Verena Halsmayer
@vhalsmayer.bsky.social
historian of economic knowledge/ modeling/ planning @univie.ac.at
website: https://tinyurl.com/55ayxyxm
website: https://tinyurl.com/55ayxyxm
Pinned
Coming soon: one of the best books I've read this year, and probably the clearest and deepest answer to the question "what's an economic model"
By the great Verena Halsmayer
#econsky
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By the great Verena Halsmayer
#econsky
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Managing Growth in Miniature
Cambridge Core - Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology - Managing Growth in Miniature
cambridge.org
So this is happening. Publication date is tomorrow.
Thank you, Beatrice, for the kind words :)
Thank you, Beatrice, for the kind words :)
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We are thrilled to share this! 🎉 Our PhD student & Santorio Fellow @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social has a new post on @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social blog Forma Fluens: “Bergsucht and Miner’s Chest” ⛏️🫁—about miners’ health, morbi metallici, & early social care. Go give it a read! #HistMed #Mining
Forma Fluens: New Article
'𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐓' 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
Sarah Seinitzer
Read all about it here: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../health-a...
#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Miners #Bergsucht #Germany #Mining
'𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐇𝐓' 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐒𝐓
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
Sarah Seinitzer
Read all about it here: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/.../health-a...
#CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Miners #Bergsucht #Germany #Mining
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We are thrilled to share this! 🎉 Our PhD student & Santorio Fellow @sarahseinitzer.bsky.social has a new post on @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social blog Forma Fluens: “Bergsucht and Miner’s Chest” ⛏️🫁—about miners’ health, morbi metallici, & early social care. Go give it a read! #HistMed #Mining
Reposted by Verena Halsmayer
Georg Seeßlen und Markus Metz mit einem Radio-Essay zur Geschichte technokratischer Gesellschaftsvorstellungen
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www.deutschlandfunk.de/technokratie...
Technokratie: Eine politische Bewegung erlebt eine Renaissance
Wenn Krisen Demokratie und Markt erschüttern, feiern Technokratie-Visionen ihr Comeback. Die Sehnsucht nach Expertenherrschaft ist so aktuell wie gefährlich.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Georg Seeßlen und Markus Metz mit einem Radio-Essay zur Geschichte technokratischer Gesellschaftsvorstellungen
www.deutschlandfunk.de/technokratie...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/technokratie...
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hagen schulz-forberg, james quilligan and I sat down a couple of months ago to talk about planetary thought in the early soviet union and why it's worth studying it today. the full conversation is now out: online.ucpress.edu/gp/article/6...
Planetary Thought in the Early Soviet Union—A Conversation with Daniela Russ
In this episode, Daniela Russ, Junior Professor at the University of Leipzig, joins hosts Hagen Schulz-Forberg and James Quilligan to explore the fascinating intersections of energy, science, and plan...
online.ucpress.edu
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
hagen schulz-forberg, james quilligan and I sat down a couple of months ago to talk about planetary thought in the early soviet union and why it's worth studying it today. the full conversation is now out: online.ucpress.edu/gp/article/6...
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New Peoples & Things episode this week features Verena Halsmayer talking about her award-winning book, _Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow’s Model as an Artifact_, including how it relates to the economics of technological change.
newbooksnetwork.com/managing-gro...
newbooksnetwork.com/managing-gro...
Verena Halsmayer on Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow’s Model as an Artifact - New Books Network
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November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New Peoples & Things episode this week features Verena Halsmayer talking about her award-winning book, _Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow’s Model as an Artifact_, including how it relates to the economics of technological change.
newbooksnetwork.com/managing-gro...
newbooksnetwork.com/managing-gro...
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Vergewaltigung in der Ehe wurde in Deutschland erst 1997 kriminalisiert. Die vorausgegangenen Kämpfe von Feministinnen analysiert Hannah Catherine Davies in „Rechtsstaat und Patriarchat“. Im Podcast spricht sie mit @hannahschmidtott.bsky.social über Wandel, Staat und Strafe.
🎧: tinyurl.com/2bjjkh5e
🎧: tinyurl.com/2bjjkh5e
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Vergewaltigung in der Ehe wurde in Deutschland erst 1997 kriminalisiert. Die vorausgegangenen Kämpfe von Feministinnen analysiert Hannah Catherine Davies in „Rechtsstaat und Patriarchat“. Im Podcast spricht sie mit @hannahschmidtott.bsky.social über Wandel, Staat und Strafe.
🎧: tinyurl.com/2bjjkh5e
🎧: tinyurl.com/2bjjkh5e
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New book: Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia, by Marko Grdešić & Mislav Žitko
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November 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
New book: Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia, by Marko Grdešić & Mislav Žitko
amzn.to/3JoWy1M
amzn.to/3JoWy1M
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A review of Elizabeth Popp Berman's book (Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy), by Tiago Mata
muse.jhu.edu/article/971595
muse.jhu.edu/article/971595
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A review of Elizabeth Popp Berman's book (Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy), by Tiago Mata
muse.jhu.edu/article/971595
muse.jhu.edu/article/971595
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Very happy to see my article “Join us in preparing people for tomorrow’s jobs”: Robert Reich, the “New Economy,” and mythic thinking as interventionist knowledge - doi.org/10.1017/S026... - finally out in Science in Context.
“Join us in preparing people for tomorrow’s jobs”: Robert Reich, the “New Economy,” and mythic thinking as interventionist knowledge | Science in Context | Cambridge Core
“Join us in preparing people for tomorrow’s jobs”: Robert Reich, the “New Economy,” and mythic thinking as interventionist knowledge
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Very happy to see my article “Join us in preparing people for tomorrow’s jobs”: Robert Reich, the “New Economy,” and mythic thinking as interventionist knowledge - doi.org/10.1017/S026... - finally out in Science in Context.
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Reposted by Verena Halsmayer
new & online💥
cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
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cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
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October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
new & online💥
cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
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cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
cache.ch/verwalteteum...
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🚨Workshop Announcement🚨
THE GROUNDS OF PLANNING:
RATIONALITY, PSEUDORATIONALITY, AND CRITIQUE
Keynotes by John O'Neill and Aaron Benanav
December 4-5, 2025
Grimm-Zentrum Auditorium, Berlin
organised by the Centre for Social Critique, HU Berlin
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
THE GROUNDS OF PLANNING:
RATIONALITY, PSEUDORATIONALITY, AND CRITIQUE
Keynotes by John O'Neill and Aaron Benanav
December 4-5, 2025
Grimm-Zentrum Auditorium, Berlin
organised by the Centre for Social Critique, HU Berlin
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨Workshop Announcement🚨
THE GROUNDS OF PLANNING:
RATIONALITY, PSEUDORATIONALITY, AND CRITIQUE
Keynotes by John O'Neill and Aaron Benanav
December 4-5, 2025
Grimm-Zentrum Auditorium, Berlin
organised by the Centre for Social Critique, HU Berlin
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
THE GROUNDS OF PLANNING:
RATIONALITY, PSEUDORATIONALITY, AND CRITIQUE
Keynotes by John O'Neill and Aaron Benanav
December 4-5, 2025
Grimm-Zentrum Auditorium, Berlin
organised by the Centre for Social Critique, HU Berlin
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
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books aren't written and published, they grow infinitely slowly into the world, one word, page, book proposal, grey strand of hair, sleepless night and website at a time
Verso doesn't have a page for it yet but Penguin does www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804685...
Working Nature by Daniela Russ: 9781804298978 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A history of the energy economy from the perspective of critical theory Working Nature offers a history of the energy economy and its representations over the 19th and 20th century.Russ argues that “...
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October 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
books aren't written and published, they grow infinitely slowly into the world, one word, page, book proposal, grey strand of hair, sleepless night and website at a time
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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...
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The first issue of History of Social Science is available now
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March 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The first issue of History of Social Science is available now
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Hyped to read the special issue that goes with this introduction by @vhalsmayer.bsky.social and Eric Hounshell.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Hyped to read the special issue that goes with this introduction by @vhalsmayer.bsky.social and Eric Hounshell.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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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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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
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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...
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Wer mit der S1 ins Marchfeld fährt, kommt an den ausgelagerten Büchern der UB Wien vorbei.
October 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Wer mit der S1 ins Marchfeld fährt, kommt an den ausgelagerten Büchern der UB Wien vorbei.
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Great to see Wautier get the exhibit she deserves! #EarlyModern www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/a...
No Woman Could Have Painted This, They Said. They Were Wrong.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Great to see Wautier get the exhibit she deserves! #EarlyModern www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/a...
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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.
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.
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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September 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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.
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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My review of Verena Halsmeyer's unique book-length history of the Solow growth-model is online. It is a great look at modelling in economics, the particular MIT-style of modeling, as well as a great case-study of how academic and policy prestige come about.
Review of Verena Halsmayer’s Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow’s Model as an Artifact, 2024, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp.279
| Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
...
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August 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My review of Verena Halsmeyer's unique book-length history of the Solow growth-model is online. It is a great look at modelling in economics, the particular MIT-style of modeling, as well as a great case-study of how academic and policy prestige come about.
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🎉 Join us for a free online event.
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
August 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🎉 Join us for a free online event.
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
📅 Tues 4th Nov. 5pm GMT.
With: @brankomilan.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
Panel: @johncassidysays.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @annastansbury.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/StoneCentreInequalityDialogue
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Alyssa Battistoni discusses her book, Free Gifts, a value-theoretical study of capitalism's appropriation of nature, with Jochen Schmon. They cover the "new materialism," reproductive labor, existentialism, and activism.
@alybatt.bsky.social, @jochenschmon.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social
@alybatt.bsky.social, @jochenschmon.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social
The Production of Nature: An Interview with Alyssa Battistoni
by Jochen Schmon
www.jhiblog.org
August 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Alyssa Battistoni discusses her book, Free Gifts, a value-theoretical study of capitalism's appropriation of nature, with Jochen Schmon. They cover the "new materialism," reproductive labor, existentialism, and activism.
@alybatt.bsky.social, @jochenschmon.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social
@alybatt.bsky.social, @jochenschmon.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Mit tollen Beiträgen, u.a. von @gesinekrueger.bsky.social und Michaela Oberhofer, Madlen Kobi und Adam Przywara, @lenakaufmann.bsky.social und Niklaus Remund und von mir und @mrtzg.bsky.social.
1/2024-2025: Sozial-/Kulturanthropologie und Zeitgeschichte | Zeithistorische Forschungen
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June 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mit tollen Beiträgen, u.a. von @gesinekrueger.bsky.social und Michaela Oberhofer, Madlen Kobi und Adam Przywara, @lenakaufmann.bsky.social und Niklaus Remund und von mir und @mrtzg.bsky.social.
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Ist im BMI und/oder dem Verfassungsschutz jemand übergeschnappt? Die Gedenkstätte Persmanhof wird gestürmt, weil ein dort stattfindendes antifaschistisches Bildungscamp einen sittenwidrige Umgang mit einer Gedenkstätte darstelle? Bitte was?!
www.partizani.at/novice/press...
www.partizani.at/novice/press...
Presseaussendung des Društvo/Verein Peršman zum Polizeieinsatz an der Gedenkstätte und im Museum Peršman, 27.07.2025 | ZKP
Presseaussendung des Društvo/Verein Peršman zum Polizeieinsatz an der Gedenkstätte und im Museum Peršman, 27.07.2025
www.partizani.at
July 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Ist im BMI und/oder dem Verfassungsschutz jemand übergeschnappt? Die Gedenkstätte Persmanhof wird gestürmt, weil ein dort stattfindendes antifaschistisches Bildungscamp einen sittenwidrige Umgang mit einer Gedenkstätte darstelle? Bitte was?!
www.partizani.at/novice/press...
www.partizani.at/novice/press...