Alex M. Thomas
@alexmthomas.bsky.social
History of economic thought || Associate Professor of Economics @ Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, 🇮🇳 || Macroeconomics (CUP, 2021) || Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET)
Thrilled than an English translation of Aftalion (1913) 'Periodic Crises of Overproduction' is forthcoming from Anthem Press. Keynes also owned a copy.
anthempress.com/books/period...
anthempress.com/books/period...
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Thrilled than an English translation of Aftalion (1913) 'Periodic Crises of Overproduction' is forthcoming from Anthem Press. Keynes also owned a copy.
anthempress.com/books/period...
anthempress.com/books/period...
Finally resumed work on my HET textbook; the photo is of the Kaleckis in the garden of LSE, 1937.
Source: Collected Works of Michal Kalecki, Vol. VII.
Source: Collected Works of Michal Kalecki, Vol. VII.
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Finally resumed work on my HET textbook; the photo is of the Kaleckis in the garden of LSE, 1937.
Source: Collected Works of Michal Kalecki, Vol. VII.
Source: Collected Works of Michal Kalecki, Vol. VII.
"Orthodoxy, the acceptance of authoritative theories and opinions, apart from their intrinsic truth or value, is an attitude of mental and social security, a disposition to swim with the tide and to enjoy the benefits of respectability." (Hobson 1938, p. 90)
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"Orthodoxy, the acceptance of authoritative theories and opinions, apart from their intrinsic truth or value, is an attitude of mental and social security, a disposition to swim with the tide and to enjoy the benefits of respectability." (Hobson 1938, p. 90)
Very very happy to see my book in econ syllabi at King's College London & University of London. 🌳
amzn.in/d/7nkJmzM
www.cambridge.org/in/universit...
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www.cambridge.org/in/universit...
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Very very happy to see my book in econ syllabi at King's College London & University of London. 🌳
amzn.in/d/7nkJmzM
www.cambridge.org/in/universit...
amzn.in/d/7nkJmzM
www.cambridge.org/in/universit...
I'll be talking on 'The Politics of Microeconomics' at ISEC this Monday.
Based on my EPW article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Based on my EPW article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I'll be talking on 'The Politics of Microeconomics' at ISEC this Monday.
Based on my EPW article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Based on my EPW article: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Last Monday, I spoke about growth theories at Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Bengaluru Regional Office. After providing a brief overview of SS-side & DD-led growth theories, I discussed some policy implications for India.
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Last Monday, I spoke about growth theories at Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Bengaluru Regional Office. After providing a brief overview of SS-side & DD-led growth theories, I discussed some policy implications for India.
The 3rd annual conference of the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET) will be held at Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram on 11th & 12th October 2026.
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social
CfP will be released Feb/Mar 2026.
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social
CfP will be released Feb/Mar 2026.
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The 3rd annual conference of the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET) will be held at Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram on 11th & 12th October 2026.
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social
CfP will be released Feb/Mar 2026.
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social
CfP will be released Feb/Mar 2026.
Our introduction to the special issue on HET in the RDC journal is currently the most read!
In case you haven't read it yet, it is freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In case you haven't read it yet, it is freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Our introduction to the special issue on HET in the RDC journal is currently the most read!
In case you haven't read it yet, it is freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In case you haven't read it yet, it is freely available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My article 'Keynes and Ricardo on consumption' now published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics! 😇
academic.oup.com/cje/advance-...
@shoet.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
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@shoet.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 AM
My article 'Keynes and Ricardo on consumption' now published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics! 😇
academic.oup.com/cje/advance-...
@shoet.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/cje/advance-...
@shoet.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
3 days of exciting talks on history of economic thought coming up in Delhi @ JNU & IIT-Delhi later this week. 🪻
Close to 100 papers will be presented at #ISHET2025 on Indian Economic Thought, Teaching HET, Macroeconomics, Sraffa, Ambedkar, Smith, Khaldun & more.
@shoet.bsky.social
Close to 100 papers will be presented at #ISHET2025 on Indian Economic Thought, Teaching HET, Macroeconomics, Sraffa, Ambedkar, Smith, Khaldun & more.
@shoet.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
3 days of exciting talks on history of economic thought coming up in Delhi @ JNU & IIT-Delhi later this week. 🪻
Close to 100 papers will be presented at #ISHET2025 on Indian Economic Thought, Teaching HET, Macroeconomics, Sraffa, Ambedkar, Smith, Khaldun & more.
@shoet.bsky.social
Close to 100 papers will be presented at #ISHET2025 on Indian Economic Thought, Teaching HET, Macroeconomics, Sraffa, Ambedkar, Smith, Khaldun & more.
@shoet.bsky.social
It is that time of the year when I grade the book reviews submitted by my students in the MA HET course--an elective for MA Economics students.
& along with Economic History & Political Economy, HET is compulsory for BA Economics students. ✨
& along with Economic History & Political Economy, HET is compulsory for BA Economics students. ✨
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It is that time of the year when I grade the book reviews submitted by my students in the MA HET course--an elective for MA Economics students.
& along with Economic History & Political Economy, HET is compulsory for BA Economics students. ✨
& along with Economic History & Political Economy, HET is compulsory for BA Economics students. ✨
This paper has been in the making for a very long time, and am glad it has finally found its place in EPW. A special note of gratitude to SAU colleagues & students.
www.epw.in/journal/comm...
If you do not have access, please DM me.
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If you do not have access, please DM me.
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This paper has been in the making for a very long time, and am glad it has finally found its place in EPW. A special note of gratitude to SAU colleagues & students.
www.epw.in/journal/comm...
If you do not have access, please DM me.
www.epw.in/journal/comm...
If you do not have access, please DM me.
The deadline for submitting abstracts to ISHET 2025 at IIT Delhi is 2 weeks away. All papers on HET are welcome.
A YSI pre-conference workshop is scheduled on 10th October at JNU.
Submit here: www.economiga.org/ishet-2025
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
A YSI pre-conference workshop is scheduled on 10th October at JNU.
Submit here: www.economiga.org/ishet-2025
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The deadline for submitting abstracts to ISHET 2025 at IIT Delhi is 2 weeks away. All papers on HET are welcome.
A YSI pre-conference workshop is scheduled on 10th October at JNU.
Submit here: www.economiga.org/ishet-2025
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
A YSI pre-conference workshop is scheduled on 10th October at JNU.
Submit here: www.economiga.org/ishet-2025
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
Pleased to announce this upcoming online lecture series by Chirashree Das Gupta, organised by the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET).
To know more about ISHET: sites.google.com/view/ishet/h...
Register now 👇🏾
To know more about ISHET: sites.google.com/view/ishet/h...
Register now 👇🏾
June 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pleased to announce this upcoming online lecture series by Chirashree Das Gupta, organised by the Indian Society for the History of Economic Thought (ISHET).
To know more about ISHET: sites.google.com/view/ishet/h...
Register now 👇🏾
To know more about ISHET: sites.google.com/view/ishet/h...
Register now 👇🏾
Only came to know recently that my @cambridgeup.bsky.social macroeconomics book was listed in the @aeajournals.bsky.social Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)!
www.jstor.org/stable/27183...
www.jstor.org/stable/27183...
June 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Only came to know recently that my @cambridgeup.bsky.social macroeconomics book was listed in the @aeajournals.bsky.social Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)!
www.jstor.org/stable/27183...
www.jstor.org/stable/27183...
A special issue on HET now out in the Review of Development & Change! 🤩
journals.sagepub.com/toc/rdca/30/...
Articles on competition, environmental economics, agrarian question & structural change, village studies & Indian economics, Marx's methodological holism, Marx's framework, women in HET.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/rdca/30/...
Articles on competition, environmental economics, agrarian question & structural change, village studies & Indian economics, Marx's methodological holism, Marx's framework, women in HET.
June 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A special issue on HET now out in the Review of Development & Change! 🤩
journals.sagepub.com/toc/rdca/30/...
Articles on competition, environmental economics, agrarian question & structural change, village studies & Indian economics, Marx's methodological holism, Marx's framework, women in HET.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/rdca/30/...
Articles on competition, environmental economics, agrarian question & structural change, village studies & Indian economics, Marx's methodological holism, Marx's framework, women in HET.
Was happy to see my macroeconomics book at the annual ESHET Conference in Turin last week.
Access it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
#ESHET2025 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
Access it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
#ESHET2025 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Was happy to see my macroeconomics book at the annual ESHET Conference in Turin last week.
Access it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
#ESHET2025 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
Access it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...
#ESHET2025 @cambridgeup.bsky.social
I am still so much in awe of the accessible, intricate & engaging illustrations created by my former student Sahana--currently pursuing a PhD in economics at Stanford--for my macroeconomics book. 🌻
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sites.google.com/stanford.edu...
April 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I am still so much in awe of the accessible, intricate & engaging illustrations created by my former student Sahana--currently pursuing a PhD in economics at Stanford--for my macroeconomics book. 🌻
sites.google.com/stanford.edu...
sites.google.com/stanford.edu...
I am delighted to share the introduction to the SI on HET in the Review of Development and Change. This is perhaps the first ever SI devoted to HET to be published in India.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I am delighted to share the introduction to the SI on HET in the Review of Development and Change. This is perhaps the first ever SI devoted to HET to be published in India.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@shoet.bsky.social @economicthought.bsky.social @hopecenter.bsky.social
As the Hindi translation of my macroeconomics book nears completion, sharing the link to the Tamil one, translated by Ashwath & published by Kalachuvadu.
amzn.in/d/eJk0WzY
amzn.in/d/eJk0WzY
April 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
As the Hindi translation of my macroeconomics book nears completion, sharing the link to the Tamil one, translated by Ashwath & published by Kalachuvadu.
amzn.in/d/eJk0WzY
amzn.in/d/eJk0WzY
Last week, 50+ people from various institutions from India, Italy and Australia gathered at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru to learn and discuss the Sraffa-Keynes approach to doing Economics. We had 4 days of fantastic historical, theoretical, and empirical discussions in a lovely campus.
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Last week, 50+ people from various institutions from India, Italy and Australia gathered at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru to learn and discuss the Sraffa-Keynes approach to doing Economics. We had 4 days of fantastic historical, theoretical, and empirical discussions in a lovely campus.
Just published! My paper 'Taste formation in Classical Political Economy' is now out in Issue 2 of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought (EJHET).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you do not have access, DM or email me.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you do not have access, DM or email me.
March 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Just published! My paper 'Taste formation in Classical Political Economy' is now out in Issue 2 of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought (EJHET).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you do not have access, DM or email me.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you do not have access, DM or email me.
My paper on the Indian Reception to Piero Sraffa where I focus on book reviews by 3 Indian economists is now published in the Centro Sraffa working paper series.
www.centrosraffa.org/cswp_details...
www.centrosraffa.org/cswp_details...
March 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My paper on the Indian Reception to Piero Sraffa where I focus on book reviews by 3 Indian economists is now published in the Centro Sraffa working paper series.
www.centrosraffa.org/cswp_details...
www.centrosraffa.org/cswp_details...
Less than 1 month to go for this 4-day summer school on the Sraffa-Keynes approach at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru w/ INET-YSI.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2025/...
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2025/...
March 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Less than 1 month to go for this 4-day summer school on the Sraffa-Keynes approach at Azim Premji University, Bengaluru w/ INET-YSI.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2025/...
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2025/...
I have added some of my recent talks, mostly on HET, to my YouTube channel.
They can be accessed here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
They can be accessed here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
February 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I have added some of my recent talks, mostly on HET, to my YouTube channel.
They can be accessed here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
They can be accessed here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...