Aditya Balasubramanian, a 2017-18 HOPE Center fellow, has won the Ellen McArthur Prize in Economic History for his PhD dissertation from the University of Cambridge. Aditya's dissertation, titled "Free Economy and Opposition Politics in India, c. 1940-70," argues that the birth of opposition politics in India was tied to a major critique of economic planning and emanated from the distinct political economies of areas in southern and western India. Congratulations, Aditya! read more about Aditya Balasubramanian Wins Dissertation Award »
Rafael Galvão de Almeida, a 2018-19 HOPE Center fellow, has successfully defended his dissertation, "Dreaming of Unity: Essays on the History of New Political Economy." Rafael now holds a PhD from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. In a second HOPE Center connection, Rafael's adivsor was Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, a 2017-18 HOPE Center fellow. Congratulations, Rafael! read more about Rafael Galvão de Almeida Successfully Defends Dissertation »
Giandomenica Becchio, a 2009-2010 HOPE Center Fellow, has published a new book on the history of femimist and gender economics. Published by CRC Press (a division of Taylor and Francis), A History of Feminist and Gender Economics situates its subject in a broad cultural context, beginning with the woman question in the nineteenth century and exploring today's connection bewteen feminism and economics. Congratulations, Giando! read more about Giandomenica Becchio's New Book Explores History of Feminist Economics »
Yue Xiao, a 2018-19 HOPE Center Fellow, has won the HES's 2019 Best Conference Paper by a Young Scholar award for her paper titled "John Stuart Mill and China: Peeking behind China's Stationary State." As Yue's paper explains, Mill early made an empirical analysis of the relationship between China’s high interest rate and the desire for capital accumulation. He went on to explore the negative connection between China’s “despotism of custom” and individual liberty. Congratulations, Yue! read more about Yue Xiao, a 2018-19 HOPE Center Fellow, Wins the HES's Best Conference Paper by a Young Scholar Award »
Janek Wasserman, a 2017-18 HOPE Center fellow, has a new book out on the Austrian economists. Titled The Marginal Revolutionaries: How Austrian Economists Fought the War of Ideas, Janek's book provides a critical history of the Austrian school from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the present day. "How a small collective of haut bourgeois central European scholars and their sophisticated ideas have survived and contined to exert such symbolic power in today's imagination--eighty years after emigration… read more about New Book by Recent Fellow Takes a Fresh Look at the Austrians »
Bruce Caldwell, the director of the Center, recently sat down with the produces of the blog Cafe Hayek to explain spontaneous order and the role it plays in the creation of markets. Visit Cafe Hayek to see this entertaining and enlightening video. read more about Center Director Shares Expertise in Video on Spontaneous Order »
Nadia E. Nedzel, a 2018-19 fellow of the Center, has published with Nicholas Capaldi a new book titled The Anglo-American Conception of the Rule of Law. The 2019 book, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan as part of its series Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism, analyzes the distinguishing features of the rule of law and traces its history in the classical liberal tradition of English thought. Nadia is a professor of law at Southern University Law Center. She is currently writing a book on… read more about New Book by Recent Fellow Explores the Rule of Law »
This week we will start welcoming the 2019-20 class of fellows! Here they are, along with their research interests. Matheus Assaf, University of São Paulo: the spread of mathematical economics after the 1950s Melissa Fernandez, University of Groningen: a philosophical account of the use of models in macroeconomics Pierre-Christian Fink, Columbia University: measuring the quantity of money, 1950-1980 Stefan Kolev, University of Applied Sciences Zwickau: Max Weber’s Weber’s economic sociology Soroush Marouzi,… read more about Welcome to the 2019-20 Class of Fellows! »
Mauro Boianovsky, a fellow of the HOPE Center in 2015-16, has been awarded the Best Article Prize by the European Society for the History of Economic Thought for his article titled "Beyond Capital Fundamentalism: Harrod, Domar, and the History of Development Economics." The article appears in the March 2018 issue of the Cambridge Journal of Economics and argues that the notion of "capital fundamentalism, which is usually ascribed to Harrod and Domar, fits neither economist. Congratulations, Mauro! read more about Mauro Boianovsky Wins ESHET's Best Article Prize »
An article appearing in the September 2018 isssue of History of Political Economy was awarded the Craufurd Goodwin Best Article Prize at the 2019 meeting of the History of Economics Society in New York City. The article, titled "The Making of a Constitutionalist: James Buchanan on Education," was written by Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Alain Marciano. By examining Buchanan's writings on education, Jean-Baptiste and Alain explore how Buchanan's ideas on constitutions evolved through time. Congratulations to… read more about HOPE Article Wins Craufurd Goodwin Award »
Romain Plassard has been appointed assistant professor at the University Paris-Dauphine. Romain was a fellow of the Center in 2015-16 and again in 2017-18 and most recently visited Duke in January of this year. The HOPE Center congratulations Romain on his new position! read more about Romain Plassard Joins the Faculty at the University Paris-Dauphine »
Juan Carvajalino, a 2015-16 HOPE Center fellow, has joined the department of economics at the University of Paris 8 as an assistant professor. "It's a nice place to start an academic career, with very nice colleagues," Juan reports. We wish Juan the best and congratulate him on his new position! read more about Juan Carvajalino has joined the department of economics at the University of Paris 8 as an assistant professor »
A new old face has joined the staff of the HOPE Center. Paul Dudenhefer, who was for many years the managing editor of History of Political Economy, is now the administrative assistant for the HOPE Center. He replaces Angela Zemonek, who, after serving as the Center's administrative assistant since its founding in 2008, moved into a new position within the economics department. We wish Angela much success in her new role and are happy that she's still nearby, only two floors away! read more about HOPE Center Welcomes Paul Dudenhefer as New Administrative Assistant »
Former Center Fellows Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra interviewed Kevin Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Duke University. The discussion covered 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… read more about Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast »
Former Center Fellows Reinhard Schumacher and Juan Acosta interviewed Bruce Caldwell, director of the Center for the History of Political Economy (HOPE Center) at Duke University. The interview took place at the Institute for New Economic Thinking conference in Edinburgh in October, 2017. The podcast is the 4th in the "Ceteris Non Paribus" series. In the interview they first discuss the history… read more about Former Fellows interview Director at INET »
Congratulations to the 2017-2018 HOPE Center Fellows Hugo Chu - University of Sao Paulo Rebeca Betancourt - University of Lyon Janek Wasserman- University of Alabama Aditya Balasubramanian - University of Cambridge Margarita Fajardo - Sarah Lawrence College Dorian Jullian - University of Nice Sophia Antipolis Jonathan F. Cogliano- Dickinson College Antonella Rancan - University of Molise Mischa Suter - University of Basel Romain Plassard - University of Lille Alexandra Hyard - University of Lille 1 Carlos… read more about 2017-18 HOPE Center Fellows Selected »
The 2016 conference of the History of Economics Society was held on the campus of Duke University on June 17-20. The conference was organized by Mauro Boianovsky of the University of Brasilia. Mauro spent the academic year at Duke as a Fellow of the HOPE Center. read more about 2016 HES Conference Held at Duke University, June 17-20 »
Gabriel Oliva, a 2015-16 HOPE Center fellow, has been awarded the first annual Warren Samuels Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. The prize, which was awared by the editorial team of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (RHETM), is for Gabriel's outstanding paper, “The Road to Servomechanisms: The Influence of Cybernetics on Hayek from The Sensory Order to the Social Order.” The paper will be featured in a symposium… read more about Gabriel Oliva Wins Warren Samuels Prize »
Kevin D. Hoover, the editor of History of Political Economy and a HOPE Center affiliate, has won this year's best-article prize awarded by the History of Economics Society. The prize, which was presented at the 2015 meetings of the HES in June, was for his article titled "On the Reception of Haavelmo's Econometric Thought," published in the March 2014 issue of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought. Kevin's article traces, using bibliometric and other tools, the reception of Haavelmo's… read more about Kevin D. Hoover, Editor of HOPE, Wins Best-Article Prize »
Bruce Caldwell, the director of the HOPE Center, delivered the keynote address at the second annual Hoover Institution Library & Archives Workshop on Political Economy, held on June 24, 2015. In his address, Bruce discussed the life of Friedrich Hayek and the major themes in his work. He also talked about visiting the Hoover archives for the first time almost twenty-five years ago--an event that "transformed" his life. For more on Bruce's address, please visit the Hoover Institution website. read more about Bruce Caldwell Delivers Keynote Address on Hayek at Library & Archives Workshop on Political Economy »
Francesco Di Iorio, a 2012-13 fellow of the HOPE Center, has published a new book that explores a variant of methodological individualism, which explains social realities in terms of the individuals who make up society. The book, which is titled Cognitive Autonomy and Methodological Individualism: The Interpretative Foundations of Social Life, begins with Hayek’s reflections on the mind as it considers action from the standpoint of "non-atomistic" methodological individualism, which, according to the publisher's… read more about Francesco Di Iorio's New Book Explores a Variant of Methodological Individualism »
Sonia Manseri, a 2014-15 HOPE Center Fellow whose research is on the history of growth models, has won a scholarship that will fund the first three years of her PhD studies. The scholarship is awarded to "normaliens," students who have the status of civil servant at the Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan. Candidates for the scholarship are judged by a commission of professionals in a highly selective process. The scholarship funds come from the Minister of Research through the Doctoral School of Paris 1. Sonia will… read more about Sonia Manseri, a 2014-15 HOPE Center Fellow, Wins PhD Scholarship »
The March 2015 issue of History of Political Economy is now out. For the table of contents and abstracts, please visit this page on the HOPE Center website. read more about The March 2015 Issue of HOPE Features Articles on Alfred Kahn and Maffeo Pantaleoni, Among Others »
Reinhard Schumacher, a 2014-15 HOPE Center Fellow, has won one of the Young Scholar awards from the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET). He will present his paper titled "Adam Smith and International Division of Labour: A History of Misunderstandings" at the Young Scholars Seminar at the ESHET conference this May in Rome. For more on Reinhard, please see his profile that appeared on the HOPE Center website this past fall. Congratulations, Reinhard! read more about Reinhard Schumacher, 2014-15 HOPE Center Fellow, Wins Young Scholar Award »
The Wittener Universitaetsgesellschaft has chosen Catherine Herfeld's dissertation on rational choice theory for its 2014 Best Dissertation Award at Witten/Herdecke University. The dissertation, titled "The Many Faces of Rational Choice Theory," was supervised by Chrysostomos Mantzavinos (University of Athens) and Philip Kitcher (Columbia University). This is the second prize Catherine's dissertation has won, as it was awarded the Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Prize by the History of Economics Society at its 2014 meeting… read more about Catherine Herfeld's Dissertation Awarded Top Prize by the Wittener Universitaetsgesellschaft »
Andrej Svorencík has completed his dissertation on the history of experimental economics. Titled "The Experimental Turn in Economics: The History of Experimental Economics," the study documents how the rise of experimentation in economics, which began in the late 1960s, transformed the discipline just as mathematical formalization, economic modeling, and econometrics did. Experimentation, Andrej writes, "was above all about redefining the relationship between economic theory and data." Its goal was to "elevate" the status… read more about Andrej Svorencik Completes Dissertation on Experimental Economics »
Robert W. Dimand, who spent the 2013-14 academic year at the HOPE Center as a senior research fellow, has published a new book on James Tobin. Tobin was the leading monetary economist among the American Keynesians. He won the Nobel Prize in 1981. Robert, or Bob, as he is known, worked on the book during his fellowship at the Center. Bob has a personal and professional connection to Tobin: Tobin was Bob's dissertation director when he was a PhD student at Yale. Tobin was also a great admirer of another economist about whom… read more about Robert W. Dimand Publishes Book on James Tobin »
Danilo da Silva, a HOPE Center fellow in 2012-13, has been made a visiting professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), in São Paulo, Brazil. During the one-year appointment, Danilo will be teaching international macroeconomics, monetary economics, and macroeconomics, as well as continuing his research on macroeconomic issues. Danilo's research interest is Robert E. Lucas and the natural rate of unemployment. For more on Danilo and his work, please read the recent HOPE Center profile that was published on the Center'… read more about Danilo da Silva Made Visiting Professor at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) »
The latest annual report of the HOPE Center reviews the activities and accomplishments of the Center over the past twelve months. We invite you to read and learn about the Center, its mission, and its programs. Also available is a six-year report surveying the Center from its founding in 2008 to the present. read more about 2013-14 Annual Report Details a Year's Activities at the HOPE Center »
Emily Skarbek, a HOPE Center fellow in 2011-12, has published a new article and has a second that will be published soon. "The Chicago Fire of 1871: A Bottom-Up Approach to Disaster Relief" challenges the notion that the only effective response to a disaster can come from a centralized authority such as a government office or agency. Using expenditure and donation data compiled from archival records, she shows how private individuals, businesses, corporate entities, and municipal governments came together in the absence of… read more about Emily Skarbek's New Publications Explore Self-Governance and Spontaneous Order »