Instructor: Philippe Fontaine
Weekly 3-hour sessions on Tuesdays
Description
The course begins by situating the history of economics within economics, reviewing the subfield’s transformations since 1945 up to its current configuration. More generally, the course considers the production and circulation of economic knowledge in relation to a number of historical transformations of western societies after WW II. Various illustrations are provided that show how economic knowledge transformed as a result of necessity and accident. Special attention is given to the impact of policy demands and interdisciplinary interactions on the transformations of economics after WW II.
The course shows that the field has diversified since 1945. Originally written by economists, the history of economics is increasingly written by noneconomists—historians, historians of science, intellectual historians, sociologists, political scientists, etc.—who have different notions of economics, ask different questions and consider different issues, making the field much more complex than it was only thirty years ago.
• No prior requirements
• 24h
• Examination: Written test.
References
No textbook
Outline
Ch. 1 – Situating the history of economics with economics
Ch. 2 – The history of recent economics after 1945
Ch. 3 – The tripartite division of economics
Ch. 4 – Think tanks and neoliberalism
Ch. 5 – A history of free riding
Ch. 5 – How economics became an experimental science
Ch. 6 – A brief history of game theory
N. B. The outline above is indicative.
Weekly 3-hour sessions on Tuesdays
Description
The course begins by situating the history of economics within economics, reviewing the subfield’s transformations since 1945 up to its current configuration. More generally, the course considers the production and circulation of economic knowledge in relation to a number of historical transformations of western societies after WW II. Various illustrations are provided that show how economic knowledge transformed as a result of necessity and accident. Special attention is given to the impact of policy demands and interdisciplinary interactions on the transformations of economics after WW II.
The course shows that the field has diversified since 1945. Originally written by economists, the history of economics is increasingly written by noneconomists—historians, historians of science, intellectual historians, sociologists, political scientists, etc.—who have different notions of economics, ask different questions and consider different issues, making the field much more complex than it was only thirty years ago.
• No prior requirements
• 24h
• Examination: Written test.
References
No textbook
Outline
Ch. 1 – Situating the history of economics with economics
Ch. 2 – The history of recent economics after 1945
Ch. 3 – The tripartite division of economics
Ch. 4 – Think tanks and neoliberalism
Ch. 5 – A history of free riding
Ch. 5 – How economics became an experimental science
Ch. 6 – A brief history of game theory
N. B. The outline above is indicative.
- Enseignant: PHILIPPE FONTAINE
Année: 24/25