Annual History of Economic Thought Conference Bristol, 3-5 September 1997 (The following information and more is at http://www.ecn.bris.ac.uk/het/1997/) The Autumn 1997 History of Economic Thought Conference will be held in Bristol (not Bath as previously announced) at Burwalls, a fine Victorian house in a rather special location on the edge of the Avon Gorge beside Brunel's suspension bridge. The provisional programme includes: Terence Hutchison, 'Hypothetical deductivism from Nassau Senior to Daniel Hausman' Walter Eltis, 'Debt, deficits and default' Roger Backhouse, Roger Middleton, and Keith Tribe, 'Economics is what economists do, but what do the numbers tell us?' Michel de Vroey, 'The Marshallian concept of equilibrium and time' Richard Arena and Sandye Gloria, 'Menger and Walras on money' Peter Groenewegen, 'From prominent physician to major economist: some reflections on Quesnay's switch to economics' Francisco Louca, 'Nikolai Kondratiev and the academic consensus about history and statistics' Andrew Skinner, 'Adam Smith: the French connection' Craufurd Goodwin, 'Roger Fry: economist' John Whitaker, 'Henry George and classical economics As in previous years all sessions will be plenary, with time for full presentation and discussion. Sessions start at 2 pm on Wednesday 3rd September, registration 12-2 pm (lunch available if ordered in advance). The conference ends at lunchtime on Friday 5th September (again, lunch available if booked). __________________________________________________________________________ Booking form Annual History of Economic Thought Conference Bristol, 3-5 September 1997 Please return this form to A. Brewer, Department of Economics, University of Bristol, 8 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TN, UK by 1st August, with full payment (see below). __________________________________________________________________________ I wish to attend the 1997 HET Conference: (tick where appropriate) _____ As a resident (acommodation, all meals except first and last lunches) (115 pounds) _____ As a non-resident (Wed. dinner, Thurs lunch, but not conference dinner) (45 pounds) _____ As a non-resident (including conference dinner) (70 pounds) Any special dietary or other requirements: There are a very few double rooms and rooms with private bath. Contact the conference organizer directly if you want to book one. First come first served. __________________________________________________________________________ I also want to book: _____ Lunch on Wednesday (7.50 pounds) (Note: lunch service ends at 1 pm.) _____ Lunch on Friday (7.50 pounds) __________________________________________________________________________ Name ____________________________________________________________________ Address _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Telephone ________________ E-mail _____________________________________ Institution _____________________________________________________________ Payment can be sterling cheque (including Eurocheque) or by credit card I enclose a sterling cheque for ______________ payable to the 'University of Bristol' or debit my Mastercard/Access/Visa/Amex card (delete as appropriate) Card no _________________________________ Expiry date ______________________________ If using card, please give card (home) address: ____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Postcode _______________ Signature _________________________________________ ---------------------- Tony Brewer ([log in to unmask]) University of Bristol, Department of Economics 8 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TN, England Phone (+44/0)117 928 8428 Fax (+44/0)117 928 8577 ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]