@jacosta
Historian of economics. Interested in macro and monetary economics, the role of economics as expert knowledge in central banks, and the history of economics in Colombia. https://jcaacostamacia.github.io/Website/index.html
My chapter on the transition from the International Institute of Agriculture to the FAO is now out OA in the volume edited by Pan-Montojo, Cabo, and Prieto on Agricultural Modernisation and the Green transition and you can read it here: openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com/publications...
Here’s a full draft of the upcoming second edition of my “Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction”: socviz.co
We're open for submissions on:
- European governance
- Financial regulation
- Central bank policies
- Green transition’s political economy
- States in a globalized world
- ... and more!
All information on the call here: agoutsmedt.thegood.cloud/s/ejBPKZYfdN...
Deux postes de doctorant·e·s à pourvoir au Centre Walras Pareto pour la rentrée 2026
un·e Assistant diplômé·e en Histoire de la pensée et philosophie économiques
un·e Assistant diplômé·e en Histoire des idées politiques
Délai de postulation : 2 mai 2026!
I have question from a colleague about the history of the concept of human capital. Any advice? Literature recommendations? @shoet.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social @cleocz.bsky.social @vhalsmayer.bsky.social
Jonny Bunning (@bunnjey.bsky.social) wrote his dissertation on the history of human capital. It doesn't seem to be available online though.
Article: Land, Space, or Cities: a History of Urban Economics as a Field, by Beatrice Cherrier & Anthony Rebours
doi.org/10.1017/S105...
Reminder: OEconomia has launched a new permanent call journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
We’re looking for contributions about
- New databases for history/philosophy of economics (prosopographic datasets, digitized corpora...)
- New methods & applications (e.g. how LLMs can advance the field)
.@aurelien-goutsmedt.com and I are trying to document the transformation of labour economics. Timing, scope and nature of the transition towards the 'analytical' labour economics are key focus.
Some very familiar patterns are confirmed, some surprising one emerge too (more to come!) 📈📊📜
Apply to join this years HOPE 2026 Summer Institute
hope.econ.duke.edu/The-Summer-I...
@shoet.bsky.social @spydermed.bsky.social
In their great podcast, I try to answer a set of challenging questions asked by Jennifer Jhun and François Allison about my book Conversations on Rational Choice and about how I would classify my work in the disciplinary landscape, among other things: hetpodcast.libsyn.com/episode-nine...
A looseleaf sheet of paper with the following writing: “Reminders. 1. You could spend forever working on this book and it would still not be perfect. 2. You will not please everyone and those people who aren’t pleased will probably never be pleased no matter what you do with this manuscript. 3. There are people who will read this work with interest. Write for those people. 4. You invested a lot of time in this work and it deserves to be read; the story deserves to be told. 5. You can finish a first draft of this manuscript. 6. The reviewers will ask for changes so you will have to revisit it anyway. So it is okay if it is not written as tightly as you would like.”
I just found this list of affirmations I wrote while trying to finish my book manuscript. I thought I’d post it for anyone working on any writing that they feel nervous about putting into the world. You can (and should) do it! #amwriting
A review of the book edited by Gilbert Faccarello and Claire Silvant (A History of Economic Thought in France), by Andrés Alvarez & Jimena Hurtado
doi.org/10.1017/S105...
Digging into the JEEA special issue below, I was wondering if anyone knows of articles, reports, or resources on the history of economic journal ranking?
When and how academic/public institutions began ranking journals?
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Job advert for a 3 year Econ post doc position at Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Sevilla, Spain. Deadline: Jan 23, 2026.
#econsky #econtwitter #econjobmarket #econJMC here is an opportunity to join us in beautiful Sevilla and join the very collegial and research oriented economics group at @pablodeolavide.upo.es 👇👇👇
WP: One Sentence at a Time: A Quantitative History of Rationality in Economic Thought, by Thomas Delcey, Aurélien Goutsmedt & Alexandre Truc
ideas.repec.org/p/osf/socarx...
Historians colleagues who (still) have essay-writing based courses, who supervise master and PhD students, how do you discuss the use of generative AI for research and writing with them (sources, do/don't, etc)?
Thanks!
CfP: Philosophy and Economics conference (Nancy, 21-22 May 2026). Extended deadline for abstracts: 16 Jan. Any proposition at the intersection of philosophy and economics will be reviewed. 👇 philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org
The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Visiting Scholars program.
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website:
hope.econ.duke.edu
Come join us!
Featured on INOMICS: 2 Post-Doctoral Positions in Monetary Economics 100% #Econsky
Check out this short video introduction of the wonderful Center for the History of Economics at Duke University (@duke-university.bsky.social), one of the best places to do the history of economics hope.econ.duke.edu/about-us Thanks for letting me be part of it! (@shoet.bsky.social)
🙏 I hope it will be ready for Christmas🎄!
If you feel like it, will you show me how you annotate texts you read for research? I thought our first-year undergrads might be interested to see the variety.
A year or so ago when I was overwhelmed I made a list of tasks with 3 categories: stuff I enjoy/meh but non-negotiable stuff/non essential chores
(thankfully the first category was the longest!)
then I tried to squeeze out of the non essentials and started counting my hours on the meh stuff.
"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....
Beth Berman's interview should be read alongside the historical work by Antoinette Baujard on how economists have mostly endorsed, sometimes resisted, utilitarianism, welfarism and consequentialism as a basis for decision making
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
Content of the special section on Central Bank Scientization: Special section: Central bank scientization Redefining scientization: Central banks between science and politics Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi Not a steamroller, a 3D process: Scientization at the Bank of England Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi, François Claveau, Clément Fontan From technical to academic central banking: The scientization of the Banque de France Maxence Dutilleul Scientization of central bank governance: A global study of governors’ biographies, 2000–2020 Aykiz Dogan, Frédéric Lebaron Scientization: A self-critical afterthought Martin Marcussen
The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2.
Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.
After quite some time in preparation, here is the special issue of the JEM I co-edited with Esther-Mirjam Sent on economists and policy, with cases from macro, development, market design, and behavioral econ. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjec20/3...