HES: DISC--The 2007 HES Conference

[John Medaille]

Having just returned from the HES conference, I 
must say that it completely defeated all my 
expectations of an economics conference. I had 
expected mind-numbing presentations on things 
like "the history of mathematics of the 
production function," functions that nobody who 
actually produces anything actually uses, not 
even those who produce production functions. What 
I got was a consistently high of level of 
intellectually challenging and stimulating 
presentations with a real clash of real ideas. 
Nearly all the papers that I heard, with the 
possible exception of my own, were of a very high 
quality, whether from the young scholars or the 
old masters. The conference compared well, if not 
better, than many theological conferences I 
normally attend, and was certainly less dogmatic.

My sincere thanks to Sandra and all who had a 
hand in putting together this conference. And to GMU for hosting it.

John C. Medaille