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The History of Economics Society: 1998 Conference
HES '98: Montreal, 19-22 June
Preliminary Program
For more information please contact David Colander [log in to unmask]
Friday June 19th
5:30-6:30 pm: Keynote Address
Guest Speaker: Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford University, Babbage and
Complexity
6:30-8:00: Buffet Dinner -- Ticket Required
Saturday, June 20th
SESSION A1. 8:00-10:00 am
The Role of Government in Economics (Chair: Warren Samuels, Michigan State
University)
Jerry Evensky, Syracuse University, E Pluribus Unum: From Homo
Economicus to Civic Values and the Possibility of Constructive Liberal
Society
Yasunori Fukagai, Tokyo Metropolitan University, J.S.Mill's
Utilitarian Foundation of the Economic Role of Government
Discussants: Neil Skaggs, John Bethune
SESSION A2. 8:00-10:00 am
The Spread of Ideas (Chair: Craufurd Goodwin, Duke University)
David Colander, Middlebury College; and Harry Landreth, Center
College, Increasing Returns: Who, if Anyone, Deserves Credit for
Reintroducing it into Economics?
J. Allen Hynes, University of Toronto, The Neoclassical Consumption
Function: A Study in the Adoption of Utility Theory
Keith Jakee, Monash University, Economists in the Streets: An Analysis
of the Swedish Economic Debate
Discussants: Paul Wendt, Robert Clower, Mark Perlman
SESSION A3. 8:00-10:00 am
The Economics of Adam Smith 1 (Chair: Jeff Young, St. Lawrence University)
Glenn Hueckel, Purdue University, Smith on the Corn Bounty: The Perils
of Inconsistency
Mauricio C. Coutinho, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil,
Adam Smith on Taxation and Public Expenditure
Glen Alexandrin, Villanova University, N.S. Mordvinov: A Smithian or
Not?
Discussants: David Levy, Tiziano Rafaelli, Spencer Pack
SESSION A4. 8:00-10:00 am
Institutions and Organization in Austrian Thought: 1 (Chair: Stephane
Longuet, University Amiens).
Christian Schmidt, University Paris IX, The Austrian Origins of the
Standard of Behavior and Their Impacts on Game Theory
D. Versailles, University Aix-Marseille III, Menger and Popper: Two
Cases of Institutional Individualism
Karen I. Vaughn, George Mason University, Hayek's Implicit Economics
Discussants: Michael Montgomery, Peter Boettke, Stephane Longuet
SESSION A5. 8:00-10:00 am
Interpreters of the Classical Economists (Chair, Neri Salvadori, University
of Pisa, Italy).
Mauro Boianovsky, Universitdade de Brasilia, Knut Wicksell as an
Interpreter of Classical Economics
John B. Davis, Marquette University, Keynes as an Interpreter of the
Classical Economists
Riccardo Faucci, Universita di Pisa, Marx as an Interpreter of
Classical Economists
Discussants: Carlo Panico, Neri Salvadori
SESSION A6. 8:00-10:00 am
The Firm, Pricing, and Business Cycles (Chair: Ingrid Rima, Temple
University)
Dieter Schneider, Ruhr-Universitaet, Predecessors of an Evolutionary
Theory of the Firm
Dr. Frank Schohl, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet, Hultgren's
Microdiversity on the Firm Level: A Neglected Class of Stylized Facts
and its Relevance for Modern Business Cycle Theory
Stanley Bober, Duquesnes University, The New Economics and Industrial
Economics at the Close of the Millenium: The Issue of the Theory of
Pricing
Discussants: Andreas Ortmann, Sandy Darity, Jr., Ingrid Rima
SESSION A7. 8:00-10:00 am
The Early History of AS/AD (Chair: Ingo Barens, Bergische Universitaet
Wuppertal).
Ingo Barens, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Born Under a Bad Sign:
The Early History of AS/AD
Amitava K. Dutt, University of Notre Dame, The Emergence of AS/AD in
Macro Textbooks
T. Windsor Field, James Madison University; and Hart, Price vs.
Quantity Clearing of the Goods Market
Discussants: David Andrews, Warren Young, James C.W. Ahiakpor
SESSION B1. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Neoclassical Theories of Macro (Chair: T. Windsor Fields James Madison
University)
Mauro Boianovsky, Univerdidade de Brasilia, and John R. Presley,
Loughborough University, Dennis Robertson and the Natural Rate of
Unemployment Hypothesis
Michael Gootzeit, University of Memphis, Marshall's vs Wicksell's
Theory of the Real Cycle
Perry Mehrling, Barnard College-Columbia University, Growth and Money
in Allyn Young: New Evidence
Discussants: Peter Rosner, Robert Clower, Roger Backhouse
SESSION B2. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
The Economics of Adam Smith 2 (Chair: David Levy, George Mason Univeristy)
Andreas Ortmann, Bowdoin College, Adam Smith's Reasoning Routines
Masazumi Wakatabe, Waseda University, John Rae and Adam Smith: Two
Attempts at Theorizing Knowledge-Based Growth
Discussants: Spencer Pack, David Levy
SESSION B3. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Keynes, Sraffa and Ricardo (Chair: David Andrews, Cazenovia College).
John Davis, Marquette University, Sraffa's Early Philosophical
Thinking
Michael Lawlor, Wake Forest University, Keynes's Labor Market Analysis
in Historical Context
Allin Cottrell, Wake Forest University, Keynes and Ricardo on
Effective Demand
Discussants: Gary Mongiovi, Bobbie Horn, Sandy Darity
SESSION B4. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Methodological Issues in Economics 1 (Chair: Steve Pressman, Monmouth
College)
Andrea Salanti and Grancesco Guala, University of Bergamo, Theory,
Experiments and Explanations in Economics
Pat Gunning, National Chung Hsing University, Ronald Coase's
Methodology Historically Considered
Mary S. Morgan, London School of Economics, Hypothetical Worlds and
Reflections: The Role of Models in Macroeconomics
Discussants: Wade Hands, Steven Medema, Francisco Louca
SESSION B5. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
The Spread of Classical Economics (Chair: Cosimo Perrotta, University of
Lecce).
Aiko Ikeo, Kokugakuin University, The Spread of Classical Economics in
Japan
Salvador Almenar, University of Valencia, and Jose Luis Cardoso,
Technical University of Lisbon, Classical Economics in Spain and
Portugal
Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz, The German-Speaking Countries
Discussants: Riccardo Faucci, Christian Gehrke
SESSION B6. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
David Hume (Chair: Andrew Skinner, University of Glascow)
Margaret Schabas, York University, David Hume, Adam Smith and
Enlightenment Natural Philosophy
Evelyn L. Forget, University of Manitoba, The Reconciliation of
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume in the Social Analysis of
Jean-Babpiste Say
Sheila C. Dow, University of Stirling, Interpretation: The Case of
David Hume
Discussants: Phillipe Fontaine, Arild Saether, Mauricio Coutinho
SESSION B7. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Institutionalist Theory and Policy (Chair: Yuichi Shionoya, Hitotsubashi
University)
Jurgen Lowe, University of St. Gallen, Contextual Theory of Economics:
The Approach of Karl Knies and its Relevance to Institutionalist
Theory and Econmic Policy
Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria, Institutionalism and
Science
Robert E. Prasch, Vassar College, American Economists and Minimum Wage
Legislation in Historical Perspective
Discussants: Warren Samuels, Neil Niman, Mark Perlman
12:30-2:00
Executive Committee Luncheon Meeting (Executive Committee only)
SESSION C1. 2:30-4:30 pm
The Boundaries of Economics (Chair: Margaret Schabas, York University)
Ted Gayer, Georgetown University, and E. Roy Weintraub, Duke
University, Negotiating at the Boundary: Patinkin v. Phipps
Yuichi Shionoya, Hitotsubashi University, Schumpeter on the
Relationship between Economics and Sociology
Philippe Fontaine, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, Trouble in
Paradise: Altruism in Economics and the Other Social Sciences,
1968-1998
Discussants: Salim Rashid, Dieter Schneider, James Wible
SESSION C2. 2:30-4:30 pm
Money and Banking Issues (Chair: Patrick Raines, University of Richmond)
Joerg Bibow, University of Hamburg, Central Bank Independence from a
Historical Perspective: An Analysis of the Monetary Thought of Maynard
Keynes and Milton Friedman
Ivo Maes, National Bank of Belgium, Shifting Paradigms in
Macroeconomic Policy Formation: The First Decade of Annual Economic
Reports of the EEC (1971-1981)
Frank G. Steindl, Oklahoma State University, Bank Credit and Recovery
in the 1930s
Discussants: Frank Schohl, Allin Cottrell, Michael Lawlor
SESSION C3. 2:30-4:30 pm
Keynes 1 (Chair: Ric Holt, Southern Oregon State College)
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Universita Degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza",
From the "Fundamental Equation" to "Effective Demand": Continuity or
Change?
Robert W. Dimand, Brock University, How Keynes Came to Canada: Mabel
Timlin and Keynesian Economics
Discussants: Paul Davidson, Harry Landreth
SESSION C4. 2:30-4:30 pm
Institutions and Organization in Austrian Thought: 2 (Chair: Stephane
Longuet, University Amiens).
T. Aymar, University Nancy II, A Microeconomic Interpretation of the
Formation of Rules: A Hayekian Perspective
O. Lakomski, University Amiens, Money as a Rule: Schumpeter on
Monetary Organization
Stephane Longuet, University Amiens, Institutions and Orders: Hayek
and Lachmann
Discussants: Karen I. Vaughn, Larry Moss, Peter Boettke
SESSION C5. 2:30-4:30 pm
Complexity and Economic Method: A Symposia (Chair: Robert Prasch, Vassar
College).
Michael Montgomery, University of Maine, Complexity and Economic
Theory: An Austrian Perspective
Gary Mongiovi, St. Johns University, Complexity and Economic Theory: A
Sraffian Perspective
Robert Prasch, Vassar College, Complexity and Economic Theory: An
Institutionalist/Post Keynesian Perspective
Discussants: Roger Koppl, John Davis, Suzanne Bergeron
SESSION C6. 2:30-4:30 pm
Smith and Ricardo (Chair: Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz)
Vivian Walsh, Muhlenberg College, Recent Interpretations of Adam Smith
Bruce Elmslie and Norman Sedgeley, University of New Hampshire, Vent
for Surplus
Christian Gehrke, University of Graz, Ricardo on Machinery
Discussants: Heinz D. Kurz, Cosimo Perrotta
SESSION C7. 2:30-4:30 pm
Heterodox Theories (Chair: Ingrid Rima, Temple University)
William Darity, Jr. (Sandy), University of North Carolina, and Lewis
Davis, Heterodox Theories of Trade, Growth and Uneven Development
Jan Toporowski, South Bank University, Kalecki and the Rate of Profit
David Andrews, Cazenovia College, Sraffa and the Price-Index Theory of
Value
Discussants: Sheila C. Dow, Stanley Bober, Gary Mongiovi
SESSION C8. 2:30-4:30 pm
Methodological Issues in Economics 3 (Chair: Nahid Aslanbeigui, Monmouth
University)
Antonio Callari, Franklin and Marshall College, How Economics Was
Invented
Kristen Madden, Millersville University, Female Economists in the
History of Thought
Discussants: Warren Samuels, Ingrid Rima
5:00-6:00 pm: Business Meeting
Saturday Evening is open for you to eat at some of the excellent
restaurants in Montreal.
Sunday, June 21
SESSION D1. 8:00-10:00 am
Issues in General Equilibrium (Chair: Salim Rashid, University of Illinois)
Ezra Davar, General Equilibrium Theory: Walras vs. Pareto
Amos Witztum, London Guildhall University, Coincidence of Wants vs.
Coincidence of Needs: A Smithian Based Re-examination of the
Difference between Clasical and Neoclassical Conceptions of General
Equilibrium
Syed Ahmed, McMaster University, Revival of Interest in John Rae a
Century Ago: Mixter, Fisher and Bohm-Bawerk
Discussants: Harry Landreth, Joseph Persky, Masazumi Wakatabe
SESSION D2. 8:00-10:00 am
The Economics of Adam Smith 3 (Chair: Bruce Elmslie, University of New
Hampshire)
Spencer Pack, Connecticut College, The Rousseau-Smith
Connection:Towards an Understanding of Professor West's "Splenetic
Smith"
Sandrine Leloup, Universite de Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, Smith and
Bentham on Usury Laws: The Terms of the Debate
Discussants: Glen Hueckel, Jeff Young
SESSION D3. 8:00-10:00 am
Keynes 2 (Chair: Robert Clower)
James C.W. Ahiakpor, California State University at Hayward, On the
Mythology of the Keynesian Multiplier
Warren Young, Bar-Ilan University, and William Darity, Jr. (Sandy),
University of North Carolina, Dissemination and Extension of IS/LM in
Europe, 1937-53
Gilles Dostaler, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, and Bernard Maris,
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Toulouse, Dr. Freud and Mr. Keynes on
Money and Capitalism
Discussants: Frank Steindl, Ingo Barens, Patrick Raines
SESSION D4. 8:00-10:00 am
Methodological Issues in Economics 3 (Chair: Robin Neill, University of
Prince Edward Island and Carleton University)
Richard Hudson, Mount Allison University, Ethics and Economic
Methodology
Steve Pressman, University of New Hampshire, Myrdal on Methodology
Discussants: Andreas Ortmann, Flavio Comim
SESSION D5. 8:00-10:00 am
COMPLEXITY 2 (Chair: Mark Picton, Monash University)
Francisco Louca, Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa, Complexity, Chaos and
Randomness: Ragnar Frisch and the Enigma of the Lost Manuscript
Humberto Barreto, Wabash College, The Origins of Understanding
Ecological Inference in Economics
Discussants: Humberto Barreto, Peter Hans Matthews
SESSION D6. 8:00-10:00 am
Institutions and Classical Economics (Chair: Jose Luis Cardoso, Technical
University of Lisbon).
Amitava K. Dutt, University of Notre Dame, Markets
Tiziano Raffelli, University of Pisa, Italy, Classes
Antonella Picchio, University of Rome III, Subsistence
Discussants: Jose Luis Cardoso, Abu Rizvi
SESSION D7. 8:00-10:00 am
The Making of Disciplinary Memory: Historians of Economics and Economic
Thought (Chair: Steven G. Medema, University of Colorado at Denver).
Laurence Shute, California Polytechnic, Pomona, Joseph Dorfman and
American Economics
Ingrid Rima, Temple University, The Economics of Joan Robinson:
Revisiting the Questions
Peter Boettke, Manhattan College, F.A. von Hayek
Discussants: Craufurd Goodwin, Zohreh Emami
SESSION D8. 8:00-10:00 am
Division and Specialization of Labor (Chair to come)
Harro Maas, Babbage, Jevons and the Machinery of the Mind
E. Koritsky and V. Kruglov, N. F. Charnovsky's Organizational Theory
Discussants: David Colander, Robin Rowley
SESSION E1. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Issues in Classical Economics (Chair: Sheila C. Dow, University of
Stirling)
Salim Rashid, University of Illinois, The Impact of Mathematics on
Classical Economics
Dean Peterson, Seattle University, Property Notions and the Role of
the Market in the Thought of Robert Wallace
Discussants: Ezra Davar, Syed Ahmed
SESSION E2. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Underconsumption, Gluts and Monetary Theory (Chair: Robert Clower,
University of South Carolina)
Elisabeth Allgoewer, University of St. Gallen, Underconsumption
Theories in the Early 20th Century: An International Cmparison of
their Influence on the Debates over the Great Depression.
Petur O. Jonsson, Fayetteville State University, Chalmers vs. Malthus
and Sismondi on Gluts; Or Imperfect Wage and Interest Rate Adjustment
vs. Underconsumption.
Neil T. Skaggs, Illinois State University, Changing Views:
Twentiety-Century Opinion on the Banking School-Currency Controversy
Discussants: Mauro Boianovsky, James C.W. Ahiakpor, Michael Lawlor
SESSION E3. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Anglo-Saxon Insiders and Outsiders (Chair: Mark Perlman, University of
Pittsburgh)
Arild Seether, Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway, The
Anglo-Saxon Clannishness as a Barrier in the History of Economic
Thought.
Niels Kaergard, The Royal Danish Agricultural University, The Danish
Pioneers in Mathematical Economics: Why Did They Disappear?
Nahid Aslanbeigui, Monmouth University, and Veronica Montecinos, Penn
State University, McKeesport, The World and U.S. Economics
Discussants: Jeff Biddle, Ted Gayer, Sandy Darity
SESSION E4. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Keynes 3 (Chair: Robert Dimand)
Ingo Barens, Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Effective Demand: From
Marshall to Keynes, via Malthus
Patrick Raines, University of Richmond, and Charles Leathers,
University of Alabama, Institutional Characteristics in the Formation
of Stock Prices: The Views of Veblen and Keynes
Discussants: Robert Dimand, Ric Holt
SESSION E5. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Methodological Issues in Economics 4 (Chair: Bruce Elmslie, University of
New Hampshire)
Robin Neill, University of Prince Edward Island and Carleton
University, The Things to Which We Attend: Abandoned Tasks of Economic
History
Donald A. Walker, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Relevance
for Present Economic Theory of Economic Theory Written in the Past
Alex Viskovatoff, Central European University, Budapest, Economics as
a Self-Description of the Economy
Discussants: Andrea Salanti, Margaret Schabas, John B. Davis
SESSION E6. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
COMPLEXITY 3 (Chair: Roger Koppl)
David Levy, George Mason University, Premature Death of Path
Dependence
Flavio Comim, University of Cambridge, The Cambridge Approach to
Complexity
Mark Picton, Monash University, The Exchange of Analogies Between
Economics and Biology
Discussants: Robert Prasch, Perry Mehrling, Francisco Louca
SESSION E7. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Classical Method and Theory (Chair: Walter Eltis, Oxford University).
Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz, and Neri Salvadori, University of
Pisa, Classical Political Economy
Abu Rizvi, University of Vermont, Utility and Rationality
Vivian Walsh, Muhlenberg College, Normative and Positive Classical
Economics
Discussants: Walter Eltis, Cristina Marcuzzo
SESSION F1. 2:30-4:30 pm
Social Policy in the Time of Marshall (Chair: to come)
Michael Perelman, California State University at Chico, The Political
Ecology of Henry Carey
Neil Niman, University of New Hampshire, Social Policy in Marshall's
Work
Joseph Persky, Marshall's Neoclassical Labor Values
Discussants: Geoff Gilbert, Betsy Clary, Nahid Aslanbeigui
SESSION F2. 2:30-4:30 pm
The Uses of Authority in Economics (Chair: Malcolm Rutherford, University
of Victoria)
Mark Perlman, University of Pittsburgh, The Uses of Authority in
Economics: Schools, Ideas or Traditions
Discussants: Warren Samuels, Malcolm Rutherford, Craufurd Goodwin
SESSION F3. 2:30-4:30 pm
Keynes 4 (Chair: Frank Steindl, Oklahoma State University)
Paul Davidson, University of Tennessee, Keynes vs. Tobin on the
Meaning of The General Theory
Ric Holt, Southern Oregon State College, Keynes and the Good Life
Elke Muchlinski, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Keynes's Transformation of
Orthodox Categories: A Philosophical View
Discussants: Warren Young, Gilles Dostaler, Bernard Maris
SESSION F4. 2:30-4:30 pm
COMPLEXITY 4 (Chair: David Colander, Middlebury College)
Marcel Boumans, University of Amsterdam, Macroeconomic Methodology for
Cmplexity
Peter Hans Matthews, Middlebury College, Did Marx Know The Way To
Santa Fe? Reflections on Evolution, Complexity and Classical
Functionalism
James Wible, University of New Hampshire, Complexity and Peirce's
Philosophy and Economics
Discussants: Robin Neill, Francisco Louca, Paul Wendt
SESSION F5. 2:30-4:30 pm
Accumulation and Growth (Chair: Vivian Walsh, Muhlenberg College)
Walter Eltis, Oxford University, Does Luxury Consumption Produce
Growth?
Cosimo Perrotta, University of Lecce, Italy, Consumption
Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz, and Neri Salvadori, University of
Pisa, Growth
Discussants: Vivian Walsh, Amitava K. Dutt
SESSION F6. 2:30-4:30 pm
Bibliographic Resources (Chair: Roy Weintraub, Duke University)
(Invited Informational Session)
Laura Linard, Director of Historical Collections, Baker Library,
Harvard University
(to come) Director of Historical Collections, University of London
Discussants: to come
SESSION F7. 2:30-4:30 pm
Edgeworth and Sidgwick, and Distributive Justice (Chair: Bruce Elmslie,
University of New Hampshire)
Alberto Baccini, University of Firenze, Italy, Edgeworth on the
Fundamentals of Choice under Uncertainty
Phillipe Bazard, Universite de Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, Distributive
Justice and Market Process: Sidgwick and Edgeworth on the Ethical
Consequences of Bargaining
Philippe Mongin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et
Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, Reconstructing the Impartial Observer
Theorem
Discussants: Ingrid Rima, Christian Schmidt, Robert Leonard
Sunday Evening: Banquet and Presidential Address
Presidential Address: Robert Clower, University of South Carolina
Three Hundred Years of Supply and Demand
Monday, June 22
SESSION G1. 8:00-10:00 am
The Stimulus of World War II and the Cold War on Economic Thought (Chair:
Robert Leonard, Universite du Quebec a Montreal)
Judy Klein, Mary Baldwin College and National Humanities Center,
Influence of World War II and the Cold War on the Pure and Applied
Economics in the USA
Esther-Mirjam Sent, University of Notre Dame, The Complexity of Simon
Robin Rowley, McGill University, Assisting Managerial Decisions: The
Search for Convenient Operating Rules and the Discovery of Management
Science
Discussants: Jeff Biddle, Robert Leonard, Craufurd Goodwin
SESSION G2. 8:00-10:00 am
The Economics of Karl Marx (Chair: Peter Hans Matthews, Middlebury College)
Peter Rosner, University of Vienna, Karl Marx-A German Economist
Cosimo Perrotta, University of Lecce, Italy, Marx's Standstill on
Consumption
Discussants: Michael Perelman, Gary Mongiovi
SESSION G3. 8:00-10:00 am
Religious and Diverse Background of Economics 2 (Chair: to come)
S. M. Ghazanfar, University of Idaho, Medieval Arab-Islamic Economic
Thought: Public Finance Issues in the Writings of Ya'qub Abu Yusuf
(731-798 AD)
Thomas Moser, The "Opus Imperfectum" and its Influence on Medieval
Monetary Thought
Hamid Hosseini, King's College, Mirrors for Princes Literature as a
Rich Source of Economic Thought
Discussants: Larry Moss, to come
SESSION G4. 8:00-10:00 am
Early French Writings in Political Economy (Chair: to come)
Thomas Ross, Indiana University South Bend, Medicine and the Origins
of Political Economy
Phillippe Steiner, Universite Paris IX, J.B.Say and the Political
Economy of His Time: A Quantitative Approach
Loic Charles, Universite de Paris, Freedom of Grain Trade and Growth
in Quesnay's Analysis
Discussants: Warren Samuels, Petur O. Jonsson, to come
SESSION G5. 8:00-10:00 am
Socialist and Fascist Movements (Chair: to come)
Betsy Jane Clary, College of Charleston, Eduard Heimann, Adolph Lowe
and Paul Tillich: The Early Collaboration in Post-WWI Germany
Patrick J. Welch, Saint Louis University, Mercantilism and Fascism
Discussants: Dieter Schneider, to come
SESSION G6. 8:00-10:00 am
Labor and Captial (Chair: Amitava K. Dutt, University of Notre Dame).
Fernando Vianello, University of Rome, Capital
Carlo Panico, University of Naples, Interest and Profit
Antonella Stirati, University of Pisa, Wages
Discusssants: Ric Holt, Tiziano Raffaell
SESSION G7. 8:00-10:00 am
Classical Economics and the French Connection (Chair Spencer Pack,
Connecticut College)
Andrew Skinner, University of Glascow, Adam Smith and the French
Connection
Walter Eltis, Oxford University, Condilac's Critique of French
Dirigism
Discussants: Jeff Young, Margaret Schabas
SESSION H1 10:30 am-12:30 pm
The History of Applied Economics: A Roundtable Discussion (Chairs: Roger E.
Backhouse, University of Birmingham, and Jeff Biddle, Michigan State
University)
Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham, and Jeff Biddle,
Michigan State University, Research Questions Raised by the Concept of
Applied Economics
Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University, Personnel Management: Its
Roots as Applied Labor Economics
Stephen Meardon, Duke University, Economic Geography and Economic
Policy in 20th Century North America
Steven Medema, University of Colorado/Denver, Public Choice Analysis
as a Case Study in the Professionalization of Economics
Judy Klein, National Humanities Center and Mary Baldwin College, From
Normative, Applied Economics to Positive, Pure Economics via
Statistical Quality Control in WWII
Robert S. Goldfarb, George Washington University, The "Rationality" of
Economic Forecasts
Warren Young, Bar Ilan University, Atomic Energy Costing in the US and
UK: Economists vs. Scientists, Engineers, Bureaucrats, and Politicians
Robert Dimand, Brock University, Strategic Games from Theory to
Application
SESSION H2. 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Remembrance and Appreciation: Symposium in Honor of Martin Bronfenbrenner
(Chair: Larry Moss, Babson College)
Bruce Fitzgerald, International Finance Corporation, Martin
Bronfenbrenner as a Dissertation Advisor and Mentor
Tamotsu Matsuura, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku Martin Bronfenbrenner as a
Colleague
Craufurd Goodwin, Duke University, Martin Bronfenbrenner as a Referee
for HOPE
Samuel Hollander, University of Toronto (Emeritus), Martin
Bronfenbrenner as a Comrade-in-Arms in Establishing the "new classical
economics"
June Bronfenbrenner, Martin Bronfenbrenner as a Father and Teacher
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