Juan Acosta

I have question from a colleague about the history of the concept of human capital. Any advice? Literature recommendations? @shoet.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @cleocz.bsky.social @vhalsmayer.bsky.social

Jonny Bunning (@bunnjey.bsky.social) wrote his dissertation on the history of human capital. It doesn't seem to be available online though.

Article: Land, Space, or Cities: a History of Urban Economics as a Field, by Beatrice Cherrier & Anthony Rebours
doi.org/10.1017/S105...

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, ...

Reminder: OEconomia has launched a new permanent call journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...

We’re looking for contributions about
- New databases for history/philosophy of economics (prosopographic datasets, digitized corpora...)
- New methods & applications (e.g. how LLMs can advance the field)

.@aurelien-goutsmedt.com and I are trying to document the transformation of labour economics. Timing, scope and nature of the transition towards the 'analytical' labour economics are key focus.

Some very familiar patterns are confirmed, some surprising one emerge too (more to come!) 📈📊📜

Apply to join this years HOPE 2026 Summer Institute
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@shoet.bsky.social @spydermed.bsky.social

Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast: Episode Ninety Six Jennifer and François are joined by our first return guest, Catherine Herfeld, Professor of Philosophy and History of Economics at the Institute of Philosophy at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. ...

In their great podcast, I try to answer a set of challenging questions asked by Jennifer Jhun and François Allison about my book Conversations on Rational Choice and about how I would classify my work in the disciplinary landscape, among other things: hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-nine...

A looseleaf sheet of paper with the following writing: “Reminders. 1. You could spend forever working on this book and it would still not be perfect. 2. You will not please everyone and those people who aren’t pleased will probably never be pleased no matter what you do with this manuscript. 3. There are people who will read this work with interest. Write for those people. 4. You invested a lot of time in this work and it deserves to be read; the story deserves to be told. 5. You can finish a first draft of this manuscript. 6. The reviewers will ask for changes so you will have to revisit it anyway. So it is okay if it is not written as tightly as you would like.”

I just found this list of affirmations I wrote while trying to finish my book manuscript. I thought I’d post it for anyone working on any writing that they feel nervous about putting into the world. You can (and should) do it! #amwriting

A review of the book edited by Gilbert Faccarello and Claire Silvant (A History of Economic Thought in France), by Andrés Alvarez & Jimena Hurtado
doi.org/10.1017/S105...

Digging into the JEEA special issue below, I was wondering if anyone knows of articles, reports, or resources on the history of economic journal ranking?

When and how academic/public institutions began ranking journals?

YouTube video by Federal Reserve Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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Job advert for a 3 year Econ post doc position at Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla, Spain. Deadline: Jan 23, 2026.

#econsky #econtwitter #econjobmarket #econJMC here is an opportunity to join us in beautiful Sevilla and join the very collegial and research oriented economics group at @pablodeolavide.upo.es 👇👇👇

WP: One Sentence at a Time: A Quantitative History of Rationality in Economic Thought, by Thomas Delcey, Aurélien Goutsmedt & Alexandre Truc
ideas.repec.org/p/osf/socarx...

Historians colleagues who (still) have essay-writing based courses, who supervise master and PhD students, how do you discuss the use of generative AI for research and writing with them (sources, do/don't, etc)?

Thanks!

CfP: Philosophy and Economics conference (Nancy, 21-22 May 2026). Extended deadline for abstracts: 16 Jan. Any proposition at the intersection of philosophy and economics will be reviewed. 👇 philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org

The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Visiting Scholars program.
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website:

hope.econ.duke.edu

Come join us!

2 Post-Doctoral Positions in Monetary Economics 100% The positions are funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Starting Grant on "Financial Stability in an Era of Digital Currencies" led by Professor Lukas Altermatt and the SNSF grant on "The Next-Generation Monetary System: Insitutional Design of Interoperable and programmable CBDCs" led by Professor Cyril Monnet.

Featured on INOMICS: 2 Post-Doctoral Positions in Monetary Economics 100% #Econsky

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)

🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!

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.

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.

"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....

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

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Content of the special section on Central Bank Scientization: Special section: Central bank scientization Redefining scientization: Central banks between science and politics Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi Not a steamroller, a 3D process: Scientization at the Bank of England Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi, François Claveau, Clément Fontan From technical to academic central banking: The scientization of the Banque de France Maxence Dutilleul Scientization of central bank governance: A global study of governors’ biographies, 2000–2020 Aykiz Dogan, Frédéric Lebaron Scientization: A self-critical afterthought Martin Marcussen

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.

Journal of Economic Methodology Economists and Economics in Policymaking. Volume 32, Issue 2 of Journal of Economic Methodology

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...

Once more with a link without typos... doi.org/10.23941/ejp...

Otro retrato de Gaitán “Olga L. González señala que Jorge Eliécer Gaitán fue esencialmente un gran agitador, no un hombre de ideas”: Armando Montenegro

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...

Beckoning Frontiers, by Marriner S. Eccles

To my friend Lauch - With my compliments and sincere good wishes. Marriner. July 3, '51.

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.

Source: biblioteca.extra.bcv.org.ve/cgi-win/be_a...