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Center for the History of Political Economy

The mission of the Center for the History of Political Economy is to promote and support research in, and the teaching of, the history of economics. It supports an active Fellowship and Visiting Scholars program, a regular Workshop series, a Hope Lunch series for the discussion of work in progress, special events, a summer Teaching Institute, and, with Duke University Press, the annual History of Political Economy conference. The Center was founded in 2008 with a significant grant from the John W. Pope Foundation.

Bruce Caldwell - Why Economics Needs the History of Thought

- Thu Jun 23
- Weintraub: Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics Society
- E. Roy Weintraub has been elected Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics Society. This is the Society's highest honor, recognizing a lifetime’s engagement with the subject, and is bestowed usually on one person each year. The list of fellows includes...
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- Tue Jan 25
- Center for the History of Political Economy Receives Large Grant
- A new grant from the Institute for New Economic Thinking will allow the Center for the History of Political Economy to expand its many programs.“There’s much to be learned from the history of economics,” says Bruce Caldwell, the founder-director of the Center, which was established in 2008.
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