I have question from a colleague about the history of the concept of human capital. Any advice? Literature recommendations? @shoet.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @cleocz.bsky.social @vhalsmayer.bsky.social

Article: Land, Space, or Cities: a History of Urban Economics as a Field, by Beatrice Cherrier & Anthony Rebours doi.org/10.1017/S105...

Reminder: OEconomia has launched a new permanent call journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19... We’re looking for contributions about - New databases for history/philosophy of economics (prosopographic datasets, digitized corpora...) - New methods & applications (e.g. how LLMs can advance the field)

[email protected] and I are trying to document the transformation of labour economics. Timing, scope and nature of the transition towards the 'analytical' labour economics are key focus. Some very familiar patterns are confirmed, some surprising one emerge too (more to come!) 📈📊📜

Apply to join this years HOPE 2026 Summer Institute hope.econ.duke.edu/The-Summer-I... @shoet.bsky.social @spydermed.bsky.social

In their great podcast, I try to answer a set of challenging questions asked by Jennifer Jhun and François Allison about my book Conversations on Rational Choice and about how I would classify my work in the disciplinary landscape, among other things: hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-nine...

I just found this list of affirmations I wrote while trying to finish my book manuscript. I thought I’d post it for anyone working on any writing that they feel nervous about putting into the world. You can (and should) do it! #amwriting

A review of the book edited by Gilbert Faccarello and Claire Silvant (A History of Economic Thought in France), by Andrés Alvarez & Jimena Hurtado doi.org/10.1017/S105...

Digging into the JEEA special issue below, I was wondering if anyone knows of articles, reports, or resources on the history of economic journal ranking? When and how academic/public institutions began ranking journals?

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

#econsky #econtwitter #econjobmarket #econJMC here is an opportunity to join us in beautiful Sevilla and join the very collegial and research oriented economics group at @pablodeolavide.upo.es 👇👇👇

WP: One Sentence at a Time: A Quantitative History of Rationality in Economic Thought, by Thomas Delcey, Aurélien Goutsmedt & Alexandre Truc ideas.repec.org/p/osf/socarx...

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!

CfP: Philosophy and Economics conference (Nancy, 21-22 May 2026). Extended deadline for abstracts: 16 Jan. Any proposition at the intersection of philosophy and economics will be reviewed. 👇 philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org

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!

Featured on INOMICS: 2 Post-Doctoral Positions in Monetary Economics 100% #Econsky

Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)

🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!

If you feel like it, will you show me how you annotate texts you read for research? I thought our first-year undergrads might be interested to see the variety.

A year or so ago when I was overwhelmed I made a list of tasks with 3 categories: stuff I enjoy/meh but non-negotiable stuff/non essential chores (thankfully the first category was the longest!) then I tried to squeeze out of the non essentials and started counting my hours on the meh stuff.

"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....

Beth Berman's interview should be read alongside the historical work by Antoinette Baujard on how economists have mostly endorsed, sometimes resisted, utilitarianism, welfarism and consequentialism as a basis for decision making papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...

The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2. Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.

After quite some time in preparation, here is the special issue of the JEM I co-edited with Esther-Mirjam Sent on economists and policy, with cases from macro, development, market design, and behavioral econ. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...

Once more with a link without typos... doi.org/10.23941/ejp...

Muchas de sus ideas serían inaceptables en el mundo de hoy, incluso en los círculos de la derecha. González nos recuerda que Gaitán tuvo posturas antisemitas, racistas y xenófobas www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...

Pretty cool find in a bookstore in Bogota. 99% sure this was Currie's copy as I can't think of any other "Lauch" whose books would end up here.

@undercoverhist.bsky.social I found some more CB books for children!

Archivey question: let’s say you have a used book you bought online with an ownership inscription of a historical subject you’re working on, and marginal notes in the book, etc. Is it acceptable to cite that as the subject’s marginalia or do people expect a more rigorously tracked provenance?

The new paper co-authored with @emsent.bsky.social just dropped! Check it out, it’s the intro to the forthcoming special issue of the JEM, all of the papers are already available, I’ll post sth more about it when it officially appears. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What do economists do in central banks? How did they come to play such a central role? We're excited to share the first draft of a Cambridge University Press Elements book project on how economists became key figures in central banking over the twentieth century. ▶️ osf.io/preprints/so...

Between the 1st draft and the final publication, a lot has happened not least of which is a literal war on diversity initiatives and knowledge, the very subject of this paper. And because it's also on the personal being political, a divorce, a pandemic, 3 jobs in 3 countries for me personally 1/2

The third paper of the special section on the "Scientization of Central Banks" is now online in @finandsoc.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/fas.... Aykiz dogan & Frédéric Lebaron propose a sociological approach to scientisation, by building and analysing a prosopographic database of central bankers

Our book with @ustagan10.bsky.social is now published and available on open access 🥳 www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...

Article: Hierarchies of expertise and the early days of research at the World Bank, by Christina Laskaridis doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Our team member Edoardo Peruzzi recently joined a podcast by the American Antitrust Institute with Prof. Christine Bartholomew and antitrust lawyer David Fisher. They talked about the Daubert standard, economic experts, and the challenges of handling science in courts. Listen here:

Article: The applied general-equilibrium program of the ENSAE’s band, by Romain Plassard doi.org/10.1080/0967...

Are central banks turning into research institutes? Happy to share the publication in @finandsoc.bsky.social of an article on the scientization of the @bankofengland.bsky.social, "Not a steamroller, a 3D process", with F. Sergi, F. Claveau & @clemfon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I wrote a review of a new edition of a textbook that was pivotal in my life. The review came out more personal and sentimental than any other book review I've written. So I added some criticisms. Thanks to the Journal of Economic Methodology for inviting it #philsci #philsky #econsky

Fascinating paper by Maxence Dutilleul now online in @finandsoc.bsky.social on the science-policy nexus within the Banque de France ▶️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Maxence explores how the role of economists and the Banque's relationship with academia have transformed since the XIXth century.

WP: 'Write Your Model Almost as You Would on Paper and Michel Will Take Care of the Rest!' Michel Juillard's Contribution to Macroeconomics in Historical Perspective, by Beatrice Cherrier, Aurélien Saïdi & Francesco Sergi buff.ly/qb7fIzQ

Modern science wouldn’t exist without the online research repository known as arXiv. Three decades in, its creator still can’t let it go.

The 2025 call for applications of the PhD Program in Economics at the university of Bologna is now open! 6 positions are available with a full-time scholarship. One position is related to Law and Economics. Info ➡️ www.unibo.it/en/study/phd...

👏 My wonderful doctoral student Alexandra Quack has defended her dissertation entitled A Practice-Based Analysis of Model Deidealisation: The Case of Economics (committee: M. Morgan, T. Grüne-Yanoff, F. Cheneval) with summa cum laude last week. Her paper summing up the argument 👇

Grand Entretien avec Annie L. Cot (@rehpere.bsky.social) dans Entendez-vous l'éco - sur Foucault, l'histoire de la pensée économique, la sociologie des sciences, le fascisme et les danses hongroises #rehpere #HET www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

My PhD student Alexandra Quack published her 1st paper on How Narratives Can Deidealize Models, forthc in Philosophy of Science. She offers a critical discussion of the standard view of model deidealization before showing with a case from Econ the role that narratives play in deidealizations. Link 👇

The first issue of our newest journal, History of Social Science, is now available! Learn more & check out links to highlighted articles on our blog: bit.ly/3QB3wR9

Article: Where is the Labor Theory of Value in Adam Smith? Adam Smith’s Value Theory Revisited, by Jimena Hurtado & Maria Pia Paganelli https://buff.ly/3Xl2gFs