Erwin Dekker
@erwindekker.bsky.social
Historian of economics, culture and econ, author of 'Realizing the Values of Art' the biography of 'Jan Tinbergen and the Rise of Economic Expertise' and 'Viennese Students of Civilization'.
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New article at JHET: doi.org/10.1017/S105...
On Heinrich Dietzel's attempt to reconcile the different camps in the German Methodenstreit of the late 19th century.
On Heinrich Dietzel's attempt to reconcile the different camps in the German Methodenstreit of the late 19th century.
NON NOVA, NOVITER? HEINRICH DIETZEL AND THE LAST SIGH OF CLASSICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY IN GERMANY | Journal of the History of Economic Thought | Cambridge Core
NON NOVA, NOVITER? HEINRICH DIETZEL AND THE LAST SIGH OF CLASSICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY IN GERMANY
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New article at JHET: doi.org/10.1017/S105...
On Heinrich Dietzel's attempt to reconcile the different camps in the German Methodenstreit of the late 19th century.
On Heinrich Dietzel's attempt to reconcile the different camps in the German Methodenstreit of the late 19th century.
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
This week's post at Seeing Like Chicago is about Saul Alinsky, the famous community organizer and author of Rules for Radicals. To my surprise, he studied crime, hanging out with Al Capone's gang, while studying sociology around 1930.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/saul-alins...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/saul-alins...
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This week's post at Seeing Like Chicago is about Saul Alinsky, the famous community organizer and author of Rules for Radicals. To my surprise, he studied crime, hanging out with Al Capone's gang, while studying sociology around 1930.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/saul-alins...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/saul-alins...
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Antoine Missemer and two guest editors Béatrice Cointe and Christophe Cassen are launching a call for papers for a special issue of Œconomia on the history of climate economics.
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
History of Climate Economics
Editors of the Special Issue Christophe Cassen (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Béatrice Cointe (CNRS, CSI Paris) Antoine Missemer (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Call for Papers In 2018, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Eco...
journals.openedition.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Antoine Missemer and two guest editors Béatrice Cointe and Christophe Cassen are launching a call for papers for a special issue of Œconomia on the history of climate economics.
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
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New JHET article out, open access.
ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE AS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE: ANDERS CHYDENIUS ON THE GOALS OF MONETARY POLICY IN SWEDEN IN THE 1760S | Journal of the History of Economic Thought | Cambridge Core
ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE AS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE: ANDERS CHYDENIUS ON THE GOALS OF MONETARY POLICY IN SWEDEN IN THE 1760S
doi.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New JHET article out, open access.
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"If courts endorse the broad definition of 'invasion' advocated by the admin, dire consequences will follow.... the federal government could suspend the writ of habeas corpus and detain people (including U.S. citizens) at will." -- @ilyasomin.bsky.social on Cato's amicus brief in AEA case @cato.org
Our Amicus Brief in W.M.M. v. Trump - En Banc Fifth Circuit Alien Enemies Act Case
I coauthored the brief on behalf of the the Cato Institute, the Brennan Center for Justice, legal scholars Geoffrey Corn and John Dehn, and myself.
reason.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"If courts endorse the broad definition of 'invasion' advocated by the admin, dire consequences will follow.... the federal government could suspend the writ of habeas corpus and detain people (including U.S. citizens) at will." -- @ilyasomin.bsky.social on Cato's amicus brief in AEA case @cato.org
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1) 'Why I Resigned' from UVa Prez 100% worth reading www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
2) Events were forced by NYT story w leaked info that he was under pressure to resign. UVa prez has 'no idea' where leaks came from (See below.)
3) FWIW same NYT team did leaked "Harvard will cave" stories
2) Events were forced by NYT story w leaked info that he was under pressure to resign. UVa prez has 'no idea' where leaks came from (See below.)
3) FWIW same NYT team did leaked "Harvard will cave" stories
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
1) 'Why I Resigned' from UVa Prez 100% worth reading www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
2) Events were forced by NYT story w leaked info that he was under pressure to resign. UVa prez has 'no idea' where leaks came from (See below.)
3) FWIW same NYT team did leaked "Harvard will cave" stories
2) Events were forced by NYT story w leaked info that he was under pressure to resign. UVa prez has 'no idea' where leaks came from (See below.)
3) FWIW same NYT team did leaked "Harvard will cave" stories
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This week's post 'Hotel Life' is actually coming from Chicago, where I am doing archival work. It reflects, from my own long-stay hotel-room, on the 1920s fear that the rich and upper middle-class would give up their homes to live in hotels.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This week's post 'Hotel Life' is actually coming from Chicago, where I am doing archival work. It reflects, from my own long-stay hotel-room, on the 1920s fear that the rich and upper middle-class would give up their homes to live in hotels.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
This week's post 'Hotel Life' is actually coming from Chicago, where I am doing archival work. It reflects, from my own long-stay hotel-room, on the 1920s fear that the rich and upper middle-class would give up their homes to live in hotels.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This week's post 'Hotel Life' is actually coming from Chicago, where I am doing archival work. It reflects, from my own long-stay hotel-room, on the 1920s fear that the rich and upper middle-class would give up their homes to live in hotels.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/hotel-life
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I just received a document from DHS showing that it has a detained population of 65,000, a staggering total, nearing half the total prison population detained by the Bureau of Prisons. The project is to jam them in horrible conditions until they give up their rights to stay
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I just received a document from DHS showing that it has a detained population of 65,000, a staggering total, nearing half the total prison population detained by the Bureau of Prisons. The project is to jam them in horrible conditions until they give up their rights to stay
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hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
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The perfect symbol of a rigged economy
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The perfect symbol of a rigged economy
The perfect symbol of a rigged economy
A Two-Headed Coin That Always Comes Up ‘Trump’
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The perfect symbol of a rigged economy
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This week's Seeing like Chicago post revisits Hofstadter's Age of Reform, and its analysis of agrarian populism ca. 1890 and the coalition it formed with the Progressives in the next decade.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
The Age of Reform (1)
Reading Hofdstadter's classic from Bryan to FDR
seeinglikechicago.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This week's Seeing like Chicago post revisits Hofstadter's Age of Reform, and its analysis of agrarian populism ca. 1890 and the coalition it formed with the Progressives in the next decade.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
This week's Seeing like Chicago post revisits Hofstadter's Age of Reform, and its analysis of agrarian populism ca. 1890 and the coalition it formed with the Progressives in the next decade.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
The Age of Reform (1)
Reading Hofdstadter's classic from Bryan to FDR
seeinglikechicago.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This week's Seeing like Chicago post revisits Hofstadter's Age of Reform, and its analysis of agrarian populism ca. 1890 and the coalition it formed with the Progressives in the next decade.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-age-of...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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New paper alert
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian theory of the self - The Review of Austrian Economics
One of the key distinguishing features of Austrian economics is subjectivism. Subjectivism has been understood as the foundation for why individuals are different from each other, and as a basis for i...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New paper alert
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
New paper alert
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian theory of the self - The Review of Austrian Economics
One of the key distinguishing features of Austrian economics is subjectivism. Subjectivism has been understood as the foundation for why individuals are different from each other, and as a basis for i...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New paper alert
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
Toward an Austrian Theory of the Self in The Review of Austrian Economics. It's Open Access!
In the paper I explore connect the Austrian theory of subjectivism to the philosophical sociology of George Herbert Mead and argue that we to explain, not assume, individual heterogeneity
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
This week's Seeing like Chicago post talks about the importance of 'seeing through the eyes of others' and how it became a moral-political project among sociologists. With several shout-outs to the great new book Liberal Emancipation by Mikayla Novak.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/seeing-thr...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/seeing-thr...
Seeing through the eyes of others
Emancipation and social science
seeinglikechicago.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This week's Seeing like Chicago post talks about the importance of 'seeing through the eyes of others' and how it became a moral-political project among sociologists. With several shout-outs to the great new book Liberal Emancipation by Mikayla Novak.
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/seeing-thr...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/seeing-thr...
Among the suspected effects are a higher frequency of tropical storms, which scientists earlier linked to climate change.
RFK Jr. directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4hxHgEh
RFK Jr. directs CDC to study alleged harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reports
U.S. health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff to probe the potential harms of offshore wind farms, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
reut.rs
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Among the suspected effects are a higher frequency of tropical storms, which scientists earlier linked to climate change.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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New Seeing Like Chicago post discusses real and imagined differences between the city and countryside. With a discussion of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Albert Blumenthal's Small Town Stuff
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New Seeing Like Chicago post discusses real and imagined differences between the city and countryside. With a discussion of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Albert Blumenthal's Small Town Stuff
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
New Seeing Like Chicago post discusses real and imagined differences between the city and countryside. With a discussion of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Albert Blumenthal's Small Town Stuff
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New Seeing Like Chicago post discusses real and imagined differences between the city and countryside. With a discussion of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and Albert Blumenthal's Small Town Stuff
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
seeinglikechicago.substack.com/p/the-rural-...