Podcasts by Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast
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 Seventy Three from 2023-11-15T07:00
Çinla, François, and Jennifer are joined by Glory M. Liu, assistant director for the Center for Economy and Society and assistant research professor at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins U...
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Episode Seventy Two from 2023-10-15T06:00
Jennifer and François are joined by Julien Gradoz for one of our occasional episodes focused on the work and lives of early-career scholars in the history of economic thought and economic method...
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Episode Seventy One from 2023-09-15T19:20:42
Çınla, François, and Jennifer chat with Danielle Guizzo, Associate Professor in Economics Education at the University of Bristol. Topics include Professor Guizzo's work deconstructing economic e...
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Episode Seventy from 2023-07-15T06:00
Jennifer, Çınla, and François interview Carl Wennerlind, Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University. Topics include Professor Wennerlind's newly-published book, Scarcity: A...
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Episode Sixty Nine from 2023-06-15T06:00
François, Jennifer, and Çınla chat with Roni Hirsch, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Political Theory at the University of Haifa, about her research on profit, uncertaint...
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Episode Sixty Eight from 2023-05-15T06:00
Çınla, François, and Jennifer interview Professor Edmund Phelps, Director of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics, about hi...
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Episode Sixty Seven from 2023-04-15T06:00
Jennifer, Çınla, and François chat with Alex Thomas, Assistant Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, Karnataka, India about his research and teaching. ...
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Episode Sixty Six from 2023-03-15T06:00
Çınla, François, and Jennifer discuss a number of recent additions to the literature.
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Episode Sixty Five from 2023-02-15T07:00
Çınla, François, and Jennifer interview Pedro Garcia Duarte, Senior Research Fellow with the Insper Institute of Education and Research in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and co-editor of <...
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Episode Sixty Four from 2023-01-15T07:00
Our scheduled interview had to be canceled at the last moment, so we took the opportunity to have a short chat with out new co-host, François Allisson, Senior Lecturer at the Walras-Pareto Centr...
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Episode Sixty Three from 2022-12-15T07:00
Jennifer, Scott, and Çınla are joined by Bruce Caldwell, Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy and Research Professor of Economics at Duke University, and Hansjörg Klausing...
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Episode Sixty Two from 2022-11-15T07:00
Çınla, Jennifer, and Scott are joined by Ann Mari May, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska, to discuss her new book, Gender and the Dismal Science: Women in the Ear...
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Episode Sixty One from 2022-10-15T06:00
Jennifer, Çınla, and Scott are joined by four early-career scholars to discuss their research projects, experiences in the field, and career ambitions.
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Episode Sixty from 2022-09-15T06:00
Çınla, Jenn, and Scott are joined by Rebeca Gomez Betancourt, Professor of Economics at Université Lumière Lyon 2 and c...
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Episode Fifty Nine from 2022-08-15T06:00
We're taking a break for the month of August to enjoy the remnants of the summer. Talk to you again on September 15th.
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Episode Fifty Eight from 2022-07-15T06:00
In this episode, Çınla and Jenn interview Altuğ Yalçıntaş, Professor of Institutional Economics at Ankara University. Discussion topics include Professor Yalçıntaş' work on the history of the Co...
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Episode Fifty Seven from 2022-06-15T06:00
Çınla, Scott, and Jennifer discuss a number of recent additions to the literature in history of econom...
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Episode Fifty Six from 2022-05-15T06:00
Scott, Jennifer, and Çınla are joined by Margaret Schabas, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, to discuss her work. Professor Schabas is the author of numerous article...
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Episode Fifty Five from 2022-04-15T06:00
Çınla, Scott, and Jennifer speak with Annalisa Rosselli, Senior Professor of History of Economic Thought at Tor Vergata University of Rome and Luiss University of Rome. Discussion topics include...
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Episode Fifty Four from 2022-03-15T06:00
Jennifer, Çınla, and Scott discuss some of their own recent research, what it takes to develop a successful research project, and offer some advice to graduate students and early-career scholars...
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Episode Fifty Three from 2022-02-15T07:00
In this episode, Çınla and Scott discuss their experiences using podcasts as a teaching tool in the classroom and the value of using episodes of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar to teach ...
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Episode Fifty Two from 2022-01-15T07:00
In this episode, Çınla, Scott, and Jennifer interview Judith Favereau, Associate Professor of economics at Université Lumière Lyon 2, about her interesting work on the methodological aspects of ...
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Episode Fifty One from 2021-12-14T07:00
Jenn, Çınla, and Scott discuss a number of recent additions to the literature in history of economic thought and methodology.
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Episode Fifty from 2021-11-15T18:49:43
In our 50th (!) episode, we interview our soon-to-be-former co-host Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak about his many and varied research interests. Topics include Carlos's work on early modern political ...
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Episode Forty Nine from 2021-10-15T06:00
In this month's episode, Çınla, Scott, Jennifer, and Carlos are joined by Antoine Missemer and Marco Paulo Franco to discuss their work on ecological economics and their forthcoming co-authored ...
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Episode Forty Eight from 2021-09-15T06:00
Carlos, Scott, and Jenn are joined by Çınla Akdere, Assistant Professor of Economics at Middle East Technical University in Ankara (and soon-to-be co-host of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar Listen
Episode Forty Seven from 2021-08-15T06:00
Jenn, Carlos, and Scott are taking off the month of August, but will return with a new episode and some exciting news in September!
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Episode Forty Six from 2021-07-15T06:00
Jenn and Scott are joined by Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, Research Associate at Cambridge...
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Episode Forty Five from 2021-06-15T06:00
Scott, Carlos, and Jenn are joined by Michele Alacevich of the University of Bologna to discuss his new book, Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography:
Episode Forty Four from 2021-05-15T06:00
Jennifer, Scott, and Carlos are joined by Manuela Mosca, Professor of History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento in Italy. The conversation is focused on Professor Mosca's work on ...
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Episode Forty Three from 2021-04-15T16:19:39
Sarvy, Carlos, Jenn, and Scott, are joined by James Ashley Morrison, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. The conversation is focus...
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Episode Forty Two from 2021-03-15T06:00
In this episode, Carlos, Scott, and Jenn are joined by Professor Steven Medema, Research Professor of Economics at Duke University and Associate Director of Duke's Center for the History of Poli...
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Episode Forty One from 2021-02-15T07:00
Jennifer, Carlos, Sarvy, and Scott are joined by three early-career scholars to discuss how the pandemic has affected their teaching and research, their conference experiences and their career p...
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Episode Forty from 2021-01-15T07:00
Sarvy, Scott, and new co-host Jennifer Jhun interview Professor Tom Stapleford about his past work on historical epistemology, his more recent work on the engineer and statistician (and co-found...
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Episode Thirty Nine from 2020-12-15T07:00
Sarvy, Carlos, Gerardo, and Scott discuss several recent additions to the literature in history of economic thought and methodology.
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Episode Thirty Eight from 2020-11-15T07:00
Carlos, Sarvy, and Gerardo speak with Ryan Walter, Associate Professor at the University of Queensland. Topics include Professor Walter's work on the meaning and significance of classical econom...
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Episode Thirty Seven from 2020-10-15T06:00
Sarvy, Scott, and Carlos interview Jeff Biddle, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University and Past President of the History of Economics Society. Topics include the relationship betwee...
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Episode Thirty Six from 2020-09-15T06:00
In this episode, Carlos, Sarvy, and Gerardo interview Fabian Muniesa, Director of Research at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (CSI), a research center of L'École des Mines de Paris. Dis...
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Episode Thirty Five from 2020-08-15T06:00
In this episode, Scott and Gerardo and new co-host, Sarvnaz Lotfi, are joined by Jennifer Jhun, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Duke University and Faculty Fellow with Duke's Center for the...
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Episode Thirty Four from 2020-07-15T06:00
In this episode, our intrepid hosts interview Keith Tribe, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Tartu, about his work on a range of topics in economic history and the history of economic ...
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Episode Thirty Three from 2020-06-15T06:00
Scott, Gerardo and Carlos review three recent additions to the literature in the history of economic thought and economic methodology: Gerardo discusses a paper on the role of the “economic prie...
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Episode Thirty Two from 2020-05-15T06:00
Carlos, Scott, and Gerardo are joined by Ivan Moscati, Professor of Economics at Insubria University in Italy, to discuss his book, Listen
Episode Thirty One from 2020-04-15T06:00
In this episode, Gerardo, Carlos, and Scott interview Ivan Boldyrev, Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics at Radboud University. Topics include Ivan's work on economics and...
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Episode Thirty from 2020-03-15T15:16:09
This unique episode features Gary Mongiovi of St. John's University and David Levy of George Mason University discussing their particular perspectives on the work of James Buchanan, winner of th...
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Episode Twenty Nine from 2020-02-15T07:00
Gerardo, Scott, and Carlos talk with philosopher of economics Catherine Herfeld, Assistant Professor of Social Theory and Philosophy of the Social Sciences at the University of Zurich. Topics in...
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Episode Twenty Eight from 2020-01-15T15:18
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall discuss a few recent additions to the literature in the history of economic thought. Topics include the disagreement between A...
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Episode Twenty Seven from 2019-12-15T07:00
Carlos attends the 7th Latin American Conference of the History of Economic Thought in Curitiba, Brazil, and talks with Jimena Hurtado of Colombia's Universidad de los Andes, Jose Edwards of Chi...
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Episode Twenty Six from 2019-11-15T07:00
In this episode, Scott Scheall sits down with Stefan Kolev, Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, to discuss a range of topics, including the history and signific...
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Episode Twenty Five from 2019-10-15T06:00
Gerardo, Scott, and Carlos talk with Robert Leonard, former President of the History of Economics Society and Professor of Economics at Université du Québec à Montréal. The discussion ranges fro...
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Episode Twenty Four from 2019-09-15T06:00
In this episode, co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by Alain Marciano and Jean-Baptiste Fleury, co-winners of this year's Craufurd Goodwin Prize for B...
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Episode Twenty Three from 2019-08-15T06:00
In Episode Twenty Three, Professor Richard van den Berg of Kingston University London joins Carlos, Scott, and Gerardo to talk about the life and times, and economic ideas of Richard Cantillon, ...
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Episode Twenty Two from 2019-07-15T06:00
In this episode, recorded at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the History of Economics Society, co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by five historians of eco...
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Episode Twenty One (Mid-Year 2019 Bonus Episode) from 2019-07-01T13:48:17
In this episode, a recording of a discussion held at Arizona State University as part of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty's Perspectives on Economic Liberty series, historians of eco...
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Episode Twenty from 2019-06-15T06:00
Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak discuss a few recent additions to the literature in the history of economic thought. Topics include the intellectual relations...
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Episode Nineteen from 2019-05-15T12:27:55
Episode Eighteen from 2019-04-15T16:36:46
In this episode, a recording of a public lecture held at Arizona State University, co-host Scott Scheall talks with Bruce Caldwell and Brad Bateman about the work of F. A. Hayek and John Maynard...
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Episode Seventeen from 2019-03-16T02:45:14
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak and Scott Scheall are joined by Hans-Michael Trautwein, Professor of Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and Past President of the Europ...
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Episode Sixteen from 2019-02-15T07:00
Co-host Scott Scheall is joined by Malcolm Rutherford, Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, and 2014 Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics...
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Episode Fifteen from 2019-01-15T07:00
Co-hosts Gerardo Serra, Scott Scheall, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak chat with Secretary of the History of Economics Society, Marianne Johnson of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Topics inclu...
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Episode Fourteen from 2018-12-15T07:00
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall summarize and discuss several recent contributions to the scholarly literature in the history of economic thought. Topics incl...
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Episode Thirteen from 2018-11-15T07:00
Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra are joined by three historians of economics still in the early phases of their respective careers -- Maria Bach of the America...
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Episode Twelve from 2018-10-15T06:00
Co-hosts Gerardo Serra, Scott Scheall, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak interview Mauro Boianovsky, Past-President of the History of Economics Society, about his work on the history of development e...
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Episode Eleven from 2018-09-21T17:34:33
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall interview Stephen Meardon, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Tr...
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Episode Ten from 2018-08-15T11:20:55
Co-host Scott Scheall interviews Tyler DesRoches, Senior Sustainability Scholar and Assistant Professor in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University. T...
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Episode Nine from 2018-07-15T06:00
In this wide-ranging episode, co-host Scott Scheall interviews Ross Emmett, Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State Universit...
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Episode Eight (Mid-Year Bonus Episode) from 2018-07-01T15:55:45
In this one-on-one interview, co-host Gerardo Serra talks with Felwine Sarr, author of Afrotopia (2016) and professor of economics at Gaston Berger University in Senegal. Topics include...
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Episode Seven from 2018-06-15T06:00
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by Maria Pia Paganelli, Professor of Economics at Trinity University and one of the world's leading Adam Smith scho...
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Episode Six from 2018-05-15T12:00
Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak are joined by François Allisson, Senior Lecturer in the Walras-Pareto Center at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Discu...
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Episode Five from 2018-04-15T22:23:44
Join co-hosts Gerardo Serra, Scott Scheall, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak as they summarize and discuss a few contributions to the recent literature.
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Episode Four from 2018-03-15T14:46:29
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by the new co-editor of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Professor Jimena Hurtado of Universidad de ...
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Episode Three from 2018-02-18T22:13:14
Kevin Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Duke University, joins co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra. The discussion covers an array of topics, inclu...
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Episode Two from 2018-01-13T00:40:53
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Rome La Sapienza, joins co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra for a wide-ranging discus...
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Episode One from 2017-12-21T15:20:09
In this short, preliminary episode, Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak introduce you to a new podcast about the history of economic thought, Smith and Marx W...
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