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                  History of Economics Society 
             Session Program -- 1997 ASSA Meetings 
                 4-6 January 1996, New Orleans 
 
SESSION: Turning Points in Economics 
(4 January 1995, 10:15 - 12:15 am) 
 
     Chair: Bette Polkinghorn (California State 
     University--Sacramento 
 
     The Long Cycle, Long Long Before Kondratieff, Judy Klein 
     (Mary Baldwin College) 
 
     "La Sapienza": Joan Robinson and the Cambridge Revolutions, 
     Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Universita Degli Studi di Roma) 
 
     A Perspective on E.A.G. Robinson's The Structure of 
     Competitive Industry,  Chaitram J. Talele (Columbia State 
     College) 
 
     David Ricardo and the Theory of Capital, Michael Perelman 
     (California State University--Chico) 
 
     Discussants: TBA 
 
 
SESSION: Outside Variables as Determinants of Methodology 
(4 January 1995, 2:30 - 4:30 pm) 
 
     Chair: Erwin L. Kelley (California State 
     University--Sacramento) 
 
     Empirical Reversals in Economics: Dilemmas for the 
     Economist-as-Audience,  Robert S. Goldfarb (George 
     Washington University) 
 
     On the Use and Nonuse of Survey Methods in Economics,  Bryan 
     L. Boulier and Robert S. Goldfarb (George Washington 
     University) 
 
     Ideology vs. Theory in the Macroeconomics of Robert E. 
     Lucas,  Sherryl Davis Kasper (Maryville College) 
 
     The State and the Market, Their Functions and Their Failures 
     in the  History of Economic Development Thought, Hamid 
     Hosseini (Kings College) 
 
     Discussants: TBA 
 
SESSION: Irving Fisher in Prospect and Retrospect 
( 5 January 1995, 10:15 - 12:15 am) 
 
     Chair: Michael Gottzeit (University of Memphis) 
 
     Fisher, the Classics, and Modern Macroeconomics,  J. 
     Ahiakpor (California State University--Hayward) 
 
     Fisher and Veblen: Two Paths for American Economics, Robert 
     Dimand  (Brock University) 
 
     The Influence of John Rae on Irving Fisher's Theory of 
     Interest, Michael Gottzeit (University of Memphis) 
 
     Was Fisher a Practicing Quantity Theorist?, Frank Steindl 
     (Oklahoma State University) 
 
     Discussants: TBA 
 
SESSION: Game Theory in Historical Retrospect 
(5 January 1995, 2:30 - 4:30 pm) 
 
     Chair: Robert Dimand (Brock University) 
 
     Evolution of Methods for Finding Good Strategies, and the 
     Value of  a Two-Player Game, John P. Mayberry (Brock 
     University) 
 
     Adam Smith's Rhetorical Routines, Andreas Ortmann (Bowdoin 
     College  and Max Planck Institute) 
 
     Fortune and Misfortunes of Mixed Strategy in Game Theory: A 
     Puzzling Story,  Christian Schmidt (Universite de Paris 
     IX--Dauphine) 
 
     Thinking about Solutions to Games: Some Changes in Game 
     Theory, 1944-1960,  Mary Ann Dimand (Albion College) and 
     Robert Dimand (Brock University) 
 
     Discussants: Robert Leonard (Universite de Quebec a 
     Montreal),  Judy Klein (Mary Baldwin College), and Martin 
     Shubik (Yale University) 
 
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