JM Kaplan Workshop in Political Economy at GMU

J. M. Kaplan Workshop in Political Economy -Spring 1999-

The workshop will meet in Enterprise #318 on Fridays from 2:00 to 3:30 and will be followed by a reception. Papers for the workshop will be available at Professor Boettke's office Enterprise #324 a week ahead of the scheduled talk. Participants are expected to read the paper in advance.

DATE PRESENTER PAPER TITLE

January 29 Robert Nelson, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland "Economics as Religion: The Theology of Samuelson's Economics, the Chicago School, and Other Religious Elements in Modern Economics."

February 5 NO WORKSHOP

February 12 Robert Axtell, Center for Economic and Social Dynamics, Brookings Institution "The Emergence of Firms in a Population of Agents."

February 19 NO WORKSHOP

February 25*
Note special day -- Thursday -- and time
3:00pm-4:30pm Israel Kirzner, Department of Economics, New York University "Hedgehog or Fox: Hayek and the Idea of Plan-coordination."

March 5 Ross Emmett, Department of Economics, Augustana University College
"Frank Knight, Max Weber, Chicago Economics and Institutionalism."

March 12 Steven Horwitz, Department of Economics, St. Lawrence University "'Of Human Action but not Human Design'":
Liberalism in the Tradition of the Scottish Enlightenment."

March 19 SPRING RECESS NO WORKSHOP

March 26 Charles Rowley, Department of Economics, George Mason University "Political Culture and Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa."

April 2 J. Barkley Rosser, Department of Economics, James Madison University "On the Complexities of Complex Economic Dynamics."

April 9 Duncan Foley, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research "Hyman Minsky and the Methodological Dilemmas of Modern Economics."

April 16 Steven Kan, Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University "Separation of War Powers: A Corporate Governance Perspective."

April 23 Steve Knack, School of Public Policy, American University "Women and Corruption."

April 30 Peter Klein, Department of Economics, University of Georgia "Is Entrepreneurial Error Predictable? Evidence from Corporate Divestitures"

May 7 Jeffrey Friedman, Department of Social Sciences, Harvard University "Is Freedom Intrinsically Valuable?"

DATE	PRESENTER	PAPER TITLE
January 29	Robert Nelson, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland	"Economics as Religion: The Theology of Samuelson's Economics, the Chicago School, and Other Religious Elements in Modern Economics."
February 5		NO WORKSHOP
February 12	Robert Axtell, Center for Economic and Social Dynamics, Brookings Institution	"The Emergence of Firms in a Population of Agents."
February 19		NO WORKSHOP
February 25* Note special day -- Thursday -- and time 3:00pm-4:30pm	Israel Kirzner, Department of Economics, New York University	"Hedgehog or Fox: Hayek and the Idea of Plan-coordination."
March 5	Ross Emmett, Department of Economics, Augustana University College	"Frank Knight, Max Weber, Chicago Economics and Institutionalism."
March 12	Steven Horwitz, Department of Economics, St. Lawrence University	"'Of Human Action but not Human Design'": Liberalism in the Tradition of the Scottish Enlightenment."
March 19	SPRING RECESS	NO WORKSHOP
March 26	Charles Rowley, Department of Economics, George Mason University	"Political Culture and Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa."
April 2	J. Barkley Rosser, Department of Economics, James Madison University	"On the Complexities of Complex Economic Dynamics."
April 9	Duncan Foley, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research	"Hyman Minsky and the Methodological Dilemmas of Modern Economics."
April 16	Steven Kan, Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University	"Separation of War Powers: A Corporate Governance Perspective."
April 23	Steve Knack, School of Public Policy, American University	"Women and Corruption."
April 30	Peter Klein, Department of Economics, University of Georgia	"Is Entrepreneurial Error Predictable? Evidence from Corporate Divestitures"
May 7	Jeffrey Friedman, Department of Social Sciences, Harvard University	"Is Freedom Intrinsically Valuable?"