Blog dell'Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Economia Politica (STOREP)

Convegno "Il problema della valutazione della ricerca nelle scienze sociali" _ Programma

2009-11-09T09:00:00.000+01:00

Giornata di studio su
IL PROBLEMA DELLA VALUTAZIONE DELLA RICERCA NELLE SCIENZE SOCIALI
25 Novembre 2009
Aula 15, Facoltà di Economia, Via dei Caniana 2, Bergamo

PROGRAMMA

9.00–9.30: Indirizzi di saluto
Annalisa Cristini, Direttrice del Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
Gianpietro Elvio Cossali, Delegato del Rettore alla ricerca scientifica di Ateneo

9.30–10.00: Introduzione ai lavori
Anna Carola Freschi, Stefano Lucarelli, Giovanna Vertova

10.00–10.30: E’ lecito usare lo Impact Factor per valutare la qualità della ricerca?
Alessandro Figà Talamanca, Università La Sapienza, Roma

10.30–11.00: Valutazione della ricerca e pluralismo in economia politica
Roberto Artoni, Università L. Bocconi, Milano

11.00-11.30: Coffee break

11.30–12.00: Valutare la ricerca in Scienza politica e Sociologia. L’esperienza CIVR Area 14
Stefano Bartolini, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Direttore del Robert Schuman Center for
Advanced Studies, Coordinatore CIVR area 14

12.00–13.00: Discussione

13.00–14.30: Buffet

14.30–15.00: Riflessioni sulle trasformazioni delle pratiche di ricerca negli studi storici
Maria Grazia Meriggi, Università di Bergamo

15.00–15.30: Chi custodisce i custodi? Open access e autonomia della comunità scientifica
Maria Chiara Pievatolo, Università di Pisa, Gruppo Open Access CRUI

15.30–16.00: Editoria e ricerca: l’esperienza de Il Mulino
Andrea Angiolini, Responsabile settore Editoria elettronica, membro della direzione
editoriale de Il Mulino

16.00 – 17.00: Discussione

Organizzatori: Anna Carola Freschi, Stefano Lucarelli e Giovanna Vertova

Workshop STOREP, Siena 18-19 dicembre 2009 - Programme

2009-11-06T09:00:00.001+01:00

STOREP WORKSHOP
“ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO THE BUILDING OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS IN THE YEARS OF HIGH THEORY”
December 18-19, 2009
Collegio S. Chiara, Università di Siena

PROGRAMME

Friday 18th December 2009

9.00 -9.15 Introduction
Annalisa Rosselli, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Presidente STOREP
Massimo Di Matteo, Università di Siena

9.15-10.45
Alfredo Medio, Università di Udine, Equilibrium and Stability in Economic Dynamics
Alessandro Vercelli, Università di Siena & Serena Sordi, Università di Siena, The marxian roots of economic dynamics: the years of high theory

10.45-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-12.45
Marji Lines, Università di Udine, Dynamical Aspects in the Modelling of Economic Fluctuations
Michael Assous, Université de Paris 1, Early Keynesian Models and the Emergence of Endogenus Cycle Theories

12.45-14.00 Lunch

14.15-15.45
Pierangelo Garegnani, Università di Roma 3 & Paolo Trabucchi, Università di Roma 3, Some notes on the call for a 'dynamics' in the pure theory of the 30's and its significance in the evolution of neoclassical theory
Franco Donzelli, Università di Milano, Hicks on equilibrium, disequilibrium, and dynamics in the 1930s and beyond

15.45-16.00 Coffee break

16.00-18.15
Massimo Di Matteo, Università di Siena, Economic Dynamics as a Succession of Equilibria
Mario Pomini, Università di Padova, Beyond the static general equilibrium: the idea of dynamic equilibrium in the interwar period
Goulven Rubin, Université de Paris 8 Saint-Denis, Hicks and the ‘economics of depression’ in the 1930s

20.00 Dinner

Saturday 19th December 2009

9.00-11.15
Michel De Vroey, Université Catholique de Louvain, & Pierre Malgrange, Université Catholique de Louvain, Dynamizing the IS-LM model: Klein's contribution
Ronny Mazzocchi, Università di Siena, Roberto Tamborini, Università di Trento, & Hans Michael Trautwein, University of Oldenburg, The Two Triangles: What did Wicksell and Keynes know about macroeconomics that modern economists do not (consider)?
Ferdinando Meacci, Università di Padova, The Disappointment of Expectations: The Years of High Theory Versus The Years of Rational Expectations

11.15-11.45 Coffee break

11.45-13.15
Luca Pensieroso, Université Catholique de Louvain, Real Business Cycle Models of the Great Depression
Gianfranco Tusset, Università di Padova, Going back to the origins of econophysics: Luigi Amoroso

13.15 End of the Workshop

Website: http://www.storep.org/workshopdynamics/index.htm

International Conference of the Charles Gide Association for the Study of Economic Thought (ACGEPE) - Reminder November 27, 2009

2009-11-04T09:43:00.002+01:00

Call for papers International Conference of the Charles Gide Association, Paris - May 27 to 29, 2010.
The International Conference of the Charles Gide Association for the Study of Economic Thought (ACGEPE) will be held at University of Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, from May 27 to 29, 2010, on the theme of “Institutions in economic thought”. Communications in history of economic thought on other issues are also welcomed.
Pr. Steven Medema, Pr. Claude Ménard and Pr. Malcolm Rutherford, will give plenary addresses.
The deadline for sending proposals, including open sessions, is November 27, 2009. The call for papers and additional information are provided at http://colloquegide2010.univ-paris1.fr

The Warren J. and Sylvia J. Samuels Young Scholars Program

2009-11-03T08:39:00.001+01:00

The Samuels Young Scholars Program is dedicated to maintaining the field of the History of Economics. The Samuels Young Scholars Program, started in 2000 as an initiative from Professor Sandra Peart, is designed to support and highlight research by PhD candidates and scholars who have obtained their PhDs within the last two years. Selected participants are given the opportunity to present their work in special Young Scholar sessions at the annual HES conference.
Those chosen for the Young Scholars program sessions will receive free registration and conference dinner/banquet ticket and a year's membership of the society, which includes the society's Journal for the History of Economic Thought. Additional funding may be available to cover accommodation costs at the conference.
In addition, the HES supports the participation of Young Scholars at the Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economic Thought now held at the University of Richmond. Students at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level who wish to attend the Institute are provided a travel grant of $500. Participants who receive support from the HES are selected jointly by the HES and the SI. Interested students can obtain more information by emailing Sandra Peart speart@richmond.edu
Website: http://historyofeconomics.org/YS.cfm

Elezioni Cariche Sociali Storep

2009-11-02T09:00:00.002+01:00

Si sono concluse sabato 31 ottobre 2009 le elezioni per il rinnovo della Presidenza, del Consiglio Direttivo e del Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti dell'Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Economia Politica (STOREP).
La nuova composizione degli organi per il triennio 2009-2012 è la seguente:

Presidenza
Annalisa Rosselli (Università Roma Tor Vergata)

Consiglio Direttivo
Katia Caldari (Università di Padova)
Roberto Ciccone (Università Roma Tre)
Terenzio Cozzi (Università di Torino)
Massimo Di Matteo (Università di Siena)
Riccardo Faucci (Università di Pisa)
Alessandro Innocenti (Università di Siena)
Alessandro Lanteri (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Università Roma La Sapienza)
Aldo Montesano (Università "L. Bocconi", Milano)
Salvatore Rizzello (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
Annalisa Rosselli (Università Roma Tor Vergata)
Carlo Zappia (Università di Siena)

Collegio dei Revisori dei Conti
Alberto Baccini (Università di Siena)
Maurizio Mistri (Università di Padova)
Cosma Orsi (Università di Lugano)

Sito web: http://www.storep.org/associazione.htm#organiass

Novità editoriali

2009-10-30T10:39:00.002+01:00

G. C. Harcourt and Prue Kerr, Joan Robinson, Series: Great Thinkers in Economics,Palgrave Macmillan 2009
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=274792

John Milios and Dimitris P. Sotiropoulos, Rethinking Imperialism. A Study of Capitalist Rule, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=317681

Jean-François Ponsot and Sergio Rossi (eds.), The Political Economy of Monetary Circuits. Tradition and Change in Post-Keynesian Economics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=291084

Margaret Schabas, Carl Wennerlind (eds.), David Hume's Political Economy, Routledge, 2009.
http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/David-Humes-Political-Economy-isbn9780415494137

Richard Van Den Berg, At the Origins of Mathematical Economics. The Economics of A.N. Isnard (1748-1803), Routledge, 2009.
http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/At-the-Origins-of-Mathematical-Economics-isbn9780415547635

Ethical Codes and Income Distribution. A Study of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen

2009-10-29T14:48:00.005+01:00

Si segnala l'uscita del libro di Guglielmo Forges Davanzati, "Ethical Codes and Income Distribution. A Study of John Bates Clark and Thorstein Veblen", ISBN: 978-0-415-49411-3, Routledge, 2009, Pages 160.
About the book
In contemporary non-mainstream economic debate, it is widely thought that the functioning of a market economy needs a set of rules (i.e. institutions) which bind agents in their behaviour, allowing efficient outcomes. This idea is contrary to the General Equilibrium Model (GEM) where markets are pictured as working in an institutional vacuum and where social and historical variables play no role. However, in more recent times, a large group of economists have begun to insert social and moral variables into standard models based on the rational choice paradigm, following the increasing interest – on the part of firms – in the possible positive effects of adopting ethical codes. In this key new text Guglielmo Davanzati studies this burgeoning view that ethics and economics can be compatible. Does ‘morality’ affect income distribution? And, if so, what are the effects of the widespread adoption of ethical codes on the functioning of the labour market? Central to Davanzati’s efforts is the thesis that the roots of these new developments can be traced back to the pioneering work of Thorstein Veblen and John Bates Clark. Utilizing their contrasting works, Davanzati’s text illuminates the propagation of ethical codes within the two opposing frameworks i.e. the neoclassical and the institutional.
Davanzati’s important book will be an invaluable reference for readers interested in history of economic thought, economics and moral philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. The Genesis and the Spread of Ethical Codes 2. John Bates Clark 3. Thorstein Veblen 4. Ethical Codes and Income Distribution in the Neoclassical and Institutional Frameworks. Bibliography. Indexes
Webiste: http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/Ethical-Codes-and-Income-Distribution-isbn9780415494113

Convegno "L'evoluzione del sistema universitario tra riforme, regionalizzazione e mobilità" - Programma

2009-10-28T11:10:00.002+01:00

L' Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro” organizza il
2° Workshop Progetto Alfieri CRT -PRIN 2007
L'EVOLUZIONE DEL SISTEMA UNIVERSITARIO ITALIANO TRA RIFORME, REGIONALIZZAZIONE E MOBILITA'
Novara, 9 e 10 Novembre 2009, Facoltà di Economia, Via Perrone 18
Programma
9 NOVEMBRE 2009
9.45-10 Saluti da parte del Magnifico Rettore dell’Università del Piemonte Orientale
Prof. Paolo Garbarino
10-10.30 Eliana Baici e Carmen Aina (Università del Piemonte Orientale), “L’evoluzione del sistema universitario italiano”
10.30-11 Dino Piero Giarda (Università Cattolica) "Quale struttura per l’università italiana?"
11.15-12.45 Tavola rotonda: L’Università italiana alla vigilia di una nuova riforma
Introduce e modera: Gianni Trovati (Il Sole 24 Ore)
Interverranno: Rappresentante del Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca, Gilberto Antonelli, Università di Bologna e AlmaLaurea, Enrico Decleva, Presidente della CRUI, Dino Piero Giarda, Università Cattolica
14.30-15 Tommaso Agasisti e Giuseppe Catalano (Politecnico di Milano), "Il sistema di finanziamento pubblico delle università italiane: storia, effetti, prospettive" Discussant: Maria Luisa Bianco (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
15-15.30 Giorgio Di Pietro (Westminster Business School), “Widening the Participation in University Education: the 3+2 Model in Italy” Discussant: Simona Comi (Università di Milano Bicocca)
15.30-16 Carmen Aina, Eliana Baici e Giorgia Casalone (Università del Piemonte Orientale), “Time-to- Degree: Students’ Abilities, University Characteristics or What Else?” Discussant: Giorgio Di Pietro (Westminster Business School)
16.30-17 Giorgio Brunello (Università di Padova) Simona Comi (Università di Milano-Bicocca) e Daniela Sonedda (Università del Piemonte Orientale), “Do Training Incentive Matter? Evidence from Italian Regions” Discussant: Carlo Devillanova (Università Bocconi)
17-17.30 Paolo Ghinetti e Simone Moriconi (Università del Piemonte Orientale), “Regional Universities and Employment Ourcomes in Italy” Discussant: Giorgio Brunello (Università di Padova)
17.30-18 Gilberto Antonelli, Giovanni Guidetti (Università di Bologna) e Roberto Antonietti (Università di Padova), “Organizational Change, Skill Formation, Human Capital Measurement: Evidence From Italian Manufacturing Firms” Discussant: Giuseppe Bertola (Università di Torino)
10 NOVEMBRE 2009
10-10.30 Stella Capuano (Università di Torino), "The South-North mobility of Italian college graduates: An empirical analysis" Discussant: Paolo Ghinetti (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
10.30-11 Flavio Ceravolo (Università del Piemonte Orientale), “Internal Inequalities within a Regional University: a Problem of Individual Choice?” Discussant: Alberto Baldissera (Università di Torino)
11.30-12 Domenico Carbone (Università del Piemonte Orientale), “From University to Labour Market in a Regional Context. Evidence from the case of Eastern Piedmont University” Discussant: Carlo Barone (Università di Trento)
12-12.30 Aldo Geuna (Università di Torino), “An exploratory analysis of university industry interactions in Piemonte” Discussant: Mauro Ghinamo (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
12.30-13 Mauro Ghinamo (Università del Piemonte Orientale), “University Research and Local Innovation Systems: a Meta-Regression Analysis” Discussant: Aldo Geuna (Università di Torino)

Premio Giovani STOREP VII Convegno Nazionale

2009-10-27T15:51:00.003+01:00

Premio Giovani STOREP VII Convegno Nazionale
Il Premio è riservato a giovani studiosi che non abbiano compiuto 35 anni e che intendano sottoporre un abstract di non oltre 200 parole su ogni aspetto della storia del pensiero economico. Gli autori dei paper selezionati riceveranno un contributo di 200 euro per la partecipazione al convegno. Le richieste, corredate di un Curriculum Vitae, devono essere inviate a: segretario@storep.org entro il 31 gennaio 2010. L’esito del processo di selezione verrà comunicato ai candidati entro il 15 febbraio 2010.
Website: http://events.unitn.it/storep2010/giovani-ricercatori

Avarizia. La passione dell'avere

2009-10-26T13:04:00.003+01:00

Si segnala l'uscita in libreria del volume di Stefano Zamagni, "Avarizia. La passione dell'avere", Collana "Intersezioni", pp. 160, € 12,00, 978-88-15-13158-4, anno di pubblicazione 2009, in libreria dal 08/10/2009.

Indossando di volta in volta i panni dell'avidità, della cupidigia, dell'usura, della concupiscenza, della taccagneria o della grettezza, la vocazione camaleontica dell'avarizia è tale che essa può talvolta assumere anche le sembianze della virtù. E' il vizio più "economico" dei sette ed è un economista ad indagare le ragioni per le quali nel corso del tempo, a partire dalla tarda antichità, esso sia andato soggetto ad una pluralità di slittamenti semantici, secondo un'alternanza che non trova riscontro in nessuno degli altri vizi capitali. Da radice di tutti i mali e quindi primo dei vizi, l'avarizia diverrà seconda alla superbia durante l'alto Medioevo, per ritornare al primo posto all'epoca della Rivoluzione commerciale, e trasformarsi poi nell'Umanesimo civile - con un altro mutamento di prospettiva - in impulso alla prosperità. Nell'ultimo quarto di secolo, l'avarizia è tornata ad essere vizio, quello che più di ogni altro è cresciuto in maniera spettacolare. L'avaro di oggi è posseduto dalle cose, accumula e conserva ma non usa, possiede ma non condivide. La sua infelicità è un fallimento della volontà o della ragione?
Website: http://www.mulino.it/edizioni/volumi/scheda_volume.php?vista=scheda&ISBNART=13158

VII STOREP Conference - Call for paper

2009-10-23T13:10:00.007+02:00

VII STOREP Conference 30 May – 1 June 2010, University of Trento, Italy

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 7th Annual Conference of the Italian Association for the History of Political Economy (STOREP) will be hosted by the Department of Sociology and Social Research and the Department of Economics of the University of Trento from May 30th to June 1st 2010.

Proposals of sessions or submissions of papers concerning any aspect of the history of economic thought are welcome.

Paper abstracts of no more than 200 words or a brief (≤ 400 words) description of theme, motivation, authors and paper titles for a session should be submitted to segretario@storep.org. The deadline for submissions is January 31st, 2010. The Scientific Committee will send notice of acceptance or rejection within February 20, 2009. Completed papers will be due by May 10th, 2010.

The special theme of the conference is “The shifting boundaries between public and private in economics”.

The financial and economic crisis has once again demonstrated the importance of having clear ideas about the relationships between the public and private spheres in economics. Caught by the surprise of circumstances, governments have intervened massively in national economies and tentative steps are being taken to change the rules of the global financial and economic game. These developments are forcing economists and policy makers to revise their ideas about the boundaries between public and private. The history of economic thought provides a rich source of theories about this topic and it would be inefficient not to make use of it.

The distinction between public and private in economics is common wisdom since Aristotle’s differentiation between politics as the management of the city state, and economics as the conduct of the household. The relationships between the public and the private spheres lie at the foundation of Adam Smith’s research programme. His work is in part a critical reaction to Bernard Mandeville’s idea that private vices generate public benefits. With the exception of Mandeville and some libertarians, however, few economists have ever doubted that markets and social and political institutions, such as governments, can coexist. Either subsystem of the national or global economy has tasks that it can perform more effectively or efficiently. Keynes’ insistence on the role of fiscal policy is but an example of a full array of studies emphasizing their complementarity. It is generally agreed that a specific legal and social framework is needed to make markets work while markets generate the means with which to finance collective or public goods.

There is far less consensus about the ways in which the public domain may correct, or hamper, the functioning of the market and vice versa. Moreover, ideas on where the boundary between the two lie are subject to abrupt changes, especially in times of sudden and violent financial and economic shocks. For instance, according to economic analysis, banks, except for central banks, are private enterprises. The crisis, however, has shown that their malfunctioning is a public bad and policy makers were forced to conjure up ad-hoc measures to save banks that were too big to fail. This was tantamount to admitting that a system of private banks is a public or collective good. Yet too little had been done to safeguard its positive externalities.

Public and private domains are not completely complementary; there remains a set of goods and services that are desired by citizens yet fail to be produced by either. They are provided instead by private initiative and spontaneous social organizations in the form of collective goods, club goods and goods that are transferred for nothing from one individual to another. This continuously changing space between market and government, often referred to as “civil society”, has been examined with varying intensity in economics and in sociology. Here lies the domain of discussions on issues such as the type of pension and health insurance systems, the role of the State versus philanthropy in the redistribution of wealth, and federalism. Also, recent experimental evidence invites economists to reconsider the line that separates subjective or private costs and opportunities from objective factors such as the limits of our mental capabilities.

The purpose of the special theme of this year’s conference is to illustrate how the reasoning in terms of the boundary between public and private in the history of economics can provide a better insight on public policies, social organisations and individual behavioural patterns.

VII STOREP Conference Young Scholars Award
The award is open to young scholars (under 35 years of age) who will submit a Curriculum Vitae and a paper abstract of no more than 200 words on any topic relevant to the history of political economy. The authors of the selected papers will receive a contribution of 200 euro to cover board and accommodation. Please submit the request to segretario@storep.org by January 31, 2010. The results of the selection process will be communicated by February 15, 2010.

Organizing Committee: Jack Birner (University of Trento), Elisabetta De Antoni (University of Trento), Alessandro Innocenti (University of Siena), Carlo Zappia (University of Siena)

Website: http://events.unitn.it/en/storep2010

HES at 2011 ASSA - Call for papers

2009-10-22T09:50:00.002+02:00

The History of Economics Society (HES) will sponsor four sessions at the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) meetings, January 7-9, 2011, in Denver, Colorado. Session proposals and abstracts for papers (approximately 200 words) are welcome by May 1, 2010. Proposals should be sent to the HES Vice President, Robert Dimand, at
dimand@brocku.ca.
The ASSA offers historians of economic thought an opportunity to present high quality research to an audience of professional economists who might find aspects of the history of economics relevant for their own research agenda. From that perspective, preference will be given to submissions of whole sessions with high potential for
crossover interest.
Website: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/Annual_Meeting/index.htm

Undergraduate Ethics Symposium - Call for papers

2009-10-21T11:51:00.002+02:00

Self interest, altruism and morality -- Undergraduate Ethics Symposium
The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University is sponsoring an Undergraduate Ethics Symposium April 8-10, 2010. This conference is shaped around a series of workshops in which students present to one another their best work on a subject of ethical concern.
Writings on all areas of ethical concern are welcome and submissions focusing on Self-Interest, Altruism and Morality, Evolutionary, Religious and Philosophical Perspectives are encouraged.
Website: http://prindleinstitute.depauw.edu/programs/ethics_symposium.asp

VII Convegno Annuale STOREP - Call for paper

2009-10-20T09:43:00.013+02:00

Il VII Convegno Annuale dell’Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell’Economia Politica (STOREP) sarà ospitato dal Dipartimento di Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale e dal Dipartimento di Economia dell’Università di Trento dal 30 maggio al 1 giugno 2009.
Proposte di paper o di sessioni su tutti gli aspetti della storia del pensiero economico sono benvenute.
Un abstract di non oltre 200 parole per i paper, e una breve descrizione di non oltre 400 parole del tema, della motivazione, degli autori e dei titoli delle relazioni per le sessioni, devono essere inviati prima del 31 gennaio 2010 a segretario@storep.org. Il Comitato Scientifico comunicherà l’accettazione del paper entro il 20 febbraio 2010. La versione completa del paper dovrà essere inviata entro il 10 maggio 2010.

Il tema centrale della conferenza è "Pubblico e privato in economia: i confini sfuggenti"

La recente crisi economica e finanziaria ha dimostrato ancora una volta l’importanza di definire con chiarezza le relazioni tra sfera pubblica e sfera privata in economia. Sorpresi dagli eventi, i governi sono intervenuti attivamente nei sistemi economici nazionali e hanno iniziato a modificare le regole del gioco nella finanza e nell’economia. Questi sviluppi hanno spinto anche gli economisti e i politici a rivedere le loro idee sui confini tra settore pubblico e settore privato, travalicando anche le teorie di ispirazione keynesiana che sembravano essere state abbandonate. La storia del pensiero economico può fornire una fonte inesauribile di ispirazione a questo processo di revisione e sarebbe inefficiente non farne uso.
Aristotele è uno dei primi autori a tracciare una chiara distinzione tra settore pubblico e settore privato in economia. La relazione tra sfera pubblica e sfera privata costituisce le fondamenta del programma di ricerca di Adam Smith. Il suo lavoro è in parte una reazione critica all’idea di Bernard Mandeville che i vizi privati generano le virtù pubbliche. Con l’eccezione di Mandeville e di alcuni libertari, pochi economisti hanno messo in dubbio che i mercati e le istituzioni politiche e sociali potessero coesistere. Ogni sotto-sistema dell’economia nazionale o globale ha in effetti compiti che può svolgere con più efficacia e maggiore efficienza ed è quindi complementare agli altri. Questa complementarietà è valida nella misura in cui un determinato assetto legale e sociale è necessario per permettere che i mercati funzionino mentre producono i mezzi con cui finanziare i beni pubblici e collettivi.
Non c’è altrettanto consenso sul modo in cui il settore pubblico può correggere, o ostacolare, il funzionamento del mercato e viceversa. Le opinioni su dove vadano tracciati i confini tra i due settori sono soggette a rapidi cambiamenti, specialmente in presenza di shock finanziari ed economici improvvisi e violenti. Per esempio, secondo l’analisi economica, le banche, con l’eccezione di quelle centrali, sono imprese private. La crisi ha invece dimostrato che il loro cattivo funzionamento è un male pubblico e i politici sono stati obbligati ad adottare misure ad hoc per salvare banche di grande dimensione. Questo è equivalente ad ammettere che un sistema di banche private è un bene pubblico o collettivo. Tuttavia si è fatto molto poco per salvaguardare le sue esternalità positive.
I settori pubblico e privato non sono inoltre perfettamente complementari poiché esiste un insieme di beni e servizi che sono desiderati dai cittadini ma che entrambi i settori non sono in grado di produrre. Essi vengono di solito forniti dall’iniziativa privata e delle organizzazioni sociali spontanee nella forma di beni collettivi, beni di club e beni che vengono trasferiti gratuitamente da un individuo all’altro. Questo spazio tra mercato e governo in continua trasformazione, spesso definito come “società civile”, è stato analizzato con intensità variabile in economia e in sociologia. Su di esso si concentrano le discussioni su problemi come i sistemi pensionistici e di assicurazione sanitaria, il ruolo dello Stato e della filantropia nella redistribuzione della ricchezza e il federalismo.
Il confine tra pubblico e privato in economia appare infine influenzato dai risultati dell’economia sperimentale: essi rappresentano un invito agli economisti a riconsiderare le loro posizioni sui fondamenti della loro disciplina ed, in particolare, sulla linea che separa i costi e le opportunità private o soggettive da fattori oggettivi come i limiti delle nostre capacità mentali.
Lo scopo del tema centrale del convegno è quindi di illustrare come la riflessione degli storici del pensiero economico sui confini tra pubblico e privato in economia possa fornire un contributo essenziale alla comprensione delle politiche pubbliche, delle organizzazioni sociali e dei comportamenti individuali.

Comitato organizzatore: Jack Birner (Università di Trento), Elisabetta De Antoni (Università di Trento), Alessandro Innocenti (Università di Siena), Carlo Zappia (Università di Siena)

Website: http://events.unitn.it/storep2010

Conference on Thoughts on Economic Development, China and the West, 11-12 October 2010, Wuhan

2009-10-19T10:31:00.003+02:00

The Centre of Economic Development Research (CEDR) at Wuhan University, China, in cooperation with the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and with the Society for the Chinese History of Economic Thought (SCHET) organizes a joint conference on Thoughts on Economic Development, China and the West 11-12 October 2010, Wuhan .
Chinese traditions of economic thinking are at least as old as their European counterparts, and in various periods Chinese ideas influenced economic thinking in the West, particularly in the age of physiocracy. Different strands of Western political and economic thought have, on the other hand, made a strong impact on the development of the Chinese society and economy during the 20th century, in the transition from empire to republic, in the emergence of the people's republic, and in the ongoing process of economic transformation. This conference will take stock of the development, cross-fertilization and contextual adaption of economic ideas in China and the West. The focus is set on theories about economic order and development in China. Other relevant contributions, in particular about the development of development economics and growth economics, are also welcome.
Paper proposals submitted for the conference should thus preferably address one or more of the following themes:
- Chinese Economic Thinking before the 20th Century
- Chinese Economic Thinking in the 20th Century
- Dissemination of Western Economic Ideas in China
- Dissemination of Chinese Economic Ideas in the West
- Economic Thinking in and about the Chinese Transformation Process(es)
- The Development of Development Economics and Growth Economics
Proposals of papers plus abstracts of no more than 800 words each should be submitted electronically before 31 March 2010 to Ma Ying (yingma9494@126.com) and Hans-Michael Trautwein (michael.trautwein@uni-oldenburg.de). Applicants will be informed about a decision concerning the acceptance of their proposals before 30 April 2010. First versions of the accepted papers will have to be submitted in full by 1 August 2010. Some travel grants will be made available by the organizers.
Scientific committee: Profs. Guo Xibao, Ma Ying (CSDE), Yan Qinghua (SCHET), Harald Hagemann, Cristina Marcuzzo, Hans-Michael Trautwein (ESHET).

The Political Economy of the World Bank. The Early Years

2009-10-16T09:00:00.001+02:00

Si segnala l'uscita del volume "The Political Economy of the World Bank. The Early Years" di Michele Alacevich, Stanford University Press, 2009
The Political Economy of the World Bank: The Early Years is a fascinating study of economic history. This text describes perhaps what is the most crucial time for development economics: the birth of the "third world," the creation of development economics as a discipline, and the establishment of the World Bank's leading role in development.
Using previously unavailable archival material, Michele Alacevich takes a close look at the years during which the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development—now known as the World Bank— turned its attention from reconstruction to development, having been upstaged by the Marshall Plan.He describes the "Currie Mission" to Colombia (1949–1954), the World Bank's first general survey mission in a developing nation. With the Currie Mission as a starting point and a case study, Alacevich analyzes the complexities of the Bank's first steps toward economic and social development in poorer nations, and helps the reader understand some foundational questions about development that are still of great relevance today.
The Political Economy of the World Bank: The Early Years is essential reading for anyone interested in the economic history of international development as a lens for better understanding current development issues.
Websites: http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=17141
http://books.google.com/books/sup/?vid=ISBN0804760659

Adam Smith Review Special Issue‏ - Call for papers

2009-10-15T09:00:00.000+02:00

Is there a future for the robust sort of capitalism favoured by Adam Smith or have we reached a limit to Anglo-American capitalism as the engine of human betterment? Over the last few decades scholars from many points of view have found the basis for a uniquely defensible position in Smith's work. It is therefore appropriate that the Adam Smith Review proposes a symposium devoted to the theme: "Is Anglo-American capitalism passing away?".
The Review is particularly interested in contributions that view current economic events through a lens informed by Smith's teaching on institutions, money and economic growth.
Please send proposals and suggestions for contributions to Sandra J. Peart, Dean, Jepson School of Leadership Studies to speart@richmond.edu by October 20, 2009. Full papers to be submitted for refereeing by January 15, 2010.
Website: http://www.adamsmithreview.org/

Novità editoriali

2009-10-14T10:38:00.003+02:00

Elizabeth M. Sage, A Dubious Science: Political Economy and the Social Question in 19th-century France (Studies in Modern European History), Peter Lang Publishing 2009.
http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vID=310630&vLang=E

Richard B. McKenzie, Predictably Rational?: In Search of Defenses for Rational Behavior in Economics, Springer 2009.
http://www.springer.com/economics/book/978-3-642-01585-4

Charles P. Kindleberger, Marshall Plan Days (Routledge Revivals), Routledge 2009.
http://www.routledgeeconomics.com/books/Marshall-Plan-Days-Routledge-Revivals-isbn9780415563437

Vernon L. Smith, Rationality in Economics: Constructivist and Ecological Forms, Cambridge University Press 2009.
http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521871352

Workshop Storep Dynamics - Final Reminder

2009-10-13T14:03:00.001+02:00

Si ricorda che giovedì 15 ottobre 2009 scade il termine per sottomettere un abstract al Workshop Storep "Alternative Approaches to the Building of Economic Dynamics in the Years of High Theory", che si terrà presso il Collegio S. Chiara dell'Università di Siena il 18-19 dicembre 2009. Gli abstract devono essere inviati agli organizzatori Massimo Di Matteo (dimatteo@unisi.it) e Franco Donzelli (franco.donzelli@unimi.it).
Il call for paper è disponibile sulla pagina web del workshop:
http://www.storep.org/workshopdynamics/

Workshop “The Recession of 2008. Do Economists ever agree on Analysis and Prescriptions?"

2009-10-12T09:00:00.000+02:00

The European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and the University of Castilla La Mancha (UCLM) are jointly organizing a Workshop on: “The Recession of 2008. Do Economists ever agree on Analysis and Prescriptions?
The current financial and economic crisis has been stimulating some very important and interesting debates. On the one hand, there have been several attempts to compare it with previous crisis, especially with the Great Depression of 1929. On the other hand, the current crisis has also stimulated lively debates about the current state of economic analysis and its effectiveness in providing adequate accounts of the crisis. Hence, the current crisis has not only highlighted the changing nature of our economic reality, but also the usefulness of taking a longer view when approaching economic analysis. The potential contribution of the history of economic ideas seems to be extremely relevant on both accounts. This Workshop is aimed at analyzing the current financial and economic crisis from a history of economic thought perspective. The papers presented may offer an overview of the crisis or focus on specific issues. They may refer to the global economy or to a single region or country. The may dig on the causes, the consequences or policy recommendations.
The Workshop will take place in the Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de Albacete (University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain) on the 21 and 22 January, 2010. Albacete is a small but well connected city.
The papers should be sent to: mariaangeles.tobarra@uclm.es before 21 November 2009. Participants will receive confirmation of acceptance before 21 December 2009. The Committee will indicate the six papers selected at plenary sessions. They are supposed to cover a broad array of streams in the history of economic thought. There are no registration fees for the Workshop. ESHET and UCLM will provide three grants (of 350 euros each) to PhD students who don’t have any other source of finance and present good papers.
Scientific Committee: O. Dejuan (chair), E. Febrero, H. Hagemann, M.C. Marcuzzo
P. Teixeira.
Website: http://www.uclm.es/actividades/2009/workshopESHET-UCLM

Amos Witztum

Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Award

2009-10-09T09:00:00.001+02:00

The History of Economics Society awards yearly the Joseph J. Spengler Prize for the best book in the history of economics. Beside the honor, there is a stipend of $500 plus travel expenses up to $500 to attend Nomination process: Any publisher may nominate one or two books and should submit a nominating note and four copies of the book for each book nominated. Any individual, including a book's author, may submit a nominating note and four copies of the book nominated. Eligible books may be re-nominated in successive years. (Individual nominators may wish to ask the nominee's publisher to supply the copies. Before nominating a book, individuals may wish to check with the HES Secretary, to ensure that the book has not already been nominated). To be considered, nominations (and the four book copies) must be received no later than December 31, 2009.
Copies should be sent to the committee chair, Marianne Johnson, Department
of Economics, 800 Algoma Blvd., College of Business, University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI, 54901, USA.
Website: http://historyofeconomics.org/Spengler.cfm

The 14th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought - ESHET Young Scholars Seminar

2009-10-08T09:00:00.001+02:00

The European Society for the History of Economic Thought - 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.
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.
Scientific committee: Annie Cot (University of Paris 1), John Davis (University of Amsterdam), Harro Maas (University of Amsterdam), Tiziano Raffaeli (University of
Pisa)
Local organizing committee: John Davis (University of Amsterdam), Harro Maas (University of Amsterdam), Tiago Mata (University of Amsterdam)
Website: http://www.eshet.net/conference/sarea.php?p=33&sa=62

Convegno Societa' Italiana degli Economisti - Programma

2009-10-07T09:00:00.003+02:00

Sul sito della Societa' Italiana degli Economisti all'indirizzo http://www.sie.univpm.it (Convegni e Riunioni/50 Riunione Annuale/Programma) e' disponibile il programma della 50ma Riunione Scientifica Annuale che si terra' a Roma nei giorni 22-23-24 ottobre 2009.
Venerdì 23 ottobre alle 9,30 è in programma la sessione
ECONOMIC CRISIS: OUTCOMES AND PROSPECTS
organizzata in collaborazione tra la SIE e la STOREP
con il seguente programma
Coordina e discute: Alessandro Roncaglia
- "Dalla crisi finanziaria alla crisi valutaria? Quali prospettive?", Pietro Alessandrini e Michele Fratianni
- "Quali strumenti per evitare una crisi finanziaria di natura sistemica?", Mario Sarcinelli
- "Incominciamo a parlare della prossima crisi", Mario Tonveronachi.
Web site: http://www.sie.univpm.it

Award for Best Article in the History of Economics

2009-10-06T09:00:00.001+02:00

In 1995 the History of Economics Society established an annual award for Best Article in the History of Economics during the previous publication year. Beside the honor, there is a stipend of $500 plus travel expenses up to $500 to attend the presentation at the Society's annual conference.
Any article in the history of economics or economic thought published in English in the calendar year preceding the next Annual Meeting of the Society is eligible (e.g. calendar year 2009 for Annual Meeting in June 2010). It is recognized however, that despite official publication dates, many publications are shipped after year end. In such cases, relevant articles that are in 'proof' form, with accompanying evidence of the journal and its year of publication, may be accepted at the discretion of the Chair of the committee.
The Committee considers all nominated articles as well as all articles published in the Society's journal: Journal for the History of Economic Thought. The committee may not ask editors of journals for their nominations as editors, but editors may nominate in a personal capacity. Nomination of an article by its author is welcome.
To nominate an article, contact the 2009-10 chair of the committee, David M. Levy, by December 15, 2009. [DavidMLevy@gmail.com]
The Committee consists of Manuela Mosca (this year's prize winner), Masa Wakatabe, and Glenn Hueckel.
Website: http://historyofeconomics.org/Article.cfm

The 14th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought - Call for paper

2009-10-05T09:00:00.001+02:00

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.
As at past ESHET conferences, 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.
Website: http://www.eshet.net/conference/2010