Symposium 2017 – Videos
Videos of the keynotes given by Virgil Storr, Deirdre McCloskey, and Richard Langlois, along with a video of the remembrance session featuring Ludwig Lachmann’s former students, were produced by the event’s generous sponsor.
Symposium 2017 – Programme
Browse the full academic programme of the WINIR Symposium on Ludwig Lachmann. Download the symposium brochure. Click links to download papers (members only).
Symposium 2017 – Keynotes
The WINIR Symposium on Ludwig Lachmann featured keynote by Richard N. Langlois (University of Connecticut, USA), Deirdre N. McCloskey (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) and Virgil H. Storr (George Mason University, USA).
Symposium 2017 – Venue
The Third WINIR Symposium was held in Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. Also known as Egoli (which means “place of gold” in Zulu), Johannesburg started as a mining town in 19th century when the discovery of gold on a farm triggered a gold rush.
Symposium 2017
WINIR SYMPOSIUM ON LACHMANN (JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, APRIL 2017) — Ludwig Lachmann (1906-1990) was an outstanding social scientist whose achievements ranged across a number of disciplines, including economics, sociology, law and philosophy. Well known for his work on Max Weber, his analysis of the limitations of equilibrium economics, and his contributions to the development of Austrian economics, Lachmann’s legacy revolves around three central themes: radical subjectivism, hermeneutics and human agency; market process and legal order; capital theory and macroeconomics.
Symposium 2016 – Programme
Browse the full academic programme of the WINIR Symposium on Property Rights. Download the symposium brochure. Click links to download papers (members only).
Symposium 2016 – Keynotes
The WINIR Symposium on Property Rights featured keynotes by Benito Arruñada (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain), Gunnar Heinsohn (University of Bremen, Germany) and Larissa Katz (University of Toronto, Canada).
Symposium 2016 – Venue
The WINIR Symposium on Property Rights took place in Bristol, one the UK’s most unique cities located in South West England. Situated on the rivers Frome and Avon, Bristol borders the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire, with the historic cities of Bath and Gloucester to the southeast and northeast, respectively. The city has a short coastline on the Severn Estuary (which flows into the Bristol Channel).
Symposium 2016
WINIR SYMPOSIUM ON PROPERTY RIGHTS (BRISTOL, UK, APRIL 2016) — Property rights are a central institutional feature of all politico-economic systems where markets play a major role, and a key item of political controversy between liberal and socialist positions. The role of property rights in matters ranging from interpersonal exchange, power and innovation to corporate governance, privatisation and economic development is debated across several academic disciplines, including economics, history, law, philosophy, politics and sociology.
Symposium 2015 – Programme
Browse the full academic programme of the WINIR Symposium on Corporations. Download the symposium brochure. Click links to download papers (members only).