Edd Noell

Education

• Ph.D. 1989, Louisiana State University, Economics.
• M.B.A. 1980, University of Texas at Austin, Finance.
• B.A. 1976, Texas Tech University, Economics, (with Honors).

Teaching Experience

• Professor of Economics and Business, Westmont College, 1998-present.
• Associate Professor of Economics and Business, Westmont College, 1992-1998.
• Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, Westmont College, 1986-1992.

Courses Taught:

• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Intermediate Microeconomics
• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• History of Economic Thought
• Money and Banking
• Antitrust and Regulatory Environment of Business
• American Economic History
• Globalization
• Comparative Economic Systems
• Ascent and Descent of the British Economic Empire
• Senior Seminar
• Co-Leader, Westmont Europe Semester, Fall 1999.
• Faculty Member, Westmont in Asia (China and Japan), Summers 2003, 1999, 1998.
• Faculty Member, International Business Institute (Europe), Summers 2005, 2001, 1997, 1996, 1993, 1991.

Research Publications

• "A 'Marketless World'? An Examination of Wealth and Exchange in the Gospels and First-Century Palestine." Journal of Markets and Morality. 10 (Spring 2007): 85-114.
• "Exchange and Property Rights in Light of Bibilical Values." Journal of Private Enterprise. 22 (Spring 2007): 71-94
• "Smith and a Living Wage: Competition, Compulsion, and the Scholastic Legacy." History of Political Economy. 38 (Spring 2006): 151-174.
• "Contract Theory, Distributive Justice, and the Hebrew Sabbatical Laws." (with Kurt Schaefer) Faith and Economics. 45 (Spring 2005): 1-19.
• "Poverty, Freedom and Economic Justice: The Need for an Extended Dialogue." Faith and Economics. 44 (Fall 2004): 39-44.
• "Delight, Danger, and Duty: The Good Affluence and Current Research on Wealth in the Gospels." Faith and Economics. 40 (Fall 2002): 14-21.
• "In Pursuit of the Just Wage: A Comparison of Reformation and Counter-Reformation Economic Thought." Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 23 (2001): 467-489.
• "Bargaining, Consent and the Just Wage in the Sources of Scholastic Economic Thought." Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 20 (1998): 467-478.
• "Adam Smith on Economic Justice in the Labor Market." Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 17 (1995): 228-246.
• "Economic Regulation and the Late-Nineteenth Century Supreme Court: An Economic Interpretation of the Relation Between Police Powers and
  Substantive Due Process." The Social Science Journal. 30 (1993): 271-284.
• "A Reformed Approach to Economics: Christian Reconstructionism." Association of Christian Economists Bulletin. 21 (Spring 1993): 6-20.
• "Sir Edward Coke and Adam Smith on Occupational Regulation: Economic Efficiency, Justice and the Public Good." Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought. Volume 1. ed. Donald A. Walker. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1989, pp. 19-37.

Work In Process/ Working Papers/ Editorial and Referee Responsibilities

• Book Project: The Laborer is Worthy of His Wages: Examining the Development of Christian Thought on Economic Justice in the Labor Market. Manuscript in progress.
• "Racial Discrimination, the Police Power and the 1964 Civil Rights Act in Richard Epstein’s Forbidden Grounds: An Evaluation of The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws." Association of Christian Economists Working Papers (eighth series), Spring 1998.
• "Capitalism and Liberation Theology in Latin America." (with Paul Morgan). Association of Christian Economists Working Papers (first series), Spring 1991.
• Faith and Economics. 1995-Present, Serve as Book Review Editor, referee.
• Referee: Journal of Economic Methodology, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Christian Scholar’s Review, History of Economics Review.
• Reviewer of manuscripts for Routledge publishing company.

Professional Memberships

• Association of Christian Economists
• Association of Christian Economists, Executive Officer, 1995-1997
• American Economics Association
• History of Economics Society
• Eastern Economics Association
• Southern Economics Association
• Southwestern Economics Association
• Omicron Delta Epsilon

Paper Presentations

• In Pursuit of the Just Wage: A Comparison of Reformation and Counter-Reformation Economic Thought. History of Economics Society, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 2000.
• "Bargaining, Consent and the Establishment of the Just Wage in the Sources of Scholastic Economic Thought." History of Economics Society, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, June 1997.
• "Examining the Origins of the Just Wage in Ancient Political Economy." Eastern Economics Association, Boston, March 1996.
• "Adam Smith On Economic Justice in the Labor Market." History of Economics Society, Babson College, Boston, June 1994.
• "Supreme Court Rulings in the Due Process and New Deal Eras and the 1964 Civil Rights Act in Richard Epstein’s Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against the Employment Discrimination Laws." American Economics Association, meeting of the Association of Christian Economists, Anaheim, January 1993.
• "Critical Commentary On Craig Gay’s `Learning to Live with the Market Economy.’" Oxford Conference on Christian Faith and Economics, North American Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, September 1992.
• "Adam Smith and Labor Market Combinations: Market Failure and Economic Privilege." Southwestern Economics Association, Austin, March 1992.
• "Invisible Hand, Visible Hand, and Invisible Foot: Adam Smith and the Common Law on Labor Market Regulation." Southwestern Economics Association, San Antonio, March 1991.
• "An Economic Interpretation of the Relation between Police Powers and Substantive Due Process." Southwestern Economics Association, Fort Worth, March 1990.
• "Sir Edward Coke and Adam Smith on Occupational Regulation: Economic Efficiency, Justice and the Public Good." History of Economics Society, Harvard University Graduate School of Business, Boston, June 1987.
• "Coke and English Puritans on Voluntary Labor in Early Seventeenth-Century English Economic Thought." Southwestern Economics Association, San Antonio, March 1986.
• "Calvin and Poor Relief in Geneva." American Economics Association, meetings of the Association of Christian Economists, Dallas, December 1984.

Honors & Awards

• Outstanding Teacher Award (Social Sciences), Westmont College, 1997-1998.
• Pew Foundation Grant, Ethics Component for the Intermediate Microeconomics course, Westmont College, Fall 1990.
• Earhart Foundation Fellowship, 1983-84

Academic Service

• Faculty Council, (2004-Present)
• Chair, Department of Economics and Business (2000-2004)
• Faculty Budget and Salary (2000-2003, 1996-1999)
• Academic Senate Review (2000-2003)
• Student Life (1995-1996)
• Admissions (1991-1993)
• Ethics Across the Curriculum (1989-1990)
• Athletics (1986-1987)