----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- European Society for the History of Economic Thought In collaboration with University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Pavia International conference: Employment, Technology and Institutions in the Process of Structural Change. A History of Economic Thought Perspective Pavia/Milan,16-17 November 2001 The conference is organised by ESHET jointly with the Department of Political Economy and Quantitative Methods of the University of Pavia and with the Department of Political Economy of the University of Milano-Bicocca. The program includes two sessions of half day each: the opening session will be in Pavia on 16 November 2001 and the final session in Milan the 17 November. The conference examines the way in which great economists of the past analyse some specific process of economic and social change. Structural change is a phenomenon that too often the modern economic theory neglects. This was not the case in past and above all for some great authors. The conference runs through some of the major topics and tries to focus on the implications for the methodology of economic science and its evolution. The conference will bring out some of the fundamental aspects of structural change, in particular on the role of technology and of institutions. Particular attention is devoted to money. Through the re-reading of some of the important contributions in the history of the economic thought; the conference highlights some of the analytical and methodological problems which might provide a better understanding of the real world. Participation of doctoral candidates is encouraged and in particular the conference will be attended by students from two doctoral programmes in Political Economy respectively based in Pavia and Milano-Bicocca. Provisional programme: Friday 16, 3 pm. Pavia Chair: Luigi Pasinetti (Catholic University of Milan) The first session includes research work on Smith and other classical authors such as Ricardo and other contributions on the Continent, This session examines in particular the role of technology and of trade policies in the process of structural change. Andrew Skinner (Glasgow): Adam Smith in a historical perspective Eric Streissler (Vienna): International Economic Exchange: Comparative Advantage in the WN and in Ricardo in relation to factor Movements Bertram Schefold (Frankfurt): Markets, morals and economic policy. German views from the time of the Reformation to Cameralism Philippe Steiner (Paris I): The Division of Labour, Knowledge and Growth in Say's Political Economy Saturday 17, 10. am Milan Chair: Andrew Skinner (University of Glasgow) The second session deals with the evolution of the monetary theory above all in the eighteenth century and the formation and of the role of the central banks, but it also highlights the importance of modern instruments for the understanding of long run social changes. Cristina Marcuzzo (Roma): J.M. Keynes and the quantity theory of money Walter Eltis (Oxford): Relevance of Wicksell to the World Economic Crisis of 2001. Christian Schmidt (Paris Dauphine): The Contribution of Game Theory to Economic Change and Social Evolution a History-of-Economic- Thought Perspective Discussants to be assigned. Participants will include Pascal Bridel (Lausanne), Salvador Almenar (Valencia), John Vint (Manchester Metropolitan), George Stathakis (Crete), Members of the two Italian Departments, Research students. Scientific Committee: Carluccio Bianchi(Pavia), Niccolò De Vecchi(Pavia), Giorgio Lunghini(Pavia), Graziella Marzi(Milan), Piergiovanna Natale(Milan), Pier Luigi Porta(Milan), Bertram Schefold(ESHET), Patrizio Tirelli(Milan), Gianni Vaggi(Pavia). ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]