By the way, why does the history of the JEL classification codes matter?

Full paper is here. Part of the story have been told in previous posts: how economists classified their science during the … More

A History of the JEL Codes : the Making of the “Microeconomics” and “Macroeconomics” Categories [Part 3]

During the 1930s, members of the Econometric Society such as Tinbergen or Fleming, increasingly came to use a slightly transformed version … More

A History of the JEL Codes: Should There be a Separate “Economic Theory” Category? [Part 2]

Excerpt from this paper. Other episodes here and here. As 1910 was nearing its end, Davis Dewey, who had just … More

A History of the JEL Codes: Classifying Economics During the War [Part 1]

In the spring of 1940, as the war in Europe escalated and the likelihood of American involvement grew greater and … More