The AFEE/UMKC Economics Summer School, sponsored jointly by the Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE); the University of Missouri - Kansas City; and the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, will provide participants with an introduction to the ideas and modern applications of institutional economics. Taught by leading Institutional Economists, the 2001 Economics Summer School will concentrate on the following topics: Institutional Economics and Economic Change; Global Labor Market Flexibility; Financial Fragility and Globalization; Macroeconomic Policy for 21st Century (How to Combat Recessions); Winners and Losers in the "New Economy" and Corporate Capitalism.

The Summer School will be held on the campus of the University of Missouri - Kansas City in Kansas City, Missouri.

The dates of this year's summer school are June 23-28, 2001.

Admission is open to graduate students and recent Ph.D.'s. Tuition and room and board will be provided to all participants. AFEE also will make available a number of travel stipends that will cover most of the costs of travel to and from the workshop, if participants take advantage of advance airfare bookings and Saturday stay-overs. Applications should include four copies of: a CV; a 1-2 page statement of what each student hopes to get out of the Economics Summer School and a statement indicating familiarity with heterodox and institutional economics. These materials will serve as the application for both

the summer school and for the travel stipends. Send the materials to to Professor Charles M. A. Clark at the address below. AFEE's Graduate Education Committee will screen all applicants and notify participants no later than April 1, 2001.

For more information contact:

Professor Charles M. A. Clark

Department of Economics

St. John's University

Jamaica, New York 11439

Fax: 718 990 1868

email: cleiroch@aol.com