The Austrian School of Economics

7-8 October 2005
Telus Centre, Room 134
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada

The Austrian School of Economics continues to be relevant to economic theory and policy. The Chicago School and Public Choice School are in many ways its current successors. This conference will present current perspectives on the Austrian School and its legacy.

Friday, 7 October 2005

8:45 AM Welcomes

9:00 AM Session I: The Legacy of Friedrich von Hayek (Part 1)

"The Work of F.A. Hayek"
Stephan Böhm
University of Graz, Austria

"Analogous Models of Complexity: Hayek on Capital and Cognition"
Steven G.Horwitz / William Tulloh
St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY

Discussion

10:30 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM Session I: The Legacy of Friedrich von Hayek (Part 2)

"Hayek’s Complexity Theory: From Computation to Interpretation."
Roger Koppl
Fairleigh Dickinson University

"Should we put all the blame on the trade unions? Hayek's view on collective actors revisited"
Torsten Niechoj
University of Goettingen

Discussion

12:30 PM LUNCH

2:00 PM Session II: The Austrian School Today (Part 1)

"The Entrepreneurial Organization of Heterogeneous Capital."
Peter G. Klein (paper co-authored by Nicolai J. Foss)
University of Missouri, Columbia

"Disequilibrium or process approach to firm behavior"
Peter Lewin
University of Texas at Dallas, School of Management

Discussion

3:30 PM Coffee Break

4:00 PM Session II: The Austrian School Today (Part 2)

"The monetary economics of the Chicago school and the Austrian school"
Pascal Salin
Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris

"Austrian Micro and Macro Model Building: A New Graphic Exposition"
Mark Skousen
Columbia School of Business

Discussion

7:00 PM CONFERENCE BANQUET
University of Alberta Faculty Club
Reservations Required

Saturday, 8 October 2005

9:00 AM Session III: The Chicago School, The Public Choice School, and Beyond (Part 1)

"Austrian Public Choice: Work Undone"
Martin Gregor
Institute for Economic Studies, Charles University, Prague

"The journalistic writings of Austrian economists, 1931-1934,"
Hansjoerg Klausinger
Wirtschaftsuniversität, Vienna

Discussion

10:30 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM Session IIII: The Chicago School, The Public Choice School, and Beyond (Part 2)

“Apriorism and the Methodology of the Austrian School"
Jan Pavlík
University of Economics, Prague

“The relevance of the Austrian school for the contemporary teaching of business management”
John Prpic
Career College of Business & Technology, Vancouver BC

Discussion

12:30 PM LUNCH

2:00 PM Keynote Address
"The Research Program of Austrian Economics"
Lawrence H. White
F.A. Hayek Professor of Economic History,
University of Missouri, St. Louis

2:45 PM Coffee Break

3:15 PM Roundtable Discussion
Moderator
Dr. Alfred G. Wirth,
President and Director,
Wirth Associates, Inc., Toronto