Matthew Watson (political economist)

Matthew Watson is a Professor of Political Economy (International Political Economy) in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick. He has published widely in the area of International Political Economy, having two single authored books, jointly edited another (with another forthcoming) and had around thirty articles published in peer reviewed academic journals on a wide range of issues in Political Economy and International Political Economy.^[1] His two books are the 'Foundations of International Political Economy' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005),(The book received a nomination for the IPEG Book of the Year Award (2004/2005).) ^[2] and the 'Political Economy of International Capital Mobility' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).^[3] Between 2001-2007 Watson served as a member of the Steering Committee of the Standing Conference of Arts and Social Sciences.^[4]

He 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.^[5] Watson has also 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)^[6] and occasionally been consulted by Bloomberg.com as an expert on the UK's economic policy.^[7][8]

Selected publications

• Political Economy of International Capital Mobility (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
• "Trade Justice and Individual Consumption Choices: Adam Smith’s Spectator Theory and the Moral Constitution of the Fair Trade Consumer". European Journal of International Relations 13 (2): 263–288. 2007. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2131/. 
• "Towards a Polanyian Perspective on Fair Trade: Market-Bound Economic Agents and the Act of Ethical Consumption". Global Society 20 (4): 435–451. 2006. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2134/. 
• Foundations of International Political Economy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
• "What Makes a Market Economy? Schumpeter, Smith and Walras on the Coordination Problem". New Political Economy 10 (2): 143–161. 2005. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2136/.  (3rd place in the 2006 Templeton Enterprise Article)^[9]

References

1. ^ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/staff/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. ^ http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/10.1057/9780230592667 The Political Economy of International Capital Mobility
4. ^ http://www.scass.org.uk/steering.htm Steering Committee of the Standing Conference of Arts and Social Sciences
5. ^ http://pesg.blogspot.com/ PSA Political Economy Specialist Group
6. ^ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/staff/watson/ University of Warwick, PAIS, Matthew Watson
7. ^ http://wealth.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acFXC8YL3pDs Brown Suffers Setback as Britain Extends Recession
8. ^ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=a.slNPkVLUG4 Buiter, Julius Split on BOE Plan Amid ‘Sick Man’ Tag (Update1)
9. ^ http://www.cultureofenterprise.org/bookaward.html Templeton Enterprise Article Award

External links

• Warwick University: Matthew Watson's Biography and some publications
• Warwick University: Selected list of Watson's publications
• Matthew Watson's book on his view of IPE

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