THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING. The Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association was held in the senate chamber of the State House at Indianapolis, Ind., December 27-31, 1895. On the last day of the meeting a joint session was held with the Political Science Association of the Central States, which continued its special sessions two days longer. The attendance was unusually large, and some of the discussions were of great interest. The following program had been prepared, and was carried out with slight changes which appear in the report: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. Evening Session, 8 p. m. I. Address of Welcome, by GOVERNOR MATTHEWS. III. President's Annual Address: "The Theory of Economic Pro- gress." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28. Morning Session, 10 a. m. Symposium.-The Relation of Changes in the Volume of the Currency to Prosperity. Papers by PROFESSOR IRVING FISHER, Yale University, and PRESIDENT FRANCIS A. WALKER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brief addresses by PROFESSORS WILLARD FISHER and EDWARD A. Ross. Afternoon Session, 3 p. m. Symposium. The Practicability and Desirability for the Commercial World of a Double Standard of Currency. Papers by GENERAL A. J. WARNER, President of the American Bimetallic League, and PROFESSOR F. W. TAUSSIG, Harvard University. Brief addresses by PROFESSORS W. A. SCOTT, H. W. FARNAM, SIDNEY SHERWOOD, and JOHN H. GRAY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 30. Morning Session, 10 a. m. I. Do We Want an Elastic Currency? PROFESSOR F. M. TAYLOR, University of Michigan. II. The Desirability of a Permanent Census Bureau. PROFESSOR RICHMOND MAYO-SMITH, Columbia College. III. The Density of Population in the United States in 1890. PROFESSOR WALTER F. WILLCOX, Cornell University. Afternoon Session, 3 p. m. I. Some Unpublished Letters of David Ricardo. DR. J. H. HOLLANDER, Johns Hopkins University. II. The Formulation of Normal Laws with Especial Reference to the Theory of Utility. PROFESSOR SIMON N. PATTEN, University of Pennsylvania. III. Pawn Shops and Their Work in Cincinnati. H. A. MILLIS, Fellow in Economics, Indiana State University. IV. The Fallacy of Saving. DR. H. R. SEAGER, University of Pennsylvania. Joint session with the Political Science Association of TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. Morning Session, 10 a. m. Cost, Singular and Plural. PROFESSOR W. G. LANGWORTHY TAYLOR, University of Nebraska. Symposium. The Sphere of Voluntary Organization in Social Move ments. |