HPPE Seminar 20 November - “The circulation of Solow’s growth model”

Dear all,

Next Wednesday, on November 20th , Verena Halsmayer will be presenting at the HPPE seminar on the topic “The circulation of Solow’s growth model”.
The seminar takes place in Clement House 2.04 at 1 p.m. at the London School of Economics. Everyone is welcome.

Abstract: In 1956 Robert M. Solow published "A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth." As a by-product of his work on dynamic programming Solow presented a small-scale, simple, well-working, and tractable model. Over the following decades “the neoclassical growth model” was to become one of the best known economic models. It is often presented as an “engine of research” that was easy to use, adopt, extend, and apply in a variety of different projects. Through investigating these projects – from growth and development accounting to multi-sectoral planning models – I will approach two questions: (1) What did actually circulate? (the model, model results, “facts,” instruments, the label,…); (2) How can we describe the dynamics of circulation?


Verena Halsmayer is a PhD student in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Vienna. Her research interests lie at the crossroads of the history and philosophy of the social sciences, historical epistemology, and the history of social engineering and economic governance.


More information about the seminar is available at : http://www.lse.ac.uk/economicHistory/seminars/HPPE/HPPEMT2013.aspx or by contacting Gerardo Serra ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) or Raphaelle Schwarzberg ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)

Best wishes,
Gerardo Serra and Raphaelle Schwarzberg


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