I Workshop in The History of Economic Theory (WHET) - Programme

I Workshop in The History of Economic Theory (WHET), "Market, Money and State. Analytical Tools of the Mercantile Era", October 30th, 2009, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville.
Programme
10.15-11.30 Monetary Theory
Discussion Leader: Kepa Ormazabal, Universidad del País Vasco. Background reading: ”Lowndes and Locke on the value of money” (2007) “Locke, Lowndes and a couple of “ticklish” economic problems” (2009)
11.45-12.30 Monetary Stability
Discussion Leader: Claudia de Lozanne Jefferies, City University. Background reading: “Monetary Theory and Monetary Policy in Castile during the first half of the 17th Century” (2009)
12.30-13.15 Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy
Discussion Leader: Cecilia Font de Villanueva, Universidad Carlos III. Background reading: “Reforma monetaria en Castilla en el siglo XVII” (2008)
15.00-16.15 Markets and Price Stability
Discussion Leader: José M. Menudo. Universidad Pablo de Olavide. Background reading: “Double Competition and Market Stability in Sir James Steuart” (2008)
16.30-17.15 Exchanges in terms of Money
Discussion Leader: Ramón Tortajada. Universté Pierre Mendès France. Background reading: “La théorie de détermination des prix de Richard Cantillon” (2009)
17.15-18.00 State and Development
Discussion Leader: Fernando López Castellano, Universidad de Granada. Background reading : “El mercantilismo o la estrategia de la seducción” (2009).
Those who may wish to take part in this first session of the Workshop are kindly requested to confirm their attendance by e-mail to any of the members of the Organizing Committee: José M. Menudo (jmmenpac@upo.es) or Kepa Ormazabal (kepa.ormazabal@ehu.es) before 25 September 2009. There are no inscription fees. The papers presented at the Workshop by the speakers will be available online as of 1 October 2009.
For further information, please visit the web site http://www.upo.es/econ/

Interdisciplinary Workshop on Either Side of Money Economic Theory

Interdisciplinary Workshop on Either Side of Money Economic Theory, 18-19 September 2009, Université Paris X - Nanterre, 92001 Nanterre cedex
Money – its existence and its properties – is a common concern for social scientists, economists included. But economists and other social scientists scarcely meet and debate together on the state of the art in their respective disciplines. When they do, a lack of reciprocal knowledge makes discussion difficult and not free of misunderstandings. Economists are not the sole to be blamed. As specialization in research is increasing it is more and more difficult for each of us to keep an eye on what is going on in other disciplines. This is especially true for economics.
Economic theory has experienced deep transformations in the field during the last 20 years. The existence of a monetary equilibrium has been proved for the first time with money conceived as an intermediary of exchange (Iwai, Kiyotaki & Wright, etc.). Many traditional views have been restated in new terms, thanks to search-theoretic approach. Money finds a room in economy as a remedy either to barter inconveniences or to private information on commodities (Williamson & Wright) or to an impossibility of commitment (Kiyotaki & Moore) or to an absence of a record-keeping device (Kocherlakota), etc. Essentiality of money (Wallace) is now a prerequisite for any proposition about the properties of monetary equilibria (neutrality, optimality, etc.). Studying money along these lines economists have dealt with themes usually treated by social scientists, as social norms (Araujo), gift economies (Kocherlakota) to say nothing about trust. Have they built a bridge between economics and other social sciences or have they simply invaded and colonized sociology and anthropology? How worth are the recent advances in money economic theory from the point of view of social sciences at large?
The purpose of the workshop, whose title alludes to Georg Simmel, is to allow economists working along the new trends in money theory to meet social scientists working along their own lines (or the other way round). Not only a better reciprocal knowledge will result from such a confrontation but also a more precise assessment of what has been done in a recent past and, hopefully, some cross-fertilization in the future.
Further information at:
http://economix.u-paris10.fr/en/activites/colloques/?id=95

Alfred Marshall e le origini della scuola di Cambridge

E' uscita in libreria l'antologia Alfred Marshall e le origini della scuola di Cambridge, a cura di Tiziano Raffaelli, Le Monnier Università, Firenze 2009, pp. 320, Euro 23,50. L'antologia si compone di sei parti - metodo, analisi, moneta, economia industriale, economia del benessere ed economia e società - e raccoglie scritti di Marshall, Pigou, Chapman, Lavington ed Andrews.

ESHET Young Scholars Seminar

ESHET invites young scholars (i.e. those who are working on or have just completed a PhD, regardless of their age) to submit their work to the Young Scholars Seminar to be held on the occasion of the 2010 ESHET Conference, which will take place at the Amsterdam School of Economics at the University of Amsterdam in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 25 to 28 March 2010.
Four submissions will be selected: ESHET will cover board, accommodation and registration fees plus travel expenses up to €300. The authors of the selected papers will have 30 minutes each to present the paper and a senior scholar, appointed by the ESHET Council, will discuss it. Papers may be on any topic relevant to the history of economics, and are not restricted to the conference theme. ESHET encourages young scholars to participate in the conference. A one-year ESHET membership is offered to all young scholars who submit a paper. Candidates should e-mail a paper no longer than 9000 words to Professors Ragip Ege and Tiziano Raffaelli (ege@cournot.u-strasbg.fr and t.raffaelli@fls.unipi.it), by 10 January 2010. The results of the selection process will be communicated to the candidates by 15 February 2010. Papers that have not been selected will be considered for presentation at other conference sessions.
More information at:
http://www.eshet.net/conference/index.php?p=33

European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) - Call for Papers Annual Conference

The 14th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) will be held at the Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The conference will take place 25-28 March 2010.
Proposals for papers or sessions on all aspects of the history of economic thought are welcome. The special theme of the conference is: The Practices of Economists in the Past and Today
For proposals for papers and sessions on all topics in the history of economics an abstract of up to 400 words for a paper and up to 600 words for a session should be submitted by November 15, 2009. To submit an abstract, register at the conference website http://www.eshet.net/conference/2010 and follow the instructions. A selection of papers from the conference will appear in a future issue of the European Journal for the History of Economic Thought.

Economia politica. Un'introduzione storica

Michele Alacevich e Daniela Parisi, Economia politica. Un'introduzione storica, Collana "Itinerari", pp. 312, € 20,00, 2009
Indice: Premessa metodologica. - I. Le origini della riflessione economica. - II. La rivoluzione scientifica e le prime sistematizzazioni del fenomeno economico. - III. I fondamenti dell'economia politica. - IV. Critiche e alternative teoriche al "classicismo" economico. - V. Dal liberismo classico all'individualismo marginalista. - VI. Sviluppi dell'impianto marginalista dalla fine dell'Ottocento ai primi decenni del Novecento. - VII. Corrosione del marginalismo e fermenti innovativi. - VIII. L'economia keynesiana. - IX. Le linee di sviluppo del pensiero keynesiano e il pensiero economico eterodosso. - X. L'economia dello sviluppo. - XI. Sviluppi teorici nel secondo dopoguerra. - Appendice. Contenuti e metodi della storia del pensiero economico del '900: una proposta, di E. Roy Weintraub. - Indice dei nomi.
http://www.mulino.it/edizioni/volumi/scheda_volume.php?vista=scheda&ISBNART=13118

New Website on PhD dissertations on the history of economic thought

The ESHET website has a new link to a website called THESIS which was created by Manuela Mosca. This website would be useful for all those who write or supervise PhD dissertations in the area of the history of economics thought.
The THESIS website contains a collection of guidelines on how to write a dissertation in six languages (American/English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish--and we are currently looking for versions in additional languages).
The link to THESIS website is intended to be sent to students before they begin writing their dissertations, so that there are no difficulties with first drafts and work can progress smoothly.
From the ESHET web site at
http://www.eshet.net/
click on HET Teaching to access the link to the THESIS web site.

Ph.D. Course in European Tradition in Economic Thought - Call for Applications

The "Dipartimento di Studi sullo sviluppo economico" (http://www.unimc.it/sviluppoeconomico) and the "Scuola di Dottorato" of the University of Macerata (http://www.unimc.it/) invites applications from students wishing to undertake a three-year programme leading to a doctoral degree in the field of the "European Tradition in Economic Thought".
- Applications can be downloaded from: http://celfi.unimc.it/sda/ ---> "Bandi di Concorso e Graduatorie".
- Applications should reach the University of Macerata before the deadline (September, 4, 2009).

41st Annual UK History of Economic Thought Conference - Programme

The 41st Annual UK History of Economic Thought Conference, sponsored by the Hallsworth Foundation for the Study of Political Economy, will be held at Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre, University of Manchester, 2-4 September, 2009.
Programme and information are available at:
http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/disciplines/economics/events/hetc/.

Novità editoriali

Ross B. Emmett and Kenneth C. Wenzer (editors), "Henry George, the Transatlantic Irish, and Their Times (Research in the History of Economic Thought & Methodology)", Emerald Group, 2009
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/news_story.htm?PHPSESSID=3hosvnj9nage71ds25nn7h1en2&id=1549

Steven G. Medema, "The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas", Princeton University Press 2009
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8899.html

Warren Samuels, Jeff E. Biddle, Ross B. Emmett, and Marianne Johnson (editors), "Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (Research in the History of Economic Thought & Methodology)", Emerald Group, 2009
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContainer.do;jsessionid=0CF369D07964A8F29BFD6A7598204629?containerType=BookVolume&containerId=15001580