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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
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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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
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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
November 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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

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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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October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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"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

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October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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
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#econsky #economicthought
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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October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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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.
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
Working Paper: The Virtues of Clarity: Robert Dorfman, from Mathematical Programming to Environmental Economics by @juliengradoz.bsky.social @ssrn.bsky.social #econhist

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September 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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
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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August 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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
June 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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
May 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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!
May 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Fresh off the Press!
April 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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
April 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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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
April 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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
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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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April 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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
April 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Campus Free Speech? Come join us for a lecture with @casssunstein.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social #freespeech
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Save the Date for HOPE's Hayek Lecture with Alan S. Kahan #Econ #HistofEcon #hayek
March 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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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...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Digital Humanities or Digital/Computational Philosophy of Science – Leibniz University Hannover
www.uni-hannover.de
March 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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.
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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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February 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Gold, fiat, Bitcoin? Take a listen to Professor Lawrence White on the history of each standard.

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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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February 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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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

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The Political Economy of Piero Sraffa
YouTube video by CHE
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February 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM