Welcome to the Association for Social Economics

The Association for Social Economics was founded in 1941 seeking to promote high quality research in the broadly defined area of social economics.  Social economics is the study of the ethical and social causes and consequences of economic behavior, institutions, organizations, theory, and policy.  The fields of research promoted by ASE include the mutual relationships among ethics, social values, concepts of social justice, and the social dimensions of economic life.  Social Economics investigates the relationships between the economy and society.  Social economists address such questions as: what economic conditions are requisite for a good society and how can they be achieved; how do social and moral values influence economic behavior; how does social interaction affect economic outcomes; what are the ethical implications of economic theory and policy; and how do different social institutions contribute to a sustainable, just, and efficient economy. The ASE welcomes academics and practitioners who regard human behavior to be the result of complex social interactions with ethical consequences.

  • Welcome ASE Colleagues,

    I'm pleased to bring you your newly revised website. I hope you will find it interesting, informative and easier to navigate.  If you have any issues with the functionality of the new website, please use the “Contact Us” page or email me at webmaster@socialeconomics.org and send me a message.  Please include your browser type, list the pages the problem is occurring on, and include any error messages you are receiving.

    I want to give special thanks to Elba Brown-Collier for her help with the endless hours of moving and adding all the new content.  It takes a lot to dedicate so much time and without her dedication to ASE, the website would not be what it is.

    Remember ASE members, there are features of the website that are only available to you if you are logged in. You may log in by clicking the “Log In” link at the top in the header.  If you have forgotten your password the website can send a temporary password to you.  If your email address has changed and you are unable to log in please contact me using the “Contact Us” page or email me at webmaster@socialeconomics.org.

    Thanks,
    Nathaniel Brown
    ASE Webmaster

  • ASE Blog and Listserv

    We are pleased to announce that the ASE Blog is now up and running under the direction of Professor Mark D. White.  Click on the Blog button at the top of the screen for direct access.  Mark is also in charge of the new twitter account for ASE which can also be accessed by clicking on the twitter button at the top of the screen.

    Professor John B. Davis has started a listserv for ASE. The goals of this listserv are to increase communication, knowledge of research and activities, and opportunities for interaction between individuals within the social economics community.  Any member of the list can send postings to the list by sending them to the list manager, and they will be posted if they fall within the range of the listserv functions above.  Place your posting in the body of your message, and send to: john.davis@marquette.edu.  For the subject heading use:  ASE listserv

  • Summer School at 14th World Congress

    To support our aim of promoting high quality research, a special by invitation only summer school will be held in conjunction with the 14th World Congress to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in June, 2012.  The Summer School is June 19-20, 2012.  Click here for more information.  Fellows will receive complementary room and meals for the Summer School and the World Congress, complementary registration to the World Congress, plus all Summer School materials - a package woth up to $1,400 U.S.

    University of Glasgow

  • 14th World Congress of Social Economics

    ASE sponsors a World Congress of Social Economics every other year.  The next World Congress is scheduled for June 20-22, 2012, in Glasgow, Scotland. Click here for more information. 

    University of Glasgow

  • 2012 Membership Renewal is Now Due

    It is now time to renew your membership in the Association for Social Economics.  Please log on to your account and renew your membership NOW!  If you are not a member, please join us. Click here for more information about ASE membership. 

    Membership includes subscriptions to our two journals - The Review of Social Economy and The Forum for Social Economics.  On-line links are provided to members to back issues of these journals and specific articles can be downloaded with no charge.  To support our aim of promoting high quality research, the Association for Social Economics sponsors the World Congress for Social Economics which meets every other year. We welcome your participation!

    PLEASE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TO HELP SUPPORT THE AIMS OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIAL ECONOMICS! 

  • Dear ASE Colleagues,

    With great sadness, we report that Warren Samuels passed away August 17 at home in Gainesville, Florida. Warren was a highly respected and extensively published historian of economic thought, economic methodologist, and expert on the economic role of government. He was a long-time member of the Association for Social Economics, a member of the editorial board of the Review of Social Economy, president of the ASE in 1988, and a 1997 Divine Award recipient. In his honor the ASE awards the Warren Samuels Prize at the Allied Social Sciences Association meetings in January for the best paper on social economics presented at the meetings.

    WWarren Samuelsarren Samuels was author or co-author of many books and scholarly papers, edited or co-edited a tremendous number of volumes, including a considerable amount of unpublished, archival materials, edited or co-edited Journal of Economic Issues, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, and the Journal of Income Distribution, was on the editorial boards of 22 journals, and edited or co-edited many book series. For the last number of years he worked at compiling and organizing every reference and interpretation of the invisible hand concept. Erasing the Invisible Hand: Essays on an Elusive and Misguided Concept in Economics will appear with Cambridge University Press in September.

    Warren will be remembered for his generosity and kindness towards those with whom he worked and interacted, for his tolerance, humanity, and concern for others, and for his intellectuality, openness, honesty, and his commitment to pluralism in economics. Many individuals and organizations benefited from his support, and the economics profession was fortunate to count him a member.


    Warren Samuels (1933-2011)