Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay
@mdtremblay.bsky.social
Historian of economic thought. Junior Prof of Economics at the University of Lorraine (BETA). Conceptual history of economics | History of public finance | public goods | principles of taxation | writing on RA Musgrave | https://desmarais-tremblay.com
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
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
Thought-provoking review essay by Runciman. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thought-provoking review essay by Runciman. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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www.ft.com/content/30a4... Very good frame from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
www.ft.com/content/30a4... Very good frame from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
💩💩💩 en permettant l'importation des véhicules chinois, le problème serait réglé... www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe...
La Commission européenne propose de renoncer à l'interdiction totale des voitures neuves à moteur thermique dès 2035
Bruxelles veut autoriser les constructeurs à proposer "d'autres types de technologies après 2035" pour une part limitée de leurs ventes, d'après le commissaire européen Stéphane Séjourné.
www.franceinfo.fr
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
💩💩💩 en permettant l'importation des véhicules chinois, le problème serait réglé... www.franceinfo.fr/monde/europe...
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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!
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website:
hope.econ.duke.edu
Come join us!
Front Page | Center for the History of Political Economy
hope.econ.duke.edu
December 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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!
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website:
hope.econ.duke.edu
Come join us!
Much of £11bn Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says www.bbc.com/news/article...
Covid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much 'beyond recovery', report says
The response to the pandemic led to "enormous outlays of public money which exposed it to the risk of fraud and error", a report says.
www.bbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Much of £11bn Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This piece I wrote for @theconversation.com argues that the Summers/Epstein debacle reflects what the data show: systemic bias in the economics profession’s practices and culture. That bias influences who succeeds and who is sidelined. #EconSky theconversation.com/larry-summer...
Larry Summers’ sexism is jeopardizing his power and privilege, but the entire economics profession hinders progress for women
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This piece I wrote for @theconversation.com argues that the Summers/Epstein debacle reflects what the data show: systemic bias in the economics profession’s practices and culture. That bias influences who succeeds and who is sidelined. #EconSky theconversation.com/larry-summer...
Some good news: Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, report finds www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests
Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Some good news: Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, report finds www.bbc.com/news/article...
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My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It was a real pleasure & honour to be David Runciman's guest on his History of Ideas podcast (which is just brilliant - worth checking out the series if you don't know it!)
Have a listen to our conversation about citizens' assemblies:
#delibwave #citizensassemblies #sortition
Have a listen to our conversation about citizens' assemblies:
#delibwave #citizensassemblies #sortition
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
David talks to @cchwalisz.bsky.social, founder & CEO of Democracy Next, about how citizens’ assemblies could help fix what’s wrong with democracy. Where does the idea of a jury of citizens chosen at random to answer political questions come from?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
David talks to @cchwalisz.bsky.social, founder & CEO of Democracy Next, about how citizens’ assemblies could help fix what’s wrong with democracy. Where does the idea of a jury of citizens chosen at random to answer political questions come from?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It was a real pleasure & honour to be David Runciman's guest on his History of Ideas podcast (which is just brilliant - worth checking out the series if you don't know it!)
Have a listen to our conversation about citizens' assemblies:
#delibwave #citizensassemblies #sortition
Have a listen to our conversation about citizens' assemblies:
#delibwave #citizensassemblies #sortition
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
📣 Call for Papers - Philosophy and Economics Conference on the theme of Paradoxes and Contradictions! All proposals at the intersection of economics & philosophy will be considered. Abstract deadline 31 December 👉https://philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org
8ème colloque international de philosophie économique - Sciencesconf.org
The 8th International Conference in Philosophy and Economics will be held in Nancy at the University of Lorraine on 21-22 May 2026 on the theme of
philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📣 Call for Papers - Philosophy and Economics Conference on the theme of Paradoxes and Contradictions! All proposals at the intersection of economics & philosophy will be considered. Abstract deadline 31 December 👉https://philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org
"Taxe Zucman light": @gabrielzucman.bsky.social appelle à "ne pas répéter l'échec intellectuel et politique" des socialistes sur l'ISF en 1981
www.franceinfo.fr/economie/bud...
www.franceinfo.fr/economie/bud...
"Taxe Zucman light" : L'économiste appelle à "ne pas répéter l'échec intellectuel et politique" des socialistes sur l'ISF en 1981
Gabriel Zucman rappelle, sur France inter, la levée de boucliers des milliardaires de l'époque contre l'impôt sur les grandes fortunes.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Taxe Zucman light": @gabrielzucman.bsky.social appelle à "ne pas répéter l'échec intellectuel et politique" des socialistes sur l'ISF en 1981
www.franceinfo.fr/economie/bud...
www.franceinfo.fr/economie/bud...
Michael Sandel makes a clear and common sensical diagnostic about the philosophical failures of neoliberal political economy, but it's not clear how to establish a 'pol econ of citizenship' in an interconnected world without global regulator podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/o...
A Conversation with Michael Sandel
Épisode de l’émission · Ones and Tooze · 14/10/2025 · 53 min
podcasts.apple.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Michael Sandel makes a clear and common sensical diagnostic about the philosophical failures of neoliberal political economy, but it's not clear how to establish a 'pol econ of citizenship' in an interconnected world without global regulator podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/o...
Excellent take on the Econ Nobel by @undercoverhist.bsky.social
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...
A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy
beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Excellent take on the Econ Nobel by @undercoverhist.bsky.social
The Revolution is under way and Montréal is in the North American vanguard ✊
economist.com/internationa...
economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
economist.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The Revolution is under way and Montréal is in the North American vanguard ✊
economist.com/internationa...
economist.com/internationa...
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There have likely been 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.
@gsoh31.bsky.social, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes, argues that the Higher Education system as we know it is coming to an end.
@gsoh31.bsky.social, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes, argues that the Higher Education system as we know it is coming to an end.
Where now for Britain’s Universities?
UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.
politicalquarterly.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
There have likely been 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.
@gsoh31.bsky.social, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes, argues that the Higher Education system as we know it is coming to an end.
@gsoh31.bsky.social, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Oxford Brookes, argues that the Higher Education system as we know it is coming to an end.
You might have missed great book reviews in the latest issues of EJHET.
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Volume 32, Issue 4 of The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
www.tandfonline.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
You might have missed great book reviews in the latest issues of EJHET.
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
In 32(4), Tribe, Le Chapelain, Marcuzzo, @ivan-moscati.bsky.social @massaf.bsky.social reviewed books by Drakopoulos & Katselidis, Mosca, Garegnani, Zappia, and @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rejh20/3...
So many wrong things here 🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
So many wrong things here 🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
basic econ: restrictions on migration and low salaries for further education teachers means not enough builders to reach new homes target www.bbc.com/news/article...
Skills crisis caused by lower pay for lecturers - deputy mayor
Workers being able to earn more money than they would training builders is causing a skills crisis.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
basic econ: restrictions on migration and low salaries for further education teachers means not enough builders to reach new homes target www.bbc.com/news/article...
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JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
n.pr
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Bernard Arnault qualifie de "militant d'extrême-gauche", l'économiste Gabriel Zucman qui propose de taxer les grandes fortune 😂 www.franceinfo.fr/economie/bud...
Bernard Arnault qualifie de "militant d'extrême-gauche", l'économiste Gabriel Zucman qui propose de taxer les grandes patrimoines
Dans une interview au Sunday Times, le patron de LVMH juge que l'universitaire vise "la destruction de l'économie libérale".
www.franceinfo.fr
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Bernard Arnault qualifie de "militant d'extrême-gauche", l'économiste Gabriel Zucman qui propose de taxer les grandes fortune 😂 www.franceinfo.fr/economie/bud...
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I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
S5 E8 - Philip Kitcher on Philosophy for Science and the Common Good
Podcast Episode · The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science · 11/09/2025 · 48m
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September 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I had a rich and wide-ranging conversation w/ Professor Philip Kitcher for the podcast this week.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
We discuss his intellectual journey, interventions in creationism, sociobiology & the genome project, his philosophical evolution, and vision for philosophy serving the common good. A real privilege.
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We are now on Bluesky. Follow us from updates about new articles and book reviews in the journal, as well as the JHET writing workshops and other relevant events, workshops and conferences!
The new editorial team Erwin Dekker, Catherine Herfeld, Alexandre Mendes Cunha, Harro Maas
The new editorial team Erwin Dekker, Catherine Herfeld, Alexandre Mendes Cunha, Harro Maas
September 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We are now on Bluesky. Follow us from updates about new articles and book reviews in the journal, as well as the JHET writing workshops and other relevant events, workshops and conferences!
The new editorial team Erwin Dekker, Catherine Herfeld, Alexandre Mendes Cunha, Harro Maas
The new editorial team Erwin Dekker, Catherine Herfeld, Alexandre Mendes Cunha, Harro Maas