29.06–30.06.2012

Conference

International conference "Economic Culture of Modern Capitalism"

Organizing Committee

9:00am Registration

10:00am Opening of the conference and Morning Session. Chair: Danila Raskov

Mitchel Abolafia (University at Albany, USA) "The Cultural Contradictions of Markets"
János Kornai (Harvard University, USA; Corvinus University, Hungary) "Breaking Promises and the Consequences: A General Problem in the Light of Hungarian Experience"

12:00pm Coffee break

12:30pm Afternoon Session. Chair: Viktor Ryazanov

Aleksei Kudrin (SPbU) "The Impact of the Economic Culture of European Countries on the Overcoming of the Debt Crisis"
Rustem Nureev (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) "Economic Culture: Theory and Methodology"

2:00pm Lunch

3:00pm Evening Session. Chair: Rustem Nureev

Viktor Ryazanov (SPbU) "Economy and National Culture: Specifics of the Relationship"
Aleksander Pogrebnyak, Danila Raskov (SPbU) "Economy as a Culture: Revisiting 'Methodenstreit'"
Anton Oleynik ("Memorial" University, Canada) "Power Relationships as an Element of Economic Culture"
Pascal Bridel (University of Lausanne, Swizerland) "The 'Treasury View:' The Return? Or Why Theoretical Arguments Seldom Die"

6:00pm Coffee break

6:30pm Presentation of the book by János Kornai "Thinking on Capitalism" (Russian edition)

Andrey Zaostrovtsev (Higher School of Economics) "Is It Capitalism Still Alive?"
Natalia Drozdova (SPbU) "Research Program of János Kornai: Economic Historian View"
Viktor Ryazanov (SPbU) "Sunlight on Cold Water of Capitalism"

10:00am Morning Session. Chair: Aleksei Penzin

Sergey Fokin (SPbU) "Ethics of Capitalism: Language, Judicial Logic, Responsibility Terror"
Antonella Corsani (University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France) "The 'Wage / Labor Relations' in Neoliberal Cognitive Capitalism"

11:30am Coffee break

12:00pm Afternoon Session. Chair: Pascal Bridel

Leonid Shirokorad (SPbU) "State, the Development of Political Economy and the Culture of Economic Thinking in Russia"
Denis Kadochnikov (SPbU) "Economic Theory and the Genesis of Cultural Values"
Jeffrey Hass (Richmond University, USA) "Evolution of Economic Culture in Post-Socialist Russia"
Vladimir Efimov (France) "Morals, Economy and Economic Theory"

2:00pm Lunch

3:000pm Parallel Session 1

Cultural Differences and the Economy of Russia. Chair: Denis Kadochnikov

Andrey Vorobyev (SPbU) "Demand for Paternalism in Russian Regions: Economic-Cultural Aspects"
Nina Oding, Lev Savulkin (Leontief Centre) "Culture, Institutions and Economic Behavior in Russia"
Pavel Zaharyin (SPbU) "Fiscal Sociology: Tax Culture and Social Embeddedness of Taxation Practices"

Economic Culture in Historical Perspective. Chair: Arseny Tarabanov

Daria Pushkina (SPbU) "Economic Aspects of Modern Civil Wars: Modern Capitalism or Ancient Anarchy?"
Aleksander Bessolitsin (Moscow University for Industry and Finance) "Social Responsibility of Business as an Indication of Economic Culture of Capitalism in Russia in the End of 19th—Early 20th Century"
Aleksander Dubyansky (SPbU) "Cultural Aspect of Usury and Interest Rate"

4:40pm Parallel Session 2

Economics and Institutions. Chair: Andrey Vorobiev

Ivan Rozmainsky (SPbU; Higher School of Economics) "Economic Culture as a Factor and a Barrier of Economic Growth in Different Economic Systems"
Viktor Kaploun (SPbU) "How to Analyze and Change Institutions? Or What Modern Philosophy of Action Can Tell to the New Institutional Economics?"
Andrey Veiher (Higher School of Economics) "Methodological Threats of Applying Similar Categories in Different Institutional Discources"

Specifics of Modern Capitalism. Chair: Antonella Corsani

Arseny Tarabanov (SPbU) "Market Trend as a Narrative Structure"
Kirill Popov (SPbU) "On the Subjective Foundations of Cognitive Capitalism"
Nikolai Markevich (Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania) "Economic Culture of Decision-Making in Lithuania"

6:10pm Coffee break

6:30pm Final discussion