The History of Political Economy (HOPE) group at Duke University has scheduled
the following Workshops for Fall 2008. Workshops are held in Room 327 of the
Social Sciences Building, and begin at 3:30 p.m.

September 19 - Steven Medema (University of Colorado-Denver), "Chicago Price
Theory and Chicago Law and Economics: Issues on the Road to a History of
Chicago Price Theory"

October 3 - Donald Katzner (University of Massachusetts-Amherst), "Radical Hires
in Economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst during the Early 1970s"

November 14 - Tim Leonard (Princeton University), "Excluding Inferior Workers:
Eugenics and Progressivism in the Age of Economic Reform"

December 5 - Lawrence White (University of Missouri - Saint Louis) and Hansjoerg
Klausinger (Wirtschaftsuniversit?t Wien) - "Hayek's Capital and Monetary
Theories"

The HOPE group will also sponsor HOPE Lunches, a reading group that will meet on
select Fridays in Room 327 from 11:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. The theme for this semester
is "Creative Communities." Lunch will be provided.

Papers, readings, and full schedules for both the Workshops and Lunches are
available online at http://econ.duke.edu/HOPE. Please join us.

Finally, the Center for the History of Political Economy began operation this
fall. We are currently working on a web site that will contain information
about the Center, its Fellowship program, and procedures for applying for the
2009-2010 academic year. We will notify the list when the web site is up and
running.

 
Bruce Caldwell