Conferences on Economics in Oslo 1997-1998
1998: A conference celebrating 100 year anniversary of (the Norwegian-American founder of the US tradition of economic institutionalism) Thorstein BundeVeblen's main book: The Theory of the Leisure Class.
The conference was arranged by BI, the Oslo Business School. My
co-writer presented our article:
"The Other Canon: The History of Renaissance
Economics"
1998, August: I have been taking part in the preparations for a twin-conference in Oslo, September 3-6th, devoted to:
"Production Capitalism vs. Financial Capitalism - Symbiosis and Parasitism. An Evolutionary Perspective."
A Workshop/Conference organised by
Norsk Investorforum, Oslo & SUM – Centre for Development and
the Environment, University of Oslo.
September 3-4, 1998.
For further info contact Erik S. Reinert: esr@nifo.no
Have look at the Prolegomenon and (my) Bibliography
by Erik and myself for
this conference.
The next two days, the following conference took place:
"Globalisation and Marginalisation in the
1990’s:
An Evolutionary and Activity-Specific
Perspective."
A Workshop/Conference organised by
SUM – Centre for Development and the Environment, University of
Oslo & Norsk Investorforum, Oslo.
September 5-6, 1998
Further info on these two conferences will be posted on the web at a later stage.
May 1997
"Evolutionary economics and Spatial Income
Inequality
- International, National and Regional Dimensions - from
matter to mind."
The conference was arranged by:
Norsk Investorforum, Oslo and Centre for
Development and Environment, University of Oslo
I presented the article:
"Man the Producer or Man the Trader?
Different Images of Man as Bases for Different Development Strategies -
Creatity Versus Extraction and Renaissance Idealism Versus Enlightenment
Materialism "