Kress Seminar in the HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT (meeting at Harvard) The Kress Seminar is a regional seminar in the history of economic thought that has been meeting monthly during the academic year since Fall 1986. The 'Kress' name reflects our former affiliation with the Kress Library of 01de Economicks, now part of the Harvard Business School's special collections. We meet on the third Thursday evening of each month, September to May less December, in Littauer M16, a seminar room of the Harvard University economics department, 7:45-10:00 p.m. Most Kress participants are college and university faculty members from Connecticut to New Hampshire, with paper presenters from New York to Maine. We are unaffiliated with the Harvard department, except for the meeting place. Because we are a geographically dispersed group, with several participants who travel long distances and rarely more than one from any college faculty, we do not follow the familiar pattern of departmental seminars. Thus the Thursday evening monthly meeting. F^^h session is composed of two presentations with separate discussion; there is occasionally a connection between the two, but that usually cannot be arranged. Papers are not available in advance. We now have no budget, so we are indebted to the New England pattern of many small colleges, and to the academic disposition to enjoy Harvard Square. (It is very enjoyable.) "History of economic thought" should be construed broadly. The papers range from economic history to economic methodology, foundations of social theory, and social studies of the contemporary economics profession, with "regular" history of economic thought composing about 2/3 of the total. Kress Seminar in the History of Economic Thought c/o Paul Wendt 64 Riverside St. #3 Watertown, MA 02172-2652 (617) 926-8253 Ross B. Emmett, Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta CANADA T4V 2R3 voice: (403) 679-1517 fax: (403) 679-1129 e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]