Background
Stanfield, James Ronald was born on November 22, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. Son of Tom Thornton and Thelma Estelle (Smith) Stanfield.
( The economics community, the one group that might resto...)
The economics community, the one group that might restore to health a world weakened by economic malaise, is itself trapped in a crippling state of crisis, according to J. Ron Stanfield in this penetrating new look at economic thought. Neglect of social change, Stanfield argues, is the major weakness in orthodox economic thought. Enormous change occurred, for example, when the firm, which was the responsibility of its owners, evolved into the corporation, which is the responsibility of no one person. Mainstream economists ignore change even of this magnitude, continuing to treat as valid such empty concepts as capitalism, liberalism, libertarianism, and the welfare state, perpetuating social ill. The cure is a historical perspective that both recognizes social change and shows when to scrap obsolete forms and folkways. Economists avert an occasional emergency through measures such as deficit spending, but the news each day bears out Stanfield’s assertion that deficit spending leads to inflation or economic collapseor both. Current conditions further affirm another Stanfield contention: The economics community provides neither long-term direction nor stability. Failing to serve society, the community is itself ripe for a change amounting to a scientific revolution.
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Stanfield, James Ronald was born on November 22, 1945 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States. Son of Tom Thornton and Thelma Estelle (Smith) Stanfield.
Student, Texas Wesleyan College, 1964—1965. Bachelor in Economics, University Texas, Arlington, 1968. Master of Arts in Economics, University Texas, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Oklahoma, 1972.
Assistant professor economics Idaho State University, Pocatello, 1972—1973. Assistant research environmental economist University California, San Diego, 1973—1974. Assistant professor economics Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1974—1976, associate professor, 1976—1981, professor, since 1981.
( The economics community, the one group that might resto...)
Chairman Larimer County Democratic precinct, 1980—1984. Member Democratic Socialists of America. Campaign coordinator Kennedy for President, Colorado, 1980.
Fellow: International Institute Social Economics. Member: Association Social Economics, Association Evolutionary Economics.
Married Jacqueline Sue Bloom, February 1, 1969. Children: Bailey Thelma, Kellin Chandler.