Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast
Episode Ninety Six
January 16, 202653 min · 7,607 words
Show notes
Jennifer and François are joined by our first return guest, Catherine Herfeld, Professor of Philosophy and History of Economics at the Institute of Philosophy at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Catherine first appeared on the show in Episode 29 in February 2020. Topics discussed in this more recent episode include Catherine's work on the history and philosophy of rational choice theory, her forthcoming book Conversations on Rational Choice, and some of her latest work on the topic of model transfer.
Highlighted moments
thomas schelling interview where he suddenly said you know game theory had never any role to play in any political process or decision making so no one would ever talk about game theory in the political realm at you know at the time where the rand cooperation was very active
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