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CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF HETERODOX ECONOMICS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Date: 3 - 5 October 2002
Place: Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology
adjacent to
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
United States
In the last 15 years, economists have started to distinguish between the
history of economics and history of economic theory--that is, roughly,
between the intellectual history and the social history of economics.
Consequently, there have been an increasing number of books and articles
on the history of economics in various universities and the history of
mainstream economic associations. On the other hand, very little has
been written about the history of heterodox economics. In fact most
mainstream economists who work in the area of the history of economics
do not believe that such a history is at all interesting. Rather they
see heterodox economics as simply a reaction to but still tied to
neoclassical economics with no independent life of its own. To suggest
otherwise is to upset their world view of economics and supremacy of
neoclassical economic theory. This conference aims to challenge this
view by showing that there is a separate history of heterodox economics.
Proposals on any aspect of the history of heterodox economics in the
20th century are invited. By heterodox economics, we mean Marxism,
institutionalism, Social Economics, Post Keynesian Economics, Sraffian
Economics, Feminist Economics, Georgist Economics, Evolutionary
Economics, Historical Economics, and Austrian Economics. Suggested
topics for papers include but are not restricted to:
1. the history of college and university economic departments vis-a-vis
the teaching of heterodox economic theory.
2. history of heterodox academic and non-academic economic journals.
3. history of heterodox economic associations and other kinds of
communities and groups of academic and non-academic heterodox
economists.
4. discrimination against the hiring and retaining of heterodox
economists at academic institutions as well as at government and other
non-academic organizations.
5. discrimination against the publishing of heterodox papers and books.
6. the use of state power to silence heterodox economic views and
heterodox economists, such as McCarthyism in the United States, military
regimes in Latin America, and the suppression of dissendents in
Stalinist Eastern Europe and in China.
7. biographical histories of well-known and not-so-well-known heterodox
economists and their contributions towards building a community of
heterodox economists.
8. the teaching of Marxism, Georgist Economics, and other heterodox
economics to workers and the general public at schools and institutes
outside of colleges and universities.
9. the role of historical events in promoting interest in heterodox
economics and the establishing communities and groups of heterodox
economics--such as the rise of the New Left, Vietnam War, and the Great
Depression.
10. discrimination and sectarian behavior within heterodox economics and
its impact on developing a community of heterodox economists.
Please send a 250 word abstract (either by e-mail or hard copy) to both
Fred Lee
Department of Economics
211 Haag Hall
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri 64110
United States
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John King
Department of Economics and Finance
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Victoria 3086
Australia
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Deadline for submission: Friday, 7 December 2001
Notification: Friday, 11 January 2002
Conference Fee: $120.00 (Includes lunches,
tea/coffee/juice, and conference dinner)
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