Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar
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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is hosted by historians of economic thought Jennifer Jhun, François Allisson, and Çınla Akdere. Each month, the hosts discuss themes related to economics, its history and methodology, and its relevance to contemporary affairs.
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Episode Eighty: Till Düppe
François, Çınla, and Jennifer interview Till Düppe, Professor of Economics at Université du Québec à Montréal, about his work on lived epistemology, Gérard Debreu, Sidney Weintraub, and other topics.
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Episode Seventy Nine: Helen McCabe
Çınla and Jenn chat with Helen McCabe, Associate Professor in Political Theory at the University of Nottingham, about John Stuart Mill and his attitude(s) toward socialism. Professor McCabe is author of John Stuart Mill, Socialist, published in 2021 by McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Episode Seventy Eight: Spencer Banzhaf
Jennifer, Çınla, and François are joined by Spencer Banzhaf, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Environmental & Resource Economic Policy at North Carolina State University, to discuss the history of environmental economics and, especially, his new book Pricing the Priceless: A History of Environmental Economics.
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Episode Seventy Seven: Kseniia Lopukh
Çınla and François are joined by Kseniia Lopukh, Associate Professor of Economics at National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, to discuss her work on the famous Ukrainian economist, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, as well as the economic history of, and history of economic thought in, Ukraine.
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Episode Seventy Six: George Tavlas
François, Jennifer, and Çınla chat with George Tavlas about his new book The Monetarists: The Making of the Chicago Monetary Tradition, 1927–1960.
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Episode Seventy Five: Literature Review XI
Çınla, François, and Jennifer discuss a number of recent additions to the literature.
If you are interested in reading the papers discussed in this episode, here they are (unfortunately, some may be behind paywalls):
Macroeconomics under pressure: the feedback effects of economic expertise by Matthieu Renault
Thorstein Veblen and Socialism by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Ukrainian Financial Reforms in 1917-1922 by Kseniia Lopukh