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HES History of Economics Society historyofeconomics.org 42nd Annual Meetings of the History of Economics Society Conference Program Michigan State University East Lansing, MI June 26-29, 2015 2 History of Economics Society Executive Committee President Jeff Biddle, Michigan State University President-Elect Mauro Boianovsky, Universidade de Brasilia Vice-President Maria Pia Paganelli, Trinity University Secretary Marianne Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Treasurer Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University Past President Robert Leonard, Université du Québec à Montréal Past Past President Margaret Schabas, University of British Columbia Elected Committee Members John Berdell, DePaul University (2018) Beatrice Cherrier, Université de Caen (2018) Ivan Moscati, University of Insubria (2017) Rebecca Gomez-Betancourt, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (2017) Editor Stephen Meardon, Bowdoin College Journal of the History of Economic Thought List Moderator Humberto Barreto, DePauw University Archivist Craufurd Goodwin, Duke University 3 Prizes and Honors Distinguished Fellow Roger E. Backhouse Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics University of Birmingham Presidential Address Robert Leonard Professor of Economics Université du Québec à Montréal Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Prize Manuela Fernández Pinto “Learning from Ignorance: Agnotology’s Challenge to Philosophy of Science” University of Notre Dame, 2014 HES Best Article Award Kevin D. Hoover “On the Reception of Haavelmo’s Econometric Thought”, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, vol. 36, no. 1 (2014) 4 Warren J. and Sylvia J. Samuels Young Scholars HES 2015 These awards are made possible thanks to the generous donation of Warren J. and Sylvia J. Samuels. Subsequent donors have allowed us to expand the offerings, and more contributions would be appreciated. The awards, sponsored by the History of Economics Society, honor the following young scholars for the promise of their research and writing. Constance André-Aigret, Université Lumière Lyon 2 Victor Bianchini, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Natália Bracarense, North Central College Fabian Braeseman, Vienna University of Economics and Business Lucy Brillant, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Juan Carvajalino, Université du Québec à Montréal Gabriele Ciampini, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Pierrick Dechaux, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Christopher England, Georgetown University Erich Pinzon-Fuchs, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne A. Reeves Johnson, University of Missouri-Kansas City Pierre Leviaux, Laboratoire d’Économie des Transports Clara Elisabetta Mattei, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa) Pierre-Hernan Rojas, Université Paris Dauphine John D. Singleton, Duke University Adrien Vila, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales 5 Program at a Glance Friday June 26 4:30 - 6:00 PM Plenary Session: Presentations by 2015 HES Award Winners 6:30 PM Opening Reception Saturday June 27 8:30 - 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 10:00 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break 10:30 - 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 1:30 - 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 3:30 - 4:30 PM Plenary Session: Bruce Kaufman, Invited Speaker 5:00 PM History of Economics Society Business Meeting Sunday June 28 8:30 - 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 - 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 1:15 - 2:15 PM Plenary Session: Dan Hamermesh, Invited Speaker 2:45 - 4:45 PM Concurrent Sessions 5:00 - 6:16 PM Plenary Session: Distinguished Fellow Award to Roger Backhouse; Presidential Address by Robert Leonard 7:00 PM Annual HES Banquet Monday June 30 8:30 - 10:00 AM Concurrent Sessions 10:00 - 10:30 AM Coffee Break 10:30 - 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions 6 Program in Detail All conference sessions, plenary sessions, the business meeting, coffee breaks and exhibitor tables are in Brody Hall. 241 W Brody Road, East Lansing, MI 48825 Friday June 26 Plenary Session: Presentations by 2015 HES Award Winners 4:30 - 6:00 PM Location: Brody Hall, 241 W Brody Rd, Brody Auditorium Room 112 Opening Reception 6:30 PM Location: Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, 219 South Harrison Road, East Patio Saturday June 27 8:30 - 10:00 AM 4 concurrent sessions James and J. S. Mill Location: Room 134 Chair: Kirsten Madden, Millersville University John Stuart Mill and William Stanley Jevons on the Economic Value of Women’s Household Activity Virginie Gouverneur, Pôle d'Histoire et d'Analyse des Représentations Economiques Discussant: Kirsten Madden, Millersville University Labour Managed Firms in 19th Century Economic Thought Joseph Persky, University of Illinois at Chicago Discussant: Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University Inquiry Into James Mill's Interpretation of Adam Smith's Love of Praiseworthiness Victor Bianchini, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Discussant: J. Garrido, Universidad del Desarrollo 7 Saturday, 8:30 – 10:00 AM Macroeconomics in the Post-War Era Location: Room 112 Chair: Kevin Hoover, Duke University Understanding Robert Lucas (1967-1981) Alexandre Andrada, Universidade de Brasília Discussant: James Wible, University of New Hampshire The First Keynesian Reactions to Lucas’s Macroeconomics of Equilibrium Danilo Da Silva, Federal University of ABC, Brazil Discussant: Erich Pinzon-Fuchs, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Lawrence R. Klein and the Making of Macroeconometrics Erich Fuchs, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Discussant: Kevin Hoover, Duke University Alternative Approaches to Development Economics Location: Room 138 Chair: Rebeca Gomez Betancourt, Université Lumière Lyon 2 Business Cycles as the Foundation of Development Economics Natalia Bracarense, North Central College Discussant: Michele Alacevich, Loyola University Maryland The Self Sufficient Village Economy and Gandhi's Economic Ideas Sunil Karintha, Hyderabad Central University Discussant: Balbir Sihag, University of Massachusetts Lowell Human Capital, Give Us Theoretical Foundations Please! Sylvère Matéos, Université Lumière-Lyon 2 Discussant: Roger Backhouse, University of Birmingham 8 Saturday Economists and Philosophers Location: Room 175 Chair: Polly Cleveland, Columbia University Rawls and Knight David Coker, George Mason University Discussant: Ross Emmett, James Madison College, Michigan State University Henry George and John Dewey: The Spatial Economics of Culture Christopher England, Georgetown University Discussant: Polly Cleveland, Columbia University Hempel and the Economists Julie Ragatz, Temple University Discussant: D. Wade Hands, University of Puget Sound Coffee Break 10:00 – 10:30 AM Room 136 June 27 Saturday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM 4 concurrent sessions Empirical Economics and Political Economy in the 20th Century Location: Room 112 Chair: Thomas Stapleford, University of Notre Dame General Discussant: Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria Rediscovering the 1%: Economic Expertise and Inequality Knowledge Daniel Hirschman, University of Michigan Measuring, Managing, and Inventing the Economy: The Case of the National Bureau of Economic Research Timothy Shenk, Columbia University Interwar Comparisons: The Divergent Paths of Early Econometrics in Europe and the United States Thomas Stapleford, University of Notre Dame 9 Saturday, 10:30 – 12 Noon Adam Smith I - The Theory of Moral Sentiments Location: Room 134 Chair: Jerry Evensky, Syracuse University Responsibility and Moral Education: Rethinking Smith’s Impartial Spectator and the Virtues Joseph Blosser, High Point University Discussant: Matthew Gaetano, Hillsdale College Moral Sentiments and the Perspective of the Other in the Adam Smith System of Natural Liberty Jose de la Cruz Garrido, Universidad del Desarrollo Discussant: J. Daniel Hammond, Wake Forest University Adam Smith, Moral Sentiments, and the Welfare State Eric Hammer, George Mason University Discussant: Bruce Kaufman, Georgia State University How Far is Schadenfreude from Resentment—and Vanity from the Desire for Gratitude? Elias Khalil, Monash University Discussant: Jerry Evensky, Syracuse University Theory and Method in Historical Research Location: Room 138 Chair: Lawrence Boland, Simon Fraser University History of Economic Thought and Enhancing the Sustainability of Political Economy Itself Yadollah Dadgar, University of Illinois Discussant: Cheng Li, Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Cliometrics of Growth and Biology in the Economic Thought of Fogel (post 1982) and Galor (2013): A Methodological Critique Pierre Leviaux, Laboratoire d’Économie des Transports Discussant: José Edwards, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Causality and Structure in Economic and Historical Processes Josef Taalbi, Lund University Discussant: Lawrence Boland, Simon Fraser University 10 Saturday Welfare Location: Room 175 Chair: Joseph Persky, University of Illinois at Chicago An History of Welfare Economics Antoinette Baujard, Université Jean Monnet de Saint-Etienne Discussant: Steve Medema, University of Colorado Denver John Krutilla and the "Ecological Turn" in Environmental Economics Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University Discussant: Polly Cleveland, Columbia University June 27 Saturday 1:30 - 3:00 PM 4 concurrent sessions On the Collection and Use of Economic Data Location: Room 112 Chair: Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria Origins and Implications of Chicago Futures Markets Regulations and Regulatory Institutions John Berdell, DePaul University Discussant: Humberto Barreto, DePauw University The Katona-Tobin Controversy on the Predictive Value of Attitudinal Data Pierrick Dechaux, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne