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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is hosted by historians of economic thought Jennifer Jhun, François Allisson, and Çınla Akdere. Each month, the hosts discuss themes related to economics, its history and methodology, and its relevance to contemporary affairs.
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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Twenty Two

Episode Twenty Two

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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07/15/19 • 29 min

In this episode, recorded at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the History of Economics Society, co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by five historians of economics still in the early stages of their careers to discuss several of the issues confronting young scholars in the field. The co-hosts are joined by Anna Noci of the University of Insubria, Matthieu Renault of the University of São Paulo, Chung-Tang Cheng of the London School of Economics, Matthew Panhans of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Raphaël Fèvre of Cambridge University.

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast is supported by the History of Economics Society: www.historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Nineteen

Episode Nineteen

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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05/15/19 • 54 min

Co-host Gerardo Serra reports from the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) to discuss new initiatives and research in the history of African economic thought. Guests include Jerome Lange (Associate researcher, University of Paris 1) and Richard Itaman (Lecturer in comparative political economy of late development, King's College, London), the main organizers of the Young Scholars Initiative conference on 'The past and the future of African development', and a group of scholars doing exciting research on the history of African economic thought: Adebayo Adedokun (Lecturer in Economics, University of Lagos), Kohol Sylvester Shima (PhD student in History, University of Ibadan), Takesure Taringana (PhD student and Teaching assistant in Economic History, University of Zimbabwe), and Alex Ugwuja (Lecturer in History and International Relations, Edo University). Topics discussed include the methodological challenges and interdisciplinary opportunities of reconstructing the history of African economic thought, and specific case studies of the history of Igbo economic thought, the theory and practice of 'esusu' as a mechanism of saving and capital formation among the Yoruba, the role played by historian Akiga Sai in reconstructing the economic thought and life of the Tiv people, and the use of proverbs as a source for the history of economic thought in Zimbabwe.
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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Seventeen

Episode Seventeen

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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03/16/19 • 58 min

Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak and Scott Scheall are joined by Hans-Michael Trautwein, Professor of Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and Past President of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET). The conversation covers the relationship between business-cycle theorizing and macroeconomics, the current state of macroeconomics ten years after the financial crisis, the study of economics and its history in China, and Hans-Michael's argument that historians of economics are the field's "last generalists."

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: http://historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Fourteen

Episode Fourteen

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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12/15/18 • 75 min

Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall summarize and discuss several recent contributions to the scholarly literature in the history of economic thought. Topics include the funding practices of the Ford Foundation in 1960s Latin America, as well as the continuing relevance of both the socialist calculation and Hayek-Keynes debates to contemporary economics and, especially, economic policymaking.

If you are inclined to read the papers discussed in this episode, here they are (unfortunately, some may be behind paywalls):

Patrick Iber - "Social Science, Cultural Imperialism, and the Ford Foundation in Latin America in the 1960s"

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315200828/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315200828-6

Richard Sutch - "Reading Keynes at the Zero Lower Bound: The Great Depression, The Liquidity Trap, and Unconventional Policy"

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-history-of-economic-thought/article/reading-keynes-at-the-zero-lower-bound-the-great-depression-the-liquidity-trap-and-unconventional-policy/72E234973C73D7574722AE16BC64967E

Thomas Uebel - "Calculation in Kind and Substantive Rationality: Neurath, Weber, Kapp"

https://read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article-abstract/50/2/289/134727/Calculation-in-Kind-and-Substantive?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: http://historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Thirteen

Episode Thirteen

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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11/15/18 • 48 min

Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra are joined by three historians of economics still in the early phases of their respective careers -- Maria Bach of the American University of Paris, Kelly Goodman of Yale University, and Erich Pinzón-Fuchs of Universidad de los Andes -- for a discussion of the many fascinating challenges that confront young scholars in the field.

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast is supported by the History of Economics Society: www.historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Twelve

Episode Twelve

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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10/15/18 • 59 min

Co-hosts Gerardo Serra, Scott Scheall, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak interview Mauro Boianovsky, Past-President of the History of Economics Society, about his work on the history of development economics, the influence of Latin American scholars on contemporary history of economics, his experience as a graduate student with the post-Keynesian economic tradition at Cambridge, and the importance of travel writing to historical scholarship on economic thought.

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast is supported by the History of Economics Society: www.historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Three

Episode Three

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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02/18/18 • 51 min

Kevin Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Duke University, joins co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra. The discussion covers an array of topics, including the current state of macroeconomics, the need for a degree of pluralism in economic science, the relationship between Hoover's work in economics and philosophy, the economics of the original pragmatist philosopher, Charles Sanders Peirce, and the tolerant attitude typically embraced by the international community of historians of economics.

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: http://historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode One

Episode One

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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12/21/17 • 4 min

In this short, preliminary episode, Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak introduce you to a new podcast about the history of economic thought, Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar.

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: http://historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Thirty Seven

Episode Thirty Seven

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast

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10/15/20 • 68 min

Sarvy, Scott, and Carlos interview Jeff Biddle, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University and Past President of the History of Economics Society. Topics include the relationship between Biddle's historical work and his work as a labor economist, the history of agricultural economics, the business cycle work of Wesley Clair Mitchell, and Biddle's forthcoming book on the Cobb-Douglas production regression.

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: http://historyofeconomics.org

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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast - Episode Twenty Five

Episode Twenty Five

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10/15/19 • 42 min

Gerardo, Scott, and Carlos talk with Robert Leonard, former President of the History of Economics Society and Professor of Economics at Université du Québec à Montréal. The discussion ranges from the history of game theory to the "Buddhist economics" of E. F. Schumacher, Professor Leonard's latest research subject, to his experiences studying under the late Craufurd Goodwin, a legendary figure in the field of history of economic thought.

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast is supported by the History of Economics Society: www.historyofeconomics.org

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The average episode length on Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast is 55 minutes.

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