David Colander
Department of Economics
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont 05753
Fax: 802-443-2084
E-mail: Colander@Middlebury.edu
5:30-6:30 pm: Keynote Address
Guest Speaker: Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford University
6:30-8:00: Buffet Dinner -- Ticket Required
The Role of Government in Economics (Chair: Warren Samuels, Michigan State University)
Yasunori Fukagai, Tokyo Metropolitan University, J.S.Mill's Utilitarian Foundation of the Economic Role of Government
Discussants: Neil Skaggs (Illinois State University), John Bethune (University of Tennessee at Martin)
The Spread of Ideas (Chair: Craufurd Goodwin, Duke University)
J. Allen Hynes, University of Toronto, The Neoclassical Consumption Function: A Study in the Adoption of Utility Theory
Keith Jakee, Monash University, Economists in the Streets: An Analysis of the Swedish Economic Debate
Discussants: Paul Wendt, Robert Clower (University of South Carolina), Mark Perlman (University of Pittsburgh)
The Economics of Adam Smith 1 (Chair: Jeff Young, St. Lawrence University)
Mauricio C. Coutinho, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, Adam Smith on Taxation and Public Expenditure
Glen Alexandrin, Villanova University, N.S. Mordvinov: A Smithian or Not?
Discussants: David Levy (George Mason University), Tiziano Rafaelli (University of Pisa), Spencer Pack (Connecticut College)
Institutions and Organization in Austrian Thought: 1 (Chair: Stephane Longuet, University Amiens). Session organized by Stephane Longuet.
D. Versailles, University Aix-Marseille III, Menger and Popper: Two Cases of Institutional Individualism
Karen I. Vaughn, George Mason University, Hayek's Implicit Economics
Discussants: Michael Montgomery (University of Maine), Peter Boettke (Manhattan College), Stephane Longuet (University Amiens)
Interpreters of the Classical Economists (Chair, Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, Italy). Session organized by Neri Salvadori,University of Pisa, and Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz.
John B. Davis, Marquette University, Keynes as an Interpreter of the Classical Economists
Riccardo Faucci, Universita di Pisa, Marx as an Interpreter of Classical Economists
Discussants: Carlo Panico (University of Naples), Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa)
The Firm, Pricing, and Business Cycles (Chair: Ingrid Rima, Temple University)
Dr. Frank Schohl, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Hultgren's Microdiversity on the Firm Level: A Neglected Class of Stylized Facts and its Relevance for Modern Business Cycle Theory
Stanley Bober, Duquesnes University, The New Economics and Industrial Economics at the Close of the Millenium: The Issue of the Theory of Pricing
Discussants: Andreas Ortmann (Bowdoin College), William (Sandy) Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina), Ingrid Rima (Temple University)
The Early History of AS/AD (Chair: Ingo Barens, Bergische Universität Wuppertal). Session organized by Ingo Barens
Amitava K. Dutt, University of Notre Dame, The Emergence of AS/AD in Macro Textbooks
T. Windsor Field, James Madison University; and Hart, Price vs. Quantity Clearing of the Goods Market
Discussants: David Andrews (Cazenovia College), Warren Young (Bar-Ilan University), James C.W. Ahiakpor (California State University at Hayward)
Neoclassical Theories of Macro (Chair: T. Windsor Fields James Madison University)
Michael Gootzeit, University of Memphis, Marshall's vs Wicksell's Theory of the Real Cycle
Perry Mehrling, Barnard College-Columbia University, Growth and Money in Allyn Young: New Evidence
Discussants: Peter Rosner (University of Vienna), Robert Clower (University of South Carolina), Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham)
The Economics of Adam Smith 2 (Chair: David Levy, George Mason Univeristy)
Masazumi Wakatabe, Waseda University, John Rae and Adam Smith: Two Attempts at Theorizing Knowledge-Based Growth
Discussants: Spencer Pack (Connecticut College), David Levy (George Mason University)
Keynes, Sraffa and Ricardo (Chair: David Andrews, Cazenovia College). Session organized by Michael Lawlor, Wake Forest University
Michael Lawlor, Wake Forest University, Keynes's Labor Market Analysis in Historical Context
Allin Cottrell, Wake Forest University, Keynes and Ricardo on Effective Demand
Discussants: Gary Mongiovi (St. Johns University), Bobbie Horn (University of Tulsa), William (Sandy) Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina)
Methodological Issues in Economics 1 (Chair: Steve Pressman, Monmouth College)
Pat Gunning, National Chung Hsing University, Ronald Coase's Methodology Historically Considered
Mary S. Morgan, London School of Economics, Hypothetical Worlds and Reflections: The Role of Models in Macroeconomics
Discussants: Wade Hands, (University of Puget Sound), Steven Medema (University of Colorado at Denver), Francisco Louçã (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, Universidade Tecnica de Lisbon)
The Spread of Classical Economics (Chair: Cosimo Perrotta, University of Lecce). Session organized by Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, and Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz.
Salvador Almenar, University of Valencia, and Jose Luis Cardoso, Technical University of Lisbon, Classical Economics in Spain and Portugal
Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz, The German-Speaking Countries
Discussants: Riccardo Faucci (University of Pisa), Christian Gehrke (University of Graz)
David Hume (Chair: Andrew Skinner, University of Glascow)
Evelyn L. Forget, University of Manitoba, The Reconciliation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume in the Social Analysis of Jean-Babpiste Say
Sheila C. Dow, University of Stirling, Interpretation: The Case of David Hume
Discussants: Phillipe Fontaine (Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan), Arild Saether (Agder University College, Norway), Mauricio Coutinho (State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil)
Institutionalist Theory and Policy (Chair: Yuichi Shionoya, Hitotsubashi University)
Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria, Institutionalism and Science
Robert E. Prasch, Vassar College, American Economists and Minimum Wage Legislation in Historical Perspective
Discussants: Warren Samuels (Michigan State University), Neil Niman (University of New Hampshire), Mark Perlman (University of Pittsburgh)
Executive Committee Luncheon Meeting
(Executive Committee only)
The Boundaries of Economics (Chair: Margaret Schabas, York University)
Yuichi Shionoya, Hitotsubashi University, Schumpeter on the Relationship between Economics and Sociology
Philippe Fontaine, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, Trouble in Paradise: Altruism in Economics and the Other Social Sciences, 1968-1998
Discussants: Salim Rashid (University of Illinois), Dieter Schneider, Ruhr-Universität), James Wible (University of New Hampshire)
Money and Banking Issues (Chair: Patrick Raines, University of Richmond)
Ivo Maes, National Bank of Belgium, Shifting Paradigms in Macroeconomic Policy Formation: The First Decade of Annual Economic Reports of the EEC (1971-1981)
Frank G. Steindl, Oklahoma State University, Bank Credit and Recovery in the 1930s
Discussants: Frank Schohl (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität), Allin Cottrell (Wake Forest University), Michael Lawlor (Wake Forest University)
Keynes 1 (Chair: Ric Holt, Southern Oregon State College)
Robert W. Dimand, Brock University, How Keynes Came to Canada: Mabel Timlin and Keynesian Economics
Discussants: Paul Davidson (University of Tennessee), Harry Landreth (Center College)
Institutions and Organization in Austrian Thought: 2 (Chair: Stephane Longuet, University Amiens). Session organized by Stephane Longuet
O. Lakomski, University Amiens, Money as a Rule: Schumpeter on Monetary Organization
Stephane Longuet, University Amiens, Institutions and Orders: Hayek and Lachmann
Discussants: Karen I. Vaughn (George Mason University), Larry Moss (Babson College), Peter Boettke (Manhattan College)
Complexity and Economic Method: A Symposia (Chair: Robert Prasch, Vassar College). Session organized by Robert Prasch
Gary Mongiovi, St. Johns University, Complexity and Economic Theory: A Sraffian Perspective
Robert Prasch, Vassar College, Complexity and Economic Theory: An Institutionalist/Post Keynesian Perspective
Discussants: Roger Koppl (Farleigh Dickensen University), John Davis (Marquette University), Suzanne Bergeron
Smith and Ricardo (Chair: Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz). Session organized by Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, and Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz.
Bruce Elmslie and Norman Sedgeley, University of New Hampshire, Vent for Surplus
Christian Gehrke, University of Graz, Ricardo on Machinery
Discussants: Heinz D. Kurz (University of Graz), Cosimo Perrotta (University of Lecce)
Heterodox Theories (Chair: Ingrid Rima, Temple University)
Jan Toporowski, South Bank University, Kalecki and the Rate of Profit
David Andrews, Cazenovia College, Sraffa and the Price-Index Theory of Value
Discussants: Sheila C. Dow (University of Stirling), Stanley Bober (Duquesnes University), Gary Mongiovi (St. Johns University)
Methodological Issues in Economics 3 (Chair: Nahid Aslanbeigui, Monmouth University)
Kristen Madden, Millersville University, Female Economists in the History of Thought
Discussants: Warren Samuels (Michigan State University), Ingrid Rima (Temple University)
Saturday Evening is open for you to eat at some of the excellent restaurants in Montreal.
Issues in General Equilibrium (Chair: Salim Rashid, University of Illinois)
Amos Witztum, London Guildhall University, Coincidence of Wants vs. Coincidence of Needs: A Smithian Based Re-examination of the Difference between Clasical and Neoclassical Conceptions of General Equilibrium
Syed Ahmed, McMaster University, Revival of Interest in John Rae a Century Ago: Mixter, Fisher and Bohm-Bawerk
Discussants: Harry Landreth (Center College), Joseph Persky (University of Illinois at Chicago Circle), Masazumi Wakatabe (Waseda University)
The Economics of Adam Smith 3 (Chair: Bruce Elmslie, University of New Hampshire)
Sandrine Leloup, Université de Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, Smith and Bentham on Usury Laws: The Terms of the Debate
Discussants: Glen Hueckel (Purdue University), Jeff Young (St. Lawrence University)
Keynes 2 (Chair: Robert Clower)
Warren Young, Bar-Ilan University, and William Darity, Jr. (Sandy), University of North Carolina, Dissemination and Extension of IS/LM in Europe, 1937-53
Gilles Dostaler, Universite du Québec à Montréal, and Bernard Maris, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Toulouse, Dr. Freud and Mr. Keynes on Money and Capitalism
Discussants: Frank Steindl (Oklahoma State University), Ingo Barens (Bergische Universität Wuppertal), Patrick Raines (University of Richmond)
Methodological Issues in Economics 3 (Chair: Robin Neill, University of Prince Edward Island and Carleton University)
Steve Pressman, University of New Hampshire, Myrdal on Methodology
Discussants: Andreas Ortmann (Bowdoin College), Flavio Comim (University of Cambridge)
COMPLEXITY 2 (Chair: Mark Picton, Monash University)
Humberto Barreto, Wabash College, The Origins of Understanding Ecological Inference in Economics
Discussants: Humberto Barreto (Wabash College), Peter Hans Matthews (Middlebury College)
Institutions and Classical Economics (Chair: Jose Luis Cardoso, Technical University of Lisbon). Session organized by Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, and Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz
Tiziano Raffelli, University of Pisa, Italy, Classes
Antonella Picchio, University of Rome III, Subsistence
Discussants: Jose Luis Cardoso (Technical University of Lisbon), Abu Rizvi (University of Vermont)
The Making of Disciplinary Memory: Historians of Economics and Economic Thought (Chair: Steven G. Medema, University of Colorado at Denver). Session organized by Steven G. Medema.
Ingrid Rima, Temple University, The Economics of Joan Robinson: Revisiting the Questions
Peter Boettke, Manhattan College, F.A. von Hayek
Discussants: Craufurd Goodwin (Duke University), Zohreh Emami (Alverno College)
Division and Specialization of Labor (Chair to come)
E. Koritsky and V. Kruglov, N. F. Charnovsky's Organizational Theory
Discussants: David Colander (Middlebury College), Robin Rowley (McGill University)
Issues in Classical Economics (Chair: Sheila C. Dow, University of Stirling)
Dean Peterson, Seattle University, Property Notions and the Role of the Market in the Thought of Robert Wallace
Discussants: Ezra Davar, Syed Ahmed (McMaster University)
Underconsumption, Gluts and Monetary Theory (Chair: Robert Clower, University of South Carolina)
Petur O. Jonsson, Fayetteville State University, Chalmers vs. Malthus and Sismondi on Gluts; Or Imperfect Wage and Interest Rate Adjustment vs. Underconsumption.
Neil T. Skaggs, Illinois State University, Changing Views: Twentiety-Century Opinion on the Banking School-Currency Controversy
Discussants: Mauro Boianovsky (Univerdidade de Brasilia), James C.W. Ahiakpor (California State University at Hayward), Michael Lawlor (Wake Forest University)
Anglo-Saxon Insiders and Outsiders (Chair: Mark Perlman, University of Pittsburgh)
Niels Kaergard, The Royal Danish Agricultural University, The Danish Pioneers in Mathematical Economics: Why Did They Disappear?
Nahid Aslanbeigui, Monmouth University, and Verónica Montecinos, Penn State University, McKeesport, The World and U.S. Economics
Discussants: Jeff Biddle (Michigan State University), Ted Gayer (Georgetown University), Sandy Darity (University of North Carolina)
Keynes 3 (Chair: Robert Dimand)
Patrick Raines, University of Richmond, and Charles Leathers, University of Alabama, Institutional Characteristics in the Formation of Stock Prices: The Views of Veblen and Keynes
Discussants: Robert Dimand (Brock University), Ric Holt (Southern Oregon State College)
Methodological Issues in Economics 4 (Chair: Bruce Elmslie, University of New Hampshire)
Donald A. Walker, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Relevance for Present Economic Theory of Economic Theory Written in the Past
Alex Viskovatoff, Central European University, Budapest, Economics as a Self-Description of the Economy
Discussants: Andrea Salanti (Universita di Bergamo), Margaret Schabas (York University), John B. Davis (Marquette University)
COMPLEXITY 3 (Chair: Roger Koppl)
Flavio Comim, University of Cambridge, The Cambridge Approach to Complexity
Mark Picton, Monash University, The Exchange of Analogies Between Economics and Biology
Discussants: Robert Prasch (Vassar College), Perry Mehrling (Barnard College-Columbia University), Francisco Louçã (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, Universidade Tecnica de Lisbon)
Classical Method and Theory (Chair: Walter Eltis, Oxford University). Session organized by Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, and Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz.
Abu Rizvi, University of Vermont, Utility and Rationality
Vivian Walsh, Muhlenberg College, Normative and Positive Classical Economics
Discussants: Walter Eltis (Oxford University), Cristina Marcuzzo (University of Rome III)
Social Policy in the Time of Marshall (Chair: to come)
Neil Niman, University of New Hampshire, Social Policy in Marshall's Work
Joseph Persky, Marshall's Neoclassical Labor Values
Discussants: Geoff Gilbert, Betsy Clary (College of Charleston), Nahid Aslanbeigui (Monmouth University)
The Uses of Authority in Economics (Chair: Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria)
Discussants: Warren Samuels (Michigan State University), Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria), Craufurd Goodwin (Duke University)
Keynes 4 (Chair: Frank Steindl, Oklahoma State University)
Ric Holt, Southern Oregon State College, Keynes and the Good Life
Elke Muchlinski, Freie Universität Berlin, Keynes's Transformation of Orthodox Categories: A Philosophical View
Discussants: Warren Young (Bar-Ilan University), Gilles Dostaler (Universite du Québec à Montréal), Bernard Maris (LEREP Université des Sciences Sociales)
COMPLEXITY 4 (Chair: David Colander, Middlebury College)
Peter Hans Matthews, Middlebury College, Did Marx Know The Way To Santa Fe? Reflections on Evolution, Complexity and Classical Functionalism
James Wible, University of New Hampshire, Complexity and Peirce's Philosophy and Economics
Discussants: Robin Neill (University of Prince Edward Island and Carleton University), Francisco Louçã (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestao, Universidade Tecnica de Lisbon), Paul Wendt
Accumulation and Growth (Chair: Vivian Walsh, Muhlenberg College). Session organized by Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, and Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz
Cosimo Perrotta, University of Lecce, Italy, Consumption
Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz, and Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, Growth
Discussants: Vivian Walsh (Muhlenberg College), Amitava K. Dutt, (University of Notre Dame)
Bibliographic Resources (Chair: Roy Weintraub, Duke University)
(Invited Informational Session)
(to come) Director of Historical Collections, University of London
Discussants: to come
Edgeworth and Sidgwick, and Distributive Justice (Chair: Bruce Elmslie, University of New Hampshire)
Phillipe Bazard, Universite de Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, Distributive Justice and Market Process: Sidgwick and Edgeworth on the Ethical Consequences of Bargaining
Philippe Mongin, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, Reconstructing the Impartial Observer Theorem
Discussants: Ingrid Rima (Temple University), Christian Schmidt (University Paris IX), Robert Leonard (Universite du Québec à Montréal)
The Stimulus of World War II and the Cold War on Economic Thought (Chair: Robert Leonard, Universite du Québec à Montréal). Session organized by Esther-Mirjam Sent, University of Notre Dame, and Judy Klein, Mary Baldwin College and National Humanities Center
Esther-Mirjam Sent, University of Notre Dame, The Complexity of Simon
Robin Rowley, McGill University, Assisting Managerial Decisions: The Search for Convenient Operating Rules and the Discovery of Management Science
Discussants: Jeff Biddle (Michigan State University), Robert Leonard (Universite du Québec à Montréal), Craufurd Goodwin (Duke University)
The Economics of Karl Marx (Chair: Peter Hans Matthews, Middlebury College)
Cosimo Perrotta, University of Lecce, Italy, Marx's Standstill on Consumption
Discussants: Michael Perelman (California State University at Chico), Gary Mongiovi (St. Johns University)
Religious and Diverse Background of Economics 2 (Chair: to come)
Thomas Moser, The "Opus Imperfectum" and its Influence on Medieval Monetary Thought
Hamid Hosseini, King's College, Mirrors for Princes Literature as a Rich Source of Economic Thought
Discussants: Larry Moss (Babson College), to come
Early French Writings in Political Economy (Chair: to come)
Phillippe Steiner, Université Paris IX, J.B.Say and the Political Economy of His Time: A Quantitative Approach
Loïc Charles, Université de Paris, Freedom of Grain Trade and Growth in Quesnay's Analysis
Discussants: Warren Samuels (Michigan State University), Petur O. Jonsson (Fayetteville State University), to come
Socialist and Fascist Movements (Chair: to come)
Patrick J. Welch, Saint Louis University, Mercantilism and Fascism
Discussants: Dieter Schneider (Ruhr-Universität), to come
Labor and Captial (Chair: Amitava K. Dutt, University of Notre Dame). Session organized by Neri Salvadori, University of Pisa, and Heinz D. Kurz, University of Graz
Carlo Panico, University of Naples, Interest and Profit
Antonella Stirati, University of Pisa, Wages
Discusssants: Ric Holt (Southern Oregon State College), Tiziano Raffaelli (University of Pisa)
Classical Economics and the French Connection (Chair Spencer Pack, Connecticut College)
Walter Eltis, Oxford University, Condilac's Critique of French Dirigism
Discussants: Jeff Young (St. Lawrence University), Margaret Schabas (York University)
The History of Applied Economics: A Roundtable Discussion (Chairs: Roger E. Backhouse, University of Birmingham, and Jeff Biddle, Michigan State University). Session organized by Roger Backhouse and Jeff Biddle
Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University, Personnel Management: Its Roots as Applied Labor Economics
Stephen Meardon, Duke University, Economic Geography and Economic Policy in 20th Century North America
Steven Medema, University of Colorado/Denver, Public Choice Analysis as a Case Study in the Professionalization of Economics
Judy Klein, National Humanities Center and Mary Baldwin College, From Normative, Applied Economics to Positive, Pure Economics via Statistical Quality Control in WWII
Robert S. Goldfarb, George Washington University, The "Rationality" of Economic Forecasts
Warren Young, Bar Ilan University, Atomic Energy Costing in the US and UK: Economists vs. Scientists, Engineers, Bureaucrats, and Politicians
Robert Dimand, Brock University, Strategic Games from Theory to Application
Remembrance and Appreciation: Symposium in Honor of Martin Bronfenbrenner (Chair: Larry Moss, Babson College). Session organized by Larry Moss.
Tamotsu Matsuura, Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku Martin Bronfenbrenner as a Colleague
Craufurd Goodwin, Duke University, Martin Bronfenbrenner as a Referee for HOPE
Samuel Hollander, University of Toronto (Emeritus), Martin Bronfenbrenner as a Comrade-in-Arms in Establishing the "new classical economics"
June Bronfenbrenner, Martin Bronfenbrenner as a Father and Teacher