2024 HOPE Conference: The History of Economics in the Expanded Field
Organized by Philippe Fontaine (École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay) and Joel Isaac (University of Chicago)
Friday, April 26, 2024
9:30–10:20 am Erik Baker (Harvard University), "The History of Economics as a History of Science: Paradigms, Practices, and Professionalism"
10:30–11:20 am Anne E. C. McCants (MIT), "What Role Is There for ‘the Social’ in Economic History? (or Alternatively, Might Economic History Help Us Restore Ethical Inquiry to the Discipline of Economics?)"
11:45 am-12:35 pm Jonny Bunning (Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique), "A Theory of Gary Becker"
2:10–3:00 pm William Deringer (MIT), "The 'Social Rate of Discount' and the Political Economy of the Future in Postwar America"
3:10–4:00 pm Simon Torracinta (Harvard University), “'Sign Your Work': Services and the Personalization of Productivity"
Saturday, April 27, 2024
9:30–10:20 am Stephen Macekura (Indiana University), "The Growth Concept, Decolonization, and the Global Cold War: A Study of Economic Ideas and Twentieth Century International History"
10:30–11:20 am Eli Cook (Haifa University), "Willingness to Pay: A Somewhat Political History"
11:45 am-12:35 pm Aaron Benanav (Syracuse University), "A History of Unemployment, Or, What You Call an Accountant Who Drives a Taxi?"