On my mind this (busy) week

Our special issue with @martinkusch.bsky.social is finally complete and here’s at long last our introduction. I pitched the idea to him in 2019! Thank you for your patience and generosity, Martin. I am proud of this manifesto and hope colleagues will join us in rethinking this old debate #philsci

[HELP NEEDED] Is there any literature assessing whether economists' epistemological preference over structural vs reduced-form methods is gendered? Thanks

Beyond Promotion - What Happens When the Race Is Over [I can't agree more, seen on LinkedIn via @undercoverhist.bsky.social 🙏🏼] www.linkedin.com/pulse/beyond...

As I learned about the passing of Roger Guesnerie this morning, I came across a reference written by Leonid Hurwicz in support of Guesnerie's application for a position of Directeur d'étude at the EHESS in 1978. K Arrow also wrote in support. Guesnerie was elected to a position the following year

Historians colleagues who (still) have essay-writing based courses, who supervise master and PhD students, how do you discuss the use of generative AI for research and writing with them (sources, do/don't, etc)? Thanks!

💼 Au 1er semestre 2026, le projet #ETRANHET du @cired.bsky.social recrute un·e stagiaire niveau Master SHS pour étudier comment les économistes ont pensé la ❓énergétique pendant la décolonisation 🇫🇷 (1946-80). 🗓️ Candidature avant le 15/01/2026 Tous les détails : www.centre-cired.fr/wp-content/u...

[1/3] Before everyone scatters away on holidays, a reminder to people here interested in the history of climate economics and/or the politics of climate modelling about two ongoing calls for papers. One questions futures, the other is history-oriented, take your pick!

The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Visiting Scholars program. For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website: hope.econ.duke.edu Come join us!

➡️ Œconomia 15(3) — Accounting for Quality in Economics Edited by C. Bessy, @erwindekker.bsky.social & @juliengradoz.bsky.social 🔗 journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19... Comes also with a dozen of book reviews on hedge funds, econ expertise in Soviet Union, Solow's model, or digital capitalism.

2 Œconomia issues for the price of 1! Œconomia 15(2) & 15(3) are now online: ➡️ 15(2) — Markets and Democracy: Complementarities and Conflicts Edited by A. Chirat, N. Colin-Jaeger, C. Orozco Espinel, and C. Hédoin 🔗 journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/18...

If you think you're alone in experiencing a brain-eating December, I just took a train the wrong way, then another one to return to initial station I realized it was actually the right way, only had I forgotten the name of the next station The next train has just been canceled You're welcome

This is something utterly remarkable. First, I very much enjoyed Steven's intro -- I wish every scholar could deserve -- and receive! -- such a thoughtful eulogy. The fact that he is seen as an inspiration for younger scholars makes me proud of the discipline of economics.

📣 New call for paper in OEconomia: "History of Climate Economics", edited by Christophe Cassen, @beatricecointe.bsky.social and Antoine Missemer. Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026 More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...

Aurélien Saïdi, @cescoeco.bsky.social & I have a new JEDC paper on Michel Juillard's contribution to macro, aka his role as architect & curator of open-source Dynare software—used worldwide to estimate and simulate DSGE models It's important for 2 reasons: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur... Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.

The book is a intellectual history of global development through the biographies and ideas of six South Asian economists, all members of the Cambridge Apostles secret society at a point 2/

#EEAfiles 1990: the European Economic Association is growing, but it's not growing fast enough "EEA as fewer members than the national economic association of Sweden, with a population of 8 millions"

#EEAfiles 1986: there's a new association for European Economists New member, this is how to fill the directory sheet

#EEAfiles "the average level of econs is very low. This requires a certain elitism if we want the standard to be higher than, for example, that of the Association of French-Language Economists" Jan Waelbroeck dunking on the French (in Flemish) and suggesting that EEA members should be co-opted

#EEAfiles Documenting the birth of the European Economic Association from Leuven archives with @cescoeco.bsky.social and @aurelien-goutsmedt.com It's 1984 and several economists, many of them working at the CORE, Louvain, find that "a number of economic problems which are specifically European...

En mémoire #13novembre

1/ I recently wrote a review for @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social on Arnaud Orain’s Le monde confisqué: Essai sur le capitalisme de la finitude. The book has stirred major debate in France. It’s rare (and great) to see a historian of economic thought in the spotlight.

The Stone Centre Inequality Dialogue recap & full replay are now live. Huge thanks to @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social for your contributions & to all who joined us. Recap: bit.ly/Dialogue-recap

Just a reminder that the deadline for job applications at @crestumr.bsky.social is this Sunday, the 16th midnight If you need a committee member email address to send job market signals in the coming weeks, you're welcome to use mine

Tonight, we're discussing inequality in the history of economic and political thought at 6PM CET online in a ULC Stone Centre Webinar Discussion is centered on recent books by Branko Milanović and David Lay Williams Register here : ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Œconomia launches a new type of publication: Data & Quantitative Methods in the History/Philosophy of Economics The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.” journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...

Dozens of new ocean methane seeps have recently been discovered. This is not factored in current climate scenarios www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Latest by my colleague Tim Lewens. Most envious of people who manage to pack in arguments into 3000 words, especially such meaty arguments as this one #philsci #philsky

Economists often tie their discount rates to market interest rates. Why? I critically examine the four most common reasons in a short paper just out in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time. You can download the preprint version here: philpapers.org/rec/KELTDA-6

🚨 We economists at @crestumr.bsky.social IPParis are hiring🚨 We have 3 positions: 1 assistant prof in econometrics (ENSAE 1 assistant prof in Digital Economics and IO (Telecom) 1 assistant or associate, all fields (Polytechnique) econjobmarket.org/positions/11... Please circulate! #econsky

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward? A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...

Dans l'Entendez-vous l'éco du jour, on discute avec @alietteh.bsky.social, Sylvie Rivot, Céline Antonin et Guillaume Vallet du prix Nobel qui vient d'être décerné à Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt sur la compréhension de la croissance et l'innovation www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Today I taught the history of mainstream and heterodox economics to UZH students, and we discuss the social meaning of prizes in science. It was an especially interesting day to do so

I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏

ESHET HES 2026 Important notice: change of dates Please note that the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society will take place from 26 to 29 May 2026 (rather than the originally announced date of 3–6 June).

The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Corruption is the most important story in the world. Jagdish Bhagwati and Anne Krueger should share the Nobel Prize.

How to model simultaneous events? If Barro wins, surely Galli does too.

My guess is that this year will be the first time one of the winners is married to a previous nobel winner

And for question 3:

Explanation for 1 and 2. Here is my nobel prediction for 2023. After this perfect shot I must stay on course. Also Dixit deserves it, everyone he worked with ended up getting it. And free trade this year would be cool.

1- Avinash Dixit 2- Avinash Dixit and Jagdish bjagwati 3- less work. Nothing to aim at afterwards. 4- bad: perpetuates the myth of the lonely Genius. Makes a lot of people who miss it unhappy. 4-good: it promotes science, who talks about real science the rest of the year? It motivates young people

I stay with Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes.

1/2 I wish I could stay away from incoming econ Nobel frenzy, but you don't always get what you want, so help me Here is @richardtol.bsky.social's forecast (richardtol.substack.com/p/2025-nobel...) Samuelson's 1969 reflection on how many laureates should receive it jointly, and questions for you:

[ADVICE NEEDED] For recruitment committee members around #econsky ? EEA JOE guidelines for 2025 online interviews point to dates just before Christmas break (15-18 dec), leaving little time for committees, and especially candidates and admins to prepare for fly-outs. How do you cope with this?

"Dorfman’s intellectual style is based on deep & painstaking mastery of theoretical fundamentals, leading to clear intuitive grasp of analytical questions" (AEA, 1982) Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Nice one!