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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · Feb 5

The PPE Society and the Department of Political Economy at King's are hosting the first annual PPE conference this July in London 💭

Interested in submitting a proposal? The deadline is March 1, so don't forget to apply 📝

For more, see 🔽

ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...

PPE Society: London 2025 - The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society

We are pleased to share that, in addition to the PPE Society’s Annual Meetings held each year in New Orleans, the international PPE Society will…

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Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · Feb 6

We'll be hosting the first UK PPE conference in July - please do submit your abstracts and spread the news!

School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · Feb 5

The PPE Society and the Department of Political Economy at King's are hosting the first annual PPE conference this July in London 💭

Interested in submitting a proposal? The deadline is March 1, so don't forget to apply 📝

For more, see 🔽

ppesociety.org/ppe-society-...

PPE Society: London 2025 - The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society

We are pleased to share that, in addition to the PPE Society’s Annual Meetings held each year in New Orleans, the international PPE Society will…

ppesociety.org

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Feb 9

A seminal work on ontology and economics: Tony Lawson’s Economics and Reality. www.routledge.com/Economics-an...

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · Jan 29

In Public Affairs Quarterly 38.3, @johnmeadowcroft.bsky.social argues that Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" has been misread as a defense capitalism's inequalities. https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/article/38/3/173/392018/Emergence-as-a-Moral-Theory-Reappraising-Robert

Title page of essay in open copy of Public Affairs Quarterly 38.3

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Talent Commission was important in highlighting technicians in our universities. The impact of their work still unfolding itss.org.uk/research-rep...

Research report highlights transformational changes for UK technical workforce - UK ITSS

A new report TALENT Programme: Interventions and Impact has been published to mark the conclusion of the TALENT programme.

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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · Feb 1

Thanks to the Royal Economic Society for publishing my overview of Elinor Ostrom's contribution to commons, climate economics and policy, "What works in practice can work in theory."

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Reading: Elinor Ostrom
What works in practice can work in theory
The Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom study how best to govern common resources, including the global climate
The Author
Erik Nordman
Grand Valley State University

Monochrome picture of Elinor Ostrom in 1968, writing outside her cabin on Manitoulin Island, Canada.
She is sitting, thoughtfully writing, holding sunglasses in her other hand. She is wearing a bandana on her head and a sleeveless shirt. There are trees in the background.

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Feb 1

Such a lovely piece about valuing a really good local restaurant by @msrachelcooke.bsky.social (in last week’s Observer). She writes warmly about Trullo. I feel the same about the wonderful Les 2Garcons in Crouch End.

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is a fine, insightful book on those political aspects of the Ostroms’ work that receive less attention than they deserve. Highly recommended.

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Jan 30

Intriguing paper by the great Elinor Ostrom. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Jan 30

Fascinating, thought-provoking article on the need for a new moral political economy by Margaret Levi. academic.oup.com/oxrep/articl...

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Jan 26

Good book; fine cover.

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Liam McIlvanney @liammcilvanney.bsky.social · Jan 17

Getting a bit realistic now. The Good Father out on 3 July…

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Jan 11

Fascinating paper by James Buchanan, engaging at a fundamental level with Kenneth Arrow’s work on social choice theory. www.jstor.org/stable/1825570

Social Choice, Democracy, and Free Markets on JSTOR

James M. Buchanan, Social Choice, Democracy, and Free Markets, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr., 1954), pp. 114-123

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Jan 6

Current reading.

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Jan 1

A comprehensive analysis of Amartya Sen’s fascinating notion of ’commitment’.

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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · Dec 29

A quick and insightful overview of Elinor Ostrom's life and ideas:

"Tackling the sustainability challenge collectively
Elinor Ostrom won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 2009 for showing that ordinary people, working together, can manage natural resources sustainably. Her work is as relevant as ever."

Elinor Ostrom: Rethinking sustainable governance today

Discover how Elinor Ostrom's ideas on sustainable governance protect resources - and why her Nobel-winning principles are more vital now than ever.

www.lgt.com

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Dec 22

Thank you, Erik!

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Dec 21

Interested in how Elinor and Vincent Ostrom drew on ideas from cybernetics? Then check out this paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Ostroms on self-governance: the importance of cybernetics | Journal of Institutional Economics | Cambridge Core

The Ostroms on self-governance: the importance of cybernetics - Volume 20

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Dec 20

Another fine episode of Great Lives, this time on James Baldwin. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great Lives - Ruth Rogers on James Baldwin - BBC Sounds

Ruth Rogers chooses the life of writer James Baldwin.

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Dec 20

This paper develops a Hayekian/Ostromian perspective on innovation systems theory. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The innovation systems approach: an Austrian and Ostromian perspective - The Review of Austrian Economics

The innovation systems (IS) approach—developed by Richard Nelson, Christopher Freeman and Bengt-Ake Lundvall, amongst others—has become perhaps the dominant approach in the academic literature for the...

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Paul Lewis @paullewis.bsky.social · Dec 19

Terrific episode of Great Lives on the extraordinary Frank Ramsey. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great Lives - David Spiegelhalter on Frank Ramsey - BBC Sounds

Statistician David Spiegelhalter champions the short, brilliant life of Frank Ramsey.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · Dec 17

I am always delightfully surprised to see a post from a reader of my book! Thanks Paul and all the readers - past, present, and future. I hope it inspires conversation about how Ostrom's ideas can be applied to today's challenges.