Fourth Annual Conference on the
History of Recent Economics
3-4 June 2010
École normale supérieure de Cachan, Laplace Building, Renaudeau Room
École normale supérieure de Cachan, Laplace Building, Renaudeau Room
| 9:30-9:45 | Registration |
| 9:45–10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:00–10:55 | Matthew Wisnioski (Virginia Tech) The Age of Acceleration: Social Scientists, Engineers, and the Meaning of 'Technological Change' |
| 10:55–11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10–12:05 | Wade Hands (University of Puget Sound) Normative Rational Choice: Past, Present, and Future Discussant: Annie Cot (University of Paris 1) |
| 12:15–13:10 | François Claveau (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Policy-Oriented Behavioral Economics: Discursive Analysis of a New Phase in the Economics & Psychology Movement Discussant: José Edwards (University of Paris 1) |
| 13:10–14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30–15:25 | Matthew Hayes (St. Thomas University) The Future of Macroeconomics: Between Mediation and Optimization Functions Discussant: Yann Giraud (University of Cergy) |
| 15:35–16:30 | Nicola Giocoli (University of Pisa) Games Judges Don't Play: Predatory Pricing and US Antitrust Law Discussant: Alain Marciano (University of Reims) |
| 16:30–17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:00-17h55 | Teresa Tomas Rangil (EconomiX - Cachan) The Rise and Diffusion of Rational Choice Theory in War Explanation and Forecasting in the 1980s and 1990s Discussant: Carlo Zappia (University of Siena) |
| 20:00 | Dinner « Le Tourbillon », 45, rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris |
| 10:00–10:55 | Marion Fourcade (University of California at Berkeley) Cents and Sensibility: Economic Values and the Nature of "Nature" in France and America |
| 10:55–11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10–12:05 | Roberto Romani (University of Teramo) American Consumers Facing Inflation, 1965-79: Economic Rationality or Psychic Survival? Discussant: Tiago Mata (University of Amsterdam) |
| 12:15–13:10 | Evelyn Forget (University of Manitoba) A Tale of Two Communities: Fighting Poverty in the Great Society (1964-1968) Discussant: Jean-Baptiste Fleury (EconomiX – Cachan) |
| 13:10–14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30–15:25 | Olivier Godechot (CNRS-Centre Maurice Halbwachs) From Bettelheim and Fourastié to Guesnerie: Switching paradigm in Economics at EHESS Discussant: Marion Fourcade (University of California at Berkeley) |
| 15:35–16:30 | Béatrice Cherrier (EconomiX - Cachan) What a Difference MIT Made? Discussant: Andrej Svorencik (University of Amsterdam) |
| 16:30–17:00 | Coffee break |
| 20:00 | Dinner « Escale à Saïgon », 41, rue de la Tombe Issoire, 75014 Paris |