Staying in central London, you are in a city at the heart of many developments in the history of economics, statistics and thought on
society. Only a short walk away are locations of
the coffee house where Adam Smith discussed drafts of The Wealth of Nations
the meeting rooms where David Ricardo, Robert Malthus, James Mill and others convened to debate the emerging science of political economy
the guest house where a fraught meeting between David Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau precipitated a rupture in their friendship
the gardens where John Law killed a man in a duel, before standing trial for murder and fleeing the country
the house destroyed by fire where Richard Cantillon may have been murdered
the cloisters where Jeremy Bentham's dressed skeleton and the museum where Charles Babbage's preserved brain remain on public display
the public house where Karl Marx lectured and the library where he worked
the college where Stanley Jevons studied and later taught
the houses where John Maynard Keynes socialised with other members of the Bloomsbury set
These and other local spots of interest have been collected for anyone interested into five DEE Walks,
all within walking distance of the venues for conference talks and the conference dinner.
(For even more walks try here).
