Curriculum
Vitae: James
Devine
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Position: Professor, since Fall 1996. Economics Department, Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 phone: 310/338-2948 e-mail: jdevine@lmu.edu |
Home: Birthdate: Marital Status: Married. I was born James Nicholson Devine; my married name is James Goldfarb Devine. |
Associate Professor,
Assistant Professor,
Assistant Professor,
Visiting Assistant
Professor,
Ph.D., Economics, University
of California, Berkeley earned
Dec. 1980, awarded June 1981.
B.A., Economics, from
Dissertation: “Over-Investment and Cyclical Economic Crises” (advisor: Professor Michael Reich).
1. “Psychologischer Autismus,
Institutioneller Autismus und die Ökonomik.” In Thomas Dürmeier, Tanja v.
Egan-Krieger, und Helge Peukert (Hg.) Die Scheuklapppen der
Wirtschaftswissenschaft: Postautistiche Ökonomik für eine pluralistsche
Wirtschaftslehre. Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg 2006. pp. 203-216. (a
translation by Tanja von Egan-Krieger of my “Psychological Autism,
Institutional Autism, and Economics” listed below.)
2. “The ‘Natural’ Rate of
Unemployment.” In Edward Fullbrook, ed. A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics,
3. “Psychological Autism,
Institutional Autism, and Economics.” In Edward Fullbrook, ed. The Crisis in
Economics: The Post-Autistic Economics Movement: the First 600
Days. pp. 212-20.
4.
“The Causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s and Lessons for
Today.” Revista da FEA-PUC SP
[Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contrabilidade e Atuária da Pontifica
Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Brazil)], volume 2, November 2000: 43–50
[actually published in 2002].
5. “The Cost of Living and
Hidden Inflation,” Challenge, March-April 2001: 73-84.
(Reprinted in Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Economic Issues ,
Tenth and Eleventh Editions, edited by Thomas R. Swartz and Frank J. Bonello
(Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, 2001 and 2003) and in Annual Editions: Macroeconomics
02/03: Macroeconomics, 14th Edition, edited by Don Cole
(Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, August, 2001), pp. 118-122.)
6. “The Rise and Fall of
Stagflation: Preliminary Results,” Review of Radical Political Economics,
32(3), 2000: 398-407.
Articles Published, continued:
7. “The Positive Political Economy of Individualism and Collectivism: Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau,” Politics and Society, 28 (2), June 2000: 265-304.
8. “Hidden Inflation: An Estimate of the Cost of
Living Inflation Rate,” In Baiman, Ron, Heather Boushey, and Dawn Saunders,
eds., Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism: Perspectives on
Economic Theory and Policy. (
9. “Capital Accumulation,” an
entry in the Encyclopedia of Political Economy (Philip O'Hara, ed.
Routledge, 1998), volume I, 1-3.
10. “Great Depression,” in the Encyclopedia of Political Economy
(see above), volume I, 415-7.
11. “Utopia,” in the Encyclopedia
of Political Economy (see above), volume II, 1214-6.
12. “Taxation without
Representation: Reconstructing Marx's Theory of Capitalist Exploitation.” In
William Dugger, ed. Inequality: Radical Institutionalist Views on Race,
Class, Gender, and Nation.
13. “The Causes of the 1929-33
Great Collapse: A Marxian Interpretation,” Research in Political
Economy (Paul Zarembka, ed.) vol. 14, 1994: 119-94.
14. “Microfoundations and
Methodology in Modeling Capitalism,” Review of Radical Political Economics,
25(3), 1993: pp. 51-59.
15. “The Law of Value and
Marxian Political Ecology” In Jesse Vorst, Ross Dobson, and Ron Fletcher, eds.,
Green on Red: Evolving Ecological Socialism (Socialist Studies/Études
Socialistes, vol. 9, 1993), Winnepeg/Halifax,
16. “Roemer's 'General' Theory
of Exploitation is a Special Case: The Limits of Walrasian Marxism,” co-author:
Gary Dymski (then of the
17. “Roemer's Theory of
Capitalist Exploitation: The Contradictions of Walrasian Marxism,” co-author:
Gary Dymski (then of the
18. “The Utility of Value: the
'New Solution,' Unequal Exchange, and Crisis,” Research in Political Economy
(Paul Zarembka, ed.), vol. 12, 1990: pp. 21-39.
19. “What is 'Simple Labor'? A
Re-Examination of the Value-Creating Capacity of Skilled Labor,” Capital and
Class (
20. “Paradigms as Ideologies:
Liberal vs. Marxian Economics,” Review of Social Economy, 47(3), Fall
1989: pp. 293-312.
21. “Falling Profit Rates and
the Causes of the 1929-33 Collapse: Toward a Synthesis,” Review of Radical
Political Economics, 20(2&3), 1988: pp. 87-93.
22. “An Introduction to Radical
Theories of Economic Crisis,” in The Imperiled Economy, Volume I: Left
Perspectives on the Macroeconomy,
23. “Cyclical Over-Investment
and Crisis: Theory and Evidence,” Eastern Economic Journal, 13(3),
July-September 1987: pp. 271-280.
24. “Empirical Studies in
Marxian Crisis Theory: Introduction,” Review of Radical Political Economics,
18(1&2), Spring and Summer 1986: pp. 1-12.
25. “Over-Investment,
Underconsumption, and the Origins of the Great Depression,” Review of
Radical Political Economics, 15(2), Summer 1983: pp. 1-27.
Articles Published, continued:
26. “The Microeconomics of
Conflict and Hierarchy in Capitalist Production,” co-author: Michael Reich (of
the
Published Review
Essays and Book Reviews:
1. Do Economists Make Markets?
On the Performativity of Economics, by Donald MacKenzie,
Fabian Muniesa, and Lucia Siu, eds. (Princeton U.P. 2007) , Science &
Society. 72(4) October 2008, pp. 504-7.
2. Transcending the Economy: On
the Potential of Passionate Labor and the Wastes of the Market,
by Michael Perelman (
3. After Capitalism,
by David Schweikert (
4. Contours of Descent:
5. Economics as Evolutionary
Science: From Utility to Fitness by Arthur Gandolfi, Anna Sachko Gandolfi, and David
P. Barash. (
6. Inspiring Economics: Human Motivation in
Political Economy. by Bruno S. Frey (
7. The Natural Instability of
Markets: Expectations, Increasing Returns, and the Collapse of Capitalism, by Michael Perelman (New
York: St. Martin's Press, 1999), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
7 (2002): pp. 463-8.
8. Breaking with the
Enlightenment: The Twilight of History and the Rediscovery of Utopia, by Rajani Kannepalli Kanth
(Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press, 1997) Science & Society,
64(1) Spring 2000, 131-3.
9. Plenty of Nothing: The
Downsizing of the American Dream and the Case for Structural Keynesianism, by Thomas I. Palley
(Princeton U.P., 1998) Science & Society, 63(3) Fall 1999, 396-8.
10. Blues for
11. Heterodox Economic Theories:
True or False?
edited by Fred Moseley (Edward Elgar, 1995), Journal of Economic Behavior
and Organization, 33 1988: 303-7.
12. The Economics of the Profit
Rate: Competition, Crises and Historical Tendencies in Capitalism by Gérard Duménil and
Dominique Lévy (Edward Elgar, 1993), Review of Radical Political Economics,
13. Lean and Mean: The Changing
Landscape of Corporate Power in the Age of Flexibility, by Bennett Harrison (Basic
Books, 1994). Monthly Review,
14. Peddling Prosperity:
Economic Sense and Nonsense in the Age of Diminished Expectations by Paul Krugman (W.W.
Norton, 1994), Review of Radical Political Economics,
15. Marx's Theory of Economic
Crisis, by
Simon Clarke (St. Martin's Press, 1994), Science & Society, 60(1)
Spring 1996: pp. 122-6.
16. Quantitative Marxism, edited by Paul Dunne
(Polity Press, 1991), Review of Radical Political Economics,
17. Faith and Credit: The World
Bank's Secular Empire, by Susan George and Fabrizio Sabelli (Westview Press, 1994). Monthly
Review. 47(4), September 1995: pp. 54-6.
Published Review Essays and Book Reviews, continued:
18. From Global Capitalism to
Economic Justice: An Inquiry into the Elimination of Systemic Poverty, Violence
and Environmental Destruction in the World Economy, by Arjun Makhijani, (the
Apex Press and the Council of International and Public Affairs, 1992), Monthly
Review, 46(9), February 1995: 54-7.
19. A History of Marxian
Economics: Volume II, 1929-1990, by M.C. Howard and J.E.King (Princeton U.P.,
1989), Science and Society, 58(1) Spring 1994: pp. 106-8.
20. The Falling Rate of Profit
in the Postwar
21. Beyond Capital: Marx's
Political Economy of the Working Class, by Michael A. Lebowitz (St. Martin's Press, 1992),
Monthly Review, 44(10), March, 1993: pp. 57-61.
22. A History of Marxian
Economics: Volume I, 1883-1929, by M.C. Howard and J.E.King (Princeton U.P.,
1992), Science and Society, 55(4) Winter 1991-92: pp. 489-91.
23. Lessons from the Great
Depression: The Lionel Robbins Lectures for 1989, by Peter Temin (MIT Press),
Review of Radical Political Economics, 22(4), Winter, 1990: pp. 150-6.
24. The Great Depression:
Delayed Recovery and Economic Change in
25. Understanding Capital:
Marx's Economic Theory, by Duncan K. Foley (Harvard U.P., 1986), Science and Society,
52(1), Spring 1988: pp. 124-126.
26. Capitalism and Democracy, by Samuel Bowles and
Herbert Gintis (Basic Books, 1986), Science and Society, 51(3), Fall
1987: pp. 362-364.
27. The Second Industrial Divide, by Michael Piore and
Charles Sabel (Basic Books, 1984), Contemporary Sociology, 15(3), May
1986: pp. 359-361.
28. Understanding Capitalism, by Samuel Bowles and
Richard Edwards (Harper & Row, 1985), Review of Radical Political
Economics, 17(4), Winter 1985/86: pp. 128-131.
29. Beyond the Wasteland, by Samuel Bowles, David
Gordon, and Thomas Weisskopf (Anchor Books, 1983), Science and Society,
48(2), Summer 1984: pp. 224-229.
30. The Emergence of Classes in
31. Allende's Chile: An
Insider's View,
by Edward Boorstein (International Publishers, 1977), Review of Radical
Political Economics, 9(4), Winter 1977: 99 (a book note).
Published Notes And Replies:
1. “Walrasian Marxism Once
Again: A reply to John Roemer,” co-authored with Gary Dymski (then of the
2. “
3. “Swings and Stages: Comments
on McDonough's Assessment,” Research and Society, no. 1, 1988: pp. 33-38
(an invited comment).
4. “The Microeconomics of
Conflict Under Capitalism: Reply to
Invited Papers Presented:
1.
“Un Visión Actual sobre las Teorías Marxistas
de las Crisis” (5 lectures on Marxian Crisis Theory), at la Universidad
Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, sponsored by la Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México (UNAM), in Mexico City, August 1994.
2. “Against Determinism and Indeterminism: 'Mechanisms'
and 'the Motor' in Historical Materialism,” at the Association for Economic and
Social Analysis conference at the
3. “The Causes of the 1929-33
Great Collapse: A Marxian Interpretation,” at the Delta Marsh seminar,
University of Manitoba, October 25, 1991 and also at the “New Urban and
Regional Hierarchy” conference at the University of California-Los Angeles,
February 3, 1992.
4. “Roemer's 'General' Theory
of Exploitation is a Special Case: The Limits of Walrasian Marxism,” co-author:
Gary Dymski (of the
5. “'Indwellings' and
Ideologies: the Liberal and Marxian Paradigms in Economics,” at the 5th World Congress
of Social Economics in
Popular
Articles
1.
“Keynesian Economics” in the Encyclopedia of American Government and
Civics (Michael A. Genovese and Lori Cox Han, eds., Facts on File 2009),
vol. III, pp. 825-28
2.
“Supply-Side Economics” in the Encyclopedia of American Government
and Civics, vol. III (see above),
pp. 857-60.
3.
“the Public Debt” in the Encyclopedia of American Government and
Civics, vol. III (see above),
pp.840-43.
4.
“The Asperger Chronicles,” in Our Journey Through High Functioning
Autism & Asperger Syndrome: A Roadmap,
5. “Globalization and the
'Universal Market': An Essay on Krugman's Analysis of Increasing Inequality,” a
popular essay of interpretation and persuasion, published only on the Internet
so far.
6. “Faith, Science, and
Humanism in the Future of the University,” a reaction to the 1997 President's
Institute on
7. “A Fool's Gold Age,” Dollars
& Sense, #154, March 1990: 10-11; reprinted as “Fool's Gold: A Response to
Victor Lippit” in Patricia Horn et al., eds., Real World Macro, 7th ed.
Sommerville, MA: Economic Affairs Bureau, 1990: pp. 76-77.
8. “The Economics of Military
Spending,” The Guild Practitioner (of the National Lawyers Guild),
44(2), Spring 1987: pp. 45-49.
9. “The Stagnation Crisis: Two
Views,” Against the Current, 3(3), Winter 1985, pp. 32-34.
10. “Karl Marx,” published in
revised form in James Gwartney and Richard Stroup, Economics: Private and
Public Choice, 3rd and some later editions, Academic Press, 1982.
11. “The Structural Crisis of
Honors:
1. Moore/Flood Fellowship,
1974-1975.
2. Haynes Foundation Summer
Fellowship, 1982.
3. Member, Editorial Board, Review
of Radical Political Economics 1977-79, 1980-82, 1983-86, 1986-89.
4. Editor of, and contributor
to, the “Cycles, Waves, Crises, and Uneven Growth” section of the Encyclopedia
of Political Economy. Routledge. 1995-7.