten 2008/2009 van de Stichting Triple Eye. Dit keer staat de vraag centraal of de economie er beter voor had gestaan als we onze samenleving anders hadden georganiseerd en ingericht. De sprekers zijn dit keer [...]

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