Philippe Fontaine

Département d'économie et de gestion
École normale supérieure de Cachan  
61, av. du Pt Wilson  
94235 Cachan Cedex
France
Tél. : (+33) 1 47 40 24 50 
Fax : (+33) 1 47 40 24 60     
E-mail : fontaine@ecogest.ens-cachan.fr  

Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science

London School of Economics and Political Science 
Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE 
Angleterre    
Tél. : (+44) 20 7955 7340 
Fax: (+44) 20 7955 6004  
p.fontaine@lse.ac.uk


Education


Agrégation de l'enseignement supérieur, Economics, 1994
Habilitation, University of Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1993
Ph.D. Economics, University of Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1989


Academic Appointments


Professor of Economics, École normale supérieure de Cachan, since 1997
Professor of Economics, University of Antilles-Guyane, Sept. 1994-Aug. 1997
Associate Professor of Economics, École normale supérieure de Cachan, June 1993-Aug. 1994
Assistant Professor of Economics, École normale supérieure de Cachan, Oct. 1992-May 1993
Lecturer in Economics, University of Paris XIII, Sept. 1985-Aug. 1990.


Visiting Positions


Research Associate, Center for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, since Oct. 2005
Ludwig Lachmann Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, Oct. 2003-June 2005
Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, July-Dec. 1996
Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, July-Dec. 1995
Post-doctoral Fellow in Economics, Harvard University, Sept. 1990-Sept. 1992


Publications


Books

The Experiment in the History of Economics (edited with Robert Leonard). London: Routledge, 2005, 158 p.
Historical Perspectives on Macroeconomics: 60 Years After the General Theory (edited with Albert Jolink). London: Routledge, 1998, 152 p.


Articles

The Intellectuals and Capitalism, British Journal of Sociology, 2006, vol. 57, n°2, p. 189-94.

Richard Titmuss and Social Cohesion: A Comment on Reisman. European Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 20.3: 795-97.

Blood, Politics and Social Science: Richard Titmuss and the Institute of Economic Affairs, 1957-1973.  Isis, 2002, 93.3: 401-434.
• History of Economics Society's Best Article Award, 2003
• Forum for History of Human Science's Best Article Award, 2005).

The Changing Place of Empathy in Welfare Economics.  History of Political Economy, 2001, 33.3: 387-409.

Making Use of the Past? Theorists and Historians on the Economics of Altruism.  European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2000, 7.3: 407-22.

Classical Political Economy between Two Fires: Jean-Baptiste Say and Frank Knight on the Enterprise Economy.  History of Political Economy, 1999, 31.1: 1-28.

Menger, Jevons and Walras Un-homogenized, De-homogenized and Homogenized: A Comment on Peart.  American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1998, 57.3: 333-39.

The Metaphoric Entrepreneur: A Comment on Cosgel.  History of Political Economy, 1998, 30.2:
277-83.History of Macroeconomics and the Breakdown of the Consensus (with Albert Jolink). 

Introduction to Historical Perspectives on Macroeconomics. London: Routledge, 1998, 1-13.

Identification and Economic Behaviour: Sympathy and Empathy in Historical Perspective.  Economics and Philosophy, 1998, 13.2: 261-80.

Turgot's “Institutional Individualism.”  History of Political Economy, 1997, 29.1: 1-20.

The Self-Interest Model in the Eighteenth Century.  Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 1996, 14: 141-158.

The French Economists and Politics, 1750-1850: The Science and Art of Political Economy.  Canadian Journal of Economics, 1996, 29.2: 379-93.

“Stock” et “capital” dans An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Traduire pour comprendre.
L'Actualité économique: Revue d'analyse économique, 1995, 71.4: 498-506.

L'‘opportunisme' au siècle des Lumières.  Dix-huitième siècle, 1994, 26: 89-101.

Il modello dell'interesse personale nel XVIII secolo.  Rassegna economica, 1994, 58.1: 5-28.

The Concept of Industrie from the Physiocrats to J.-B. Say. Contributions to Political Economy, 1993, 12: 89-97.

La gestion d'entreprise dans la pensée économique française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles (with Luc Marco).  Revue d'économie politique, 1993, 103.4: 579-598.

Comment on David Colander, “The Lost Art of Economics.”  Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1993, 7.3: 209-211.

The Capitalist Entrepreneur in Eighteenth-Century Economic Literature.  Journal of the History of
Economic Thought, 1993, 15.1: 72-89.La théorie de l'entrepreneur de Turgot: Commentaire.  L'Actualité économique: Revue d'analyse économique, 1992, 68.3: 515-23.

Social Progress and Economic Behaviour in Turgot in S. Todd Lowry (ed.).  Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought, 7. Aldershot: Elgar, 1992, pp. 76-93.

Le concept d'industrie au XVIIIe siècle: À la recherche d'une acception oubliée.  Économies et
Sociétés, series Œconomia, 1992, 26.3: 7-33. “Classes laborieuses” et classe disponible” chez Turgot: Essai de généalogie des comportements économiques.  Économies et Sociétés, series Œconomia, 1991, 25.5: 93-116.


In preparation

Stabilizing American Society: Kenneth Boulding and the Integration of Social Science, 1943-1980.

The Exiled Observer: John Harsanyi on Interpersonal Utility Comparisons and Bargaining.

Unselfishness in Social Psychology, 1968-1982


Review articles

Altruism between Homo Economicus and Homo Ethicus: A Review of The Economics of Altruism.  Journal of Economic Methodology, 1999, 6.2: 297-303.

History of Ideas and Modern Economic Theory: Some lessons of Higgling.  History of Economics Review, 1997, 26: 150-154.


Book reviews

Robert E. Goodin and Deborah Mitchell (eds).  The Foundations of the Welfare State, 3 vol., Economic Journal, 2001, e-publication.

Horst Brezinski and Michael Fritsch (eds).  The Emergence and Evolution of Markets, Economic Journal, 1998, 108.451: 1949-1950.

Daniel M. Hausman et Michael S. McPherson.  Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy.  EuropeanJournal of the History of Economic Thought, 1997, 4.3: 525-29.

Lars Magnusson (ed.).  Evolutionary and Neo-Schumpeterian Approaches to Economics.  European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1995, 2.2: 466-70.

Jean-Pierre Potier. Piero Sraffa — Unorthodox Economist (1898-1983): A Biographical Essay.  Southern Economic Journal, 1994, 60.1: 254-255.

Richard Swedberg.  Economics and Sociology — Redefining their Boundaries: Conversations with
Economists and Sociologists.  Revue d'économie politique, 1993, 103.2: 307-313.

Gilbert Faccarello et Philippe Steiner (eds).  La pensée économique pendant la Révolution française.  Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1993, 15.1: 150-153.

Yves Breton et Michel Lutfalla (eds).  L'économie politique en France au XIXe siècle.  Southern Economic Journal, 1993, 59.3: 542-3.

William J. Barber (ed.).  Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 5: Themes in
Pre-Classical, Classical and Marxian Economics; vol. 6: Themes in Keynesian Criticism and Supplementary Modern Topics.  Southern Economic Journal, 1992, 59.1: 120-122.

William J. Adams.  Restructuring the French Economy: Government and the Rise of Market Competition since World War II.  Small Business Economics: An International Journal, 1992, 4.2: 174-7.


 
Honors and Awards


Mark C. Stevens Researcher Fellowship for a research at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, April 2004.

Forum for History of Human Science's Best Article Award for 2005. “Blood, Politics and Political Science: Richard Titmuss and the Institute of Economic Affairs, Isis.

History of Economics' Best Article Award for 2003. “Blood, Politics and Political Science: Richard Titmuss and the Institute of Economic Affairs, Isis.

Luwig Lachmann Research Fellowship. Research grant from the Charlottenberg Trust. Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Methods, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2003-2005.

Fulbright Senior Researcher Fellowship for a research at the University of Colorado at Boulder and at the Rockfeller Archive Center, New York, 2000

Lavoisier Research Fellowship. Twelve-month research grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lavoisier Programme), 1991-1992

Hayek Fund for Scholars from the Institute for Humane Studies, 1991

Fulbright Scholarship (declined to accept Lavoisier Research Fellowship), 1990

Lavoisier Research Fellowship. Twelve-month research grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lavoisier Programme), 1990-1991


Professional Activities


Member of organizing committees

11th European Conference on the History of EconomicsEcole normale supérieure de Cachan, France, 19-21 Oct. 2006.
10th European Conference on the History of Economic
University of Vienna, Autriche, 7-9 avril 2005.
9th European Conference on the History of Economics
Université de Reims, France, 25-27 mars 2004.8th European Conference on the History of EconomicsTechnical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2003.
7th European Conference on the History of Economics
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada, 2002.
6th European Conference on the History of Economics
Erasmus University, The Netherlands, 2000.
5th European Conference on the History of Economics
Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan, France, 1999.
4th European Conference on the History of Economics
University of Antwerp, Belgium, 1998.
3d European Conference on the History of Economics
Panteion University, Athens, Greece, 1997.
2nd European Conference on the History of Economics
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1996.
1st European Conference on the History of Economics
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1995.


Referee for journals

American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Cahiers d'économie politique
Economics and Philosophy
Économies et Sociétés, series Œconomia
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
History of Political Economy
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Recherches économiques de Louvain
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
Review of Political Economy
Review of Social Economy
Revue d'économie politique
Revue économique
Revue française d'économie
Revue de philosophie économique
Theory and Decision


Referee for publishers

Cambridge University PressOxford University Press
Pickering & Chatto Publishers
Routledge


Courses Taught


Undergraduate
Growth Theory
History of Economics
History of Social Science
Microeconomics


Graduate
Economics and Psychology
History of Economics
Theory of the Firm


 
Conferences and Invited Papers


Stabilizing American Society: Kenneth Boulding and the
Integration of the Social Sciences, 1943-1980.
Séminaire “Histoire de la pensée économique”
UMR Triangle - University of Lyon 2, Jan. 2006.

The Integration of the Social Sciences in the Post-war Era
Philosophy Programme Seminar.— Queen Mary.
University of London, 28 avril 2005.

Unselfishness in Social Psychology, 1969-1987.
“European Styles in History and Philosophy of Science:
Modern and Contemporary Perspectives” Seminar
London School of Economics and Political Science, May 2004.

Kenneth Boulding and the integration of Social Science, 1956-1980.
“Knowledge and Society” Seminar.
Institute of Historical Research, Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Imperial College, London, May 2004.

The Exile Observer: John Harsanyi on Interpersonal Utility Comparisons and Bargaining.
“Philosophy of Economics” Seminar
London School of Economics and Political Science, Feb. 2004.

The Exile Observer: John Harsanyi on Interpersonal Utility Comparisons and Bargaining.8th European Conference on the History of Economics
Université technique de Lisbonne, May 2003.

Incorporating Unselfishness into Economics: 1974-1961 Before Becker.Amsterdam Group on History and Methodology of Economics SeminarUniversité d'Amsterdam, Dec. 2002.

Gift-Giving in Social Science.
Workshop de l'ISEG
Université technique de Lisbonne, Nov. 2002.

Altruism in Social Psychology and Economics, 1961-1975.
Séminaire du département d'économie
Université technique de Lisbonne, Nov. 2002.

Blood, Politics and Social Science: Richard Titmuss and the Institute of Economic Affairs, 1957-1973.
Séminaire de l'IDHE
École normale supérieure de Cachan, Apr. 2002.

Moving is Acting: Kenneth Boulding and the Visual Integration of Social Science, 1956-1993.
7th European Conference on the History of Economics, Mar. 2002.

Blood, Politics and Social Science: Richard Titmuss and the Institute of Economic Affairs
Séminaire d'Histoire des Sciences
École des Hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, Apr. 2001

Discussion of Luxury fever, money and happiness in an era of excess by Robert Frank
Séminaire de la Société d'Etudes Nord-Américaines
CERI, Paris, Mar. 2001.

Incorporating nonselfishness into economics, 1961-1993
- Séminaire de Philosophie économique
GREQAM, Université d'Aix-Marseille II, Aix en Provence, May 2001.
- 27th Conference of the History of Economics Society
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Jun. 2000   

Ethics and the market: Richard Titmuss and economists on the Gift Relationship
26th Conference of the History of Economics Society
The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, June 1999.

Trouble in paradise: Altruism in psychology, economics, and other social sciences, 1968-1998
25th Conference of the History of Economics Society
University of Québec at Montréal, Canada, Jun. 1998.
Les midis d'économie et philosophie.
University of Paris 9-Dauphine, May 1998.
4th European Conference on the History of Economics
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Apr. 1998.

Who is afraid of the past?: Historians of economics and economic theorists on altruism
24th Conference of the History of Economics Society
College of Charleston, South Carolina, Jun. 1997.
History of Political Economy Workshop
Duke University, Economics Department, May 1997.
3d European Conference on the History of Economics
Panteion University, Athens, Apr. 1997.

Identification and Economic Behaviour:
Sympathy and Empathy in Historical Perspective
Conference on Utilitarianism
University of Lille, Jan. 1996. 
York University-University of Toronto.
Joint Workshop in the History of Economics
Woodsworth College, Toronto, Dec. 1995.


The Changing Place of Empathy in Economics
2nd European Conference on the History of Economics
Technical University of Lisbon, Feb. 1996.
Séminaire d'Histoire de la Pensée Économique
University of Québec at Montréal, Dec. 1995
Kress Society Seminar
Harvard University, Cambridge, Nov. 1995.
   
Jean-Baptiste Say and Frank Knight on the Enterprise Economy
Gide Seminar
University of Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, Feb. 1995.
21st Conference of the History of Economics Society
Babson College, Babson Park, June 1994.
Kress Society Seminar.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Nov. 1993. 

“Stock” et “capital” dans la Richesse des nations.

Centre Auguste et Léon WalrasUniversity Lumière Lyon II, Lyon, May 1993.

The Self-Interest Model in the Eighteenth Century
20th Conference of the History of Economics Society
Temple University, Philadelphia, June 1993.
Kress Society Seminar
Harvard University, Cambridge, Nov. 1992.

The French Economists and Politics, 1750-1850: The Science and Art of Political Economy
Kress Society Seminar
Harvard University, Cambridge, May 1992.
19th Conference of the History of Economics Society
George Mason University, Fairfax, May 1992.

Université du Québec à Montréal.
The Capitalist Entrepreneur in Eighteenth-Century Economic Literature
18th Conference of the Eastern Economic Association
New York, March 1992.

Turgot's ‘Institutional Individualism'
Kress Society Seminar,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Oct. 1991.
4th Conference of the Association Charles Gide
University of Aix-Marseilles II et III, Marseilles, September 1991.

The Concept of Industrie from the Physiocrats to J.-B. Say
18th Conference of the History of Economics Society
University of Maryland, College Park, June 1991.

Social Progress and Economic Behaviour in Turgot
17th Conference of the History of Economics Society
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, June 1990.