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Sheila Dow

Sheila Dow is Emeritus Professor of ¸£Àûµ¼º½s at the University of Stirling, Scotland, Adjunct Professor of ¸£Àûµ¼º½s at the University of Victoria, Canada, and a member of the Academic Council of INET. Her main academic focus is on raising methodological awareness in the fields of macroeconomics, money and banking, and the history of economic thought (especially Hume, Smith and Keynes). While her career has primarily been in academia, she has held positions with the Bank of England and the Government of Manitoba, and as special advisor on monetary policy to the UK Treasury Select Committee. She has held positions such as Chair of INEM and co-editor of ¸£Àûµ¼º½ Thought and is currently a member of the Academic Advisory Board of the ISRF. Recent books include Foundations for New ¸£Àûµ¼º½ Thinking (Palgrave Macmillan 2012), and co-edited volumes The General Theory and Keynes for the 21st Century (Edward Elgar, 2018) and Money, Method and Post-Keynesian ¸£Àûµ¼º½s for the 21st Century (Edward Elgar, 2018).

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How Diversity and Pluralism Build Knowledge: The Case of ¸£Àûµ¼º½s

Article | Jan 21, 2025

If there is no universally accepted outside authority to tell us how to judge theories then knowledge is only going to progress by means of debate

Victoria Chick (1936-2023)

Article | Feb 6, 2023

On the passing away of Victoria Chick

The Future of Macroeconomics

Article | Feb 1, 2021

Developments in the real economy have persistently challenged central tenets of older economic thinking, such as the supposed close connection between the money supply and inflation.

Brexit and the UK election: Experts, Uncertainty, and Political Economy

Article | Dec 19, 2019

One thing is clear – the ‘get Brexit done’ slogan resonated in a country which had been living on a series of knife edges as one ‘crunch’ time after another came and went.

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Daily Kos lists Sheila Dow's INET article on the Future of Macroeconomics as suggested reading

News Feb 9, 2021

The Future of Macroeconomics ¸£Àûµ¼º½, via Naked Capitalism 2-2-21]

INET Welcomes Two Academic Council Members

News Aug 13, 2018

Sheila Dow and Antonella Stirati bring their scholarly expertise to INET’s research advisory group

Teaching ¸£Àûµ¼º½s the Adam Smith Way

Video | Jun 6, 2018

The economist had to learn moral philosophy before anything else—an underpinning that’s still helpful for today’s students

Reawakening

From the Origins of ¸£Àûµ¼º½ Ideas to the Challenges of Our Time

Event Plenary | Oct 21–23, 2017

INET gathered hundreds of new economic thinkers in Edinburgh to discuss the past, present, and future of the economics profession.