Dr. Charles M. A. Clark
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Senior Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society
Professor of Economics
Dr. Clark is currently: Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Tobin College of Business; Senior Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society; and Professor of Economics.
He earned a B.A. from Fordham University and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research, writing his dissertation under the supervision of Robert Heilbronner.
His teaching schedule for Fall of 2005 is as follows:
ECO 1326 TH 9:10-10:35 AM
He is the author of Economic Theory and Natural Philosophy (1992), Pathways to a Basic Income (with John Healy) (1997); Basic Income: Economic Security for All Canadians (with Sally Lerner and Robert Needlham) (1999) and The Basic Income Guarantee: Ensuring Progress and Prosperity in the 21st Century (2002) and the editor of History and Historians of Political Economy (1994); Institutional Economics and the Theory of Social Value (1995); Unemployment in Ireland (with Catherine Kavanagh) (1998) and Rediscovering Abundance, (with Helen Alford, Steve Cortright and Mike Naughton) (2005). He has lectured widely in the United States and Europe. He has more than 100 publications and has made more than 80 professional presentations. Dr. Clark is currently President of Association for Evolutionary Economics and is Past President of the Association for Institutionalist Thought. Past positions include: Associate Editor of the Review of Business, book review editor of History of Economic Ideas; the Board of Directors of the Association for Evolutionary Economics. His current research interests include: basic income policies; poverty and income inequality; the Irish economy; alternative measures of economic and social well-being; Catholic social thought and the role of values and ethics in the economy.
Dr. Clark has been Visiting Professor of Economics at University College Cork, Ireland and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome. Dr. Clark has also served as a consultant on fiscal impact analysis; the economic impact of baseball stadiums; on tax and social welfare reforms and labor economics. The son of two librarians, Dr. Clark lives on Long Island (where he was born) with his wife and three children.
PUBLICATIONS (listed by Subject Area):
Public Policy and Applied Economics
Books and Monographs:
The Basic Income Guarantee: Ensuring Progress and Prosperity in the 21st Century (Dublin: Liffey Press) 2002, 146 pages.
Report for the Working Group on Basic Income, (Dublin: Department of the Taoiseach, [Prime Minister]) 2001.
Basic Income: Economic Security for All Canadians (with Sally Lerner and Robert Needham). (Toronto: Between the Lines) 1999, 95 pages.
Unemployment in Ireland. Editor (with Catherine Kavanagh) (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited) 1998, 163 pages.
Pathways to a Basic Income (with John Healy) (Dublin: Conference of Religious of Ireland) 1997, 97 pages.
Chapters in Books:
“Wealth and Income Inequality” International Encyclopedia of Public Policy, Routledge, forthcoming.
“Economic Power” International Encyclopedia of Public Policy, Routledge, forthcoming.
“Promoting Economic Equity in a 21st Century Economy: The Basic Income Solution” in Institutional Analysis of Economic Policy, edited by Paul Dale Bush and Marc Tool, (Norwell, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publishers), 2003, pp. 133-156.
“Un Modelo de Renta Básica para Canada” (with Sally Lerner and W. Robert Needham) in La Renta Básica, edited by Daniel Raventós, 2001, (Barcelona: Ariel).
“Some Alternative Explanations of Irish Unemployment” (with Catherine Kavanagh) in Employment, Unemployment and Public Policy, edited by J. Michie (Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar) 1998, pp. 251-276.
“How are we doing?: An analysis of recent attempts at alternative measures of economic and social well-being” (with Catherine Kavanagh) in Value Theory: Essays in Honor of Paul D. Bush, edited by Sarah Fayazmanesh and Marc Tool (Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar) 1998.
“Unemployment in Ireland: A Post Keynesian Perspective” in Unemployment in Ireland. Edited by Catherine Kavanagh and Charles M. A. Clark, (Aldershot, UK: Avebury Publishing Limited) 1998, pp. 1-20.
“Beyond the ‘Jobs Crises’” (with Terrence McDonough) in Progress, Paradigms and Policy, edited by Sean Healy and Brigid Reynolds (Dublin: Oak Tress Press) 1998, pp. 303-319.
“Measurement versus Understanding” (with John Healy) in Progress, Paradigms and Policy, edited by Sean Healy and Brigid Reynolds (Dublin: Oak Tress Press) 1998, pp. 85-102.
“Mierzenie postepu gospodarczego” (“Measuring economic progress”, translated by Janina Rosicka) in Jakosc Zycia (Quality of Life), Cracow, Poland, 1998.
"Inequality in the 1980's: An Institutionalist Perspective" in Inequality: Radical Institutionalist Perspective on Race, Gender, Class and Nation, edited by William Dugger, (Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press) 1996, pp. 197-222.
“Progress, Values and Economic Indicators” (with Catherine Kavanagh) in Progress, Values and Public Policy, edited by Brigid Reynolds and Sean Healy, (Dublin: CORI) 1996, pp. 60-92.
"Basic Income and the Irish Worker" (with Catherine Kavanagh) in An Adequate Income Guarantee for All: Desirability, Viability, Impact, edited by Brigid Reynolds and Sean Healy, (Dublin: CORI) 1995, pp. 78-120.
Scholarly Journal Articles:
“Wealth and Poverty: On the Social Creation of Scarcity” Journal of Economic Issues, 2002, No.2, June, pp. 415-421.
“Debt Forgiveness: Moral Imperative and Economic Necessity” Vincentain Chair of Social Justice, 2002, pp. 24-26.
“Flessibilità del mercato del lavoro e reddito di base” (Labor Market Flexibility and Basic Income, translated by Helen Alford, OP,) OIKONOMIA, 2001, No. 2, June, pp. 29-37.
“Basic Income: Framing the Concept for Canada” (with Sally Lerner) Canadian Review of Social Policy, no45/46 Spring/Fall 2000, pp. 199-205.
“Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? How Poverty has Become Immune to Economic Growth” Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, 1999, Vol. 5, pp. 43-53.
“A Basic Income for the United States: Ensuring that the Benefits of Economic Progress are Equitably Shared” Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, 1997, Vol. 3, pp. 38-48.
“Basic Income: Providing an Adequate Income for All” Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, 1996, Vol. 2, pp. 12-16.
"Basic Income, Inequality, and Unemployment: Rethinking the Linkages Between Work and Welfare" (with Catherine Kavanagh) Journal of Economic Issues, June, 1996, Vol. 30, pp. 399-406.
"Advertising and Quality: A Comment on Nelson's `Advertising as Information'" Studi Economici, 1989, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 175-190.
Other:
“Respecting Small Farmers Here Means Respecting Them There” Catholic News Service, May 9, 2003.
“Promoting Economic Equity in the Context of a 21st Century Economy: New Challenges” Network Connections, July/Aug., 2002, pp. 8-9.
“Social Justice Requires Equity” Network Connections, May/June, 2002, pp. 8-9.
“Equity is Key to Solving the Economic Problem” Network Connections, March/April. 2002, pp. 8-9.
"Debate: Should Canadians be Guaranteed a Basic Income?" (With S. Lerner and R. Needham) The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Monitor, Vol. 7 no 6 (November 2000), pp 8-9
"Basic Income: Key to a Flexible Workplace, a Sane Society and a Better Life", (with Sally Lerner) Canadian Dimension, Vol. 34, no 3 (May 2000), pp 32-35.
Machine Tool Industry, (Commack, NY: Business Trends Analysts) 1985.
The Market for Fats and Oils, (Commack, NY:
Business Trends Analysts) 1985.
Book Publishing, (Commack, NY: Business
Trends Analysts) 1985.
Mining Machinery Industry, (Commack, NY:
Business Trends Analysts) 1985.
“President’s Proposal for the Caribbean Defeats its Own Goals” Newsday, April 1, 1982, p. 86.
Book Reviews:
America Unequal by Sheldon Danziger and Peter Gottschalk, Journal of Economic Issues, March, 1997, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 286-87.
The Sports Stadium as a Municipal Investment by Dean V. Baim, Eastern Economic Journal 1996, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 103-104.
Aspirations and Realities: A Documentary History of Economic Development Policy in Ireland Since 1922 by James L. Wiles and Richard B. Finnegan, History of Political Economy, 1996, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 127-128..
The Stratified State: Radical Institutionalist Theories of Participation and Duality edited by William Dugger and William Waller, Journal of Economic Issues, September, 1994, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 927-929.
Catholic Social Thought and Economics
Books:
Rediscovering Abundance: Interdisciplinary Essays on Wealth, Income and their Distribution in the Catholic Social Tradition, co-editor (with Helen Alford, Steve Cortright and Mike Naughton). (South Bend, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press). 2005.
Chapters in Books:
“Wealth as Abundance and Scarcity: Perspectives from Catholic Social Thought and Economic Theory” in Rediscovering Abundance: Interdisciplinary Essays on Wealth, Income and their Distribution in the Catholic Social Tradition, edited by Helen Alford, Charles M. A. Clark, Steven Cortright, and Mike Naughton. (South Bend, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press). 2005.
“Wealth and Poverty: Preferential Option for the Poor in an Age of Affluence” in Rediscovering Abundance: Interdisciplinary Essays on Wealth, Income and their Distribution in the Catholic Social Tradition, edited by Helen Alford, Charles M. A. Clark, Steven Cortright, and Mike Naughton, (South Bend, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press). 2005.
“The Nature of Wealth” (with Helen Alford, Steve Cortright and Mike Naughton) in Rediscovering Abundance: Interdisciplinary Essays on Wealth, Income and their Distribution in the Catholic Social Tradition, edited by Helen Alford, Charles M. A. Clark, Steve Cortright, and Mike Naughton. (South Bend, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press). 2005.
“Foreword” Catholicism, Protestantism and Capitalism by Amintore Fanfani, (Norfalk, Va: IHS Press) 2003, pp. 27-36.
“John Paul II and the Value Theory of Labor” in Work as the Key to the Social Question, edited by Simona Berretta, Michael Naughton and Johan Verstraeten, (Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace), 2002, 147-162.
“Competing Visions: Equity and Efficiency in the Firm” in Rethinking the Purpose of Business: Interdisciplinary Essays from the Catholic Social Tradition, edited by Michael Naughton, Ernest Pierucci and Steven Cortright (South Bend, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press) 2002, pp. 81-101.
“Worldly Advice from Other-Worldly Philosophers: Catholic Social Thought and the Problem of Transition” in Economic Transformation in Historical Perspective: Lessons from the History of Economics, edited by Charles M. A. Clark and Janina Rosicka. (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate) 2001, pp. 122-138.
Scholarly Journal Articles:
“Greed is not Enough: Some Insights on Globalization from Catholic Social Thought” Journal of Catholic Social Thought, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter, 2005, pp. 23-51.
“Catholic Social Thought and Management
Education: Providing Realism” Review of Business,
Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter, 2004. pp. 6-14.
“The Challenge of Catholic Social Thought to
Economic Theory” Journal of Peace and Justice
Studies, 2002, pp. 163-177.
“Catholic Social Thought and Business Education” Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, Vol. 6, 2002, pp. 35-37.
“Catholic Social Thought and Economic Transition” Review of Business, Vol. 22, No. 3, Fall, 2001, pp. 24-28.
“Catholic Social Thought and the Economic Problem” (Lead Article) OIKONOMIA, 2001, No. 1, Feb., pp. 6-18.
“Economic Theory, Catholic Social Thought and the Existence of Economic Human Rights” Vincentian Chair of Social Justice, 1998, Vol. 4, pp. 68-80.
“The Future of Capitalism” (Lead Article) Doctrine & Life, 1998, Vol. 48, No. 5, May/June, pp. 258-277.
Other:
“From the Editor” Review of Business, Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter, 2004, p. 2-3.
“From the Editor” Review of Business, Fall, 2001,
Vol. 22, p. 3.
“St. Vincent de Paul as CEO: An Interview with Rev. Thomas McKenna, C.M.” Review of Business, Fall, 2001, Vol. 22, p. 5-7.
“From the Editor” Review of Business, Summer, 1998, Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 3.
“From the Editor” Review of Business, Fall, 1997, Vol. 19, No.1, p.3.
Book Reviews:
Modern Catholic Social Documents and Political Economy by Albino F. Barrera, OIKONOMIA, 2004, No. 1, Feb. p. 42-47.
History of Economic Thought and Methodology
Books:
Economic Transformation in Historical Perspective: Lessons from the History of Economics. Co-Editor (with Janina Rosicka). (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate:) 2001.
Institutional Economics and the Theory of Social Value. Editor. (Norwell, MA.: Kluwer Academic Publishers) 1995.
History and Historians of Political Economy by Werner Stark. Editor. (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers) 1994, 295 pages.
Economic Theory and Natural Philosophy: The Search for the Natural Laws of the Economy. Introduction by Robert L. Heilbroner, (Aldershot: Edward Elgar) 1992, 198 pages.
Chapters in Books:
“Werner Stark and the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to the History of Economics” in Historians of Economics and Economic Thought: The Construction of Disciplinary Memory, Ed: Steven G. Medema and Warren J. Samuels, (London: Routledge) 2002.
“Advertising and the Sales Effort” (with Eleanor Doyle) in Encyclopedia of Political Economy, edited by Phil O’Hara, (London: Routledge) 1999, pp. 4-6.
“Individual and Society” in Encyclopedia of Political Economy, edited by Phil O’Hara, (London: Routledge)1999, pp.558-560.
“Natural Rights in Political Economy” in Encyclopedia of Political Economy, edited by Phil O’Hara, (London: Routledge) 1999, pp. 889-891.
“Political Economy: Schools of Thought” in Encyclopedia of Political Economy, edited by Phil O’Hara, (London: Routledge) 1999, pp. 988-993.
“Veblen, Thorstein Bunde” in Encyclopedia of Political Economy, edited by Phil O’Hara, (London: Routledge) 1999, pp. 1385-1388.
"Thorstein Veblen: The Quintessential Dissenter" in Economics and its Discontents: Twentieth Century Dissenting Economists, edited by Ric Holt and Steven Pressman, (Aldershot: Edward Elgar) 1998, pp. 269-292.
"From Natural Value to Social Value" in Institutional Economics and the Theory of Social Value: Essays in Honor of Marc Tool, edited by Charles M. A. Clark. (Norwell, MA.: Kluwer Academic Publishers) 1995, pp. 29-42.
“Introduction” History and Historians of Political Economy by Werner Stark, edited by Charles M. A. Clark, (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers) 1994, pp. xiii-xxvi.
"Naturalism in Economic Theory: The Use of `State of Nature' Explanations in the History of Economic Thought" in Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought Vol. VI, edited by William J. Barber, (Aldershot: Edward Elgar) 1991, pp. 134-146.
"History of Economics" in MaGill's Surveys in Social Science, edited by Frank MaGill. (Salem Press: Pasadena) 1991, pp. 974-980.
"Equilibrium, General" in MaGill's Surveys in Social Science, edited by Frank MaGill. (Salem Press: Pasadena) 1991, pp. 707-712.
"Distribution Theories" in MaGill's Surveys in Social Science, edited by Frank MaGill. (Salem Press: Pasadena) 1991, pp. 605-609.
Scholarly Journal Articles:
"Werner Stark and the Historiography of Economics" History of Economic Ideas, December, 1994, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 97-108.
"Veblen-Commons Award: Robert L. Heilbroner" Journal of Economic Issues, June, 1994, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 1-4.
"Spontaneous Order versus Instituted Process: The Market as Cause and Effect" Journal of Economic Issues, June, 1993, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 373-385.
"An Institutionalist Critique of Sraffian Economics" Journal of Economic Issues, June, 1992, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 457-468.
"Adam Smith and Society as an Evolutionary Process" Journal of Economic Issues, September, 1990, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 825-844.
"Equilibrium for What?: Reflections on Social Order in Economics" Journal of Economic Issues, June, 1989, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 597-606.
"The Philosophy of Equilibrium" Quaderni di Storia dell 'Economia Politica, Spring, 1989, Vol. 7, No. 2-3, pp. 49-67.
"Natural Law Influences on Adam Smith" Quaderni di Storia dell 'Economia Politica, Winter, 1988, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 59-83.
"Equilibrium, Market Process and Historical Time" Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Winter, 1987-88, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 270-81.
Book Reviews:
Veblen in Perspective: His Life and Thought by Stephen Edgell, Eastern Economic Journal, 2003.
The Veblen Treasury edited by Rick Tilman, Review of Political Economy, 1996, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 115-116.
Austrian Economics in America by Karen Vaughn, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1995, pp. 155-157.
Thorstein Veblen and His Critics by Rick Tilman, Eastern Economic Journal, Fall, 1994, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 482-3.
Economics and the Philosophy of Science by Deborah Redman, History of Political Economy, Summer, 1994, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 337-339.
Ethics and Excellence by Robert Solomon, Review of Business, Spring, 1994, Vol. 15, No. 3, p. 41.
Verification in Economics and History by O. F. Hamouda and B. B. Price, History of Political Economy, Spring, 1994, Vol. 26., No. 1, pp. 167-169.
Political Economy and Colonial Ireland by Thomas A. Boylan and Timothy P. Foley, History of Economic Ideas, 1993, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 207-209.
The Invisible Hand: Economic Equilibrium in the History of Science by Bruna Ingrao and Giorgio Israel, Isis, 1992, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 309-10.
Bukharin's Theory of Equilibrium by Kenneth J. Tarbuck, History of Political Economy, Fall, 1991, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 542-4.
More Heat than Light and Against Mechanism by Philip Mirowski, Eastern Economic Journal, July-Sept, 1991, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 387-389.
Kaldor's Political Economy edited by Tony Lawson, J. Gabriel Palma and John Sender, Journal of Economic Issues, December, 1990, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 1198-99.
Nicholas Kaldor by A.P. Thirlwall, Review of Business, Winter, 1989, pp. 26-7.
The Essential Adam Smith edited by Robert Heilbroner and Lawrence Malone, Review of Business, Summer, 1986, p. 25.
E-mail: clarkc@stjohns.edu