“The economist as plumber” Yesterday, Esther Duflo gave the American Economic Association Richard T. Ely lecture (edit: the full video … More
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Economics as engineering III: Carnegie stories
Episode I and Episode II; Background chronology of economics at Carnegie. The “economics and engineering” line of argument is part of economists’ rhetoric. While … More
The rise of economics as engineering II: the case of MIT
Edit 2015: since this post was written, a collective volume on the history of economics at MIT has been published. Free … More
The rise of economics as engineering I : setting the scene
The rise of the economist as engineer is, economists and historians say, an essential characteristic of the development of economics … More
A chronology of economics at Carnegie (in progress)
To illustrate the previous post on the difficulties in putting together a chronology, here is tentative chronology of economics at Carnegie. … More
The Undercover Historian 