Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast
Episode Ninety Four
October 17, 20251h 20m · 10,719 words
Show notes
The co-hosts are joined by three Junior Fellows at Duke University's Center for the History of Political Economy, Benjamin Brisson, Eva Jacob, and Raphaël Orange-Leroy, to discuss their interests in the history of economic thought, their experiences in graduate school, and their research projects.
Highlighted moments
developing countries were present in the archives of international monetary negotiations but almost absent from the historiography
“the idea was quite innovative because it would be the first international reserve currency ever created without material backing. But these 10 countries envisioned a dual approach. Basically, this currency would be issued only to them, while other countries would have to gain it through trade.”
“Both of them critiqued historical Marxism, positivism, and historical determinism. Both of them also had critiques of a certain constructivist rationality that it kind of began during the Enlightenment.”
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