Conference and seminar organisation
- 2024, June. (Currently being organised). Seminars with visiting delegation from the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and participants from a number of UK universities. London and Manchester.
- 2016. Seminar on the post-crisis political and economic situation in Britain. With visiting delegation from the Academy of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and participants from a number of UK universities. University of Westminster.
- 2014. 46th UK History of Economic Thought Conference. University of Westminster. This also functioned as the founding conference of The History of Economic Thought Society.
- 2008. City University London conference on teaching methods in economics. Assisted, in particular with reviewing articles from the conference published as a special issue of International Review of Economics Education.
- 2007. Interdisciplinary Seminar on the History and Philosophy of Economic Thought. University College London.
Conference and Seminar Papers (in reverse chronological order of year)
2018
- A thousand men and a calf: William Pettyâs two theories of distribution in their biographical background. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, 2018.  7-9 June 2018, Complutense University of Madrid.
2017
- âHomo ricardensis: common ancestor of Marxism and neoclassical economics.â Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Royal Economics Society, April 2017, Bristol.
- âThat which remainethâ: surplus and necessity from the New Testament to English political economy. Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, May 2017, Antwerp, Belgium.Â
2014
- 2-4 July 2014âšUniversity of Greenwich, LondonWilliam Pettyâs âpar and equation between lands and labourâ: Irish lands, English political economy and âfactors of productionâ. Paper presented to the 16th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, 2-4 July 2014, University of Greenwich, London.
2013
- âThat which remainethâ: surplus and necessity from the New Testament to William Petty. Paper presented to the Kingston Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, 16-18 May 2013.
- Markets and politics: the imperative for the history of ideas. Paper delivered to the conference organised by the University of Westminster on âThe Politics of markets â shaping, steering and evaluationâ, 13 June 2013.
- William Petty and Marxâs analysis of the âmomentaâ of the primitive accumulation of capital. Paper delivered to the 15th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics. 4-6 July 2013,  London Metropolitan University.
- Money, land and language:Â William Petty in the City of London, 1658. Paper presented to the Reading Early Modern Conference, University of Reading, 9-11 July 2013.Â
2010
- âThe first economic policy proposal: William Petty and the origination of the practice of the economist. Paper for the 14th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought  on the theme âThe practices of economists in the past and todayâ. Amsterdam, 25-7 March 2010.
- âTechnological progress and economic analysis from Petty to Smithâ. Paper for the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, Research Seminar, 13 April 2010.
2009
- âEconomists and geographers: Paul Krugmanâs Nobel award-winning ânew economic geographyâ and its reception by the incumbent discipline.â Paper for the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, Research Seminar, 17 March 2009.
- âTechnological change and economic analysis in early modern English economic writings.â Paper for the 13th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, on the theme âTechnological change and economic analysisâ. Economic Departments of the University of Macedonia and the Aristotle University, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. 23- 26 April 2009.
- âPaul Krugmanâs âNobel awardâ: economics imperialism, geography and the political economy of development.â Paper for the 11th Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, on the theme âHeterodox Economics and Sustainable Development, 20 years onâ, Kingston University, London, 9-12 July 2009.
2008
- âWilliam Petty and the colonialist roots of development economicsâ. Paper for the 12th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, University of Economics, Prague, 15-17 May 2008, on the theme: âDevelopment and Transition in the History of Economic Thoughtâ.
2007
- âThe European Enlightenment and the world economy today; or, Adam Smith and the Wealth of âUncivilised Nationsâ.â Paper for the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, Research Seminar, 8 November 2007.
- âColonial territory and social surplus: William Petty in the City of London, 1658â. Paper for the 2007 Annual UK Conference on the History of Economic Thought. Queens University, Belfast, 10-12 September 2007.
- âLimited Liability and the Wealth of âUncivilised Nationsâ: Adam Smith and the Limits to the European Enlightenmentâ. Paper for the conference on âCorporate Accountability, Limited Liability and the Future of Globalizationâ, CISD, School of Oriental and African Studies, 20-21 July 2007. Subsequently published in Cambridge Journal of Economics. Vol. 34, Issue No. 5. pp. 857-67.
- âWilliam Petty and the Whig history of economic thoughtâ. Paper for the Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics. Bristol. 13-15 July 2007.
- âWilliam Petty and the economic surplus: a biographical explorationâ. Paper for the conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought. Strasbourg, 5-7 July 2007.
2006
- âWilliam Petty and the economic surplus: a biographical explorationâ. Paper for the annual UK History of Economic Thought Conference, University of Brighton Business School, 13-15 September 2006.
- âWilliam Petty and colonialism: a critique of some pluralist perspectives in the a critique of pluralism in the secondary literature.â Paper for the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics. London School of Economics, 14-16 July 2006.
- âMoney, land and language: William Petty in the City of London, 1658â. Paper for the colloquium âMoney, power and prose: interdisciplinary studies of the financial revolution in the British Isles, 1688-1756â. Armagh, 8-10 June 2006.
- âEconomics and its neighbouring disciplinesâ. Paper for the Westminster Business School. 16 May 2006. âFrench Jesuits, English political economy, and a âmost remarkable accidentââ. Paper delivered at the 10th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, Porto, Portugal, 28-30 April 2006.
2005
- âColonialism, displacement and cannibalism in early modern economic thoughtâ. Paper delivered at a colloquium at the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, London, and Institute for English Studies, London, 14-17 September 2005. Subsequently published in Balfour, Robert, ed. 2010. Culture, capital and representation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan..
- âIs the history of economic thought a discipline? Current literature on William Petty as a case studyâ. Paper for the Conference on the History of Economic Thought, University of Exeter, 5-7 September 2005. âPluralism and the economic geography of developmentâ. Papers delivered at the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, City University, London, July 7-11 2005.
- âWilliam Petty and the colonialist roots of development economicsâ. Paper for the Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, City University, London, July 7-11 2005.
- âThe spatial-economic logic of William Pettyâs population transfer schemeâ. Paper for the 9th Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, on the theme âEconomics and other disciplinesâ, University of Stirling, 9-12 June 2005. Subsequently published in Arena, Dow and Klaes (2009) as âEconomics, geography and colonialism in the writings of William Pettyâ (see CV-9.1). â
- William Petty and the roots of economicsâ. PhD Thesis. Currently being revised for publication (see CV-9.2).
2004
- âPaul Krugman, Jeffrey Sachs, and development economicsâ. Paper for the Political Economy of Development Seminar, SOAS, London, February 2004.
2003
- âThe ânew economic geographyââ. Lecture for the MSc course Economic and the social sciences, SOAS, March 2003; repeated March 2004.
2002
- âWilliam Petty and the roots of economicsâ. Paper presented to the Interdisciplinary Seminar, School of Social and Human Sciences, City University, London. 2002.
- âThe spatial economy: from William Petty to Paul Krugmanâ. Paper for the Political Economy of Development Seminar, SOAS, London. March 19 2002.
2001
- âEconomic transactions and geometrical form in the work of William Petty: a study in the roots of spatial economicsâ. Paper presented to the Research Seminar of the Department of Economics, SOAS. November 2001.
2000 and earlier
- âArguments for privatisation in Britain and their relevance for developing countriesâ. Lecture to British Council course for Chinese economists. University of Oxford. September 1994. Repeated, September 1995.
- "Theories of oil supplyâ. Paper presented to the Research Seminar of the Department of Economics, SOAS. March, 1994.
- "Commodity prices, inflation and North-South economic interactionâ. MSc dissertation, Birkbeck College, London. 1992.
- "Economic management in Koreaâ. Paper delivered to the annual conference of the British Association of Korean Studies. Oxford. March 1991.
- "Economic development in Egypt, 1798-1841â. Dissertation for MSc in Development Studies, London School of Economics. 1970.
Writings on Middle Eastern and bibliographical subjects
- Fourth supplementary catalogue of Arabic printed books in the British Library, 1970-1980. 4 volumes. London: British Library. 1981.
- Arabic language collections in the British Library: a userâs guide. London: British Library. 1984.
- âArabic manuscript sources on Sub-Saharan Africa in the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Booksâ. In: African studies: papers presented at a colloquium at the British Library, 7-9 January 1985. I Sternberg and P M Larby, eds. London: British Library. 1986.
- âA library tour of the Peopleâs Democratic Republic of Yemenâ. In: India Office Library and Records [and] Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books, British Library Reference Division, Newsletter. Summer 1985.
- Guide to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books of the British Library. London: British Library. 1974. [A complete guide covering all languages.]
Selected letters to the press
Letters on economic and other issues published in the press, over 20 of them in the Financial Times; examples:
- âConcentrating on macroeconomic policy wonât solve historyâs problemsâ. Financial Times. 25 January 2010.
- âSmithâs âinvisible handâ was an ideal, not a realityâ. Financial Times. 10 November 2009.
- âEarly Christians lived by communist principlesâ. Financial Times. 23 November 2009.
- âAcademics languish behind the curve set by journalistsâ. Financial Times, 5 June 2009.
- [On Gordon Brown and the surplus economies.] The Guardian. Friday October 31.
- [On the IMF and the Arab countries.] The Independent. Friday 31 October 31.
- âThis time, the US canât rescue the world economyâ. The Independent. Friday, 24 October 2008.
- âWhere large-scale slavery beganâ. Financial Times. Saturday October 11 2008.
- âMonetarist fallacies of an earlier era revivedâ. Financial Times. Wednesday July 2 2008.
- âAll talk of consensus is becoming impracticalâ. Financial Times. Wednesday May 7 2008.
- âHas EU legislation secretly changed?â Financial Times. Friday February 1 2008.
- âThe bank never losesâ. The Guardian. Monday September 24 2007.
- âThe invisible hand guiding the chancellorâ. The Guardian. Wednesday March 21, 2007