2024 History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Conference Joint conference with the Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought Program
Program
Wednesday 25 September
| Time | Events |
|---|---|
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Young Scholars Pre-Conference Session at Alphacrucis University College. |
| Opening Remarks Alex Millmow, Federation University; President of HETSA | |
| Research in the History of Economic Thought as a Vehicle for the Defense and Criticism of Orthodox John Lodewijks, SP Jain School of Global Management | |
| Opportunities and Challenges for Students Studying the History of Economics in Australia Paul Oslington, Alphacrucis University College | |
| Closing Remarks Riko Stevens, University of Notre Dame Australia; YSI Organiser | |
| 5:00 – 6.30 pm | Pre-Conference Reception in Alphacrucis courtyard for all HETSA conference participants |
| 6.30 pm | Young Scholars Dinner at nearby General Bourke Hotel Bistro. 74 Church St, Parramatta. |
Thursday 26 September
| Time | Events |
|---|---|
| 8.45 am | Opening Welcome by 2024 HETSA Convenor – Professor Paul Oslington, Alphacrucis University College. |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Chair: Paul Oslington. Keynote- A/Prof Ryan Walter, University of Queensland “Free Trade and Casuistry: Smith, Malthus, and Ricardo“. |
| 10:00 – 10.45 am | Chair: Paul Oslington. Keynote- A/Prof Miriam Bankovsky, La Trobe University . “Contraception and poverty in early British economic thought: From T.R. Malthus to Eleanor Rathbone” |
| 10.45 am | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 am – 12.30 pm | Papers. 19th and early 20th century Britian. Chair: Alex Millmow, Federation University. 75 mins = 25 mins each |
| Tony Aspromourgos, University of Sydney Keynes, Policy and Environmental Crisis | |
| Riko Stevens, University of Notre Dame Australia Alfred Marshall on Speculation | |
| Geoffrey Fishburn John Ruskin as Political Economist: Seven Contemporary Views | |
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | Lunch and HER editorial board meeting. |
| 1.30 pm – 3.15 pm | Papers. Australia and America. Chair: David Gilchrist, University of Western Australia. 105 mins = 26 mins each |
| William Coleman Adam Smith on Australia: A Latent Chapter of the Wealth of Nations | |
| Ernest Cheung, University of Notre Dame Australia. Colin Clark’s view of political economy in the 1950s and their relation to Catholic social teaching | |
| Alex Millmow, Federation University Man Out of Season: The Strange Afterlife of LF Giblin | |
| Matthew Frith, University of New England American Protectionist Thought: A Summary of a Neglected Tradition in the History of Economic Thought | |
| 3.15 pm | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.30 pm – 5.15 pm | Papers. Austrians and Method. Chair: Harry Bloch, Curtin University 105 mins = 26 mins each |
| Jonathan Cole, CRES Charles Sturt University The Pro-Social Utilitarian Liberalism of Ludwig von Mises | |
| Motonori Ishii, Waseda University Methodological Consistency in Early Hayek in the 1930s | |
| Nathan Cuthbertson, University of Notre Dame Australia Concentrated Benefits and Dispersed Costs: Pareto, Olson, and Ostrom Revisited | |
| Rod O’Donnell, University of Sydney Theoretical Individualism: When, and by Whom, Was it First Introduced into Social Theorising? | |
| 5.30 pm | HETSA AGM. Alex Millmow, Federation University, HETSA President. |
| 6.30 pm | Conference Dinner at Alphacrucis. After dinner speaker will be Professor Sean Turnell, Macquarie University and Lowy Institute. |
Friday 27 September
| Time | Events |
|---|---|
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Keynote – Professor T. Sakamoto, Keio University Emeritus “Adam Smith after 300 years”. (Paper) Chair Shin Kubo, Kwansei Gakuin University. Professor Sakamoto has also kindly made available his paper “A Short History of JSHET” |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Early Economic Thought. Chair: Tony Aspromourgos, University of Sydney. 60 mins = 20 mins each |
| Eiko Yamamoto, Seikei University and Meiji-Gakuin University Conflict between Boisguilbert and Vaubans reform proposals over Taille and Capitation | |
| Takashi Yagi, Meiji University Quesnay and Smith on Reproduction | |
| Brendan Long, Charles Sturt University Two senses to Smith’s Invisible (Divine) Hand | |
| 11:00 am | Morning Tea |
| 11.15 am – 12.30 pm | Papers. Schumpeter and Marx. Chair: Peter Docherty, UTS. 75 mins = 19 mins each |
| Harry Bloch, Curtin University Schumpeter on Unstable Growth under Capitalism: A Centenary Appraisal | |
| Daisuke Kobayashi, Seisa-Dohto University The Role of the London School of Economics in the Formation of Schumpeter’s Socio-Economic Dynamics | |
| Kei Ehara, Tokyo Institute of Technology Reclassifying Marxian Crisis Theories: Based on Japanese Debates | |
| Chenxi Gao, Kyushu Sangyo University ‘Regime of Need’: A Historical Construction of Marx’s Perspectives on Need | |
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 pm – 3.20 pm | Papers. Chair: John Lodewijks, SP Jain School of Global Management. 110 mins = 22 mins each |
| Jianwen Tang, Hitotsubashi University Byzantine economic thought | |
| Dennis Venter, University of Sydney Early Evolutionary Institutionalists and Quest for Better Agent-Based Models | |
| David Hart, University of Western Australia Grappling with Economic Complexity: The Idea of “Ceteris Paribus” or “Toutes Choses d’ailleurs Égales” in the Thought of J.S. Mill and Frédéric Bastiat | |
| Ian McDonald, University of Melbourne Bob Solow pragmatic theorist | |
| Paul Oslington, Alphacrucis Usury | |
| 3.30 pm – 5:00 pm | Special Session. History of Japanese Economic Thought. Chair: Shin Kubo, Kwansei Gakuin University An Australian-based scholar, Tessa Morris-Suzuki (Professor Emeritus, Australian National University, 1951-), published a book entitled “Japanese Economic Thought” with Routledge in 1989. The book was an excellent study that provided English-speaking readers with an overview of contemporary Japanese economic thought. In the book, she introduced Japanese economic thought over a period of about 300 years, from the Tokugawa period (1603-1868) to the 1980s. She was interested in how Japan became an economic superpower and what economic thought was behind it. In fact, Japan’s per capita GDP surpassed that of the United States in 1987. At the time, Westerners were interested in how such economic success was possible in Japan. Japan’s period of having the world’s highest GDP per capita did not last long, however, as the bubble economy collapsed in 1991. The Japanese economy then experienced a period of stagnation known as the “lost 30 years.” Today, not only Japan but other countries around the world are facing global environmental problems. In addition, many developed countries are suffering from declining birth rates, and the policy challenge for the economy and society is how to simultaneously increase women’s participation in society and the birth rate. In the face of these new challenges in the global economy, what intellectual resources can Japanese economic thought offer? Our session will re-examine Japanese economic thought with this interest in mind. Tessa Morris-Suzuki has reviewed more than 43 Japanese economists and economic thinkers. However, we shed light on a few Japanese economic thinkers that she did not discuss. From the perspective of environmental and natural agricultural thought, we focus on Masanobu Fukuoka and Yoneo Okada. From the perspective of women’s social advancement and consumer economics, we look at Tomoko Matsudaira. From the perspective of social capital, Yuichi Shionoya will be discussed. And from the perspective of Marxism and civil society, we will discuss Kiyoaki Hirata. We will also discuss Hirofumi Uzawa, an important economist who was also introduced by Tessa Morris-Suzuki. Instead of guiding Japan’s economic growth, these economists and economic thinkers sounded the alarm about Japan’s economic success. They offered original thoughts on how Japan could move beyond being a mere economic powerhouse and mature its economy. We believe it is worthwhile to disseminate their achievements in English. We believe that this endeavor will make a meaningful contribution to the common economic and social problems facing the nations of the world. |
| Yuanting Zhang, Hokkaido University Tomoko Matsudaira: a Japanese female economist and the pioneer of household economics in Japan | |
| Qianqian Hou, Hokkaido University Kiyoaki Hirata and his critics on Marx and Civil Society | |
| Nao Saito, Hokkaido University Yuichi Shionoya and Hirofumi Uzawa on Environmental Economic Thought | |
| Shihoko Nemoto, Nihon University Yoneo Okadaʼs Consumer Subsistence Farm | |
| Hashimoto Tsutomu, Hokkaido University Fukuoka Masanobu: A thinker of Economic Thought in Japan | |
| 5:00 pm | Conference Close |