Here is the provisional program of the Econ-Fun Symposium (10-11 December 2010, Rotterdam):
10.12.2010 Friday
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome
09:30 – 10:30 Diane Coyle (keynote): “Who’s laughing now at the dismal science?”
10:30 – 10:45 Break: Coffee etc.
10:45 – 11:30 Uskali Mäki: “On the philosophy of the new kiosk economics of everything”
11:30 – 12:15 N. Emrah Aydinonat: “The two [...]
Interesting article: “Economics is Hard. Don’t Let Bloggers Tell You Otherwise” http://tinyurl.com/2vwd2qo
Seinfeld Economics! Avinash Dixit’s paper about nothing! http://www.princeton.edu/~dixitak/home/Elaine.pdf
Homo economicus – or more like Homer Simpson? http://www.dbresearch.com[...].pdf
Review Articles
Vromen, Jack (2009) “The booming economics-made-fun genre: more than having fun, but less than economics imperialism“, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2 (1), Summer 2009, pp. 70-99. Online: http://ejpe.org/pdf/2-1-art-5.pdf
Vromen, Jack (2008) “Economics and Philosophy: More than having fun and making fun“, 28.11.20008 Erasmus University Rotterdam, inaugral speech.
Book Reviews:
Reviews of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist [...]
Here is a list of books that make economics fun (in chronological order):
1993
The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life by Steven E. Landsburg (1993)
1996
Hidden Order by David D. Friedman (1996)
2002
Naked Economics – Undressing the Dismal Science by Burton G. Malkiel (2002)
2004
Everlasting Light Bulbs: How Economics Illuminates the World by John Kay (2004)
2006
The Undercover Economist by [...]
The deadline for abstracts for the Economics Made Fun Symposium is now 15 June 2010. More info at: http://www.eur.nl/fw/english/eipe/conferences/economics_made_fun/
Symposium: Economics made fun in the face of the economic crisis
10-11 December 2010
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Organized by
Jack Vromen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, vromen@fwb.eur.nl)
N. Emrah Aydinonat (Ankara University & Bogazici University, aydinonat@gmail.com)
Call for papers
Best-selling books such as Freakonomics and The Undercover Economist have paved the way to a flourishing economics-made-fun genre. The economics-made-fun genre first [...]