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updated 20 November, 2019
Missed meeting of full members 19 November due to a road hazard, and
Angolan member Manuel Alves da
Rocha also missed it, sorry to disappoint.
Book launch on 31
October, Salazar and financial
cleansing by João Sousa da
Câmara with my preface. This special launch took
place at the Academy, in the same room as the joint session below because the
author father and grandfather were members of the Science class as the
President recalled at the beginning to yield the chair to Pedro Martínez, from the Humanities class (Law section) and dean
of the Academy. The book was presented by Gonçalo Sampaio e Melo, Law section, and
as prefacer I presented a few slides. After a comment from his son, who wrote
an afterword, the author made a short statement, thanking participant and the
numerous public to enjoy drinks which lasted well into the evening!
Aside from remembering the negotiations of the so-called League of
Nations loan (which never materialized) and the article by Salazar for Foreign Affairs (which was never
published), I took a public choice perspective on the interplay between
financial constitution and reputation in 20th century Portugal,
contrasting reforms by several Finance Ministers (one of them my predecessor in
chair 18L). This “postface I did not write” draws on
the item 526 of the list of publications.
Joint session
on 31 October (it was originally
scheduled for May 16, canceled abruptly, rescheduled for May 30 and then again
with apologies in writing from the Secretary General): dedicated to tropical
agricultural research by M.M. Romeiras and my
overview of Science, Business and Culture
for Development, with some reminiscence from our time at IICT.
Report on
World Meeting Paris 2019 Heritage Sciences and Technologies, where I signed
the (amended) Declaration of behalf of ACL; see the very short presentations of
12 slides
used at the 21 & 28 February sessions (respectively Sciences and
Humanities) and cut in half at the Royal
Academy of Belgium on 27 April.
Summary of launches
dubbed ABCDE in 2019
After launch of red book at Academy (10 May), Porto (27 September) and
Coimbra (17 October), as mentioned below, three others followed, with Banco de Portugal to follow in 2020:
Nova on 22 January (one year after WP # 619) an initiative of the
Economics Club (NEC) powered by Pita Barros, one of the authors, graced by the
presence of the secretary general and tireless José Andrade, who sold a total
of four books! My presentation here.
Católica Lisbon on 10 April
Católica Luanda on 2 May
Elections
on 20 December: common sense prevailed and the incumbent withdrew at
the last minute, allowing a smooth transition. I welcomed the result and called
for an ethic committee in the spirit of Mandela. My statement is reproduced
below.
After a long tenure of three years there is high drama with contenders,
which can be summarized as follows: in one of the classes he who wants can’t;
those who can won’t with possible knock-on effects on the other class. In
effect everything went smoothly with Carlos Salema
being elected President by unanimity, Artur Anselmo not standing and his vice-president Jorge Gaspar
being elected by a wide margin. Having argued in the meeting of the Humanities
Class the week before that Anselmo could not stand
again after five years, I read a statement making a wish
for renewal, which turned out to be carried forth.
Alexandre Castro Caldas Honors
Daniel Serrão (1928-2017) and is received by José
Manuel Toscano Rico on 6 December, made me think of
my own reception, joint with Armando Lencastre, b.
1918 who died on the same year but I did not find out until a few months ago…
20 November attended Colloquium on Nelson Mandela (with South African and
Algerian Ambassadors also present, aside from speakers): recalling his
admirably succinct proclamation by Mário Júlio de Almeida Costa on 13 November, 2008 (very different
from my introduction
to the panel at the conclusion of his Centennial, on 5 December)
Will new by-laws be approved before elections? No
Note to 2011 presentation by
Jean-Pierre Contzen to appear in print (23/09/18)
Book launch
on 10 May
Click for Macro de Economia Aberta: Ensino e
prática depois de Abril
Building on a
Workshop to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the last conference at the Symposium on Keynesian Studies by my
predecessor - who organized the volume - I gathered additional contributions
into Open economy macro: teaching and
practice after April (a reference to new entrants after the 1974
revolution). The authors include the 17 fellows - P.
Pitta e Cunha (13L, FDUL); José Luís Cardoso (15L, ICS); J. Braga de Macedo
(18L, UNL); Manuel Porto (FDUC); Jaime Reis (8L, ICS); António Pinto Barbosa
(UNL); Manuel Pinto Barbosa (UNL); Diogo Lucena (UNL); J. A. Sousa Andrade
(FEUC); Isabel Horta Correia (UCP); Pedro Pita Barros (UNL); Eduardo Paz
Ferreira (FDUL); Teodora Cardoso (CFP); Maria de Fátima Bonifácio (ICS); José
Alves da Rocha (UCAN); Fátima Moura Roque (UCP); Renato Flores (FGV). There are also 8 guest contributors: Carlos Bastien (ISEG); Fernando Brito Soares (UNL); João César das
Neves (UCP); João Rodrigues (FEUC); Luís Máximo dos Santos (BdP);
Maria Eugénia Mata (UNL); Miguel Cadilhe (FEP). This is part of the new project on economic education
agreed at the section
meeting of 27 June 2017.
The workshop followed a meeting with Banco
de Portugal, where I agreed to write on “Alfredo de Sousa and the four aces”;
draft minutes were completed, sent to participants and funder on 30 December
and published as NSBEWP 619. The
publication by the Academy counted on CEIC/UCAN and BFAngola
support and further launches (with contributors listed above) have taken place
in Porto (at FEP moderated by J. Varejão on 27/09)
and Coimbra (at FEUC with FDUC and J. Reis on 17/10).
18 May, 2017 @16:30: Olivier Blanchard inducted as fellow as announced on 16
September 2010
All economics and finance section and Portuguese-speaking
foreign members meet on 19 May, 2016 and plan future meetings as described
in the minutes.
Lusopheconomic luncheon on 7 January, with all members plus Alves
da Rocha (Angola) and Renato
Flores (Brazil), at Pão com Canela
the same place where we met with Silva Lopes last
year.
17 December
2015 Elections according to new by-laws: Anselmo
elected President for three years, with Carlos Salema
becoming President of Science Class and new vice-president
Tribute to Jean-Pierre Contzen (12 February 1935 - 27 October 2015) and Mariano Gago
(16 May 1948 - 17 April 2015) at ACL on 26 November, the latter based on NSBEWP#595 and Nova Cidadania 57
Note on section meeting of 25 June,
new members.
28 May
Greeting José Luís
Cardoso upon taking Armando Gonçalves Pereira
chair (15L)
21 May launch of 2nd
edition of Writing to Queens while Crises Proceed in memory of Manuel Jacinto Nunes at NOVASBE Biblioteca Almada Negreiros
with Paulo de Pitta e Cunha (section dean), Francisco
Costa (CEO SDM), Kirsty Hayes (British Ambassador), Lutgarda Nunes (founding BAN
librarian), students in the G&G course and IICT researchers (see below).
Note on section meeting of 14 May,
new members, book launch announced
Mariano Gago, who had served for 12 years as Minister of Science
died suddenly on 17 April. He had been a great friend of IICT after Jean Pierre
Contzen’s second evaluation in 2005.
Silva Lopes
dies on 2 April. He had been elected to Jacinto Nunes
chair on 24 February and when I called to inform him and asked about attending
the Energy@CPLP seminar, he told me he could not
because of ill health. On the following day he underwent neurosurgery and died
in hospital. This generated widespread bereavement among economists including a
heartfelt post from Paul Krugman “The
world has lost a great, good, and incredibly likable man” and the decision
of Banco de Portugal to host a conference in his
memory.
The dean of
the 6th section attended the funeral on 8 April and evoked his
memory at the 9 April session. I had just finished and expanded edition of Writing to Queens, dedicated to the
memory of Jacinto Nunes, where I mentioned several
contributions of Silva Lopes to the LQL project. While I decided to leave the
book, sponsored by the Madeira Development Company (SDM), as is, I made myself
available to his son and daughter for whatever they felt could be done on his
contribution to the Academy, where he left many friends.
Workshop on energy@CPLP announced at 8 (C) and 15 (L) Jan sessions
"A energia: presente e futuro
numa perspectiva da CPLP "
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Dia
25 de Fevereiro de 2015
Manhã:
1 - Potencial energético dos países
lusófonos (
2 – Crise financeira e
sustentabilidade (
3 - Combustíveis fósseis na CPLP
(Manuel Alves da Rocha, comenta Jean Pierre Contzen)
Tarde:
4 - A opção nuclear (José Carvalho
Soares)
5 - Energias renováveis (Manuel Collares Pereira)
6 - A fusão nuclear: Trazer o Sol para
a Terra (Carlos Varandas)
* convidado; ** organizadores
Note on section meeting of 5
January, with follow-up project LQL on energy@CPLP
Elections
December 18, 2014: no surprises
Greeting the
new section dean, Paulo de Pitta e
Cunha, November 27 upon his taking Teixeira Ribeiro’s
chair, 13L
Manuel
Jacinto Nunes (1926-2014), dean of Portuguese
economists, died on 14 July. On the way to Cemitério dos Prazeres, a short distance from the Basílica da Estrela,
where he had officiated the funeral mass, Vitor Melicias accepted to help
honor his memory in collaboration with the economics and finance section of the
Lisbon Academy of Science, of which he was the dean.
On 14
November, 2013 I became the fourth to receive a numbered chair. I was received
by the third Pedro Soares Martinez (chair 11L), while the first was the dean of section 6 Manuel Jacinto Nunes (8L). Our testimonies are in NOVASBE Working Paper nº 577 version 2, December.
Letter to Queen Lusofonia
(LQL) project in association with DES/IICT
and CG&G/FEUNL
Elections
Luis Aires de Barros
(as noted below the president of Lisbon
Geographical Society ) and Artur
Anselmo are elected president and vice-president
respectively while reform of statutes remains on the agenda
17 December, 2009 I invoked Paul Samuelson’s death and announced
on behalf of Manuel Jacinto Nunes, who could not
attend and gave me his proxy vote, an initiative of the economics section for
2010 (code name LQL as above).
BOOK
LAUNCH: NINE ESSAYS IN THE TRADITION OF JORGES BORGES DE MACEDO
FOLLOWED BY RECEPTION WITH STUDENTS FROM INTRODUCTORY MACRO COURSE
click to enlarge book
cover
Gradual transition to full member
I was proposed to full
member in mid 2007 by the dean of the section Manuel Jacinto Nunes and accepted by unanimity. Due to procedural
oversight, the formal election (still by unanimity) was not carried out until
29 January 2008 under the chairmanship of the newly elected President Adriano Moreira.
Other presentations and events
Upon returning from the
OCDE, I presented addresses on the global partnership for development in mid
2004 and on the 15th anniversary of entry of the escudo in the
European Monetary System in April 2007.
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Book launch
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Sponsors
Having been proposed as corresponding member of the 6th section (Economics) by
the late António Manuel Pinto Barbosa,
Manuel Jacinto Nunes, Paulo de Pitta
e Cunha and others, I was unanimously elected at the plenary session of
Maiden presentation
My first presentation, on 18 June, 1998, was titled From Real to Euro,
via Escudo. It was based on a conference presented at Turf Club in
Lisbon on November 27, 1997 titled The forgotten inheritance of the
real (1435-1911)
and on the paper War, Taxes and Gold: the inheritance of the
real (with Álvaro Ferreira da Silva e Rita
Martins de Sousa), Nova Economics Working Paper nº 318, March 1998, revised
as ISEG Working Paper WP 8/2000/DE, to appear in Transferring
Wealth and Power from the Old to the New World, edited by Michael Bordo and Roberto Cortes-Conde,
Cambridge University Press, 2001. This paper was also presented at the 12
IHEC in Madrid in August 1998 and at a pre-conference in Buenos Aires, April
1997. It is dedicated to the memory of Professor Teixeira
Ribeiro,
Other useful references
for my maiden presentation including more recent work on real exit from the gold standard 1854-1891 and excerpts from chapter
by Eugenia Mata and Nuno Valerio in Currency
Convertibility
(quoted below):
· Europa e Lusofonia, Política e Financeira:
Uma Interpretação, in Ensaios de Homenagem a Manuel Jacinto Nunes, Lisboa:
Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 1996 (item 142 in my
bibliography 
).
·
Portugal and European Monetary Union: Selling Stability at Home, Earning
Credibility Abroad, in Monetary Reform in Europe, edited by Francisco
Torres, Lisbon: Universidade Católica
1996 (item 136 in my bibliography ).
·
Currency Convertibility: The Gold Standard and Beyond, editor
(with Barry Eichengreen and Jaime Reis), ).
· Convertibility and Stability 1834-1994:
Portuguese Currency Experience Revisited,
in Ensaios de Homenagem a Francisco Pereira de Moura, Lisbon: Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 1995 (item
130 in my bibliography ).
· Portuguese Currency Experience:
An Historical Perspective, in Estudos em Homenagem a J. J. Teixeira
Ribeiro, vol. IV, Coimbra: Boletim da Faculdade de Direito, 1980 (item 25
in my bibliography ).
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