A Conference on The Nature And Significance of Economic Science 75th Anniversary of Lionel Robbins?s Essay. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Lionel Robbins?s Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science. The Department of Economics at LSE and the editors of Economica are marking the event by a conference and a special issue of the journal. The purpose of this conference is to renew the considerations of Robbins?s theme and reflect on the current nature and significance of economic science as well as examine Robbins?s own position from a historical perspective. Speakers include: Tony Atkinson, Ken Binmore, Lawrence Blume, Richard Lipsey and Robert Sugden The Conference will take place at LSE on 10-11 December 2007. There are no conference fees. Participation includes luncheon on both days of the conference and a conference dinner on Monday, 10/12. However, there are a limited number of places and registration is on the basis of first come first served. You can obtain your registration form and examine the programme of the conference at: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/lionelrobbins/ Frank Cowell and Amos Witztum Conference organisers Companies Act 2006 : http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/companyinfo Amos Witztum