21ST Conference of the


HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA



to be held at:
Rydges, Parramatta
Mezzanine Level, Kingston Suite
116 James Ruse Drive
Rosehill NSW 2142


9-11 July, 2008


Conference Organized by:


School of Economics & Finance
University of Western Sydney

Contact: John Lodewijks
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Tel: 9685 9404
0414 017 346




21ST Conference of the
History of Economic Thought Society of Australia



PROGRAMME



Tuesday, 8 July

Welcome reception at Rydges Parramatta  (7:00pm to 8:30pm)

8.00 pm

150th Anniversary of the Birth of J.A. Hobson: Why we should celebrate =
J.A.Hobson's contribution to economic thought. (10 min.)
    - Michael Schneider



Wednesday, 9 July

Conference Registration (8:00am to 8:45am)

Welcome (8:45am to 9:00am)

Adam Smith (9:00am to 10:30am)

Smith's Theory of Sympathy-Where does it Succeed and Where does it Fail =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_4.html#Abstract_Khalil>
 - Elias L. Khalil

Divine Action, Providence and Adam Smith's Invisible Hand =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Oslington2> 
    - Paul Oslington

Adam Smith, The Theory of Economic Growth, and the Coordination of =
Saving and Investment =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_P1.html#Abstract_Aspromourgos>
    - Tony Aspromourgos






Keynote Address (10:30am to 11:30am)

Our International Guest Speaker is Robert Leonard. Rob is Head of =
Department and Professor of Economics at Universit=E9 du Qu=E9bec =
Montr=E9al (UQAM) Montreal, Canada.

His topic is:

New Light on von Neumann: politics, psychology and the creation of game =
theory


Lunch


Mystery Tour of Historic Parramatta - (12:30pm to 2:30pm)


Afternoon conference session - Marshall (2:30pm to 3:30pm)

Marshall's Journey to the 'Land of Dry Facts' and the Delay in the =
Publication of his Principles. =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_3.html#Abstract_Hart>
    - Neil Hart

Alfred William Flux (1867-1942): A Mathematician Successfully 'caught' =
for Economics by Marshall'. =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_3.html#Abstract_Groenewegen>
    - Peter Groenewegen


Afternoon Tea


Afternoon Conference Session - Classical Themes (4:00pm to 5:30pm)

 Malthus as a 'Foxite' Whig?: A Historical Sketch =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_7.html#Abstract_Nakazawa> 
    - Nobuhiko Nakazawa

On Tooke's Explanation of Agricultural Price Movements =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Smith>
    - Matthew Smith

The Economic Review: 1891-1914 =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_2.html#Abstract_Fishburn>
    - Geoffrey Fishburn




Work in Progress Presentation (5:30pm to 5:40pm)

Looking for the origins of the Keynesian cross and aggregate demand - =
aggregate supply diagrams
    - Michael Schneider


 Thursday, 10 July

Interest and Money (9:00am to 11:00am)

Interest Controversy in its Context
    - Seiichiro Ito

Pareto's Assessment of the Quantity Theory of Money =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_6.html#Abstract_McLure>
    - Michael McLure

Nicholas Kaldor and the War on Monetarism =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_5.html#Abstract_King>
    - John King

When Cambridge came to Monash: Joan Robinson in Australia, 1975 =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_6.html#Abstract_Millmow>
    - Alex Millmow



Morning Tea



Macroeconomic Themes (11:30am to 12:30pm)

Escaping from a blind alley: disequilibrium in the dynamic analysis of =
Harrod and Kalecki =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_5.html#Abstract_Kriesler>
    - Peter Kriesler & J.W. Nevile

Towards a Kalecki-Minsky Theory of Endogenous Financial Instability =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_6.html#Abstract_Lucarelli> 
    - Bill Lucarelli

The American Contribution to the General Theory =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_4.html#Abstract_Kates> 
    - Steven Kates

Lunch



Lunch Meeting:  HETSA Editorial Board Meeting (12:30pm to 1:30pm)

 Conversations with Economists: Oral History (1:30pm to 2:30pm)

In Search of George Stigler and the Chicago School - A Conversation with =
Paul Samuelson =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_2.html#Abstract_Freedman>
    - Craig Freedman

A Conversation with Bob Gregory =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_P1.html#Abstract_Coleman>
    - William Coleman


Afternoon Tea


Afternoon Conference Sessions (3:00pm to 4:30pm)

'SYMPOSIUM ON THE STATUS OF HET IN THE CONTEXT OF "RESEARCH ASSESSMENT"' =
organized by Tony Aspromourgos

The Future of HET in Australia
    - Steve Kates and Alex Millmow (5 min)

The Era Initiatives and the Future of HET Research =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_5.html#Abstract_King2> 
    - John King & Peter Kriesler (15 min)

Discussants: William Coleman, John Lodewijks, Tony Aspromourgos, (8 min =
each)

General Discussion: 36 minutes


 HETSA Annual General Meeting (4:30pm to 5:00pm)


Conference Dinner (6pm for 6:30pm)

Dinner Presentations:

HETSA 2009 -Modelling the Small Open Economy in the Twentieth Century
    - Gregory C. G. Moore

Recollections of David Clark (1946-2008)
     - Peter Kriesler, Alex Millmow et al.



 Friday, 11 July

Morning Conference Session (9:00am to 11:00am)

The Webbs, Public Administration and the LSE : An Origin of Public =
Governance and Institutional Economics in Britain =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_2.html#Abstract_Eriguchi> 
    - Taku Eriguchi

The Ideas of George Shackle and Henry Boettinger
    - Bruce Littleboy

Schumpeter's 'Conduct Model of the Dynamic Entrepreneur': Scope and =
Distinctiveness =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_P1.html#Abstract_Endres> 
    - Anthony M. Endres

Jacob Viner on Religion and Economics =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Oslington1> 
    - Paul Oslington


Morning Tea


Australian Themes (11:30am to 1:00pm)

Economics and Agriculture - The role of Australia's early economists in =
founding Australian agricultural economics, 1890 -1950 =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_7.html#Abstract_Myers>
    - Laurel Myers

HENRY GEORGE AND THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION: on land ownership =
and land taxation =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Pullen>
    - John Pullen

The Campaign to Arrest Ed Shann's Influence in Western Australia =
<http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_7.html#Abstract_Moore> 
    - Gregory C. G. Moore


Lunch and Conference Close



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