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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4h

merci, ça me touche beaucoup. C'est surtout grace au travail d' @alietteh.bsky.social, aidée par Tina Iung. C'était très impressionnant à voir, en particulier le travail d'archives sonores.

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4h

les formules de Bob, ça claque toujours!

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 12h

What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?

A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy

beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w...

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 15h

ta théorie ne se voit pas du tout sur le job market, ce qui est un paradoxe intéressant à étudier

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 23h

On y aborde les questions suivantes:

un prix pour des méthodes? pour des conclusions sur les sources de la croissance? Pour des recommendations de politiques économique?

D'où vient ce prix qui n'est pas tout à fait un Nobel, à quoi sert-il dans le monde universitaire et la société?

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 23h

Dans l'Entendez-vous l'éco du jour, on discute avec @alietteh.bsky.social, Sylvie Rivot, Céline Antonin et Guillaume Vallet du prix Nobel qui vient d'être décerné à Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt sur la compréhension de la croissance et l'innovation

www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Emission spéciale prix Nobel d'économie 2025

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt sont les lauréats du prix Nobel d'économie 2025, annoncé ce lundi 13 octobre 2025.

www.radiofrance.fr

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 3d

Today I taught the history of mainstream and heterodox economics to UZH students, and we discuss the social meaning of prizes in science. It was an especially interesting day to do so

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 4d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Maria Bach @mariabach.bsky.social · 5d

I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏

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SHoET @shoet.bsky.social · 8d

ESHET HES 2026
Important notice: change of dates

Please note that the joint conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought and the History of Economics Society will take place from 26 to 29 May 2026 (rather than the originally announced date of 3–6 June).

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Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 8d

The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social

For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Assistant Professor in Economic History

Assistant Professor in Economic History, , <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and tru...

jobs.lse.ac.uk

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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 10d

Corruption is the most important story in the world.

Jagdish Bhagwati and Anne Krueger should share the Nobel Prize.

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 7d

they could even have a Barro-Blanchard-Kiyotaki on the analysis of debt (or more largely macro stabilization tools) if they wanna have fun

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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 10d

How to model simultaneous events? If Barro wins, surely Galli does too.

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Justin Lahart @jdlahart.bsky.social · 10d

My guess is that this year will be the first time one of the winners is married to a previous nobel winner

undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

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Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?

Who will get it this year and why?

What's the consequences of having an econ prize?

Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 7d

J'avais oublié cet historique de prévision exceptionnel!

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 10d

And for question 3:

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 10d

Explanation for 1 and 2. Here is my nobel prediction for 2023. After this perfect shot I must stay on course.

Also Dixit deserves it, everyone he worked with ended up getting it. And free trade this year would be cool.

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 10d

1- Avinash Dixit
2- Avinash Dixit and Jagdish bjagwati
3- less work. Nothing to aim at afterwards.
4- bad: perpetuates the myth of the lonely Genius. Makes a lot of people who miss it unhappy.
4-good: it promotes science, who talks about real science the rest of the year? It motivates young people

undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

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Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?

Who will get it this year and why?

What's the consequences of having an econ prize?

Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

Athey?

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 10d

I stay with Berry, Levinsohn and Pakes.

undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

1/2 I wish I could stay away from incoming econ Nobel frenzy, but you don't always get what you want, so help me

Here is @richardtol.bsky.social's forecast (richardtol.substack.com/p/2025-nobel...) Samuelson's 1969 reflection on how many laureates should receive it jointly, and questions for you:

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

#econsky

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

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Who should get the econ Nobel this year & why?

Who will get it this year and why?

What's the consequences of having an econ prize?

Is the econ Nobel prize (and scientific prizes more generally) doing more good or bad to the profession? To science at large? And to society?

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

1/2 I wish I could stay away from incoming econ Nobel frenzy, but you don't always get what you want, so help me

Here is @richardtol.bsky.social's forecast (richardtol.substack.com/p/2025-nobel...) Samuelson's 1969 reflection on how many laureates should receive it jointly, and questions for you:

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

[ADVICE NEEDED] For recruitment committee members around #econsky ?

EEA JOE guidelines for 2025 online interviews point to dates just before Christmas break (15-18 dec), leaving little time for committees, and especially candidates and admins to prepare for fly-outs.

How do you cope with this?

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 10d

"Dorfman’s intellectual style is based on deep & painstaking mastery of theoretical fundamentals, leading to clear intuitive grasp of analytical questions" (AEA, 1982)

Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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