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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join the @hopecenter.bsky.social for a special lecture featuring Professor Craig Smith of the University of Glasgow, marking the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. #wealthofnations #hayeklecture #historyofeconomicthought
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Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We're launching a new network: HELP — the History of Economics London Partnership — aims to provide a space for people working in the history of economics, the history of economic thought, and related fields to meet, discuss, disagree, and, yes, help each other 😅 Join our mailing list ⬇️
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Center for the History of Political Economy is thrilled to announce our 2026-2027 Visiting Scholar cohort.
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Walter Eucken Institut e.V. @euckeninstitut.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
an overarching theme that pervades his contributions, or by considering their practical purpose. Many thanks to @hopecenter.bsky.social for supporting the editors and authors of this special issue, coming in 2027! www.eucken.de/publikatione...
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Freiburger Diskussionspapiere zur Ordnungsökonomik
Das Walter Eucken Institut gibt seit 1998 die Reihe "Freiburger Diskussionspapiere zur Ordnungsökonomik" heraus.
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A new working paper has been added to our series, "Wassily Leontief's Contribution to Development Planning" by Mohit Arora and Vincent Carret. find the paper here: hope.econ.duke.edu/publications...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Check out latest working paper addition- Henry Manne, Pareto in the Pines, and the Origins of the Law and Economics Movement by @dgindis.bsky.social and @spydermed.bsky.social hope.econ.duke.edu/publications...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Check out our newest addition to our working paper series, "Games and Social Choice," by Juan Carvajalino and Herrade Igersheim. hope.econ.duke.edu/publications...
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University of Notre Dame Press @undpress.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Happening today at Duke's @hopecenter.bsky.social: Notre Dame Press author Stephanie Slade will lecture on “Fusionism and the Future of the American Right.” Her book FUSIONISM is available this September. #Conservatism #Fusionism #History #Politics Event details: hope.econ.duke.edu/u...
Cover of Slade’s "Fusionism." Full author name and subtitle on cracked plaster. "Fusionism" in all caps over exposed cement wall. Five stars above and below wall. Color scheme red, blue, and off-white. Accompanying text: "How the American conservative movement lost its philosophical compass--and why it must be recovered."
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We hope you'll join us this Thursday March 19th with @sladesr.bsky.social @reason.com magazine, for her exciting lecture, "Fusionism and the Future of the American Right."
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We have been so lucky to have Roberto Pereira Silva as a Visiting Scholar from 2024-2026. He began his time at the Center furthering his research on Earl J. Hamilton and has amplified his experience by working in the Economist Paper Archive. Read his bio here: hope.econ.duke.edu/news/roberto...
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Roberto Pereira Silva, 2024-26 HOPE Center Visiting Scholar
Roberto Pereira Silva, a HOPE Center Visiting Scholar, came to Duke in 2024 to examine the papers of Earl J. Hamilton (1899–1989), an economist who, in the late 1930s, helped found the US-based Econom...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
A super timely listen, @douglasirwin.bsky.social delivers a fantastic lecture, "Do Trump's Tariffs Make Sense?" as part of our #HayekLecture series. hope.econ.duke.edu/do-trumps-ta...
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Do Trump's Tariffs Make Sense?
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Common Law, yea or nay? Take a listen to @hasnasj.bsky.social John Hasnas on Common Law Liberalism as part of our #HayekLecture Series. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cO...
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"Common Law Liberalism", John Hasnas
YouTube video by Duke University Department of Political Science
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Monday Listening: Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar episode 97, Verena Halsmayer (University of Vienna) speaks about her book Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow's Model as an Artifact (CUP 2024), Interventionist Social Knowledge, and alternative economic planning. hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-nine...
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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast: Episode Ninety Seven
Jennifer and François Allisson chat with Verena Halsmayer, University Assistant in the Department of History at the University of Vienna. The conversation focuses on Dr. Halsmayer’s award-winning book...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Meet Raphaël Orange-Leroy, 2025-26 HOPE Center Visiting Scholar. Read his full bio here: hope.econ.duke.edu/news/raphael... @rapho-l.bsky.social
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Raphaël Orange-Leroy, 2025-26 HOPE Center Visiting Scholar
Traditionally, historians of economics have focused on economists on university faculties, the economists publishing articles in scholarly journals such as the American Economic Review and the Quarter...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Fresh off the press, check out the latest edition of History of Political Economy. read.dukeupress.edu/hope @dukepress.bsky.social
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History of Political Economy | Duke University Press
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Apply to join this years HOPE 2026 Summer Institute hope.econ.duke.edu/The-Summer-I... @shoet.bsky.social @spydermed.bsky.social
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Meet, Eva Jacob, 2025-2026 @CenterEconomy HOPE Visiting Scholar, click the link for her bio. hope.econ.duke.edu/news/eva-jacob
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Do Trump's Tariff's Make Sense? @douglasirwin.bsky.social Douglas A. Irwin will take on this question as part of our Hayek Lecture Series. Join us Thursday, January 29th at 5PM. #HayekLecture
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The lecture “Foucault and Hayek: On Freedom & Oppression” by Professor Mark Pennington, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is now available to watch on our website. hope.econ.duke.edu/foucault-and... We hope you enjoy it. #econsky #Foucault #HayekLectureSeries
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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We’re proud of our team member Edoardo Peruzzi, who presented “Harsanyi’s Legacy: Bayesian Games and the Transformation of Microeconomic Theory” last Friday at the HOPE Workshop at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University! @hopecenter.bsky.social #FrontierResearch #ERCStG
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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...
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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast: Episode Ninety Four
The co-hosts are joined by three Junior Fellows at Duke University's Center for the History of Political Economy, Benjamin Brisson, Eva Jacob, and Raphaël Orange-Leroy, to discuss their interests in t...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
"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....
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
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
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Kenneth Arrow’s fundamental critique of neoclassical economics
The paper presents Kenneth Arrow’s interpretation of the competitive general equilibrium model, arguing he used it to articulate an ambitious critique of what he called the ‘neoclassical theory.’ W...
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Erwin Dekker @erwindekker.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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.
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6th JHET Online Writing Workshop: Fourth Meeting
The fourth meeting of the 6th edition of the JHET Online Writing Workshops will take place on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 10AM to 11AM EDT (UTC-4; New York). Its topic is "Writing for an Academ...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
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...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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
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Hannah Glasson Joins Faculty at Northwestern University
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.We are exci...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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!
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Fresh off the Press!
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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
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MODEL TRANSFER ERC Project @modeltransfer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
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...
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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast: Episode Eighty Nine
Çınla, François, and Jennifer are joined by Alexander Linsbichler, Senior Postdoc with the Institute of Philosophy and Scientific Method at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, and Lecturer of...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
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
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Campus Free Speech? Come join us for a lecture with @casssunstein.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social #freespeech
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Save the Date for HOPE's Hayek Lecture with Alan S. Kahan #Econ #HistofEcon #hayek
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Erwin Dekker @erwindekker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Humanities or Digital/Computational Philosophy of Science – Leibniz University Hannover
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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-...
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Hannah Glasson, 2024-25 HOPE Center Visiting Scholar
It was the Cold War, 1950s America, and scientists in several disciplines were excited about a new area of study made popular by a book written by a MIT mathematician and computer scientist named Norb...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Gold, fiat, Bitcoin? Take a listen to Professor Lawrence White on the history of each standard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNr4...
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"Better Money: Gold, Fiat, and Bitcoin?" Lawrence White, Hayek Lecture Series
YouTube video by Duke University Department of Political Science
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Alex M. Thomas @alexmthomas.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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?...
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The Political Economy of Piero Sraffa
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
WP: To intervene or not to intervene: this is Smith's Problem, by Maria Pia Paganelli buff.ly/3WldMA7
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Join us for Summer Institute 2025 Application instructions: hope.econ.duke.edu/2025-summer-...
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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.
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Join for a lecture with Cass R. Sunstein on Campus Free Speech. Book Signing to follow.
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Center for the History of Political Economy @hopecenter.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Join us for Summer Institute 2025 Application instructions: hope.econ.duke.edu/2025-summer-...
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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
A review of Melinda Cooper's book (Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance), by Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay buff.ly/4iS5d9Z
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