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Alex M. Thomas

@alexmthomas.bsky.social
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History of economic thought || Associate Professor of Economics @ Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, 🇮🇳 || Macroeconomics (CUP, 2021) || Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET)

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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Article: Ibn Khaldun on Value, Distribution and Growth: A Philological Reinterpretation of Economic Terms in The Muqaddimah, by Naseef Muhammed P S doi.org/10.1080/0953...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This research project on Ibn Khaldun started in 2024 when Naseef wished to do a thesis in HET for his MA at Azim Premji University. By presenting his work at various HET events, the work matured significantly, and now it is a special moment to see it published in ROPE.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My macroeconomics textbook now has a Marathi edition. Buy here: amzn.in/d/00Tc3hH3
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My macroeconomics textbook now has a Marathi edition. Buy here: amzn.in/d/00Tc3hH3
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'll be talking about the history of prices in economics this Sunday in Bengaluru. Tickets here: www.brydge-people.com/bangalore
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
1/n Verena Halsmayer giving the Blanqui lecture on the history of the Solow model, based on her wonderful book www.cambridge.org/core/books/m... #eshethes2026 Key insights:
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
A review of Maria Bach's book (Relocating Development Economics: The First Generation of Modern Indian Economists), by Alex M. Thomas www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I am in the process of putting together all my research in one place & the website is designed differently from the conventional academic site with the aim of making it more user friendly. I look forward to hearing from you if this design is indeed helpful. sites.google.com/view/alex-m-...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I am in the process of putting together all my research in one place & the website is designed differently from the conventional academic site with the aim of making it more user friendly. I look forward to hearing from you if this design is indeed helpful. sites.google.com/view/alex-m-...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My review of Maria Bach's book on Indian economic thought published in JEL. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... Happy to share the PDF via DM if you do not have access. @shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Happy to have joined the editorial board of History of Economic Ideas (HEI).
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Happy to have joined the editorial board of History of Economic Ideas (HEI).
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
My macro book is in its 4th reprint!🌻 Thanks to all my students & colleagues, both near & far. Especially to those who teach using it and to those who recommended it in various uni syllabi, in India & abroad.
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jhetjournal.bsky.social @jhetjournal.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Our December issue is out, with five article, four book reviews, and two letters to the editor. This is the last issue edited by Pedro Duarte and Jiména Hurtado. As incoming editors, we would like to take the opportunity to express a great thanks for the excellent job they have done!
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Latest issue | Journal of the History of Economic Thought | Cambridge Core
Journal of the History of Economic Thought
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
My article 'Keynes and Ricardo on Consumption' is published in the latest issue of the CJE. academic.oup.com/cje/article-... DM if you don't have access.
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
A review of the new English translation of Marx's Capital (Capital: critique of political economy. Volume 1 by Karl Marx, Edited by Paul North and Paul Reitter, translated by Paul Reitter), by Christian Gehrke doi.org/10.1080/0967...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Thrilled than an English translation of Aftalion (1913) 'Periodic Crises of Overproduction' is forthcoming from Anthem Press. Keynes also owned a copy. anthempress.com/books/period...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Finally resumed work on my HET textbook; the photo is of the Kaleckis in the garden of LSE, 1937. Source: Collected Works of Michal Kalecki, Vol. VII.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"Orthodoxy, the acceptance of authoritative theories and opinions, apart from their intrinsic truth or value, is an attitude of mental and social security, a disposition to swim with the tide and to enjoy the benefits of respectability." (Hobson 1938, p. 90)
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Very very happy to see my book in econ syllabi at King's College London & University of London. 🌳 amzn.in/d/7nkJmzM www.cambridge.org/in/universit...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Very very happy to see my book in econ syllabi at King's College London & University of London. 🌳 amzn.in/d/7nkJmzM www.cambridge.org/in/universit...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
I'll be talking on 'The Politics of Microeconomics' at ISEC this Monday. Based on my EPW article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Last Monday, I spoke about growth theories at Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Bengaluru Regional Office. After providing a brief overview of SS-side & DD-led growth theories, I discussed some policy implications for India.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Last Monday, I spoke about growth theories at Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Bengaluru Regional Office. After providing a brief overview of SS-side & DD-led growth theories, I discussed some policy implications for India.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The 3rd annual conference of the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET) will be held at Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram on 11th & 12th October 2026. @shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social CfP will be released Feb/Mar 2026.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The 3rd annual conference of the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET) will be held at Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram on 11th & 12th October 2026. @shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social CfP will be released Feb/Mar 2026.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Our introduction to the special issue on HET in the RDC journal is currently the most read! In case you haven't read it yet, it is freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My article 'Keynes and Ricardo on consumption' now published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics! 😇 academic.oup.com/cje/advance-... @shoet.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My article 'Keynes and Ricardo on consumption' now published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics! 😇 academic.oup.com/cje/advance-... @shoet.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Article: Keynes and Ricardo on consumption, by Alex M Thomas doi.org/10.1093/cje/...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
3 days of exciting talks on history of economic thought coming up in Delhi @ JNU & IIT-Delhi later this week. 🪻 Close to 100 papers will be presented at #ISHET2025 on Indian Economic Thought, Teaching HET, Macroeconomics, Sraffa, Ambedkar, Smith, Khaldun & more. @shoet.bsky.social
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
It is that time of the year when I grade the book reviews submitted by my students in the MA HET course--an elective for MA Economics students. & along with Economic History & Political Economy, HET is compulsory for BA Economics students. ✨
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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "Relocating Development Economics: The First Generation of Modern Indian Economists by Maria Bach" by Alex M. Thomas. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Relocating Development Economics: The First Generation of Modern Indian Economists by Maria Bach
(Forthcoming Article)
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Nicola Giocoli @ngiocoli.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
With the customary couple of months of delay (🙄), issue 1-2025 of HEI - History of Economic Ideas has been published. TOC is in the image below. hei.scholasticahq.com www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=61 @shoet.bsky.social
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This paper has been in the making for a very long time, and am glad it has finally found its place in EPW. A special note of gratitude to SAU colleagues & students. www.epw.in/journal/comm... If you do not have access, please DM me.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
"The strength that Macroeconomics: An Introduction has in comparison to existing textbooks on macroeconomics is in its examples taken from the real world, both from India and across the globe." @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
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Book Review: Macroeconomics: An Introduction by Alex M. Thomas - LSE Review of Books
Kaibalyapati Mishra reviews Macroeconomics by Alex M. Thomas, which offers a new introduction to macroeconomics, set in the context of the Indian economy.
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
More than 100 Years of Ambedkar’s The Problem of the Rupee: Insights, ideas and intellectual rigour still awaiting discovery developingeconomics.org/2025/07/08/m...
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More than 100 Years of Ambedkar’s The Problem of the Rupee: Insights, ideas and intellectual rigour still awaiting discovery
It has been more than a century since Ambedkar’s second disquisition in the discipline of economics was published; The problem of the rupee: its origin and its solution was published in the year 19…
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We have already received over 100 abstract submissions & close to 50 applications for the YSI pre-conference workshop. The submissions close at midnight today (IST).
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The deadline for submitting abstracts to ISHET 2025 at IIT Delhi is 2 weeks away. All papers on HET are welcome. A YSI pre-conference workshop is scheduled on 10th October at JNU. Submit here: www.economiga.org/ishet-2025 @shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The deadline for submitting abstracts to ISHET 2025 at IIT Delhi is 2 weeks away. All papers on HET are welcome. A YSI pre-conference workshop is scheduled on 10th October at JNU. Submit here: www.economiga.org/ishet-2025 @shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Pleased to announce this upcoming online lecture series by Chirashree Das Gupta, organised by the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET). To know more about ISHET: sites.google.com/view/ishet/h... Register now 👇🏾
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Only came to know recently that my @cambridgeup.bsky.social macroeconomics book was listed in the @aeajournals.bsky.social Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)! www.jstor.org/stable/27183...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Only came to know recently that my @cambridgeup.bsky.social macroeconomics book was listed in the @aeajournals.bsky.social Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)! www.jstor.org/stable/27183...
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Was happy to see my macroeconomics book at the annual ESHET Conference in Turin last week. Access it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m... #ESHET2025 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A special issue on HET now out in the Review of Development & Change! 🤩 journals.sagepub.com/toc/rdca/30/... Articles on competition, environmental economics, agrarian question & structural change, village studies & Indian economics, Marx's methodological holism, Marx's framework, women in HET.
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Karthik Manickam @karthikmanickam.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Really exciting volume of HET articles edited by @alexmthomas.bsky.social for the Review of Development and Change! journals.sagepub.com/toc/rdca/30/...
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Review of Development and Change - Volume 30, Number 1_suppl
Table of contents for Review of Development and Change, 30, 1_suppl
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Was happy to see my macroeconomics book at the annual ESHET Conference in Turin last week. Access it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m... #ESHET2025 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
From the archives: how much was history of economics still taught in US economics graduate programs in 1989. Are your students more creative and reflexive now that close to 0% of them are offered a class in history of economics? #econsky
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I am still so much in awe of the accessible, intricate & engaging illustrations created by my former student Sahana--currently pursuing a PhD in economics at Stanford--for my macroeconomics book. 🌻 sites.google.com/stanford.edu...
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