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Dear Colleagues,
The preliminary schedule for this year's Summer Institute for the =
History of Economic Thought is provided below. Please note that =
attendance is free and we encourage any and all of you who can attend to =
do so. We ask simply that you rsvp so that we can order food =
accordingly. Times for various events will be posted on our website, =
http://www.centerforstudyofpublicchoice.com/, shortly. Conference =
events include continental breakfasts and lunch.
Through the generosity of George Mason University and the History of =
Economics Society, we are able to sponsor the participation of up to 6 =
students this year. Please encourage your students, who show promise =
and interest in the History of Economics, to email [log in to unmask] to find =
out more about these opportunities.
Best wishes,
Sandra Peart
Director, 2005 Summer Institute
May 30: Labels, Language and Economics
Jim Buchanan: Egalitarianism a la Buchanan
William Easterly: Foreign Aid in the History of Thought
Dave Colander: Use of Labels in the History of Economic Thought
Bradley Bateman: What was Keynesianism: Keynes and Keynesian Economic =
Policy
Erte Xiao and Dan Houser: Emotion Expression in Human Punishment =
Behavior
Dinner & Discussion: The Street Porter and the Philosopher: =
Conversations on Egalitarian Economics (essays from first 5 years of the =
Summer Institute)
May 31: Open Problems in HET
Ali Khan: Keynes and Population
Rebecca Jarmas: Historic Doubts Relative to Richard Whately: Did the =
Archbishop Believe in Miracles?
Ed McPhail and Andrew Farrant: Hayek's Road to Serfdom: Was Samuelson =
Right?
Erik Angner: The Origin of Hayek's Theory of Cultural Evolution =
Revisited
David Levy and Dave Colander: Public Choice vs Socialism (a debate)
June 1: Utility, Sympathy and Self Interest
Ali Khan: Huxley on Ethics and Eugenics
Paulo Tubaro: A Utility Measure which is Not: Jules Dupuit's Consumer =
Theory
Elias Khalil: Smith vs. Darwin: Can Fitness/Efficiency Account for =
Existential Imperatives and Taboos?
Maria Paganelli: Self interest in Wealth of Nations and Theory of Moral =
Sentiments: The Adam Smith Problem in Reverse
David Levy and Sandra Peart: The Simple Analytics of Sympathetic =
Exchange
June 2: Chicago School Themes
Spencer Banzhaf -- The Chicago School of Welfare Economics
Eric Schliesser -- Milton Friedman and Friedrich von Hayek: Public =
Intellectuals, Expertise and Democracy
David Mitch -- Economic History and Chicago
Pedro Teixeira -- Human Capital Theory at UC
Dan Hammond: Columbia Roots of the Chicago School/More Fiber than =
Thread? Evidence on the Mirowski-Hands Yarn
June 3: Progress and Economics
Masazumi Wakatabe -- Smith and Buchanan
Leon Montes -- Did Adam Smith really share the cosmic determinism of the =
Stoics?
Craig Smith -- Adam Smith on Progress and Knowledge
Sandra Peart and David Levy: Happiness, Progress,and the "Theology of =
Natural Selection'
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