Carmine Gorga

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A HIGH SCHOOL through DOCTORATE DEGREE

IN CONCORDIAN ECONOMICS:

The Integration of Economic Theory-Policy & Practice in an
Economics of Common sense

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“All for ourselves and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” ~ Adam Smith, “Father of Capitalism” & Author of “The Wealth of Nations”

“Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He fails to make his place good in the world, unless he not only pays his debts, but also adds something to the common wealth.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Sage of Concord,”  “Wealth”

Collegium Member: Carmine Gorga, PhD, The Center for American Studies’ Global Village University Scholar, former Fulbright Scholar, Scholar of Europe, President Somist Institute & Co-Founder of Concordian Economics

An Advanced Course – Upon Request
Preparing for Concordian Econometrics

An Innovative Teaching Methodology:
There will be no written examS.
There will be no oral examS.

Degrees: Depending upon your diligence and level of schooling, degrees will be granted from high school through doctorate, following 1 written exam, in which you summarize what you’ve learned over the course of study in 1 word, 1 sentence, 1 paragraph and 1 page, AND 1 33 minute oral exam, in which you elaborate on the your written exam. 

Course of Study: Schedules/details to be determined once the student body is established:

* Required: Participation in weekly zoom meetings;
* As your possibilities allow, 4 day seminars 4 times a year (seasonally) in my home town, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
* As your possibilities allow, participation in The Center for American Studies at Concord’s (MA, USA’s) Annual Global-Village University Convocation, following the July annual meetings in Concord of the Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne, Alcott & Margaret Fuller Societies; dates to be confirmed.

Fee:  As your fortunes allow, to be individually reviewed. In the spirit of Emerson’s opening words, those unable to contribute, financially, to my labors on behalf of “the common wealth,” will be expected to enter into a work-study collaboration, to be discussed individually. 

Contact: Interested students should first reach out to me by e-mail < cgorga@jhu.edu and cgorga@gmail.com > with your concise response to the foregoing degree offering; specifically: i) why you’re interested in the course of study; ii) what is your own particular area of interest in the subject; iii) how has that interest arisen through your life and labors to date; iv) what you want to do with your schooling/degree, i.e. how — may I assume? — you’re committed to serving humankind. AND, what do you make of the opening chapter, “Economy” in Thoreau perennial international best-seller, “Walden”. Once I review your e-mail, I will contact you to set up a time for a phone interview.

Short Bio

WORK EXPERINCE

The Somist Institute. Gloucester, MA. 1999 to present. President. Involved in research and publication on Concordian economics, Somism, Concordianism, and Relationalism.

Polis-tics, Inc. Gloucester, MA. 1972-1999. President. Economic consultant to the Gloucester Laboratory of the National Marine Services, among other outfits.

Action, Inc. Gloucester, MA. 1968-1973.Director of Planning and Community Development. Helped create the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Organization. Directed various attempts to revitalize the Gloucester Fishing industry. Singlehandedly saved public transportation on Cape Ann.

Community Planning Services. Boston, MA.1965-1967. Senior Planner involved in the development of many New England Community, with special attention to Provincetown, MA.

A. C. Nielsen Company. Milan, Italy, 1963-1965. Economists and Marketing Analyst.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Born in Southern Italy during Great Depression; met hoarding face to face in WWII; received PhD in Political Science from University of Naples; awarded Council of Europe Scholarship for dissertation on The Political Thought of Louis D. Brandeis; graduated from Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins’ SAIS; received Fulbright Scholarship; graduated with MA in International Relations from Johns Hopkins’ SAIS, Washington, DC. In 1965, changed Keynes’ model of the economic system and from there founded Concordian economics, Somism (beyond Individualism and Collectivism, toward the vision of men and women in the social context); and Relationalism (beyond Rationalism).Published eleven books and about 100 papers. See, Wikipedia and Google Scholar.

BOOKS

Concordian Economics, Vol. 2 –  Some Applications, Springer Studies in Alternative Economic, in press.

Concordian Economics, Vol. 1 –  Tools for Economists and Social Scientists, Springer Studies in Alternative Economic, 2023.

From the ‘Dismal Science’ to The Economics of Jubilation through Concordian economics. Generis Publishing, 2020. Jubilee 2020. 

Generis Publishing, 2020.The Redemption of the Bully: Through Love, Toward the Beloved Community. Scholars’ Press, 2018. Translated in eight foreign languages.

The Centrality of the Resurrection: Are We Ready to Let Jesus Enter our Hearts? (Relationalism) (Volume 2), The Somist Institute, 2016. 

A Case for God: In Search of a Humanism Filled with True Human Beings, (Relationalism) (Volume 1), The Somist Institute, 2014.

The Economic Process: An Instantaneous Non-Newtonian Picture. Lanham, Md. and Oxford: University Press of America,2009, expanded softcover edition.

To My Polis, With Love: May Gloucester Show the World the Ways of Frugality, The Somist Institute, 2008.

The Economic Process: An Instantaneous Non-Newtonian Picture. Lanham, Md. and Oxford: University Press of America, 2002, 2009, expanded softcover edition, 1916 third edition by The Somist Institute.

Quality Assurance of Seafood (with Louis J. Ronsivalli), Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988.