Announcement
Throughout
the history of the field, the distance separating economic inquiry
and politics, broadly defined, has never been very great. Whether
one considers the birth of the discipline as political economy,
the political critiques of mainstream economic theory as a form
of "apologetics", or the use of the "objective"
tools of neoclassical economics to explain public choice and political
processes, to mention but a few areas, questions of politics, value
judgment and ideology have always permeated the discipline.
The purpose of this conference will be to examine anew the connections
between economics and politics, at a time when the issue has arguably
ceased to be an issue of intellectual debate. The scope of the conference
will be broad and all proposals treating the topic will be considered.
Potential areas that might be examined include, but are by no means
limited to, the following:
- How
have political committments shaped the theoretical work of individual
thinkers? And what can be said about influence in the opposite direction?
- How have various movements or schools of thought reconciled their
political engagements and the pursuit of "dispassionate"
scientific inquiry?
- What role has economic theory played in shaping public political
debates?
- What political committments, if any, are implied by different
understandings of the economic agent, or different conceptions of
economic rationality?
- How have changes such as the computer's "domination"
of economics, or the rise of experimental economics, affected the
political dimension of the discipline?
- What has been the role of economic lobbies and corporate interests
in the definition of public policies?
- How has the distinction between economics as "science"
and as "art" affected the politicization or de-politicization
of the field?
Programme
THURSDAY,
March 25th
8:00
pm
Pre-conference dinner (Restaurant Le Boulingrin) |
FRIDAY,
March 26th
9:00
am
Welcome and registration |
10:00
am
Invited lecture
Kenneth Hoover (Western Washington University, U.S.A.), Economics
as Ideology: Keynes, Laski, Hayek and the Oppositional Bind |
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12:00
am
Sophie Jallais, Pierre-Charles Pradier and Francisco Vergara
(University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France),
John Neville Keynes and the neutrality of economic science.
Discussant: Robert Nadeau (University of Quebec at Montreal,
Canada)
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2:30
pm
Stephen Meardon (Bowdoin College, U.S.A.), Postbellum Protection
and Commissioner Wells's Conversion to Free Trade.
Discussant: Alain Marciano (University of Reims Champagne
Ardenne).
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3:30
pm
Gilles Dostaler, (University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada),
Keynes's politics: vision and action.
Discussant: Dorothée Rivaud-Danset (University of Reims
Champagne Ardenne).
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5:00
pm
Arianne Dupont (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne,
France), Frischian Econometrics: how to intertwine heuristic
and political ambitions.
Discussant: Stephen Meardon (Bowdoin College).
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8:00
pm
Conference Dinner (Restaurant Le Continental) |
SATURDAY,
March 27th
9:30
am
Anna-Maria Bianchi, (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil),
Albert Hirschman in Latin America.
Discussant: José Luis Cardoso (Technical University of
Lisbon)
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10:30
am
Guido
Erreygers (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Giovanni Di
Bartolomeo (University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy), Eugenio
Rignano's Inheritance Tax Proposal.
Discussant: Ana Maria Bianchi (Universidade de São
Paulo).
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12:00
am
Fabienne
Peter (Universty of Basel, Switzerland), Aggregative Democracy
and the Concept of Legitimacy: The Challenge from Deliberative
Democracy.
Discussant: Maurice Lagueux (University of Montreal, Canada).
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2:00
pm
Ozgur Gun and Martino Nieddu (University of Reims, France)
The political reasons for the introduction of altruism hypothesis
in contemporary economic theory.
Discussant: Isabelle This (University of Paris 1).
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3:00
pm
Philip Mirowski and S.-K. Lee (University of Notre-Dame, U.S.A.),
Political dimensions of Vernon Smith's experimental economics.
Discussant: Albert Jolink (Erasmus University of Rotterdam)
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List
of participants
| Alain
Marciano (University of Reims, Champagne Ardenne) |
| Albert
Jolink (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) |
| Ana
Maria Bianchi (University of São Paulo, Brazil) |
| Arianne
Dupont (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) |
| Dorothée
Rivaud-Danset (University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, France) |
| Fabienne
Peter (University of Basel, Switzerland) |
| Francisco
Vergara (University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) |
| Gilles
Dostaler (University of Quebec, Montréal, Canada) |
| Giovanni
Di Bartolomeo (University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy) |
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Guido
Erreygers (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
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| Isabelle
This (University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) |
| José
Luis Cardoso (Technical University, Lisbon) |
| Kenneth
Hoover (Western Washington University, USA) |
| Martino
Nieddu (University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, France) |
| Maurice
Lagueux (University of Montreal, Canada) |
| Ozgur
Gun (University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, France) |
| Philippe
Fontaine (Université des Antilles, Guyane) |
| Pierr-Charles
Pradier (University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) |
| Robert
Leonard (University of Quebec, Montréal) |
| Robert
Nadeau (University of Quebec, Montréal, Canada) |
| S.-K.
Lee (University of Notre-Dame, U.S.A.) |
| Sophie
Jallais (University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) France) |
| Stephen
Meardon (Bowdoin College, USA) |
Organising
Committee
Alain
Marciano (University of Reims, Champagne Ardenne)
José Luis Cardoso (Technical University, Lisbon)
Philippe Fontaine (Université des Antilles, Guyane)
Albert Jolink (Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
Robert Leonard (University of Quebec, Montréal)
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