Annual History of Economic Thought Conference
Bristol, 3-5 September 1997
(The following information and more is at http://www.ecn.bris.ac.uk/het/1997/)
The Autumn 1997 History of Economic Thought Conference will be held in Bristol
(not Bath as previously announced) at Burwalls, a fine Victorian house in a
rather special location on the edge of the Avon Gorge beside Brunel's
suspension
bridge.
The provisional programme includes:
Terence Hutchison, 'Hypothetical deductivism from Nassau Senior to Daniel
Hausman'
Walter Eltis, 'Debt, deficits and default'
Roger Backhouse, Roger Middleton, and Keith Tribe, 'Economics is what
economists do, but what do the numbers tell us?'
Michel de Vroey, 'The Marshallian concept of equilibrium and time'
Richard Arena and Sandye Gloria, 'Menger and Walras on money'
Peter Groenewegen, 'From prominent physician to major economist: some
reflections on Quesnay's switch to economics'
Francisco Louca, 'Nikolai Kondratiev and the academic consensus about
history and statistics'
Andrew Skinner, 'Adam Smith: the French connection'
Craufurd Goodwin, 'Roger Fry: economist'
John Whitaker, 'Henry George and classical economics
As in previous years all sessions will be plenary, with time for full
presentation and discussion. Sessions start at 2 pm on Wednesday 3rd
September, registration 12-2 pm (lunch available if ordered in advance).
The conference ends at lunchtime on Friday 5th September (again, lunch
available if booked).
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Booking form
Annual History of Economic Thought Conference
Bristol, 3-5 September 1997
Please return this form to A. Brewer, Department of Economics, University
of Bristol, 8 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TN, UK by 1st August, with full
payment (see below).
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I wish to attend the 1997 HET Conference: (tick where appropriate)
_____ As a resident (acommodation, all meals except first and last
lunches) (115 pounds)
_____ As a non-resident (Wed. dinner, Thurs lunch, but not conference
dinner) (45 pounds)
_____ As a non-resident (including conference dinner) (70 pounds)
Any special dietary or other requirements:
There are a very few double rooms and rooms with private bath. Contact the
conference organizer directly if you want to book one. First come first
served.
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I also want to book:
_____ Lunch on Wednesday (7.50 pounds) (Note: lunch service ends at 1 pm.)
_____ Lunch on Friday (7.50 pounds)
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Payment can be sterling cheque (including Eurocheque) or by credit card
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of Bristol' or
debit my Mastercard/Access/Visa/Amex card (delete as appropriate)
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Postcode _______________ Signature _________________________________________
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Tony Brewer ([log in to unmask])
University of Bristol, Department of Economics
8 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TN, England
Phone (+44/0)117 928 8428
Fax (+44/0)117 928 8577
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