The Political Economist to Lead EconomyWatch.com Editorial Team
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September 11 2001, whose eighth anniversary is today, will always be a date of sorrow and shock, even as it fades into the past.
But as its immediate impact is increasingly superseded by new crises – above all in the global finance and “real economy” sectors – there is a weird comfort to be had in its slow dissolve into memory.
It reminds us that all things, good and bad, do transform and change – and so it is with my own life and very happy time at EconomyWatch.com.
September 11 2001, whose eighth anniversary is today, will always be a date of sorrow and shock, even as it fades into the past.
But as its immediate impact is increasingly superseded by new crises – above all in the global finance and “real economy” sectors – there is a weird comfort to be had in its slow dissolve into memory.
It reminds us that all things, good and bad, do transform and change – and so it is with my own life and very happy time at EconomyWatch.com.
For a long while now, I have wanted to return to academia and carry out the trans-cultural economics research project that a sadly deceased friend had asked me to complete.
But I was reluctant to do so until my colleagues and I were able to find someone whom we all felt comfortable could continue the kind of work we have striven so hard to sustain over this past period. And now, I am happy to say, we have found a person who, we think, can bring EconomyWatch.com to the next level – a development about which I could not be more enthused.
That person is David Caploe PhD, Founder and President of the Minerva School Phd / MA Program in Critical Thinking – an educational institution that is path-breaking in both its innovative content and unique delivery system,
While it is never easy to let go, even for a while, of something into which one has poured one’s heart and soul, handing over the “reins”, as it were, to David reassures me I can continue my own personal odyssey, wherever it may lead, without abandoning the many friends I have made during my time with EconomyWatch.com. I am also happy to say that I will continue to be a guest contributor on the site from time to time.
A bit more about David.
From Harvard University, he holds an Honors AB in Social Theory, where his thesis was entitled “Kenneth Burke and A Symbolic Approach to Ritual”.
From Princeton University, he received an MA in Political Science – where his fields were International Relations, Comparative Politics and Soviet Politics – and a PhD in International Political Economy, writing a dissertation entitled “Political Economy of First World Relations Since 1945.”
His analysis of the current global financial and economic crisis have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Daily Yomiuri Shimbun of Tokyo, and the Straits Times of Singapore.
In Asia, he has spoken before Singapore audiences including the NTU Alumni Club, the Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Adam Khoo Wealth Academy – Traders, as well as the Asia Business Forum in Kuala Lumpur.
While still in the US, in the aftermath of September 11, he did a speaking tour of the San Francisco Bay Area called “Understanding the Middle East”, sponsored by the Princeton Club of Northern California, the Harvard Club of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, and the University of San Francisco Program in Peace and Justice Studies.
He was also asked to deliver the Inaugural “Rare Book Room Lecture” to the Board of Trustees of the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco, where he spoke on
The Millennium Crisis, a comprehensive framework outlining the multi-dimensional crisis the US has been experiencing since early 2000.
David has taught at several universities in the US, including Duke, Fordham, North Carolina State and the University of Miami. He was Professor of Humanities and Social Science at Strayer University and Mirus University, two leading adult/ distance learning institutions headquartered in the Washington DC area.
It is, consequently, with great peace of mind that I leave the analytical and editorial work of EconomyWatch.com in David’s hands, and perhaps more importantly the wonderful friends I have made among our 500,000 strong community of readers, contributors and staff. We have made such great progress in such a short time, and we are now, to the best of our knowledge, the largest independent community online focused on economics. David will lead us all to a deeper understanding of the great events of the day, and how they affect us all.
In conclusion, my dear readers, I thank you for your comments and observations over the years, and look forward to seeing the warm welcome I hope you give to my most distinguished and humane successor. Sincerely yours,
Dr Hosni Afleck,
Chief Economist, EconomyWatch.com
