21ST Conference of the HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA to be held at: Rydges, Parramatta Mezzanine Level, Kingston Suite 116 James Ruse Drive Rosehill NSW 2142 9-11 July, 2008 Conference Organized by: School of Economics & Finance University of Western Sydney Contact: John Lodewijks [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 9685 9404 0414 017 346 21ST Conference of the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia PROGRAMME Tuesday, 8 July Welcome reception at Rydges Parramatta (7:00pm to 8:30pm) 8.00 pm 150th Anniversary of the Birth of J.A. Hobson: Why we should celebrate = J.A.Hobson's contribution to economic thought. (10 min.) - Michael Schneider Wednesday, 9 July Conference Registration (8:00am to 8:45am) Welcome (8:45am to 9:00am) Adam Smith (9:00am to 10:30am) Smith's Theory of Sympathy-Where does it Succeed and Where does it Fail = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_4.html#Abstract_Khalil> - Elias L. Khalil Divine Action, Providence and Adam Smith's Invisible Hand = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Oslington2> - Paul Oslington Adam Smith, The Theory of Economic Growth, and the Coordination of = Saving and Investment = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_P1.html#Abstract_Aspromourgos> - Tony Aspromourgos Keynote Address (10:30am to 11:30am) Our International Guest Speaker is Robert Leonard. Rob is Head of = Department and Professor of Economics at Universit=E9 du Qu=E9bec = Montr=E9al (UQAM) Montreal, Canada. His topic is: New Light on von Neumann: politics, psychology and the creation of game = theory Lunch Mystery Tour of Historic Parramatta - (12:30pm to 2:30pm) Afternoon conference session - Marshall (2:30pm to 3:30pm) Marshall's Journey to the 'Land of Dry Facts' and the Delay in the = Publication of his Principles. = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_3.html#Abstract_Hart> - Neil Hart Alfred William Flux (1867-1942): A Mathematician Successfully 'caught' = for Economics by Marshall'. = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_3.html#Abstract_Groenewegen> - Peter Groenewegen Afternoon Tea Afternoon Conference Session - Classical Themes (4:00pm to 5:30pm) Malthus as a 'Foxite' Whig?: A Historical Sketch = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_7.html#Abstract_Nakazawa> - Nobuhiko Nakazawa On Tooke's Explanation of Agricultural Price Movements = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Smith> - Matthew Smith The Economic Review: 1891-1914 = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_2.html#Abstract_Fishburn> - Geoffrey Fishburn Work in Progress Presentation (5:30pm to 5:40pm) Looking for the origins of the Keynesian cross and aggregate demand - = aggregate supply diagrams - Michael Schneider Thursday, 10 July Interest and Money (9:00am to 11:00am) Interest Controversy in its Context - Seiichiro Ito Pareto's Assessment of the Quantity Theory of Money = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_6.html#Abstract_McLure> - Michael McLure Nicholas Kaldor and the War on Monetarism = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_5.html#Abstract_King> - John King When Cambridge came to Monash: Joan Robinson in Australia, 1975 = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_6.html#Abstract_Millmow> - Alex Millmow Morning Tea Macroeconomic Themes (11:30am to 12:30pm) Escaping from a blind alley: disequilibrium in the dynamic analysis of = Harrod and Kalecki = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_5.html#Abstract_Kriesler> - Peter Kriesler & J.W. Nevile Towards a Kalecki-Minsky Theory of Endogenous Financial Instability = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_6.html#Abstract_Lucarelli> - Bill Lucarelli The American Contribution to the General Theory = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_4.html#Abstract_Kates> - Steven Kates Lunch Lunch Meeting: HETSA Editorial Board Meeting (12:30pm to 1:30pm) Conversations with Economists: Oral History (1:30pm to 2:30pm) In Search of George Stigler and the Chicago School - A Conversation with = Paul Samuelson = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_2.html#Abstract_Freedman> - Craig Freedman A Conversation with Bob Gregory = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_P1.html#Abstract_Coleman> - William Coleman Afternoon Tea Afternoon Conference Sessions (3:00pm to 4:30pm) 'SYMPOSIUM ON THE STATUS OF HET IN THE CONTEXT OF "RESEARCH ASSESSMENT"' = organized by Tony Aspromourgos The Future of HET in Australia - Steve Kates and Alex Millmow (5 min) The Era Initiatives and the Future of HET Research = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_5.html#Abstract_King2> - John King & Peter Kriesler (15 min) Discussants: William Coleman, John Lodewijks, Tony Aspromourgos, (8 min = each) General Discussion: 36 minutes HETSA Annual General Meeting (4:30pm to 5:00pm) Conference Dinner (6pm for 6:30pm) Dinner Presentations: HETSA 2009 -Modelling the Small Open Economy in the Twentieth Century - Gregory C. G. Moore Recollections of David Clark (1946-2008) - Peter Kriesler, Alex Millmow et al. Friday, 11 July Morning Conference Session (9:00am to 11:00am) The Webbs, Public Administration and the LSE : An Origin of Public = Governance and Institutional Economics in Britain = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_2.html#Abstract_Eriguchi> - Taku Eriguchi The Ideas of George Shackle and Henry Boettinger - Bruce Littleboy Schumpeter's 'Conduct Model of the Dynamic Entrepreneur': Scope and = Distinctiveness = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_P1.html#Abstract_Endres> - Anthony M. Endres Jacob Viner on Religion and Economics = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Oslington1> - Paul Oslington Morning Tea Australian Themes (11:30am to 1:00pm) Economics and Agriculture - The role of Australia's early economists in = founding Australian agricultural economics, 1890 -1950 = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_7.html#Abstract_Myers> - Laurel Myers HENRY GEORGE AND THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION: on land ownership = and land taxation = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_8.html#Abstract_Pullen> - John Pullen The Campaign to Arrest Ed Shann's Influence in Western Australia = <http://www.hetsa2008.com/abstracts_7.html#Abstract_Moore> - Gregory C. G. Moore Lunch and Conference Close www.hetsa2008.com