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#2021

Current Research on the History of Economics in Switzerland and Beyond (22 October 2021)

  • Venue: Université de Lausanne, Anthropole 5033 and livestream access
  • Organisers: Harro Maas (University of Lausanne), Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich) and Verena Halsmayer (University of Lucerne)
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Programme

  • Welcome and Introduction
  • Theresa Steffestun (University of Lausanne/Cusanus University)
    • Psyche and Power – The Problem and Principle of Association in the Work of Friedrich Wieser
  • Alexandra Quack (University of Zurich)
    • Probing Narrative as a De-idealizing Strategy – ’Superstar Firm’ Models in Economics as a Test Case
  • Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïchouche (Cambridge University)
    • Contested Rational Decisions: Economic Expertise in the Comparable Worth Controversy, 1979-1989
  • David Sarech (University of Lausanne)
    • Lost in Transition: Charles Bettelheim and the Other Socialist Calculations
  • Federico D’Onofrio (University of Vienna)
    • The Intentional Spread of Farm Accounting Offices in Europe (1870–1950)