Three Week Summer Institute Explores History Of Economics
03 June 2013 8:57AM
The Center for the History of Political Economy will host a three-week Summer Institute from June 2 to June 21. The Institute aims to encourage and prepare faculty and graduate students to integrate ideas from the history of economics into their courses. It is the second institute sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Center’s fourth institute overall.
Scholars from around the country and from many different disciplines will gather at Duke to examine original texts and important contributions to the secondary literature in the history of economics.
“I am really excited about this year’s Summer Institute,” said Center Director Bruce Caldwell. “The discussions that will result promise to provide a real intellectual feast!”
Each of the three weeks will focus on a different theme and time period:
Week one: Alternative readings and understandings of key texts from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Week two: Paradigms that emerged in economics in the 19th century.
Week three: The question of the role of the state in the economy, specifically as seen by three 20th century economists, John Maynard Keyes, Friedrich Hayek and Ronald Coase.
Nine distinguished faculty members will lead the discussions, including Duke Economics’ own Bruce Caldwell, Craufurd Goodwin and E. Roy Weintraub. The 25 participants are made up of 22 professors and three graduate students. Eight of the participants are economists, and the rest come from a variety of disciplines, among them philosophy, political science, history, English, law, religion and psychology.
See Institute details at the Center for the History of Political Economy’s website.