________________________________ Dear WEA member, The first issue of the World Economics Association Newsletter is now available as a pdf file for downloadhere: http://www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/Newsletter/Issue1.pdf Its 12 pages include messages and articles from: C. P. Chandrasekhar, Ha-Joon Chang, Ping Chen, James Galbraith, Richard Koo, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Dani Rodrik, Stuart Birks, Edward Fullbrook, John Weeks, Alan Freeman, Grazia Ietto-Gillies, Yanli Huo, Pasuk Phongpaichit and Roberto Frenkel. In future, all published issues of the Newsletter will be archived for general access at: http://www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/Newsletter/index.html Aside from the administrative material in this issue, we hope that it gives an indication of the sort of content that is sought. In particular, given the Association's strongly pluralist and open focus, we are keen to see short contributions of about 500 words highlighting points of theory or policy from a range of perspectives, or giving a country focus. Short articles in this issue are indicative of the material that will be welcome. Contributions or queries should be sent by email to me at [email protected] . The deadline for next issue of the Newsletter is the end of January 2012. Thanks you for your interest in the World Economics Association. We look forward to your active participation in the Association's activities. Kind regards, Stuart Birks Newsletter editorWorld Economics Association - WEA Newsletter - issue no. 1