@undercoverhist.bsky.social
Historian of applied economics
(macro, public, urban, ag, env, design, tractability, computational econ & more)
CNRS & CREST, Ecole Polytechnique
(macro, public, urban, ag, env, design, tractability, computational econ & more)
CNRS & CREST, Ecole Polytechnique
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1/ I recently wrote a review for @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social on Arnaud Orain’s Le monde confisqué: Essai sur le capitalisme de la finitude. The book has stirred major debate in France. It’s rare (and great) to see a historian of economic thought in the spotlight.
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
1/ I recently wrote a review for @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social on Arnaud Orain’s Le monde confisqué: Essai sur le capitalisme de la finitude. The book has stirred major debate in France. It’s rare (and great) to see a historian of economic thought in the spotlight.
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The Stone Centre Inequality Dialogue recap & full replay are now live. Huge thanks to @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social for your contributions & to all who joined us. Recap: bit.ly/Dialogue-recap
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Stone Centre Inequality Dialogue recap & full replay are now live. Huge thanks to @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @johncassidysays.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social & @annastansbury.bsky.social for your contributions & to all who joined us. Recap: bit.ly/Dialogue-recap
Just a reminder that the deadline for job applications at @crestumr.bsky.social is this Sunday, the 16th midnight
If you need a committee member email address to send job market signals in the coming weeks, you're welcome to use mine
If you need a committee member email address to send job market signals in the coming weeks, you're welcome to use mine
🚨 We economists at @crestumr.bsky.social IPParis are hiring🚨
We have 3 positions:
1 assistant prof in econometrics (ENSAE
1 assistant prof in Digital Economics and IO (Telecom)
1 assistant or associate, all fields (Polytechnique)
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please circulate! #econsky
We have 3 positions:
1 assistant prof in econometrics (ENSAE
1 assistant prof in Digital Economics and IO (Telecom)
1 assistant or associate, all fields (Polytechnique)
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please circulate! #econsky
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just a reminder that the deadline for job applications at @crestumr.bsky.social is this Sunday, the 16th midnight
If you need a committee member email address to send job market signals in the coming weeks, you're welcome to use mine
If you need a committee member email address to send job market signals in the coming weeks, you're welcome to use mine
Tonight, we're discussing inequality in the history of economic and political thought at 6PM CET online in a ULC Stone Centre Webinar
Discussion is centered on recent books by Branko Milanović and David Lay Williams
Register here : ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Discussion is centered on recent books by Branko Milanović and David Lay Williams
Register here : ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Tonight, we're discussing inequality in the history of economic and political thought at 6PM CET online in a ULC Stone Centre Webinar
Discussion is centered on recent books by Branko Milanović and David Lay Williams
Register here : ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Discussion is centered on recent books by Branko Milanović and David Lay Williams
Register here : ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Œconomia launches a new type of publication: Data & Quantitative Methods in the History/Philosophy of Economics
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Quantitative Methods and Data in the History, Philosophy, and Metho...
Œconomia – History / Methodology / Philosophy invites submission of articles that present, discuss, or make innovative use of data and quantitative methods in the study of the history, philosophy, ...
journals.openedition.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Œconomia launches a new type of publication: Data & Quantitative Methods in the History/Philosophy of Economics
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
The goal: give space to reflections often sidelined in traditional articles where transparency & discussion of methods get cut for “results.”
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Dozens of new ocean methane seeps have recently been discovered. This is not factored in current climate scenarios
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Dozens of new ocean methane seeps have recently been discovered. This is not factored in current climate scenarios
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Latest by my colleague Tim Lewens. Most envious of people who manage to pack in arguments into 3000 words, especially such meaty arguments as this one #philsci #philsky
Values as Evidence in the Sciences
Abstract. Ethical statements can sometimes serve as legitimate evidence for purely descriptive hypotheses. This role for ethical statements need involve ne
academic.oup.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Economists often tie their discount rates to market interest rates. Why?
I critically examine the four most common reasons in a short paper just out in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time.
You can download the preprint version here:
philpapers.org/rec/KELTDA-6
I critically examine the four most common reasons in a short paper just out in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time.
You can download the preprint version here:
philpapers.org/rec/KELTDA-6
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Economists often tie their discount rates to market interest rates. Why?
I critically examine the four most common reasons in a short paper just out in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time.
You can download the preprint version here:
philpapers.org/rec/KELTDA-6
I critically examine the four most common reasons in a short paper just out in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time.
You can download the preprint version here:
philpapers.org/rec/KELTDA-6
🚨 We economists at @crestumr.bsky.social IPParis are hiring🚨
We have 3 positions:
1 assistant prof in econometrics (ENSAE
1 assistant prof in Digital Economics and IO (Telecom)
1 assistant or associate, all fields (Polytechnique)
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please circulate! #econsky
We have 3 positions:
1 assistant prof in econometrics (ENSAE
1 assistant prof in Digital Economics and IO (Telecom)
1 assistant or associate, all fields (Polytechnique)
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please circulate! #econsky
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🚨 We economists at @crestumr.bsky.social IPParis are hiring🚨
We have 3 positions:
1 assistant prof in econometrics (ENSAE
1 assistant prof in Digital Economics and IO (Telecom)
1 assistant or associate, all fields (Polytechnique)
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please circulate! #econsky
We have 3 positions:
1 assistant prof in econometrics (ENSAE
1 assistant prof in Digital Economics and IO (Telecom)
1 assistant or associate, all fields (Polytechnique)
econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
Please circulate! #econsky
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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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 12:00 AM
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...
Dans l'Entendez-vous l'éco du jour, on discute avec @alietteh.bsky.social, Sylvie Rivot, Céline Antonin et Guillaume Vallet du prix Nobel qui vient d'être décerné à Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt sur la compréhension de la croissance et l'innovation
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Emission spéciale prix Nobel d'économie 2025
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt sont les lauréats du prix Nobel d'économie 2025, annoncé ce lundi 13 octobre 2025.
www.radiofrance.fr
October 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Dans l'Entendez-vous l'éco du jour, on discute avec @alietteh.bsky.social, Sylvie Rivot, Céline Antonin et Guillaume Vallet du prix Nobel qui vient d'être décerné à Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt sur la compréhension de la croissance et l'innovation
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Today I taught the history of mainstream and heterodox economics to UZH students, and we discuss the social meaning of prizes in science. It was an especially interesting day to do so
We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
October 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today I taught the history of mainstream and heterodox economics to UZH students, and we discuss the social meaning of prizes in science. It was an especially interesting day to do so
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I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏
October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏
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ESHET HES 2026
Important notice: change of dates
Please note that the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society will take place from 26 to 29 May 2026 (rather than the originally announced date of 3–6 June).
Important notice: change of dates
Please note that the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society will take place from 26 to 29 May 2026 (rather than the originally announced date of 3–6 June).
October 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
ESHET HES 2026
Important notice: change of dates
Please note that the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society will take place from 26 to 29 May 2026 (rather than the originally announced date of 3–6 June).
Important notice: change of dates
Please note that the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society will take place from 26 to 29 May 2026 (rather than the originally announced date of 3–6 June).
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The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Economic History
Assistant Professor in Economic History,
,
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Corruption is the most important story in the world.
Jagdish Bhagwati and Anne Krueger should share the Nobel Prize.
Jagdish Bhagwati and Anne Krueger should share the Nobel Prize.
October 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Corruption is the most important story in the world.
Jagdish Bhagwati and Anne Krueger should share the Nobel Prize.
Jagdish Bhagwati and Anne Krueger should share the Nobel Prize.
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How to model simultaneous events? If Barro wins, surely Galli does too.
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How to model simultaneous events? If Barro wins, surely Galli does too.
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My guess is that this year will be the first time one of the winners is married to a previous nobel winner
2/2
Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?
Who will get it this year and why?
What's the consequences of having an econ prize?
Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?
Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?
Who will get it this year and why?
What's the consequences of having an econ prize?
Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?
October 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My guess is that this year will be the first time one of the winners is married to a previous nobel winner
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And for question 3:
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And for question 3:
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Explanation for 1 and 2. Here is my nobel prediction for 2023. After this perfect shot I must stay on course.
Also Dixit deserves it, everyone he worked with ended up getting it. And free trade this year would be cool.
Also Dixit deserves it, everyone he worked with ended up getting it. And free trade this year would be cool.
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Explanation for 1 and 2. Here is my nobel prediction for 2023. After this perfect shot I must stay on course.
Also Dixit deserves it, everyone he worked with ended up getting it. And free trade this year would be cool.
Also Dixit deserves it, everyone he worked with ended up getting it. And free trade this year would be cool.
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1- Avinash Dixit
2- Avinash Dixit and Jagdish bjagwati
3- less work. Nothing to aim at afterwards.
4- bad: perpetuates the myth of the lonely Genius. Makes a lot of people who miss it unhappy.
4-good: it promotes science, who talks about real science the rest of the year? It motivates young people
2- Avinash Dixit and Jagdish bjagwati
3- less work. Nothing to aim at afterwards.
4- bad: perpetuates the myth of the lonely Genius. Makes a lot of people who miss it unhappy.
4-good: it promotes science, who talks about real science the rest of the year? It motivates young people
2/2
Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?
Who will get it this year and why?
What's the consequences of having an econ prize?
Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?
Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?
Who will get it this year and why?
What's the consequences of having an econ prize?
Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
1- Avinash Dixit
2- Avinash Dixit and Jagdish bjagwati
3- less work. Nothing to aim at afterwards.
4- bad: perpetuates the myth of the lonely Genius. Makes a lot of people who miss it unhappy.
4-good: it promotes science, who talks about real science the rest of the year? It motivates young people
2- Avinash Dixit and Jagdish bjagwati
3- less work. Nothing to aim at afterwards.
4- bad: perpetuates the myth of the lonely Genius. Makes a lot of people who miss it unhappy.
4-good: it promotes science, who talks about real science the rest of the year? It motivates young people
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I stay with Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes.
1/2 I wish I could stay away from incoming econ Nobel frenzy, but you don't always get what you want, so help me
Here is @richardtol.bsky.social's forecast (richardtol.substack.com/p/2025-nobel...) Samuelson's 1969 reflection on how many laureates should receive it jointly, and questions for you:
Here is @richardtol.bsky.social's forecast (richardtol.substack.com/p/2025-nobel...) Samuelson's 1969 reflection on how many laureates should receive it jointly, and questions for you:
October 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I stay with Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes.