CALL FOR PAPERS

               LIONEL ROBBINS'S ESSAY ON THE NATURE AND
                  SIGNIFICANCE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE -
                           75TH ANNIVERSARY

      This year marks the 75th anniversary of Lionel Robbins's
      Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science.
      The Department of Economics at LSE and the editors of
      Economica have decided to mark this anniversary by a
      conference and a special issue of the journal.

      The purpose of this conference is both to renew the
      considerations of Robbins's theme and reflect on the
      current nature and significance of economic science as well
      as examine Robbins's own position from a historical
      perspective.

      PAPER SUBMISSIONS/FURTHER INFORMATION:

      The conference will take place at LSE on the 10 & 11 December
      2007. Authors who wish to present a paper should send an
      abstract (no more than 300 words) be E-mail to:

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      by 31st July 2007.

      Amos Witztum and Frank Cowell
      Conference organizers



Many thanks,

Amos Witztum