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'