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The Institute Vienna Circle, the Department of Philosophy as well as the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna are holding the Conference OTTO NEURATH’S ECONOMICS IN CONTEXT on September 29 to October 1, 2005 (Location: University of Vienna, Aula, Universitätscampus Hof 1, Spitalgasse 2-4, A-1090 Vienna). The Conference Languages will be English and German.
PROGRAM:

Thursday, 29 September 2005
16:00-16:15 - "Opening Remarks” by Friedrich Stadler (Institute Vienna Circle and Dept. of Contemporary History)
16:15-17.15 - Thomas E. Uebel (Manchester): "Otto Neurath as an Austrian Economist: Interpretive Puzzles and Challenges”
17:30-18:15 - Sigrid Stagl (Leeds): "Neurath and Multivariate Analysis in Ecological Economics”
18:15-19:00 - Elisabeth Nemeth (Vienna): "The Humanisation of Knowledge. On Neurath’s Pictorial Statistics and his Economic Theory”

Friday, 30 September 2005
9:30-10:30 - Robert J. Leonard (Montréal): "Neurath on Socio-Economic Theory and the Theme of ‘Utopia’”
11:00-12:00 - Günther Chaloupek (Vienna): "A Comparison of Neurath’s Concept of Calculation in Kind with Other Austrian Socialisation Concepts”
12.00-13:00 - Peter Mooslechner (Vienna): "Neurath on Money”
15:00-16:00 - Albert Jolink (Rotterdam): "Neurath and the International Industrial Relations Institute”
16:00-17:00 - John O’Neill (Lancaster): "Neurath and Hayek: Some Unresolved Issues”
18:00-19:30 - Robert S. Cohen (Boston): "Men still at Sea. Neurath on Science and Happiness”

Saturday, 1 October 2005
9:30-10:15 - Nader Vossoughian (New York): "From the War Ministry to the War Museum: Neurath in Vienna and Leipzig, 1917-18”
10:15-11.00 - Thomas König (Vienna): "Sozialisierung als Konsequenz der Kriegswirtschaftslehre?”
11:15-12:00 - Hermann Rauchenschwandtner (Vienna): "Durch die reine Ökonomie zur Kriegs-/Naturalwirtschaft und Bedarfsdeckungswirtschaft: Otto Neurath und Friedrich von Gottl-Ottlilienfeld”
12:00-12:45 - Giandomenica Becchio (Torino): "Two Heterodox Economists: Neurath and Karl Polanyi”
14:30-15:15 - Ortrud Leßmann (Hamburg): "The Comparability of Well-Being: A Common Theme in Neurath and Sen”
15:15-16:00 - Ronan de Calan (Paris): "War Economics and the Tax State: Neurath, Schumpeter and Keynes”
16:15-17:00 - Roman Stolzlechner (Vienna): "Otto Neurath. Nationalökonomie im Spannungsfeld zwischen Utilitarismus und Marxismus”
17:00-17:45 - Günther Sandner (Vienna): "Economy, Culture and Ideology. Neurath’s Approach to a Precarious Relationship”
17:45-18:30 - Closing Discussion, introduced by Thomas E. Uebel

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Conference Office:
Institute Vienna Circle (Robert Kaller)
Universitätscampus Hof 1
Spitalgasse 2-4
A-1090 Vienna
Tel: +43 (1) 4277 – 41232
e-mail: ivc.zuef@univie.ac.at

The conference will be sponsored by Österreichische Nationalbank and Arbeiterkammer Wien