This Spring I taught a history of recent economics course to undergraduate students majoring in mathematics and economics. The syllabus … More
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Les économistes face à la défiance de la société civile: faut-il déclarer la guerre des nombres?
Crise de confiance, crise de l’expertise, crise du nombre Les économistes sont au bord de la crise de nerf, prévient … More
The making of economic facts : a reading list
That Donald Trump’s first presidential decisions included gagging the EPA,USDA and NASA, asking his advisors to provide “alternative facts” on … More
Is there really an empirical turn in economics?
Full paper here. Reposted from the INET blog. French translation here. The idea that economics has recently gone through an … More
The Undercover Historian 