@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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This is something utterly remarkable.
First, I very much enjoyed Steven's intro -- I wish every scholar could deserve -- and receive! -- such a thoughtful eulogy. The fact that he is seen as an inspiration for younger scholars makes me proud of the discipline of economics.
First, I very much enjoyed Steven's intro -- I wish every scholar could deserve -- and receive! -- such a thoughtful eulogy. The fact that he is seen as an inspiration for younger scholars makes me proud of the discipline of economics.
Honored to introduce Samuel Bowles Public Lecture The Origin and Future of Inequality, part of 3 days organized by
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
UChicago Stone Center | The Origin and Future of Economic Inequality by Samuel Bowles
YouTube video by Harris Public Policy
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is something utterly remarkable.
First, I very much enjoyed Steven's intro -- I wish every scholar could deserve -- and receive! -- such a thoughtful eulogy. The fact that he is seen as an inspiration for younger scholars makes me proud of the discipline of economics.
First, I very much enjoyed Steven's intro -- I wish every scholar could deserve -- and receive! -- such a thoughtful eulogy. The fact that he is seen as an inspiration for younger scholars makes me proud of the discipline of economics.
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📣 New call for paper in OEconomia: "History of Climate Economics", edited by Christophe Cassen, @beatricecointe.bsky.social and Antoine Missemer.
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
History of Climate Economics
Editors of the Special Issue Christophe Cassen (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Béatrice Cointe (CNRS, CSI Paris) Antoine Missemer (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Call for Papers In 2018, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Eco...
journals.openedition.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📣 New call for paper in OEconomia: "History of Climate Economics", edited by Christophe Cassen, @beatricecointe.bsky.social and Antoine Missemer.
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Aurélien Saïdi, @cescoeco.bsky.social & I have a new JEDC paper on Michel Juillard's contribution to macro, aka his role as architect & curator of open-source Dynare software—used worldwide to estimate and simulate DSGE models
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Aurélien Saïdi, @cescoeco.bsky.social & I have a new JEDC paper on Michel Juillard's contribution to macro, aka his role as architect & curator of open-source Dynare software—used worldwide to estimate and simulate DSGE models
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
Commissariat au Plan, INSEE : après les guerres, de nouveaux lieux pour produire le savoir économique
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www.radiofrance.fr
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
Muriel Dal-Pont évoque l'évolution de l'expertise économique en France dans Entendez-vous l'éco.
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The book is a intellectual history of global development through the biographies and ideas of six South Asian economists, all members of the Cambridge Apostles secret society at a point 2/
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The book is a intellectual history of global development through the biographies and ideas of six South Asian economists, all members of the Cambridge Apostles secret society at a point 2/
#EEAfiles
1990: the European Economic Association is growing, but it's not growing fast enough
"EEA as fewer members than the national economic association of Sweden, with a population of 8 millions"
1990: the European Economic Association is growing, but it's not growing fast enough
"EEA as fewer members than the national economic association of Sweden, with a population of 8 millions"
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#EEAfiles
1990: the European Economic Association is growing, but it's not growing fast enough
"EEA as fewer members than the national economic association of Sweden, with a population of 8 millions"
1990: the European Economic Association is growing, but it's not growing fast enough
"EEA as fewer members than the national economic association of Sweden, with a population of 8 millions"
#EEAfiles
"the average level of econs is very low. This requires a certain elitism if we want the standard to be higher than, for example, that of the Association of French-Language Economists"
Jan Waelbroeck dunking on the French (in Flemish) and suggesting that EEA members should be co-opted
"the average level of econs is very low. This requires a certain elitism if we want the standard to be higher than, for example, that of the Association of French-Language Economists"
Jan Waelbroeck dunking on the French (in Flemish) and suggesting that EEA members should be co-opted
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#EEAfiles
"the average level of econs is very low. This requires a certain elitism if we want the standard to be higher than, for example, that of the Association of French-Language Economists"
Jan Waelbroeck dunking on the French (in Flemish) and suggesting that EEA members should be co-opted
"the average level of econs is very low. This requires a certain elitism if we want the standard to be higher than, for example, that of the Association of French-Language Economists"
Jan Waelbroeck dunking on the French (in Flemish) and suggesting that EEA members should be co-opted
#EEAfiles
Documenting the birth of the European Economic Association from Leuven archives with @cescoeco.bsky.social and @aurelien-goutsmedt.com
It's 1984 and several economists, many of them working at the CORE, Louvain, find that "a number of economic problems which are specifically European...
Documenting the birth of the European Economic Association from Leuven archives with @cescoeco.bsky.social and @aurelien-goutsmedt.com
It's 1984 and several economists, many of them working at the CORE, Louvain, find that "a number of economic problems which are specifically European...
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
#EEAfiles
Documenting the birth of the European Economic Association from Leuven archives with @cescoeco.bsky.social and @aurelien-goutsmedt.com
It's 1984 and several economists, many of them working at the CORE, Louvain, find that "a number of economic problems which are specifically European...
Documenting the birth of the European Economic Association from Leuven archives with @cescoeco.bsky.social and @aurelien-goutsmedt.com
It's 1984 and several economists, many of them working at the CORE, Louvain, find that "a number of economic problems which are specifically European...
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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
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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) 🙏