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Dear Friends and Colleagues I would like to invite you to a public debate in Hatfield, Herts, UK on 30 April 2001. Details are attached below - please feel free to circulate them. There is no charge or registration for attendance but in order to get an idea of numbers I would appreciate it if you informed me if you are likely to come. I look forward to seeing you there. Best wishes Geoff Hodgson Research Professor. ---------------------------- "INSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS MARXISM: PERSPECTIVES FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE" A Public Debate Professor Alex Callinicos (University of York) Professor Geoff Hodgson (University of Hertfordshire) 6.00pm, Monday 30 April 2001 Fielder Centre, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts., UK Everyone Welcome. No charge. This debate between two leading thinkers will address some of the most important and critical problems in social science today. Does Marxism offer a viable theoretical alternative for the twenty-first century? Does institutionalism offer a superior theoretical approach? Alex Callinicos is the author of "Equality" (2000), "Social Theory: A Historical Introduction" (1999), "Against Post-Modernism" (1988) and many other works. Geoff Hodgson is the author of, for example, "How Economics Forgot History" (2001), "Economics and Utopia" (1999), and "Evolution and Institutions". This public debate is organised by the Centre for Research in Institutional Economics at the University of Hertfordshire. The Fielder Centre is about one mile from Hatfield Railway Station. There are fast trains taking about 30 minutes from the centre of London. ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Geoff Hodgson Research Professor University of Hertfordshire http://www.herts.ac.uk/business/esst/Staff/g-hodgson/hodgson.html http://www.geoffrey-hodgson.ws