The Inaugural HETSA–JSHET Joint Conference in 2024
Dates: 26-27 September 2024
Venue: Alphacrucis University College, Sydney, Australia
2024 History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Conference Program
Joint conference with Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought
Wednesday 25 September
4-5 Young Scholars Pre-Conference Session at Alphacrucis University College.
5-6.30 Pre-Conference Reception in Alphacrucis courtyard for all HETSA conference participants
6.30 Young Scholars Dinner at nearby General Bourke Hotel Bistro. 74 Church St, Parramatta.
Thursday 26 September
8.45 Opening Welcome by 2024 HETSA Convenor – Professor Paul Oslington, Alphacrucis University College.
9-10 Chair: Paul Oslington. Keynote- A/Prof Ryan Walter, University of Queensland “Free Trade and Casuistry: Smith, Malthus, and Ricardo”.
10-10.45 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 Morning Tea
11.15-12.30 Papers. 19th and early 20th century Britian. Chair: Alex Millmow, Federation University. 75 mins = 25 mins each
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Tony Aspromourgos, University of Sydney |
Keynes, Policy and Environmental Crisis |
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Riko Stevens, University of Notre Dame Australia |
Alfred Marshall on Speculation |
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Geoffrey Fishburn |
John Ruskin as Political Economist: Seven Contemporary Views |
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12.30-1.30 Lunch and HER editorial board meeting.
1.30-3.15 Papers. Australia and America. Chair: David Gilchrist, University of Western Australia 105 mins = 26 mins each
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William Coleman |
Adam Smith on Australia: A Latent Chapter of the Wealth of Nations |
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Ernest Cheung, University of Notre Dame Australia. |
Colin Clark’s view of political economy in the 1950s and their relation to Catholic social teaching |
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Alex Millmow, Federation University |
Man Out of Season: The Strange Afterlife of LF Giblin |
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Matthew Frith, University of New England |
American Protectionist Thought: A Summary of a Neglected Tradition in the History of Economic Thought |
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3.15 Afternoon tea
3.30-5.15 Papers. Austrians and Method. Chair: Harry Bloch, Curtin University 105 mins = 26 mins each
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Jonathan Cole, CRES Charles Sturt University |
The Pro-Social Utilitarian Liberalism of Ludwig von Mises
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Motonori Ishii, Waseda University |
Methodological Consistency in Early Hayek in the 1930s |
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Nathan Cuthbertson, University of Notre Dame Australia |
Concentrated Benefits and Dispersed Costs: Pareto, Olson, and Ostrom Revisited |
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Rod O’Donnell, University of Sydney |
Theoretical Individualism: When, and by Whom, Was it First Introduced into Social Theorising? |
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5.30 HETSA AGM. Alex Millmow, Federation University, HETSA President.
6.30 Conference Dinner at Alphacrucis.
After dinner speaker will be Professor Sean Turnell, Macquarie University and Lowy Institute.
Friday 27 September
9-10 Keynote – Professor T. Sakamoto, Keio University Emeritus “Adam Smith after 300 years”. Chair Shin Kubo, Kwansei Gakuin University.
Professor Sakamoto has also kindly made available his paper “A Short History of JSHET”
10-11 Early Economic Thought. Chair: Tony Aspromourgos, University of Sydney. 60 mins = 20 mins each
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Eiko Yamamoto, Seikei University and Meiji-Gakuin University |
Conflict between Boisguilbert and Vaubans reform proposals over Taille and Capitation |
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Takashi Yagi, Meiji University |
Quesnay and Smith on Reproduction |
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Brendan Long, Charles Sturt University |
Two senses to Smith’s Invisible (Divine) Hand |
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11 Morning Tea
11.15 -12.30 Papers. Schumpeter and Marx. Chair: Peter Docherty, UTS. 75 mins = 19 mins each
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Harry Bloch, Curtin University |
Schumpeter on Unstable Growth under Capitalism: A Centenary Appraisal |
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Daisuke Kobayashi, Seisa-Dohto University |
The Role of the London School of Economics in the Formation of Schumpeter’s Socio-Economic Dynamics |
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Kei Ehara, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Reclassifying Marxian Crisis Theories: Based on Japanese Debates |
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Chenxi Gao, Kyushu Sangyo University |
‘Regime of Need’: A Historical Construction of Marx’s Perspectives on Need |
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12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.20 Papers. Chair: John Lodewijks, SP Jain School of Global Management. 110 mins = 22 mins each
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Jianwen Tang, Hitotsubashi University |
Byzantine economic thought |
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Dennis Venter, University of Sydney |
Early Evolutionary Institutionalists and Quest for Better Agent-Based Models |
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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 |
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Ian McDonald, University of Melbourne |
Bob Solow pragmatic theorist |
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Paul Oslington, Alphacrucis |
Usury |
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3.30-5 Special Session. History of Japanese Economic Thought. Chair: Shin Kubo, Kwansei Gakuin University.
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Yuanting Zhang, Hokkaido University |
Tomoko Matsudaira: a Japanese female economist and the pioneer of household economics in Japan |
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Qianqian Hou, Hokkaido University |
Kiyoaki Hirata and his critics on Marx and Civil Society |
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Nao Saito, Hokkaido University |
Yuichi Shionoya and Hirofumi Uzawa on Environmental Economic Thought |
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Shihoko Nemoto, Nihon University |
Yoneo Okadaʼs Consumer Subsistence Farm |
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Hashimoto Tsutomu, Hokkaido University |
Fukuoka Masanobu: A thinker of Economic Thought in Japan |
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5 Conference Close
9月26・27日に豪州シドニー西郊のアルファクルシス大学
On September 26 and 27, the Inaugural HETSA-JSHET Joint Conference was held at Alphacrucis University College, Sydney, Australia. Many JSHET members participated, and seven of them presented individual research. In addition, the program included a special session on the history of economic thought organized by Tsutomu Hashimoto, a JSHET member, and a keynote speech delivered by Tatsuya Sakamoto, another JSHET member. Each of these sparked lively discussions, enhancing the joint conference in an atmosphere of great enthusiasm.
