Organized by Noam Maggor (Queen Mary University of London & IEA Paris), Sofia Valeonti (American University of Paris), Nicolas Barreyre (EHESS), Ariel Ron (Southern Methodist University). With support from: the Institute for Advanced Studies in Paris, cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales (and the research center Mondes Am矇ricains), Universit矇 Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, the American University of Paris (and the Center for Critical Democracy Studies), Mellon Fund at Cambridge University, Universit矇 Paris 1 Panth矇on Sorbonne (and the research center Phare), Southern Methodist University.
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How can we best account for the historical trajectory of American capitalism over the long nineteenth century? With this conference we aim to deploy the idea of an American developmental state as a lens for investigating the formative years of US capitalism. Now is an opportune moment to reconsider the role of government in US economic history. Policymakers in Washington and elsewhere are launching bold new experiments with industrial policy. The tenets of the Washington Consensus are fast falling out of favor politically and ideologically. Scholars and journalists are observing the decline of neoliberal globalization and a homecoming of supply chains. Activists, workers, and citizens are clamoring for greater government involvement in securing a sustainable and fair future. Historians are well positioned to contribute to this conversation, which has been hampered by incomplete understanding of how American institutions first emerged and formed.
The discussion among historians of the United States is similarly ripe for this line of inquiry. Americanists have spent much of the last two decades debunking the myth of the weak American state. Long viewed as feeble or altogether absent prior to the mid-twentieth century, the new consensus is that the American state has always been powerful, capacious, tenacious, interventionist, and redistributive (William Novak). At the same time, historians of American slavery and indigenous dispossession have shown that state-backed violence is essential to understanding the countrys economic trajectory. Whether these facets of US history all cohere in a single developmental project or whether they evidence multiple, competing developmental visions, is one question we propose to engage. More broadly, we wish to ask how state power was oriented toward shaping and governing economic life.
Crucially, the developmental-state framework positions the US in a comparative light, bringing renewed focus to a very fundamental set of issues: What made the US like or unlike other young settler societies around the globe, and, more generally, other industrializing nations? How could we best characterize the relationships between state and private actors in the US, on the federal level and on the level of the states? What have been the social alignments, coalitions, and confrontations that shaped and reshaped American institutions over time? How is it that the USlong associated with liberal marketsinspired figures such as Alexander Hamilton and Friedrich List to theorize key developmental approaches and policies? Given the privileged place of the US as a model for policy formation around the world, the implications of this research agenda could be profound, destabilizing longstanding assumptions across the social sciences in economics, political science, and comparative political economy about the sources and standards of economic success.
10:00-10:30: Introduction
10:30-12:00: Infrastructure
Chair: Ariel Ron
Sveinn M. J籀hannesson (University of Iceland)
Susan J. Pearson (Northwestern University)
Benjamin Kodres-OBrien (Columbia University)
Commentator: Martin Giraudeau (Sciences Po)
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:30: Banking and Money
Chair: Sofia Valeonti
Jonah Estess (American University)
Mikael Omstedt (Uppsala University)
Manuel Bautista-Gonzalez (Oxford University)
Commentator: Goulven Rubin (Paris 1 Panth矇on-Sorbonne)
2:30-3:00: break
3:00-4:30: Thinking the US Development State:
Chair: Nicolas Barreyre
Matteo Rossi (Turin)
Ariel Ron (SMU) & Sofia Valeonti (勛圖tv)
Maria Bach (University of Lausanne)
Commentator: Elisa Grandi (Universit矇 Paris Cit矇)
4:30-5:30: break
5:30-7:00: Keynote roundtable: Beyond Neoliberalism: Rethinking the Role of the State in a New Global Age
Chair: Noam Maggor
Gary Gerstle (Cambridge University)
Thomas Piketty (EHESS)
Felicia Wong (Roosevelt Institute)
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9:45-11h15: Corporations:
Chair: Ariel Ron
Brian Murphy (Rutgers University)
Alexia Blin (Paris 3 University)
Sarah Haan (Washington and Lee University)
Commentator: Claire Lemercier (CNRS)
11:15-11:30: break
11:30-1:00: Development and Power Hierarchies
Chair: Sofia Valeonti
Dael A. Norwood (University of Delaware)
Keri Leigh Merritt
Brian Schoen (Ohio University)
Commentator: Nicolas Delalande (Sciences Po)
1:00-2:00: lunch
2:00-3:30: Land
Chair: Nicolas Barreyre
Robert Lee (Cambridge University)
Richard John (Columbia University)
Elsbeth Heaman (McGill University)
Commentator: Andrea Rosengarten (勛圖tv)
3:30-3-45: break
3:45-5:30: Was there an American Developmental State?
Chair: Eli Cook (Haifa University)
Nils Gilman (Berggruen Institute)
Anton J瓣ger (KU Leuven)
Alexander Keyssar (Harvard Kennedy School of Government)
Gautham Rao (American University)
Dina Waked (Sciences Po)
Colloque organis矇 par Noam Maggor (IEA et Queen Mary University of London), Sofia Valeonti (American University of Paris), Nicolas Barreyre (EHESS), et Ariel Ron (Southern Methodist University). Avec le soutien de : l'Institut d'tudes Avanc矇es de Paris ; l'cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales (et le laboratoire Mondes Am矇ricains) ; American University of Paris (et le Center for Critical Democracy Studies); Universit矇 Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle ; Mellon Fund Cambridge University ; Southern Methodist University ; Universit矇 Paris 1 Panth矇on-Sorbonne (laboratoire Phare).
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Comment rendre compte au mieux de la trajectoire historique du capitalisme am矇ricain au cours du 竄 long 罈 XIXe si癡cle ? Cette conf矇rence propose d矇tudier la p矇riode fondatrice du capitalisme am矇ricain la lumi癡re du concept dtat d矇veloppementaliste.
R矇矇valuer le r繫le de ltat dans lhistoire 矇conomique des tats-Unis est devenu n矇cessaire, alors que, Washington et ailleurs, sont mises en place des politiques industrielles parfois tr癡s volontaristes, et que les principes du 竄 consensus de Washington 罈 ne font plus l矇vidence. Chercheurs comme journalistes observent le d矇clin de la 竄 mondialisation n矇olib矇rale 罈 et un 竄 retour 罈 des cha簾nes de production. La demande sociale pour une plus grande intervention de ltat pour garantir un futur soutenable et plus juste se fait plus pressante. Les historiens sont bien plac矇s pour 矇clairer de tels d矇bats, qui souffrent dune compr矇hension fauss矇e de lhistoire des institutions am矇ricaines et leur r繫le 矇conomique.
En effet, les am矇ricanistes ont pass矇 une grande partie des deux derni癡res d矇cennies r矇futer le mythe dun tat am矇ricain 竄 faible 罈. Longtemps consid矇r矇 comme impotent voire absent avant le milieu du XXe si癡cle, le nouveau consensus est que ltat am矇ricain a toujours 矇t矇 竄 puissant, expansif, tenace, interventionniste et redistributeur 罈 (William Novak). Parall癡lement, les historiens de lesclavage am矇ricain et de la d矇possession des populations am矇rindiennes ont montr矇 que la violence dtat est essentielle pour comprendre la trajectoire 矇conomique du pays.
Nous nous proposons dexaminer si ces diff矇rentes facettes de lhistoire des tats-Unis sinscrivent dans un projet de d矇veloppement unique ou si elles t矇moignent de visions multiples et concurrentes du d矇veloppement. Plus g矇n矇ralement, nous souhaitons nous interroger sur la mani癡re dont le pouvoir de ltat a 矇t矇 orient矇 pour fa癟onner et gouverner la vie 矇conomique.
R矇fl矇chir en termes dtat d矇veloppementaliste permet de placer les tats-Unis dans une perspective comparative, et ainsi mettre laccent sur un ensemble de questions fondamentales : Quest-ce qui fait que les tats-Unis ressemblent ou pas dautres jeunes soci矇t矇s de colonisation dans le monde et, plus g矇n矇ralement, dautres nations en voie dindustrialisation ? Comment caract矇riser au mieux les relations entre ltat et les acteurs priv矇s aux tats-Unis, au niveau f矇d矇ral et celui des tats ? Quels ont 矇t矇 les alignements sociaux, les coalitions et les confrontations qui ont fa癟onn矇 et remodel矇 les institutions am矇ricaines au fil du temps ? Comment se fait-il que les tats-Unis - longtemps associ矇s aux march矇s lib矇raux - aient inspir矇 des personnalit矇s telles quAlexander Hamilton et Friedrich List pour th矇oriser des approches et des politiques cl矇s en mati癡re de d矇veloppement ? tant donn矇 la place privil矇gi矇e quoccupent les tats-Unis en tant que mod癡le pour l矇laboration des politiques publiques dans le monde entier, les implications de ce programme de recherche pourraient 礙tre profondes et remettre en cause des sch癡mes d'explication de longue date - en 矇conomie, en science politique et en 矇conomie politique compar矇e - sur les sources et les crit癡res de la 竄 r矇ussite 罈 矇conomique.
10h-10h30 : Introduction
10h30-12h : Infrastructure
Pr矇sidence : Ariel Ron
Sveinn M. J籀hannesson (Universit矇 d'Islande)
Susan J. Pearson (Northwestern University)
Benjamin Kodres-O'Brien (Columbia University)
Commentaire : Martin Giraudeau (Sciences Po)
12h-13h : Pause d矇jeuner
13h-14h30 : Banque et monnaie
Pr矇sidence : Sofia Valeonti
Jonah Estess (American University)
Mikael Omstedt (Uppsala University)
Manuel Bautista-Gonzalez (Oxford University)
Commentaire : Goulven Rubin (Universit矇 Paris 1)
14h30-15h : Pause
15h-16h30 : Penser l'tat d矇veloppementaliste am矇ricain
Pr矇sidence : Nicolas Barreyre
Matteo Rossi (Universit矇 de Turin)
Ariel Ron (SMU) & Sofia Valeonti (勛圖tv)
Maria Bach (Universit矇 de Lausanne)
Commentaire : Elisa Grandi (Universit矇 Paris Cit矇)
16h30-17h30 : Pause
17h30-19h : Table ronde "Au-del du n矇olib矇ralisme : Repenser le r繫le de l'tat dans une nouvelle 癡re mondiale"
Pr矇sidence : Noam Maggor
Gary Gerstle (Cambridge University)
Thomas Piketty (EHESS)
Felicia Wong (Institut Roosevelt)
9h45-11h15 : Les entreprises
Pr矇sidence : Ariel Ron
Brian Murphy (Rutgers University)
Alexia Blin (Universit矇 Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Sarah Haan (Washington and Lee University)
Commentaire : Claire Lemercier (CNRS)
11h15-11h30 : Pause
11h30-13h00 : D矇veloppement et hi矇rarchies de pouvoir
Pr矇sidence : Sofia Valeonti (勛圖tv)
Dael A. Norwood (University of Delaware)
Keri Leigh Merritt
Brian D. Schoen (Ohio University)
Commentaire : Nicolas Delalande (Sciences Po)
13h-14h : D矇jeuner
14h-15h30 : Terres
Pr矇sidence : Nicolas Barreyre (EHESS)
Robert Lee (Cambridge University)
Richard John (Columbia University)
Elsbeth Heaman (McGill University)
Commentaire : Andrea Rosengarten (勛圖tv)
15h30-15h45 : Pause
15h45-17h30 : Y a-t-il eu un tat d矇veloppementaliste am矇ricain ?
Pr矇sidence : Eli Cook (Haifa University)
Nils Gilman (Institut Berggruen)
Anton J瓣ger (KU Leuven)
Alexander Keyssar (Harvard Kennedy School of Government)
Gautham Rao (American University)
Dina Waked (Science Po)