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Session Program for the 2008 Conference

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27 June Friday

 

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2 – 5 PM

HES Executive Committee Meeting

Private Dining Room, Schulich Executive Learning Centre

2 – 7 PM

On-Site Registration (continuing through Saturday)

Lobby Entrance, Schulich School of Business

6 – 8 PM

Tikki Barbeque (ticket required)

Founder's Courtyard, Schulich School of Business

28 June Saturday

8 – 9:30 AM

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SAT1 Sessions

Discussion Forum

A

N105

Contributions to The General Theory from the “Circus” and America
Chair: Gilles Dostaler (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Geoff Harcourt (Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Joan Robinson and Her Circle in the Run-Up To and Aftermath of the Publication of The General Theory

Discussant: Maria Christina Marcuzzo (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”)

Steven Kates (RMIT University, Australia)

The American Contribution to The General Theory

Discussant: Marcel Boumans (University of Amsterdam)

Discussion Forum

B

N106

Predecessors and Successors of Henry George
Chair: Mary Cleveland (Columbia University SIPA)

Neil Niman (University of New Hampshire)

Henry George and the Development of Thorstein Veblen’s Theory of Capital

Discussant: Mary Cleveland (Columbia University SIPA)

Francis Peddle (Dominican University College)

G.W.F. Hegel’s Concept of Poverty and Scottish Philosophy

Discussant: Kevin Quinn (Bowling Green State University)

William S. Peirce (Case Western University)

Henry George and the Theory of Capital in a Rapidly Transforming Economy

Discussant: Alexandra Hyard (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris)

Discussion Forum

C

N107

Catholic Economic Thought
Chair: Michael Bradley (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Douglas Meador (University of St. Francis)

The Forgotten Alternative of 1848

Discussant: Glenn Hueckel (Pomona College)

Pedro Teixeira (CIPES and University of Porto) and António Almodovar (CEMPRE and University of Porto)

From Guilds to a Corporative System:
The Interwar Evolution of Catholic Economic Thought

Discussant: Sergio Noto (Università di Verona)

Sergio Noto (Università di Verona)

Beyond the Business Cycle and Socialism:The Late Schumpeter’s Corporatist View

Discussant: Hamid Hosseini (King's College)

Discussion Forum

D

N108

Young Scholars I – Happiness & Capabilities: New Approaches to Economic Behavior
Chair: Harro Maas (University of Amsterdam)

C. Tyler DesRoches (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

The ‘Later’ Wittgenstein and Amartya Sen: A Family Resemblance

Discussant: John B. Davis (University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)

José M. Edwards (University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne)

Joyful Economists: Regards On Recent Economics From A Happiness Studies Perspective

Discussant: André van Hoorn (Radboud University Nijmegen)

Floris Heukelom (University Nijmegen)

Kahneman and Tversky and the Mathematics Of Human Behavior

Discussant: Ivan Moscati (Bocconi University)

Discussion Forum

E

E111

Explanation and Prediction in Economics
Chair: Ferdinando Meacci (University of Padova)

N. Emrah Aydinonat (Ankara University)

Survival of the Richest: How Does the H-O Theorem Survive Despite Its Poor Empirical Performance?

Discussant: M. June Flanders (Tel Aviv University)

Maurice Lagueux (Université de Montréal)

Expectations and Predictions in Economics

Discussant: Katia Caldari (University of Padova)

Lawrence Boland  (Simon Fraser University)

On The Economist’s View Of Inductive Reasoning

Discussant: Duncan Foley (New School for Social Research)

9:30 - 9:45 AM

Break (15 minutes)

Room N109

 

9:45 - 10:45 AM

SAT2 Session: Distinguished Guest Lecturer

Robert McEwen Auditorium
Chair: Avi J. Cohen (York University)

Discussion Forum

Duncan K. Foley (New School for Social Research)

The History of Economic Thought in the Education of Duncan Foley

 

10:45 - 11:15 AM

Break (30 minutes)

Room N109

 

11:15 AM - 12:45 PM

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SAT3 Sessions

Discussion Forum

A

N105

Russian Planning and Market Socialism
Chair: Douglas MacKenzie (SUNY Plattsburgh)

Anna Klimina (University of Saskatchewan)

The Myth of Russian Institutionalism: Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Discussant: Natalia Makasheva (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)

Natalia Makasheva (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)

Unknown M.I. Tugan-Baranovsky: From Searching for an Ethical Basis of Political Economy to an Ideal Model of the Socialist Khozyaistvo (Economy)

Discussant: Craig McLaren (University of California, Riverside)

Michael Bradley (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Barone’s Essay: A Centenary Assessment

Discussant: Gary Mongiovi (St. John’s University)

Discussion Forum

B

N106

Welfare Economics from Wicksell To Scitovsky
Chair: Phillipe Fontaine (Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan)

Marianne Johnson (University of Wisconsin Oskosh)

Wicksell’s Unanimity Rule and Early Welfare Economics

Discussant: Alain Marciano (University of Reims)

André van Hoorn and Esther-Mirjam Sent (Radboud University Nijmegen)

If You’re Happy and You Know It: Lessons from Irving Fisher and Kenneth Boulding

Discussant: Annie Cot (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Viviana Di Giovinazzo (University of Macerata)

The Missing Third: When, How and Why Welfare Economics Has Lost Her Serendipity

Discussant: Joseph Persky (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Discussion Forum

C

N107

18th Century Thought
Chair: Terry Peach (University of Manchester)

Loïc Charles and Christine Théré (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

Do Economic Texts Speak For Themselves?: Putting The New Edition Of Quesnay's Economic Writings In Perspective

Discussant: Glenn Hueckel (Pomona College)

Benjamin Mitra-Kahn  (City University, London and New School for Social Research)

Defining Economic Growth in the 18th Century

Discussant: Loïc Charles (Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas)

Jeffrey Young (St. Lawrence University)

Malthusianism in Economic Thought

Discussant: David Levy (George Mason University)

Discussion Forum

D

N108

Situating the Positive/Normative Distinction
Chair: Anna Greco (University of Guelph)

Amos Witztum (London Metropolitan University)

Positive Ethics and the Science of Economics: Robbins’s Enduring Fallacy

Discussant: Maurice Lagueux (Université de Montréal)

David Andrews (State University of New York at Oswego and University of Richmond)

The Positive/Normative Distiction Revisited: The Robbins-Hawtrey Debate

Discussant: Huei-Chun Su (University of Exeter)

Y.S. Brenner  (Utrecht University)

On Route Back to the Middle Ages?

Discussant: John Maloney (University of Exeter)

Discussion Forum

E

E111

What’s In History of Economics Textbooks?
Chair: Ingrid Rima (Temple University)

Arlid Sæther (University of Agder, Norway)

Why Do Historians of Economic Thought Ignore Samuel Pufendorf?

Discussant: Ingrid Rima (Temple University)

Hamid Hosseini (King’s College)

Eurocentrism, Orientalism and the Schumpeterian Great Gap Thesis:
Explaining How Contributions of Medieval Muslim Scholars to Economics Were Ignored

Discussant: Spencer Pack (Connecticut College)

12:45 - 2 PM

Lunch

Dining Room, Executive Learning Centre

 

2 - 3:30 PM

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SAT4 Sessions

Discussion Forum

A

N105

Science, Religion and Justice
Chair: Brad Bateman (Dennison University)

Nancy Brenner (Independent)

Spinoza On The Possibility To Have A Social Science Independent Of Religion

Discussant: Spencer Pack (Connecticut College)

Huei-Chun Su (University of Exeter)

Why Is the Ideal of Social Justice in the Market Meaningless? Revisiting Hayek’s Concept of Social Justice

Discussant: Anthony Waterman (University of Manitoba)

James Wible (University of New Hampshire)

How is Scientific Knowledge Possible?: Nicholas Rescher's Contributions to an Economic Understanding of Science

Discussant: Edward Nik-Khah (Roanoke College)

Discussion Forum

B

N106

Sraffa, Classical Disequilbrium and Capital Controversy
Chair: Geoff Harcourt (Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Maria Christina Marcuzzo and Annalisa Rosselli (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”)

Sraffa and His Reasons Against “Marginism”

Discussant: Catherine Martin (Université Paris 1, PHARE)

 

Catherine Martin (Université Paris 1, PHARE)

Disequilibrium and Money in Malthus and Torrens

Discussant: Lawrence Boland (Simon Fraser University)

 

Gary Mongiovi (St. John’s University)

The Capital Controversy in Historical Perspective

Discussant: Avi J. Cohen (York University)

 

Discussion Forum

C

N107

Money in Hume, Law and Cantillon
Chair: William S. Peirce  (Case Western University)

James Ahiakpor (California State University, East Bay)

Hume on Money, the Price Level and Wage Rates: In Search of a Consistent Interpretation

Discussant: Russell S. Boyer (University  of Western Ontario)

John Berdell (DePaul University)

Contrasting Approaches to Money:
John Law and Richard Cantillon

Discussant: Glenn Hueckel (Pomona College)

Discussion Forum

D

N108

Young Scholars II – On Mathematical Methods in Economics
Chair: Marcel Boumans (University of Amsterdam)

Yann Giraud (University of Paris X - Nanterre)

Abba Lerner And The Peculiar Place Of Diagrammatic Analysis In 1930s British Economics

Discussant: Harro Maas (University of Amsterdam)

Craig McLaren (University Of California, Riverside)

Understanding Integrability and "Professor Pareto's Strange Theory”

Discussant: Ivan Moscati (Bocconi University)

Benjamin Mitra-Kahn (City University, London & New School for Social Research)

Understanding Computable General Equilibrium Models

Discussant: Marianne Johnson (University of Wisconsin Oskosh)

3:30 - 3:45 PM

Break (15 minutes)

Room N109

 

3:45 - 4:45 PM

SAT5 Session: In Memorium Session
for A.W. "Bob" Coats

Robert McEwen Auditorium
Chair: Bruce Caldwell (UNCG, Duke University)

Discussion Forum

Panel discussion where presenters will share reminiscences of Bob.
The audience will then be invited to add their own memories.

Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria)
Craufurd Goodwin (Duke University)
Warren J. Samuels  (Michigan State University)
John Maloney  (University of Exeter)

 

4:45 - 5:30 PM

Business Meeting

Robert McEwen Auditorium

 

5:30 - 6:30 PM

Cambridge University Press Reception to
Honor Outgoing JHET Editor Steven G. Medema

Private Dining Room, Executive Learning Centre

 

29 June Sunday

10 – 11:30 AM

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SUN1 Sessions

Discussion Forum

A

N105

Religion, Evolution, Externalities and Ethics in American Progressive Era Economics and Literature
Chair: Steven G. Medema (University of Colorado at Denver)

Thomas Leonard (Princeton University)

Religion, Evolution and Progressive Era Political Economy

Discussant: Brad Bateman (Dennison University)

Craufurd Goodwin  (Duke University)

A Return to Moral Sentiments in the 20th Century: Aldo Leopold and E.M. Forster

Discussant: Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria)

Discussion Forum

B

N106

Macroeconomics in the 1950s
Chair: Ivars Brivers (BA Business and Financial Research Centre, Riga, Latvia)

Marcel Boumans (University of Amsterdam)

Dynamizing Stability

Discussant: Pedro G. Duarte (University of San Paulo)

Judy Klein (Mary Baldwin College)

From Adaptive Expectations to Adaptive Control: The Modeling Nexus of Operations Research, Macroeconomic Theory and Control Engineering, 1954-1975

Discussant: Esther-Mirjam Sent  (University of Nijmegen)

Discussion Forum

C

N107

Post Keynesian Contributions and Economic Growth (of the Firm)
Chair: Gary Mongiovi (St. John’s University)

Massimo Dimatteo (University of Siena)

The Formation of Richard Goodwin’s Vision

Discussant: Geoff Harcourt (Jesus College, University of Cambridge)

Marin Muzhani (Everest College and University of Florence)

The Convergence Between Poor and Rich Countries:
The Early Development Theories

Discussant: Michele Alacevich (Palermo University and the World Bank)

Lowell Jacobsen  (Baker University)

Another ‘Final Word’ on Penrose

Discussant: Neil Niman (University of New Hampshire)

Discussion Forum

D

N108

Plato, Aristotle (and Marx?)
Chair: Leonidas Montes (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez)

Anna Greco (University of Guelph)

Economic Effectiveness versus Economic Efficiency in Plato’s Republic

Discussant: Douglas MacKenzie (SUNY Plattsburgh)

Spencer Pack (Connecticut College)

Aristotle’s Difficult Relationship with Modern Economic Theory

Discussant: Robert Urquhart (University of Denver)

Robert Urquhart  (University of Denver)

“The Value-Forming Substance”: Marx as Left-Aristotelian

Discussant: Duncan K. Foley (New School for Social Research)

Discussion Forum

E

E111

Early Contributions
Chair: Hamid Hosseini (King's College)

Balbir Sihag (University of Massachusetts)

Kautilya on Tort Law during the Fourth Century BCE

Discussant: Hamid Hosseini (King's College)

Joseph Weglarz (University of Detroit Mercy)

San Bernardino: Early Defender of the Entrepreneur

Discussant: Sergio Noto (Università di Verona)

Daniel Schiffman  (Ariel University Center)

Monetary Instability and the Evolution of Jewish Monetary Doctrine: Egypt 1517 - 1700

Discussant: Hamid Hosseini (King's College)

11:30 – 11:45 AM

Break (15 minutes)

Room N109

 

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

SUN2 Session: Why Do Historians of Economics Hate Social Studies of Science?

Robert McEwen Auditorium
Chair: Robert Leonard (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Discussion Forum

Panel discussion.

Ross Emmett (James Madison College, Michigan State University)

Tim Leonard  (Princeton University)
Steven G. Medema (University of Colorado, Denver)
Ivan Moscati (Università Bocconi)
Esther-Mirjam Sent  (University of Nijmegen)

 

12:45 - 2 PM

Lunch

Dining Room, Executive Learning Centre

 

2 – 4 PM

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SUN3 Sessions

Discussion Forum

A

N105

Adam Smith
Chair: Margaret Schabas (University of British Columbia)

Maria Pia Paganelli (Yeshiva University)

Approbation and the Desire to Better One’s Condition in Adam Smith

Discussant: Robert Urquhart (University of Denver)

Gavin Kennedy (Heriot-Watt University)

Adam Smith’s Theory of Bargaining

Discussant: Jeffrey Young (St. Lawrence University)

Terry Peach  (University of Manchester)

Measuring ‘The Happiness of Nations’: The Conundrum of Adam Smith’s “Real Measure of Exchangeable Value”

Discussant: Ferdinando Meacci (University of Padova)

Leonidas Montes (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez )

Adam Smith and the Militia Debate in Context

Discussant: Michael Bradley (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Discussion Forum

B

N106

The History of Theory and Practice of Money Doctors
Chair: Rebeca Gomez Betancourt (PHARE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Ana Maria Bianchi (Universidade de São Paulo)

Visiting-Economists Through Hirschman’s Lenses

Discussant: Roger Sandilands (University of Strathclyde)

Michele Alacevich (Palermo University and the World Bank)

Visualizing Uncertainties:
Albert O. Hirschman and Project Evaluation

Discussant: Roger Sandilands (University of Strathclyde)

Rebeca Gomez Betancourt (PHARE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne )

The First Steps of the Money Doctor:
E.W. Kemmerer’s Gold Exchange Standard in the Philippines and Peru

Discussant: Neil Skaggs (Illinois State University)

Michael Schlitz  (University of Leuven)

A Money Doctor from Japan: Megata Tanetaro in Korea, 1904-1907

Discussant: Mark Metzler (University of Texas, Austin)

Discussion Forum

C

N107

Chicago and the Institutionalizion of Management and Statistics
Chair: Humberto Barreto (Wabash College)

Edward Nik-Khah (Roanoke College)

George Stigler, the GSB, and the Pillars of the Chicago School

Discussant: Bruce Caldwell (University of North Carolina Greensboro, Duke University)

Ross B. Emmett (James Madison College, Michigan State University)

Sharpening Tools in the Workshop: The Workshop System and the Chicago School’s Success

Discussant: Bruce Caldwell (University of North Carolina Greensboro, Duke University)

Malcolm Rutherford  (University of Victoria)

The USDA Graduate School: Government Training in Statistics and Economics 1921 - 1941

Discussant: Judy Klein (Mary Baldwin College)

Kevin Christ  (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

We Give You Science: Organizational Economics and the Evolution of a New Management Science

Discussant: Craufurd Goodwin (Duke University)

Discussion Forum

D

N108

General Equilibrium Themes: Walras, Fisher, Physics and SMDT
Chair: John Davis  (University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)

Annie Cot (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Irving Fisher and Methodology: Plural Perspectives

Discussant: Marcel Boumans (University of Amsterdam)

Robert Dimand and Hichem Ben-El-Mechaiekh (Brock University)

General Equilibrium Reaches North America: Irving Fisher’s Mathematical Investigations in the Theory of Value and Prices (1891)

Discussant: Annie Cot (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Guido Erreygers (University of Antwerp)

Mechanics Meets Economics, Once Again: On the Rationale of “Rational Economics” of the Guillaume Brothers

Discussant: Craig McLaren (University of California, Riverside)

Jose Guillermo Pelaez (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana)

Sonnenschein-Mantel-Debreu Theorem (S-M-D-T) and Its Implications into Walras’s Tâtonnement

Discussant: Guido Erreygers (University of Antwerp)

Discussion Forum

E

E111

Macroeconomic Ideas and Policies
Chair: Mohammad Gani (Independent University of Bangladesh)

Maria de Fátima Brandão and Antonio Almodovar (University of Porto)

J.B.Say’s Impact on Portuguese Economic Thought During the First Half of the 19th Centur

Discussant: Steven Kates (RMIT University, Australia)

Giovanni Pavanelli  (University of Turin)

The Italian Debate on Exchange Control and Clearing Agreements During the Thirties

Discussant: Sergio Noto (Università di Verona)

Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University)

International Design and the British Empire: Keynes on the Relief Problem

Discussant: Gilles Dostaler (Universitè du Quèbec à Montrèal)

4 – 4:30 PM

Break (30 minutes)

Room N109

 

4:30 – 6 PM

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SUN4 Sessions

Discussion Forum

A

N105

Monetary Theory and Policy
Chair: James Ahiakpor (California State University, East Bay)

Neil Skaggs (Illinois State University)

Before Woodford and Wicksell: The Banking School Approach to Monetary Policy

Discussant: Robert Dimand (Brock University)

Masazumi Wakatabe (Waseda University)

Evolution of Macroeconomic Thinking: A Proposal

Discussant: Giovanni Pavanelli (University of Turin)

Fabio Masini (University of Rome)

Alternative Routes to Monetary Integration:
Economic Theory at the British Parliament (1989-91)

Discussant: Daniel Schiffman  (Ariel University Center)

Discussion Forum

B

N106

The Economics of Altruism
Chair: Ana Maria Bianchi (Universidade de São Paulo)

Steven G. Medema (University of Colorado at Denver)

Creating a Paradox: Self-Interest, Civic Duty, and the Evolution of the Theory of the Rational Voter

Discussant: Audience

Sophie Harnay (University of Paris X) and Alain Marciano (University of Reims)

Altruism And Self-Interest In The Economic Analyses Of Rescue Law

Discussant: Audience

Philippe Fontaine (Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan)

Beyond Altruism? Economics and the Minimization of Unselfish Behavior, 1976-1993

Discussant: Audience

Discussion Forum

C

N107

Richard Whately
Chair: David M. Levy (George Mason University)

David M. Levy (George Mason University) and Sandra Peart (University of Richmond)

If Gary Becker Were Archbishop: Richard Whately's Analytical Egalitarianism

Discussant: Ross Emmett (James Madison College, Michigan State University)

Harro Maas (University of Amsterdam)

"Vain Eutopias Seated in the Brain:" Armchair Observation in Economics

Discussant: Ross Emmett (James Madison College, Michigan State University)

Discussion Forum

D

N108

Young (& Young at Heart) Scholars III – Evolutionary Processes and Dissenting Voices
Chair: Annie Cot (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Tae-Hee Jo (Buffalo State College)

The Micro-Macro Synthesis in Veblen's Institutional Economics

Discussant: Warren J. Samuels (Michigan State University) and Marianne Johnson (University of Wisconsin Oskosh)

Namhyung Lee (Korea University)

Was Hayek Right After All?: His Unsolved Dilemma of Group Selection, Spontaneous Order and Evolutionary Games

Discussant: Bruce Caldwell (University of North Carolina Greensboro, Duke University

Douglas MacKenzie (SUNY Plattsburgh)

Trial and Error in the Socialist Calculation Debate

Discussant: Ivars Brivers ( BA Business and Financial Research Centre, Riga, Latvia)

Discussion Forum

E

E111

The Individual: Rationality, Expected Utility and Decision Theory
Chair: Lawrence Boland (Simon Fraser University)

Ivan Moscati (Bocconi University)

Expected Utility Theory: The Early Debates

Discussant: Allan Hynes (University of Toronto)

John Davis  (University of Amsterdam and Marquette University)

Psychology’s Recent Challenge to Economics: Rationality and the Individual

Discussant: Esther-Mirjam Sent (Radboud University Nijmegen)

6 – 6:30 PM

Break (30 minutes)

Room N109

 

6:30 – 7:30 PM

Presidential Address

Robert McEwen Auditorium

We’re All “Persons” Now:   Classical Economists And Their Opponents On Marriage, The Franchise, And Socialism


Sandra Peart (University of Richmond)

 

7:30 PM

HES Banquet (ticket required)

Dining Room, Executive Learning Centre

 

30 June Monday

8:30 – 10:30 AM

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MON1 Sessions

Discussion Forum

A

N105

David Hume’s Political Economy
Chair: Carl Wennerlind (Barnard College)

Carl Wennerlind (Barnard College)

The Historical Context of David Hume's Political Economy

Discussant: John Berdell (DePaul University)

Margaret Schabas (University of British Columbia)

David Hume on Value, Manners and Morals

Discussant: John Berdell (DePaul University)

Robert Dimand  (Brock University)

David Hume’s Monetary Thought: Theory and Applications

Discussant: John Berdell (DePaul University)

Loïc Charles  (INED)

The Reception of  David Hume’s Political Economy in France

Discussant: John Berdell (DePaul University)

Discussion Forum

B

N106

Ramsey, Methodology and Expectations
Chair: Charles McCann (University of Pittsburgh)

Marion Gaspard  (Triangle, UMR CNRS 5206, Université de Lyon)

Logic and Rationality in Ramsey’s Thought:
Is Frank Ramsey’s Human Logic a Human Scale Logic?

Discussant: Gilles Dostaler (Universitè du Quèbec à Montrèal)

Pedro G. Duarte (University of San Paulo)

The Growing of Ramsey’s Growth Model

Discussant: Marion Gaspard  (Triangle, UMR CNRS 5206, Université de Lyon)

Katia Caldari and Ferdinando Meacci (University of Padova)

The Disappointment of Expectations and the Theory of Fluctuations

Discussant: Ingrid Rima (Temple University)

Discussion Forum

C

N107

Young Scholars IV – Controversies in 20th Century Economics
Chair: Gary Mongiovi (St. John’s University)

Paolo Trabucchi (Università Roma Tre)

Capital As A Single Magnitude In Some Writings Of The Early 1930s

Discussant: Avi J. Cohen (York University)

Clement Levallois (City University London)

Natural Allies or Bitter Enemies?: N. Georgescu-Roegen and the Birth of Ecological Economics

Discussant: C. Tyler DesRoches (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Gianluca Bertini (University of Florence)

Was Don Patinkin a Monetarist?: Reinterpeting New Keynesian Thought About Liquidity Preference

Discussant: Jérôme de Boyer (PHARE, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Discussion Forum

D

N108

Modern Contributions
Chair: Giovanni Pavanelli (University of Turin)

Russell S. Boyer (University of Western Ontario)

The Origins of the Monetary Approach to the Balance of Payments

Discussant: James Ahiakpor (California State University, East Bay)

Robin Neill  (University of Prince Edward Island)

The Passing of Naïve Neoclassicism: Economics in Canada, 1977-2007

Discussant: Michael Bradley (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

Discussion Forum

E

E111

19th Century Roads Less Travelled
Chair: Stephen Meardon (Bowling Green State University)

Ivars Brivers (BA Business and Financial Research Centre, Riga, Latvia)

Karl Ballod (Atlanticus) and “Ein Blick in den Zukunftsstaat” from a Contemporary Point of View

Discussant: Marin Muzhani (Everest College and University of Florence)

Kevin Quinn (Bowling Green State University)

Reason, Spirit and Economics

Discussant: Francis Peddle (Dominican University College)

Michael Perelman  (California State University, Chico)

Marx, Carey and Liebig: The Early Environmental Economics of Guano

Discussant: Stephen Meardon (Bowling Green State University)

10:30 - 11 AM

Break (30 minutes)

Room N109

 

11 AM - 12:15 PM

Discussion Forum

MON2 Session: Advancing the History of Economics In and Out of the Classroom

Robert McEwen Auditorium
Chair: Avi J. Cohen (York University)

Kirsten K. Madden (Millersville University)

Engaged Learning with the Interpretive Question Cluster Discussion Technique: Student Outcomes in a History of Economic Thought Course


Bruce Caldwell (University of North Carolina Greensboro, Duke University)

The Center for the History of Political Economy:

Information Session

12:15 PM

End of Conference

Bon Voyage