On the State of the MIT economics department and plans for growing political science, psychology, and linguistics in 1961. Visiting Committee Report and an excerpt from the President's Annual Report. irwincollier.com/m-i-t-state-of…

If you like Greek or Roman classics, you can thank a monk. Just as much as on any battlefield, Western civilization was safeguarded within the quiet confines of a monastery...🧵 (thread)

📣Happy to announce that our work on “Women in Political Power and School Closure during COVID Times” is now forthcoming in Economic Policy. Natalia Danzer Luca Stella Sebastian Garcia-Torres Below the open-access article: doi.org/10.1093/epolic… 🧵1/2

Professor William Zebina Ripley taught Problems of Labor at Harvard in 1907-08, assisted by Lauren Carroll, Harvard A.B. 1906. Final exam questions. Note the superbly refined and colorized portrait of Ripley! irwincollier.com/harvard-exam-f…

Ripley's course exam from 1907-08 Harvard on the Economics of Corporations, with focus on monopolies, trusts, cartels, etc. irwincollier.com/harvard-final-…

Final exam for monetary economics taught by William Poole at Johns Hopkins University in 1968. Students instructed to answer three of four questions. irwincollier.com/johns-hopkins-…

Mid-year and year-end final exams for the course taught by Edwin F. Gay at Harvard in 1907-08, Modern Economic History of Europe. From back in the day when economic history belonged to the core subjects for advanced training in economics. irwincollier.com/harvard-final-…

September is he...S! We are relaunching the HES webinar series for creatina new contests. Your proposals are more than welcomed, especially those of young scholars. Possible topics include HET, but also econ methodology and philosophy of economics. More details below! 👇🏻🥳

Today, Max Steinhardt (Max Steinhardt) presented his work on "The Impact of Childhood Inter-Ethnic Contact on Managers’ Hiring Decisions" at the #VfS_conference2024 organized by the Verein für Socialpolitik.

The economic history and history of economics portions of the contemporary civilization course taught at Columbia College in 1921. Links to the all items referenced. I dare anyone to try teaching just this subset of the syllabus to freshmen. irwincollier.com/columbia-excer…

#OTD 1752 Adrien-Marie Legendre b (d 9 Jan 1833) 🇫🇷Best known for developing the method of least squares (méthode des moindres carrés) 1806 in the appendix to his book on comet motion. This caricature by Julien-Léopold Boilly is the only known portrait of him

Like Melania Trump, I have no apologies for my past career in modeling. Sadly, however, mine tended to involve assuming constant-elasticity-of-substitution utility functions rather than taking my clothes off. (Blowing off steam while waiting for the Fed.)

#OTD 1853 First International Statistical Congress was held in Brussels, organized by Adolph Quetelet. Unfortunately nothing much was accomplished b/c of quarrels over agenda & choice of language, & accusations of data misrepresentation.

We congratulate Christoph Trebesch on receiving the prestigious Hermann Heinrich Gossen Award! 🥂 An incredible recognition for his impactful work. We are proud that he started his academic journey with a PhD here at @fu_berlin!

A 2nd dose of the 1921 syllabus for Columbia's legendary Contemporary Civilization course now posted with links for all readings. "Industrial Problems" covered market structures, organized labor, distribution and alternative systems of economic control. irwincollier.com/columbia-excer…

Reflections on problems with teaching the principles of economics as though everyone in the classroom wants to join the ranks of academic research economists by Yale professor Richard Ruggles. Written in 1964. Sounds very familiar even 60 years later. irwincollier.com/yale-on-differ…

I am so sorry to hear that Victor Norman passed away. His unpublished, handwritten 1976 paper on “new trade theory” was a gem. His book with Avinash Dixit is still on my reading list 40+ years on. Also, a really nice guy. RIP Victor. bt.no/politikk/i/AvE…

Celebrating the publication of Dixit and Norman. 😀

It was a pleasure to present my joint paper with Sebastian Kohl, Max Steinhardt, and Luca Stella on "The Determinants of Overcrowding in Germany" at the Urban Economics Association North American Meeting at Georgetown University. Thanks for the many helpful comments! #UEA2024.

Some more exam questions. This time for distribution theory à la Carver at Harvard in 1907-08. irwincollier.com/harvard-exam-f…