Juan Acosta
@jacosta.bsky.social
Historian of economics. Interested in macro and monetary economics, the role of economics as expert knowledge in central banks, and the history of economics in Colombia.
https://jcaacostamacia.github.io/Website/index.html
https://jcaacostamacia.github.io/Website/index.html
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My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
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Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)
About the HOPE Center
hope.econ.duke.edu
December 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)
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🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!
Forthcoming: Conversations on Rational Choice, edited by Catherine Herfeld
buff.ly/0PnR3ZS
buff.ly/0PnR3ZS
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!
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If you feel like it, will you show me how you annotate texts you read for research? I thought our first-year undergrads might be interested to see the variety.
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you feel like it, will you show me how you annotate texts you read for research? I thought our first-year undergrads might be interested to see the variety.
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A year or so ago when I was overwhelmed I made a list of tasks with 3 categories: stuff I enjoy/meh but non-negotiable stuff/non essential chores
(thankfully the first category was the longest!)
then I tried to squeeze out of the non essentials and started counting my hours on the meh stuff.
(thankfully the first category was the longest!)
then I tried to squeeze out of the non essentials and started counting my hours on the meh stuff.
genuine question for mid-career people: what concrete tips do you have to keep service from swamping your own writing?
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A year or so ago when I was overwhelmed I made a list of tasks with 3 categories: stuff I enjoy/meh but non-negotiable stuff/non essential chores
(thankfully the first category was the longest!)
then I tried to squeeze out of the non essentials and started counting my hours on the meh stuff.
(thankfully the first category was the longest!)
then I tried to squeeze out of the non essentials and started counting my hours on the meh stuff.
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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
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"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
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Beth Berman's interview should be read alongside the historical work by Antoinette Baujard on how economists have mostly endorsed, sometimes resisted, utilitarianism, welfarism and consequentialism as a basis for decision making
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
October 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Beth Berman's interview should be read alongside the historical work by Antoinette Baujard on how economists have mostly endorsed, sometimes resisted, utilitarianism, welfarism and consequentialism as a basis for decision making
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
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The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2.
Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.
Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2.
Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.
Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.
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After quite some time in preparation, here is the special issue of the JEM I co-edited with Esther-Mirjam Sent on economists and policy, with cases from macro, development, market design, and behavioral econ. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...
Journal of Economic Methodology
Economists and Economics in Policymaking. Volume 32, Issue 2 of Journal of Economic Methodology
www.tandfonline.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
After quite some time in preparation, here is the special issue of the JEM I co-edited with Esther-Mirjam Sent on economists and policy, with cases from macro, development, market design, and behavioral econ. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...
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Once more with a link without typos... doi.org/10.23941/ejp...
August 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Once more with a link without typos... doi.org/10.23941/ejp...
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Muchas de sus ideas serían inaceptables en el mundo de hoy, incluso en los círculos de la derecha. González nos recuerda que Gaitán tuvo posturas antisemitas, racistas y xenófobas www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...
Otro retrato de Gaitán
“Olga L. González señala que Jorge Eliécer Gaitán fue esencialmente un gran agitador, no un hombre de ideas”: Armando Montenegro
www.elespectador.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Muchas de sus ideas serían inaceptables en el mundo de hoy, incluso en los círculos de la derecha. González nos recuerda que Gaitán tuvo posturas antisemitas, racistas y xenófobas www.elespectador.com/opinion/colu...
Pretty cool find in a bookstore in Bogota. 99% sure this was Currie's copy as I can't think of any other "Lauch" whose books would end up here.
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Pretty cool find in a bookstore in Bogota. 99% sure this was Currie's copy as I can't think of any other "Lauch" whose books would end up here.
@undercoverhist.bsky.social I found some more CB books for children!
July 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
@undercoverhist.bsky.social I found some more CB books for children!
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Archivey question: let’s say you have a used book you bought online with an ownership inscription of a historical subject you’re working on, and marginal notes in the book, etc. Is it acceptable to cite that as the subject’s marginalia or do people expect a more rigorously tracked provenance?
July 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Archivey question: let’s say you have a used book you bought online with an ownership inscription of a historical subject you’re working on, and marginal notes in the book, etc. Is it acceptable to cite that as the subject’s marginalia or do people expect a more rigorously tracked provenance?
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The new paper co-authored with
@emsent.bsky.social
just dropped! Check it out, it’s the intro to the forthcoming special issue of the JEM, all of the papers are already available, I’ll post sth more about it when it officially appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@emsent.bsky.social
just dropped! Check it out, it’s the intro to the forthcoming special issue of the JEM, all of the papers are already available, I’ll post sth more about it when it officially appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Economists and economics in policymaking: historical episodes and methodological perspectives (Introduction to the special issue)
Published in Journal of Economic Methodology (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The new paper co-authored with
@emsent.bsky.social
just dropped! Check it out, it’s the intro to the forthcoming special issue of the JEM, all of the papers are already available, I’ll post sth more about it when it officially appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@emsent.bsky.social
just dropped! Check it out, it’s the intro to the forthcoming special issue of the JEM, all of the papers are already available, I’ll post sth more about it when it officially appears.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What do economists do in central banks? How did they come to play such a central role?
We're excited to share the first draft of a Cambridge University Press Elements book project on how economists became key figures in central banking over the twentieth century.
▶️ osf.io/preprints/so...
We're excited to share the first draft of a Cambridge University Press Elements book project on how economists became key figures in central banking over the twentieth century.
▶️ osf.io/preprints/so...
June 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
What do economists do in central banks? How did they come to play such a central role?
We're excited to share the first draft of a Cambridge University Press Elements book project on how economists became key figures in central banking over the twentieth century.
▶️ osf.io/preprints/so...
We're excited to share the first draft of a Cambridge University Press Elements book project on how economists became key figures in central banking over the twentieth century.
▶️ osf.io/preprints/so...
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Between the 1st draft and the final publication, a lot has happened not least of which is a literal war on diversity initiatives and knowledge, the very subject of this paper. And because it's also on the personal being political, a divorce, a pandemic, 3 jobs in 3 countries for me personally 1/2
Article: “Economics Is Not a Man's Field”: CSWEP and the First Gender Reckoning in Economics, 1971–1991, by Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, Beatrice Cherrier & John D. Singleton
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
doi.org/10.1215/0018...
May 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Between the 1st draft and the final publication, a lot has happened not least of which is a literal war on diversity initiatives and knowledge, the very subject of this paper. And because it's also on the personal being political, a divorce, a pandemic, 3 jobs in 3 countries for me personally 1/2
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The third paper of the special section on the "Scientization of Central Banks" is now online in @finandsoc.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
Aykiz dogan & Frédéric Lebaron propose a sociological approach to scientisation, by building and analysing a prosopographic database of central bankers
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
Aykiz dogan & Frédéric Lebaron propose a sociological approach to scientisation, by building and analysing a prosopographic database of central bankers
May 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The third paper of the special section on the "Scientization of Central Banks" is now online in @finandsoc.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
Aykiz dogan & Frédéric Lebaron propose a sociological approach to scientisation, by building and analysing a prosopographic database of central bankers
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
Aykiz dogan & Frédéric Lebaron propose a sociological approach to scientisation, by building and analysing a prosopographic database of central bankers
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Our book with @ustagan10.bsky.social is now published and available on open access 🥳
www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...
www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...
Field Experiments in Economics: History and Methodology
This book adopts an integrated history and philosophy of science approach to consider the historical origins and methodological pitfalls of field experiments in economics.
It explains key concepts suc...
www.routledge.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our book with @ustagan10.bsky.social is now published and available on open access 🥳
www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...
www.routledge.com/Field-Experi...
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Article: Hierarchies of expertise and the early days of research at the World Bank, by Christina Laskaridis
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Article: Hierarchies of expertise and the early days of research at the World Bank, by Christina Laskaridis
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Our team member Edoardo Peruzzi recently joined a podcast by the American Antitrust Institute with Prof. Christine Bartholomew and antitrust lawyer David Fisher.
They talked about the Daubert standard, economic experts, and the challenges of handling science in courts.
Listen here:
They talked about the Daubert standard, economic experts, and the challenges of handling science in courts.
Listen here:
Ruled by Reason: Experts, Daubert, and Judicial Gatekeeping: A Conversation with Edoardo Peruzzi and Christine Bartholomew
On this episode of Ruled by Reason, AAI Senior Counsel David O. Fisher chats with economist Edoardo Peruzzi and antitrust scholar Christine Bartholomew about the role of Daubert challenges in antitrus...
ruledbyreason.libsyn.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our team member Edoardo Peruzzi recently joined a podcast by the American Antitrust Institute with Prof. Christine Bartholomew and antitrust lawyer David Fisher.
They talked about the Daubert standard, economic experts, and the challenges of handling science in courts.
Listen here:
They talked about the Daubert standard, economic experts, and the challenges of handling science in courts.
Listen here:
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Article: The applied general-equilibrium program of the ENSAE’s band, by Romain Plassard
doi.org/10.1080/0967...
doi.org/10.1080/0967...
April 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Article: The applied general-equilibrium program of the ENSAE’s band, by Romain Plassard
doi.org/10.1080/0967...
doi.org/10.1080/0967...
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Are central banks turning into research institutes?
Happy to share the publication in @finandsoc.bsky.social of an article on the scientization of the @bankofengland.bsky.social, "Not a steamroller, a 3D process", with F. Sergi, F. Claveau & @clemfon.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy to share the publication in @finandsoc.bsky.social of an article on the scientization of the @bankofengland.bsky.social, "Not a steamroller, a 3D process", with F. Sergi, F. Claveau & @clemfon.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Are central banks turning into research institutes?
Happy to share the publication in @finandsoc.bsky.social of an article on the scientization of the @bankofengland.bsky.social, "Not a steamroller, a 3D process", with F. Sergi, F. Claveau & @clemfon.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy to share the publication in @finandsoc.bsky.social of an article on the scientization of the @bankofengland.bsky.social, "Not a steamroller, a 3D process", with F. Sergi, F. Claveau & @clemfon.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Raise your hand if you’ve ever used the Wayback Machine! ✋ The Internet Archive project (funded in part by NEH, #IMLS and #NSF) is an invaluable treasure trove of millions archived sites, texts, software, movies and more. All FREE.
And a vast majority of federal funding has been cut.
archive.org
And a vast majority of federal funding has been cut.
archive.org
April 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Raise your hand if you’ve ever used the Wayback Machine! ✋ The Internet Archive project (funded in part by NEH, #IMLS and #NSF) is an invaluable treasure trove of millions archived sites, texts, software, movies and more. All FREE.
And a vast majority of federal funding has been cut.
archive.org
And a vast majority of federal funding has been cut.
archive.org
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I wrote a review of a new edition of a textbook that was pivotal in my life. The review came out more personal and sentimental than any other book review I've written. So I added some criticisms. Thanks to the Journal of Economic Methodology for inviting it #philsci #philsky #econsky
Anna Alexandrova, The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics, 2nd Edition, by Daniel Hausman - PhilPapers
philpapers.org
April 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM