CFD JOURNALS: JSB & JNE
CFD – GUARDIAN OF INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNALS JSB & JNE
The Centre for Development (CfD) is the Guardian of two interdisciplinary journals - Journal of Social Business (JSB) and Journal of New Economics (JNE).
04 July 2010: Excitingly, in response to overwhelming aspirations and interests expressed by the Global Assembly participants, Real-World Economist Zasheem Ahmed of The Centre for Development (CfD), amid the presence of Glasgow University Principal Prof Anton Muscatelli & Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus and handful of high profile dignitaries, made landmark announcement of launching the interdisciplinary Journal of Social Business (JSB) on 04 July, followed by JSB Inaugural Issue published in January 2011. After consistent quarterly JSB appearances during 2011-2021 - full of creative real-life experiences and impressive theoretical and empirically informed papers addressing critical issues concerning human welfare, The Centre for Development (CfD) published two Special Issues in Year 2021 to proudly mark A Decade of JSB Publication (2011 - 2021), amidst Covid-19 pandemic still ongoing.
21 February 2011: The CfD has received stocks of the Inaugural Issue of Journal of Social Business (JSB), produced by the Argyll Publishing. Since then, complimentary copies of this new Journal was on distribution to target resource individuals, institutions and organizations across the world, including few formal launching events held in 2011 - Dhaka (Bangladesh) at the National Media Press Club on 16 March, Washington, DC at World Healthcare Congress on 04 April, Paris at Veolia Conference/Conseil Economique on 26 April and at Danone General Community Meeting/Carrousel du Louvre on 27 April, London at Conversation with Professor Yunus Event/NESTA on 24 May, Hamburg in Germany at Social Business Symposium/Business Club Hamburg/Plangesche Villa in Heinepark on 25 May, and Glasgow at Glasgow University Union Bridie Library on 26 May 2011.
06 December 2013
Out of a high valued conversations by eminent speakers - commonality as identified with the ‘trio giants’ ( Nelson Mandela, Andrew SkInner and Norman Macrae) - value millennials sustainability and end systems of extreme poverty, invest in learning for a living, youth opportunities and civic courage, and wield less greed but greater morality to overcome failures of capitalism. The Event was in agreement that global crises sourced however from the short of moral, social and material balance in the economic world – greed and reckless regulations were in lead.
Indeed, unfettered capitalism lies at the source of multiple crises confronting our societies today whereas it itself in serious crisis for reality of ‘capital being socially produced’, and ‘returns privatized’, there’s the absence of a human-face - less greed and greater morality at its heart. Practically, ‘capitalism is broken’, a better balance of government, markets and civil society can command a functional capitalism. Nevertheless, challenges of sustainable development and environmental-friendly innovation remain crucial.
In response to overwhelming aspirations and interest expressed by the participants at the Event (6th December 2013), Real-World Economist Zasheem Ahmed, on behalf of The Centre for Development (CfD), amid the presence of, among others, notably Professor Sir Rick Trainor (then Principal of King’s College London) and Professor Chris Berry, University of Glasgow (Lead Author of The Oxford Handbook of Adam Smith, May 2013), made announcement on launching of the interdisciplinary journal – Journal of New Economics (JNE). The Inaugural Issue of JNE was published in January 2021, followed by Special Issue in November - matching the core focus of COP26 held in Glasgow.