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HOPE conference announcement
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpspan style=font-size: 1.2em;The annual /History of Political Economy/ Conference -- this year on the topic quot;Robert Solow and the Development of Growth Economicsquot; -- will be held 25-27 April 2008 at Duke University.nbsp; Further information, including... Read more...
Published 10 months ago

Conferences in the History of Economics
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlp3 conference announcements of interest to historians of economics have come in recently:/p pspan style=font-size: 0.8em;1nbsp; )from Steve Medema) The 40th annual strongUK History of Economic Thought br /Conference /strongwill be held /spanspan... Read more...
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Rawls on Robbins
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpHere's a taste of what David will talk about at the Robbins conference in London.nbsp; We've obtained a number of Rawls' copies of books by economists, including Rawls' copy of a... Read more...
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Nature and Significance: Robbins at 75
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpThe Robbins conference website is now set to go!nbsp; br /stronga href=http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/lionelrobbins/conferenceprogramme.asphttp://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/lionelrobbins/conferenceprogramme.asp/a/strong /p/div Read more...
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Lionel Robbins, Nature and Significance of Economic Science
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpspan style=font-size: 0.8em;Readers know that I studied with Sam Hollander.nbsp; Perhaps because of this, I have long felt that Sam's teacher, a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_RobbinsLionel Robbins/a, deserves more recognition than he has been... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

Leo Thorsness -- modern day hero
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpYesterday we took a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_K._ThorsnessColonel Leo Thorsness,/a a href=http://jepson.richmond.edu/leader/2007.htmleader in Residence/a at the a href=http://jepson.richmond.edu/index.htmJepson School of Leadership/a Studies, to... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

HE position at James Madison
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpspan style=font-size: 0.8em; Barkley Rosser, at JMU, has posted this note at the HES list:/span/pblockquotepspan style=font-size: 0.8em; I am pleased to announce that there is a tenure track, assistant professor job opening available/spanat James Madison... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

Eugenics resurfaces
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpDavid Levy and I recently wrote this in the wake of James Watson's recent resignation:/pblockquotepspan class=vitstorybodyspan class=vitstorybodyp Watson’s remarks call to mind debates in the 19th Century over Ireland and the West Indies. There, too, the... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

History of recent economics, mechanism design, etc.
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpThe recent Nobel set off a flurry of remarks to which I don't hope to add.nbsp; But I should say that it also prompted a note to me from a href=http://etd.nd.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-12122004-195439/Kyu Sang Lee/a, former a... Read more...
Published 11 months ago

HES line up for Allied Social Sciences Association annual meeting
div xmlns=http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlpspan style=font-size: 0.8em;Perry Mehrling has lined up a terrific set of sessions for the ASSAs.nbsp; If you're going, check these out.nbsp; The ASSAs allocate sessions and pay attention to attendance (someone counts!) so we need a good turn out for... Read more...
Published 12 months ago