ASSA Sessions

12:30 PM – 2:15 PM (EST)

Hosted By: Association for Evolutionary Economics & History of Economics Society

Philadelphia Convention Center

Chair: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Sapienza University of Rome

JEL Classifications

• B5 – Current Heterodox Approaches
• E0 – General

Du Bois’ and Veblen’s Concepts of Relative Position: Common Ground for Stratification Economics and Institutionalist Economics?
John Davis, Marquette University

Regulating Monopoly Layoffs and the Problem of the “Reserve Army of Labor” in Economic Thought
Pascal McDougall, University of Ottawa

Tracing the Redlining Legacy of the New Deal: A Developmental and Institutional Analysis through Gunnar Myrdal (1944, 1957)
Andre de Jesus Torres, Federal University of ABC

Do Distributional Issues Matter in the Teaching of Economics
Gianfranco Tusset, University of Padua

2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (EST)

Hosted By: History of Economics Society

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown

Chair: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Sapienza University of Rome

JEL Classifications

• B3 – History of Economic Thought: Individuals
• B2 – History of Economic Thought since 1925

How Is It Possible That Marshall Is Still Alive After Sraffa’s 1925/1926 Devastating Critique?
Andrea Salanti, University of Bergamo

Sraffa and the Capital Controversy: Evidence from the Sraffa Archive (1960-1966)
Andres Lazzarini, Goldsmiths University of London

Sraffa and Wittgenstein on Language and Method
Gary Mongiovi, St. John’s University

The 1960 Review of Production of Commodities by John Eaton and the Discussion on Sraffa after Marx
Riccardo Bellofiore, University of Bergamo
Scott Carter, University of Tulsa

Discussant(s)
John Davis, Marquette University
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Sapienza, Università di Roma

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM (EST)

Hosted By: History of Economics Society & History of Economics Society

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown

Chair: Gary Mongiovi, St. John’s University

JEL Classifications

• B2 – History of Economic Thought since 1925
• B3 – History of Economic Thought: Individuals

Garegnani on Surrogate Capital
Saverio Fratini, Roma Tre University

Garegnani and the Neo-Walrasians: Attempts at Communication
Paolo Trabucchi, Roma Tre University

Garegnani and the Keynesian Hypothesis in the Analysis of Growth: Some Evidence from the Manuscripts
Attilio Trezzini, Roma Tre University

Discussant(s)
Gary Mongiovi, St. John University
Ariel Dvoskin, University of Missouri
Nina Eichacker, University of Rhode Island

10:15 AM – 12:15 PM (EST)

Hosted By: History of Economics Society & History of Economics Society

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown

Chair: Nina Eichacker, University of Rhode Island

JEL Classifications

• B2 – History of Economic Thought since 1925
• E0 – General

Economic and Political Freedom: A Note on Keynes’ Liberalism and the Social Philosophy of The General Theory
Matías Vernengo, Bucknell University

Before the Multiplier: English Actuaries and the Growth of Financial Capitalism
Marc Flandreau, University of Pennsylvania

From Commerce to Consumption: Keynes’s Break with Trade-Centered Economic Theory
Zachary Carter, Indipendent Scholar

A re-reading of the chapter 4 of Keynes’s General Theory on the choice of the units of measure: “complex or manifold” economic magnitudes
Anna Carabelli, University of Piemonte Orientale

Discussant(s)
Nina Eichacker, University of Rhode Island
Massimo Cingolani, European Investment Bank-Luxemburg

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (EST)

Hosted By: History of Economics Society

Marriott Philadelphia Downtown

Chair: Riccardo Bellofiore, University of Bergamo

JEL Classifications

• B2 – History of Economic Thought since 1925
• E0 – General

Abba Lerner’s Functional Finance and Hyman Minsky’s Financial Instability: How to Stabilize Unstable Capitalism?
Faruk Ülgen, Faculty of Economics of Grenoble

The Treatise on Probability and Keynes Critique of “The Classics”
Massimo Cingolani, European Investment Bank-Luxemburg

History of Macroeconomic Thought and the Phenomenon of Aggregate Fluctuations (From the 20th to the Early 21st Century)
Benjamin Lopez, Faculty of Economics of Grenoble

Walther Rathenau: A New Economy Model to Rationalize Capitalism for the Common Good
Alain Laurent, Faculty of Economics of Grenoble

Discussant(s)
Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay, University of Lorraine
Riccardo Bellofiore, University of Bergamo
Attilio Trezzini, Roma Tre University
Anna Carabelli, University of Piemonte Orientale