Story of the Census www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...

Class activity tomorrow 🥳
@lseechist.bsky.social

Truly delighted to announce that a new PhD program in Economic History and History of Economic Thought has been officially established in Italy!

Deadline for application is Sept. 2nd, 2025!
➡️ www.aispe.eu/en/news-en/1...

Unfortunately history of economics is not that revolutionary of a field

… and reflect on discourses on inequality by the tro tro drivers and film poster makers in Ghana (fascinating research by Gerardo Serra)

Roni Hirsch, @vhalsmayer.bsky.social and organised two sessions at #eshet2025 on knowledge beyond the common places of history of economics: we discussed the Lucas Plan and planning from the floor shop for socially useful products (amazing prez by Verena!)

Excellent Blanqui lecture by Glory Liu @ #eshet2025

First day of #eshet2025 in Torino 🫠

Listening to @mthosman.bsky.social defending his very solid PhD thesis on the history of economists at the World Bank 🥳

➡️ Development Brokers: The World Bank, Economic Expertise, and the Reinvention of Global Economic Governance in the 1960s

This was a very interesting seminar by Melissa Teixeira, highly recommend the book!

Tim Besley (LSE) presented "The Political Economy of Neoliberal Narratives" @ DSE Unibo today (abstract www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/defaul...)

Cool to hear him engage a conversation with intellectual history! (👋@quinnslobodian.com also mention @epopppp.bsky.social) #unibo

It was very nice to have Pedro Teixeira (Univ. Porto) @ DSE unibo presenting a quantitative portrait of the economics of education from the 1960 to the 1980!

"Worlds apart? the ermergence and consolidation of the economics of education in economics and education, 1960-1980" #HET #unibo

This excellent podcast series continue with Ashenfelter's interview of Myra Strober!

irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts/myr...

Hello there! Check this amazing series of podcasts on the history of labor economics (completely missed it):

An Oral History of Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, hosted by Orley Ashenfelter

irs100.princeton.edu/podcasts?pag...