=================== HES POSTING ===================== [Posted on behalf of riccardo bellofiore <[log in to unmask]>. -- RBE] Dear friends, here below you find the programme of a conference I am organising for my Department. The conference is dedicated to the economic legacy of Hyman Minsky, and it will be held the 10th and 11th of December. In a few days I'll put a page on the web server of my University, http://www.unibg.it, where under the heading "Convegni" you will also find other information about the conference, as the abstracts. I am unable to send the papers to anybody (the proceedings will however be published by Edward Elgar in a volume edited by me and by Piero Ferri). Those who will come to the conference are suggested to send a message to me and reserve the papers, since the photocopies will be made relative to the expected number of participants. I thank you in advance for your help in spreading the information about the conference. riccardo bellofiore *************************************************** UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BERGAMO DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "THE LEGACY OF HYMAN MINSKY" UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO PIAZZA VECCHIA "SALA GIURISTI", DECEMBER 10 - 11 1998 BERGAMO ALTA (UPPER TOWN) DECEMBER 10, 1998 - THURSDAY MORNING 8:50 - 9:00 WELCOME ADDRESSES PIERO FERRI,RECTOR OF UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO GIANCARLO GRAZIOLA, UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS 9:00 - 10:45 CHAIR: RICCARDO LEONI, UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO ALESSANDRO VERCELLI, UNIVERSITY OF SIENA KEYNES, MINSKY AND THE STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY OF MONETARY ECONOMY RICHARD DAY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECONOMICS IN THE SPIRIT OF MINSKY VICTORIA CHICK, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON CASSANDRA AS OPTIMIST DISCUSSANT: L. RANDALL WRAY, JEROME LEVY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE GENERAL DEBATE 11:15 - 12:45 CHAIR: ALESSANDRO VERCELLI, UNIVERSITY OF SIENA STEVEN FAZZARI, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST LOUIS PIERO FERRI, UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO EDWARD GREENBERG, WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST LOUIS THE MACROECONOMICS OF MINSKY'S INVESTMENT THEORY PIERO FERRI, UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO CEILINGS AND FLOORS, GROWTH AND THE NAIRU DISCUSSANT: DOMENICO DELLI GATTI, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN GENERAL DEBATE DECEMBER 10, 1998 - THURSDAY AFTERNOON 14:30-16:30 CHAIR: VICTORIA CHICK, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON DIMITRI PAPADIMITRIOU / L.RANDALL WRAY JEROME LEVY ECONOMICS INSTITUTE THE ECONOMICS OF HYMAN MINSKY: A PROPONENT OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORM MALCOLM SAWYER, LEEDS UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY ARRANGEMENTS FOR FULL EMPLOYMENTS ESTER FANO, UNIVERSITY OF ROME "LA SAPIENZA" MINSKY'S READING OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION DISCUSSANT: ALESSANDRO RONCAGLIA, UNIVERSITY OF ROME - LA SAPIENZA GENERAL DEBATE 17:00 - 19:00 CHAIR: RICHARD ARENA, CNRS - LATAPSES PERRY MEHRLING, BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MINSKY, THE BANKING SCHOOL, AND MODERN FINANCE MARC LAVOIE - MARIO SECCARECCIA, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA MINSKY'S FINANCIAL FRAGILITY HYPOTHESIS: A MISSING MACROECONOMIC LINK? DISCUSSANT: ERIC NASICA, CNRS/LATAPSES GENERAL DEBATE DECEMBER 11, 1998 - FRIDAY MORNING 9:00 - 10:45 CHAIR: RICHARD DAY, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DUNCAN FOLEY, BARNARD COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HYMAN MINSKY AND THE DILEMMAS OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC METHOD ANDREA SALANTI/ANNAMARIA VARIATO, UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO HYMAN MINSKY: WHAT KIND OF (POST) KEYNESIAN ? RICHARD ARENA - ALAIN RAYBAUT, CNRS/LATAPSES ECONOMIC INSTABILITY & ENDOGENOUS BUSINESS CYCLES: A MINSKYAN PERSPECTIVE DISCUSSANT: ANNALISA CRISTINI, UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO GENERAL DEBATE 11:15-12:45 CHAIR: WILLI SEMMLER, NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH JAN KREGEL, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA MINSKY AND ASIA: "IT" DID HAPPEN AGAIN PHILIP ARESTIS, UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON RECENT BANKING AND FINANCIAL CRISES: MINSKY VERSUS THE FINANCIAL DEREGULATIONISTS GEOFFREY HARCOURT, JESUS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT EXPENDITURE, UNREALIZED EXPECTATIONS AND OFFSETTING MONETARY POLICIES DISCUSSANT: JOSEPH HALEVI, UNIVERSITE' DE GRENOBLE GENERAL DEBATE DECEMBER 11, 1998 - FRIDAY AFTERNOON 14:30 - 16:30 CHAIR: DUNCAN FOLEY, BARNARD COLLEGE - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEGHNAD DESAI, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS THE MINSKY THESIS: KEYNESIAN OR MARXIAN? WILLI SEMMLER, NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH TESTING THE FINANCIAL ACCELERATOR THEORY DOMENICO DELLI GATTI, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY MILAN MAURO GALLEGATI, UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO FINANCIAL INSTABILITY AND POLICY DILEMMAS DISCUSSANT: STEVE KEEN, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY MACARTHUR GENERAL DEBATE 17:00 - 18:30 CHAIR: JAN KREGEL, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA ROUNDTABLE (in Italian): AUGUSTO GRAZIANI, UNIVERSITY OF ROME LA SAPIENZA SIRO LOMBARDINI, UNIVERSITY OF TORINO LUIGI PASINETTI, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN PAOLO SYLOS LABINI, UNIVERSITY OF ROME LA SAPIENZA ORGANISATION: RICCARDO BELLOFIORE UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS PIAZZA ROSATE 2 - I 24129 BERGAMO, ITALY PHONE: 0039 035 277545/277505 FAX: 0039 035 249975 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] WHOEVER WISHES TO PARTICIPATE TO THE CONFERENCE IS KINDLY REQUESTED TO INFORM RICCARDO BELLOFIORE TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS OR EMAIL, OR TO CONTACT THE SECRETARY OF THE CONFERENCE AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: [log in to unmask] THE CONFERENCE WILL BE IN ENGLISH FURTHER INFORMATION AND ABSTRACTS ON THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE: http://www.unibg.it THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN TWO VOLUMES EDITED BY RICCARDO BELLOFIORE AND PIERO FERRI FOR EDWARD ELGAR BERGAMO TOURIST INFORMATION: APT viale Vittorio Emanuele, 20 24100 Bergamo, Italy Phone: 0039 035 21 02 04 Fax: 0039 035 23 01 84 Email: [log in to unmask] Riccardo Bellofiore Department of Economics e-mail: [log in to unmask] ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]