After more than a half century as an economist in industry as well as academia, Knut Anton Mork has decided to use the occasion of his 80th birthday for a discussion about the foundations of the economics discipline.

- I have benefitted greatly over the years from its basic tenets, but I have also struggled with its shortcomings, which I believe are significant.

On this background, Mork invites to a one-day Symposium at Sentralen, Oslo, May 21st.

Approaches to economics: Time for a revolution?

Key speakers:

• Ida Wolden Bache, Governor of Norges Bank
• J. Doyne Farmer, Oxford University, author of, Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World
• Håvard Helland, Heriot-Watt University, whose wide-ranging international experience includes work for the World Bank and the OECD

Mork will also introduce his new book, From Dogma to Science: Reflections after 50 years as an economist (in Norwegian), forthcoming from Universitetsforlaget.

The full program is linked below. Registration starts at 8:30 am.

Attendance at the symposium is free of charge, but registration is requested by March 15th.

Link to registration here

The SURE AI Centre is sponsoring this event.