«Economists and the First World War»
Alain Clément Study Days
22 and 23 November 2018
École militaire, Paris, Moore Amphitheatre
The economic aspects of the war, and in particular the first world conflictl, were often highlighted. Emphasis has been placed on the break with the past in terms of its demographic, material, financial and monetary repercussions, and the transformation it has brought about in terms of the role of the State in economic regulation and women's participation in the labour market.
It is from another angle, that of the viewpoint of the economists contemporary with the conflict, that this double study day to compare and contrast the views of different economists on the First World War, its causes and economic consequences, how to finance it and how to ensure peace.
These days are organised in the in memory of Alain Clément, professor at the University of Tours and researcher at the Laboratoire d'économie d'Orléans, who, as part of the PHILEO research seminar (Philosophy, History and Economic Thought seminar at the Orléans Economics Laboratory), a series of conferences on the theme.
At the end of the conference, the papers presented may be submitted for publication in a special issue of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought.
To register for the conference, click here.
For further information, please contact : Christophe.Lavialle@univ-orleans.fr
The programme:
Thursday 22 November
10.00 - 10.30 A.M. OPENING OF THE STUDY DAYS
- Christophe Lavialle (IGEN-SES, LEO), leader of the PHILEO seminar;
- Christine Lagoutte (Université François Rabelais de Tours, LEO); ;
- Marc Pénin, (University of Montpellier 1, LAMETA).
10:30 - 11:00 WELCOME ADDRESS AND PRESENTATION OF IRSEM
Jean-Vicent Holeindre (Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and Scientific Director of IRSEM)
11.00 - 12.00 INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
Edouard Jolly (Doctor of Philosophy, researcher at IRSEM, lecturer at the Lille Institute of Political Studies and the University of Lille) «At the origins of the Pax Americana - The First World War as a transformation of the global economy».»
12pm - 2pm
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 SESSION 1 (Moderator: Christophe Lavialle, LEO)
1) Nationalism, cause and consequence of the First World War. The analyses of Rudolf Hilferding and Rosa Luxemburg. Marlyse Pouchol (University of Reims and CLERSÉ)
2) Johann Plenge and the «spirit of 1914» - towards a national socialism? Christian Eggers (Grenoble Alpes University and ILCEA4) and Alain Laurent (Grenoble Alpes University and CREG)
3) The war economy and the debate on socialist economic calculation. From the Neurath-Weber controversy to the revival of Austrian economics Patrick Mardellat (Lille Institute of Political Studies and CLERSÉ)
3.30 pm - 4 pm
Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 SESSION 2 (Moderator: Philippe Saucier, LEO)
1) Thorstein Veblen and the First World War: Absentee ownership, the military-industrial complex and imperialism
Olivier BRETTE (INSA Lyon, University of Lyon and Triangle); ; Alexandre Chirat (Université Lumière Lyon 2 and Triangle)
2) Keynes and the Great War: paying for war and achieving peace Christophe Lavialle (IGEN-SES and LEO)
3) Charles Gide and the Great War Marc Penin, (University of Montpellier and LAMETA)
20h00
Dinner
Friday 23rd November
09:00 Welcome
09:30 - 11:00 SESSION 3 (Moderator: Antoine Pietri, IRSEM)
1) The optimism of the economists of the Société d'Economie Politique put to the test by the First World War
Nicolas Gallois (University of Poitiers)
2) The 1914-1918 War and the Revue d'économie politique Ramon Tortajada (UPMF Grenoble)
4) Bertrand Nogaro and the war economy: the Foreign Labour Department at the Ministry of Armament 1915-19
Alain Raybaut (Université Côte d'Azur and GREDEG)
11.00am - 11.30am
Coffee break
11.30am - 1.00pm SESSION 4 (Moderator: Maxime Menuet, IRD)
1) Italian economists faced with the Great War Luca Michelini (University of Pisa)
2) Bulgaria and the Great War (1912-1919): some issues under discussion among the Bulgarian economists of that time, Tsvetelina Marinova (New Bulgarian University and CRIISEA, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France)
3) Financing the War and the Revolution. Debates on Income from Issuing Paper Currency and on Monetary Regimes in Russia (1914 - 1921) Nikolay Nenovsky (Université de Picardie Jules Verne and RUDN, Faculty of Economics, Moscow, Russia)
13h00
Lunch
Scientific Committee :
Pierre Dockès (Laboratoire Triangle, Université Lumière - Lyon 2); Christophe Lavialle (Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans, Inspection Générale de l'Education Nationale); Christine Lagoutte (Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans, Université François Rabelais de Tours); Patrick Mardellat (CLERSE, Sciences Po Lille); Francesco Magris (Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans, Université François Rabelais de Tours); Maxime Menuet (Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans, Université d'Orléans); Nikolay Nenovsky (CRIISEA, University of Amiens); Marc Pénin (University of Montpellier 1); Antoine Pietri (IRSEM); Sylvie Rivot (BETA and University of Strasbourg, President of the Charles Gide Association for the Study of Economic Thought); Philippe Saucier (Laboratoire d'Economie d'Orléans, Université d'Orléans); Nathalie Sigot (Phare and Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne); Ramón Tortajada (CREG - Université Grenoble Alpes, director of the Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique).
Organising Committee :
Christophe Lavialle (Orléans Economics Laboratory); Maxime Menuet (Orléans Economics Laboratory); Antoine Pietri (IRSEM).
