HES Conference Highlights
July 3, 2008
I was at the HES Conference in Toronto. It was a very good conference with a lot of interesting papers. I have especially enjoyed the following papers:
- John Davis, “Psychology’s Recent Challenge to Economics: Rationality and the Individual” (download paper)
- Lawrence Boland, On The Economist’s View Of Inductive Reasoning (download paper)
- James Wible, How is Scientific Knowledge Possible?: Nicholas Rescher’s Contributions to an Economic Understanding of Science (download paper)
- Edward Nik-Khah, “George Stigler, the GSB, and the Pillars of the Chicago School” (download paper)
- Ross B. Emmett, “Sharpening Tools in the Workshop: The Workshop System and the Chicago School’s Success” (download paper)
- Steven G. Medema, “Creating a Paradox: Self-Interest, Civic Duty, and the Evolution of the Theory of the Rational Voter” (download paper)
See the other papers at HES 2008 web site.
