Dr George Argyrous

Research Summary

Role of the state in the economy; technological change and social change; philosophy of science and economic thought.

UNSW Research Profile

Publications

BOOKS

Argyrous, G 2005, Statistics for Research: With a Guide to SPSS, 2nd edn, Sage, London.

Argyrous, G, Forstater, M & Mongiovi, G (eds) 2004, Growth, Distribution and Effective Demand: Alternatives to Economic Orthodoxy, M E Sharpe, Armonk, NY.

Argyrous, G & Stilwell, F (eds) 2003, Economics as a Social Science: Readings in Political Economy, 2nd edn, Pluto Press, Annandale, NSW.

Argyrous, G 2000, Statistics for Social and Health Research: With a Guide to SPSS, Sage, London.

Argyrous, G 1996, Statistics for Social Research, Macmillan Education Australia, South Melbourne.

Argyrous, G & Stilwell, F 1996, Economics as a Social Science: Readings in Political Economy, Pluto Press, Sydney.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Argyrous, G & Neal, M 2004, 'Disabled workers or disabled labor markets', in G Argyrous, M Forstater & G Mongiovi (eds), Growth, Distribution and Effective Demand, M E Sharpe, Armonk, NY.

Argyrous, G 2002, 'Endogenous demand in the theory of transformational growth', in M Setterfield (ed.), The Economics of Demand-Led Growth, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.

Argyrous, G 1999, '"Paradigms" and "methodology" of scientific research programs', in PA O'Harra (ed.), Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Routledge, London.

Argyrous, G 1998, 'The US economy during World War II', in EJ Nell (ed.), Transformational Growth and the Business Cycle, Routledge, London.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Argyrous, G & Neal, M 2003, 'The disability support program and unemployment: Confronting the "disabled" labor market', Journal of Australian Political Economy, June.

Argyrous, G 2002, 'Social security as a shell game', Human Rights Defender, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 3-8.

Argyrous, G, Cusi, M, Juska-Butel, C & Garlick, D 2001, 'Lumbopelvic stability and injury profile in rugby union players', New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 14-18.

Argyrous, G & Neal, M 2001, 'Labor market disability: Implications for the unemployment rate', Economic and Labour Relations Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 263-284.

Argyrous, G 2000, 'The high road and the low road to international trade: Emerging exporters revisited', Journal of Australian Political Economy, no. 45, pp. 46-67.

Argyrous, G 1999, 'Can the budget surplus last? A review of the 1999-2000 Commonwealth budget', Journal of Economic and Social Policy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 27-44.

COMMENTS AND REVIEWS IN JOURNALS

Argyrous, G 2001, 'Setterfield on cumulative causation and interrelatedness: A comment', Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 103-106.

Argyrous, G 2000, 'A reply to Guttman', Journal of Economic and Social Policy, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 94-96.

Other Information

GEORGE teaches political economy and research methods. He has a background in Economics. His main research interests include the changing role of the state in the economy, the relationship between technological change and social change, and the application of the philosophy of science to the development of economic thought. He is the author of Statistics for Research: With a Guide to SPSS (2005, Sage Publications).