Join us tonight for a HOPE Center Hayek Lecture with @hasnasj.bsky.social on "Common Law Liberalism". Hope to see you there! @dukelaw.bsky.social #econsky #Econhist

Drum roll, new addition to our HOPE Working Paper series. Check out Soroush Marouzi's paper, "Frank Ramsey's Politics" hope.econ.duke.edu/publications... @sunyofficial.bsky.social #econsky

Podcast: a new episode of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast is available now. This episode features three of our HOPE visiting fellows: Benjamin Brisson, Raphael Orange-Leroy, and Eva Jacob hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-nine...

Freedom—or control? Mark Pennington dives into, "Foucault and Hayek: On Freedom & Oppression," exploring how both thinkers reshaped our understanding of modern liberty. Join us for #HayekLectureSeries on October 16th with @Kaleidicworld

"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....

Take a read,Yam Maayan Yershoron, 2023-2025 HOPE Visiting Scholar published "Kenneth Arrow’s Fundamental Critique of Neoclassical Economics" in The Journal of Economic Methodology. Enjoy www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZHGWA... #econsky #economicthought

6th JHET Online Writing Workshop series is kicking off soon. You can sign up until this Sunday, the 14th of September. Aimed at both non-native and native speakers writing about the history of economic thought and looking to improve their prose. Run by Paul Dudenhefer longtime editor at HOPE.

Working Paper: The Virtues of Clarity: Robert Dorfman, from Mathematical Programming to Environmental Economics by @juliengradoz.bsky.social @ssrn.bsky.social #econhist hope.econ.duke.edu/publications...

We are thrilled to share that Hannah Glasson, 2024–2025 HOPE Scholar, has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Culture at Northwestern University. hope.econ.duke.edu/news/hannah-... @hannahglasson.bsky.social

Our 2025 HOPE Summer Institute is now in session. Thank you Bruce Caldwell, Beatrice Cherrier @undercoverhist.bsky.social , Spencer Banzhaf, and @spydermed.bsky.social for organizing. The presentations & conversations have been excellent. #econsky @economicthought.bsky.social @shoet.bsky.social

Hooray, HOPE 2023–2024 Visiting Scholar, Joshua Banerjee, achieved the outstanding achievement of securing a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in the School of Civic Leadership at @utaustin.bsky.social We are proud to have had him as part of the HOPE community. hope.econ.duke.edu/news/joshua-ba

Campus free speech, yes or no? Check out Professor @sunstein.bsky.social stimulating lecture as part of our regular Hayek Lecture Series. hope.econ.duke.edu/hayek-lectur... Thank you @sunstein.bsky.social we hope you'll come again!

Fresh off the Press!

History in the making, the yearly HOPE Conference exploring, The History of Economics Pedagogy is underway. Thank you to our organizers, Jason Brent, Jennifer Jhun, and Steven Medema. Interested in reading more, look out for the special edition of The History of Political Economy Journal. #econsky

Join us for the upcoming CELLS research colloquium next Monday, April 28, from 10:15-11:45 am featuring our team member Edoardo Peruzzi! The title of his talk is "The Application of Economic Models in the Courtroom: A Failed Promise?" Address: Otto-Brenner-Straße 1, Room 1930.A001, LUH

Take a listen to the latest episode of, Smith and Marx Walk into a bar, with Alexander Linsbichler, on rational reconstruction, Austrian Economics, and the Vienna Circle of Logical Positivism hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-eigh...

Woot Woot, Brendan Brundage, 2024-2025 HOPE Visiting Scholar, joins Morehouse College faculty with a focus in History of Economic Thought and U.S. Economic History. We love to see it! @BrendanBrundage @Morehouse @ColoradoStateU

Campus Free Speech? Come join us for a lecture with @casssunstein.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social #freespeech

Save the Date for HOPE's Hayek Lecture with Alan S. Kahan #Econ #HistofEcon #hayek

Catherine Herfeld is hiring a two-year post-doc for her research project on 'model transfers in science'. She encourages historians of economics/social science to apply. www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/id/7...

Meet Hannah Glasson, HOPE 2024-2025 Scholar. She is a political theorist with interests in environmental studies, the history of political economy, and the history of technology. hope.econ.duke.edu/news/hannah-...

Gold, fiat, Bitcoin? Take a listen to Professor Lawrence White on the history of each standard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNr4...

We discussed aspects of Sraffa's economics at the Centre for Heterodox Economics (CHE) inaugural conference which took place earlier this month at the University of Tulsa. I spoke about Sraffa and the history of economic thought. @shoet.bsky.social youtu.be/YNv0HN7-u1k?...

WP: To intervene or not to intervene: this is Smith's Problem, by Maria Pia Paganelli https://buff.ly/3WldMA7

Join us for Summer Institute 2025 Application instructions: hope.econ.duke.edu/2025-summer-...

Who can name the economist on the right? Answer in the comments, as well as a link announcing the opening of his papers for research at the @rubensteinlib part of Economists' Paper Archive. A special thanks to @soroushm669531 for his work on this archive.

Check out the newest episode of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast featuring Professor Sandra Peart (University of Richmond). Podcast produced by HOPE Center Professor, Jennifer Jhun, and her co hosts Çınla, and François. Link included in comments

Join for a lecture with Cass R. Sunstein on Campus Free Speech. Book Signing to follow.

Join us for Summer Institute 2025 Application instructions: hope.econ.duke.edu/2025-summer-...

A review of Melinda Cooper's book (Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance), by Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay https://buff.ly/4iS5d9Z

After almost a decade of thinking, researching and writing... this came in the post today. 🤓 🥂

New paper out w/ Julien Gradoz, in which we criticize the connection between the Alchian-Allen effect and the so-called iron law of prohibition: "the harder the enforcement, the harder the drugs." Now out in the European Journal of Law and Economics

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