Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is hosted by historians of economic thought Jennifer Jhun, François Allisson, and Çınla Akdere. Each month, the hosts discuss themes related to economics, its history and methodology, and its relevance to contemporary affairs.
All Episodes
Episode Seventy Three
November 15th, 2023
Çinla, François, and Jennifer are joined by Glory M. Liu, assistant director for the Center for Economy and Society and assistant research professor at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, to discuss her …
Episode Seventy Two
October 15th, 2023
Jennifer and François are joined by Julien Gradoz for one of our occasional episodes focused on the work and lives of early-career scholars in the …
Episode Seventy One
September 15th, 2023
Çınla, François, and Jennifer chat with Danielle Guizzo, Associate Professor in Economics Education at the University of Bristol. Topics include …
Episode Seventy
July 15th, 2023
Jennifer, Çınla, and François interview Carl Wennerlind, Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University. Topics include Professor …
Episode Sixty Nine
June 15th, 2023
François, Jennifer, and Çınla chat with Roni Hirsch, Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Political Theory at the University of …
Episode Sixty Eight
May 15th, 2023
Çınla, François, and Jennifer interview Professor Edmund Phelps, Director of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University and winner …
Episode Sixty Seven
April 15th, 2023
Jennifer, Çınla, and François chat with Alex Thomas, Assistant Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University in Bangalore, Karnataka, India about his research and teaching.
Episode Sixty Six
March 15th, 2023
Çınla, François, and Jennifer discuss a number of recent additions to the literature.
If you are interested in reading the papers discussed in this …
Episode Sixty Five
February 15th, 2023
Çınla, François, and Jennifer interview Pedro Garcia Duarte, Senior Research Fellow with the Insper Institute of Education and Research in Sao Paulo, …
Episode Sixty Four
January 15th, 2023
Our scheduled interview had to be canceled at the last moment, so we took the opportunity to have a short chat with out new co-host, François …
Episode Sixty Three
December 15th, 2022
Jennifer, Scott, and Çınla are joined by Bruce Caldwell, Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy and Research Professor of …
Episode Sixty Two
November 15th, 2022
Çınla, Jennifer, and Scott are joined by Ann Mari May, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska, to discuss her new book, Gender and the Dismal Science: Women in the Early Years of the Economics …
Episode Sixty One
October 15th, 2022
Jennifer, Çınla, and Scott are joined by four early-career scholars to discuss their research projects, experiences in the field, and career …
Episode Sixty
September 15th, 2022
Çınla, Jenn, and Scott are joined by Rebeca Gomez Betancourt, Professor of Economics at Université Lumière Lyon 2 and current President of the Latin American Society for the History of Economic Thought (ALAHPE). …
Episode Fifty Nine
August 15th, 2022
We're taking a break for the month of August to enjoy the remnants of the summer. Talk to you again on September 15th.
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: …
Episode Fifty Eight
July 15th, 2022
In this episode, Çınla and Jenn interview Altuğ Yalçıntaş, Professor of Institutional Economics at Ankara University. Discussion topics include Professor Yalçıntaş' work on the history of the Coase Theorem, the need for …
Episode Fifty Seven
June 15th, 2022
Çınla, Scott, and Jennifer discuss a number of recent additions to the literature in history of economic thought and methodology.
If you are …
Episode Fifty Six
May 15th, 2022
Scott, Jennifer, and Çınla are joined by Margaret Schabas, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, to discuss her work. …
Episode Fifty Five
April 15th, 2022
Çınla, Scott, and Jennifer speak with Annalisa Rosselli, Senior Professor of History of Economic Thought at Tor Vergata University of Rome and Luiss University of Rome. Discussion topics include Professor Rosselli's …
Episode Fifty Four
March 15th, 2022
Jennifer, Çınla, and Scott discuss some of their own recent research, what it takes to develop a successful research project, and offer some advice …
Episode Fifty Three
February 15th, 2022
In this episode, Çınla and Scott discuss their experiences using podcasts as a teaching tool in the classroom and the value of using episodes of …
Episode Fifty Two
January 15th, 2022
In this episode, Çınla, Scott, and Jennifer interview Judith Favereau, Associate Professor of economics at Université Lumière Lyon 2, about her …
Episode Fifty One
December 14th, 2021
Jenn, Çınla, and Scott discuss a number of recent additions to the literature in history of economic thought and methodology.
If you are interested …
Episode Fifty
November 15th, 2021
In our 50th (!) episode, we interview our soon-to-be-former co-host Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak about his many and varied research interests. Topics …
Episode Forty Nine
October 15th, 2021
In this month's episode, Çınla, Scott, Jennifer, and Carlos are joined by Antoine Missemer and Marco Paulo Franco to discuss their work on ecological …
Episode Forty Eight
September 15th, 2021
Carlos, Scott, and Jenn are joined by Çınla Akdere, Assistant Professor of Economics at Middle East Technical University in Ankara (and soon-to-be co-host of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar). Topics discussed include the …
Episode Forty Seven
August 15th, 2021
Jenn, Carlos, and Scott are taking off the month of August, but will return with a new episode and some exciting news in September!
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics …
Episode Forty Six
July 15th, 2021
Jenn and Scott are joined by Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche, Research Associate at Cambridge University's Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, to discuss several of her recent research projects. …
Episode Forty Five
June 15th, 2021
Scott, Carlos, and Jenn are joined by Michele Alacevich of the University of Bologna to discuss his new book, Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual …
Episode Forty Four
May 15th, 2021
Jennifer, Scott, and Carlos are joined by Manuela Mosca, Professor of History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento in Italy. The …
Episode Forty Three
April 15th, 2021
Sarvy, Carlos, Jenn, and Scott, are joined by James Ashley Morrison, Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at the London …
Episode Forty Two
March 15th, 2021
In this episode, Carlos, Scott, and Jenn are joined by Professor Steven Medema, Research Professor of Economics at Duke University and Associate …
Episode Forty One
February 15th, 2021
Jennifer, Carlos, Sarvy, and Scott are joined by three early-career scholars to discuss how the pandemic has affected their teaching and research, …
Episode Forty
January 15th, 2021
Sarvy, Scott, and new co-host Jennifer Jhun interview Professor Tom Stapleford about his past work on historical epistemology, his more recent work …
Episode Thirty Nine
December 15th, 2020
Sarvy, Carlos, Gerardo, and Scott discuss several recent additions to the literature in history of economic thought and methodology.
If you are …
Episode Thirty Eight
November 15th, 2020
Carlos, Sarvy, and Gerardo speak with Ryan Walter, Associate Professor at the University of Queensland. Topics include Professor Walter's work on the …
Episode Thirty Seven
October 15th, 2020
Sarvy, Scott, and Carlos interview Jeff Biddle, Professor of Economics at Michigan State University and Past President of the History of Economics Society. Topics include the relationship between Biddle's historical …
Episode Thirty Six
September 15th, 2020
In this episode, Carlos, Sarvy, and Gerardo interview Fabian Muniesa, Director of Research at the Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (CSI), a …
Episode Thirty Five
August 15th, 2020
In this episode, Scott and Gerardo and new co-host, Sarvnaz Lotfi, are joined by Jennifer Jhun, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Duke University …
Episode Thirty Four
July 15th, 2020
In this episode, our intrepid hosts interview Keith Tribe, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Tartu, about his work on a range of topics in economic history and the history of economic thought, including the …
Episode Thirty Three
June 15th, 2020
Scott, Gerardo and Carlos review three recent additions to the literature in the history of economic thought and economic methodology: Gerardo …
Episode Thirty Two
May 15th, 2020
Carlos, Scott, and Gerardo are joined by Ivan Moscati, Professor of Economics at Insubria University in Italy, to discuss his book, Measuring …
Episode Thirty One
April 15th, 2020
In this episode, Gerardo, Carlos, and Scott interview Ivan Boldyrev, Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics at Radboud …
Episode Thirty
March 15th, 2020
This unique episode features Gary Mongiovi of St. John's University and David Levy of George Mason University discussing their particular …
Episode Twenty Nine
February 15th, 2020
Gerardo, Scott, and Carlos talk with philosopher of economics Catherine Herfeld, Assistant Professor of Social Theory and Philosophy of the Social Sciences at the University of Zurich. Topics include Herfeld's work on …
Episode Twenty Eight
January 15th, 2020
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall discuss a few recent additions to the literature in the history of economic thought. Topics include the disagreement between Adam Smith and Edmund …
Episode Twenty Seven
December 15th, 2019
Carlos attends the 7th Latin American Conference of the History of Economic Thought in Curitiba, Brazil, and talks with Jimena Hurtado of Colombia's …
Episode Twenty Six
November 15th, 2019
In this episode, Scott Scheall sits down with Stefan Kolev, Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, to discuss a range …
Episode Twenty Five
October 15th, 2019
Gerardo, Scott, and Carlos talk with Robert Leonard, former President of the History of Economics Society and Professor of Economics at Université du Québec à Montréal. The discussion ranges from the history of game …
Episode Twenty Four
September 15th, 2019
In this episode, co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by Alain Marciano and Jean-Baptiste Fleury, co-winners of this year's Craufurd Goodwin Prize for Best Article in the …
Episode Twenty Three
August 15th, 2019
In Episode Twenty Three, Professor Richard van den Berg of Kingston University London joins Carlos, Scott, and Gerardo to talk about the life and times, and economic ideas of Richard Cantillon, the early 18th-century …
Episode Twenty Two
July 15th, 2019
In this episode, recorded at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the History of Economics Society, co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by five historians of economics still in the early …
Episode Twenty One (Mid-Year 2019 Bonus Episode)
July 1st, 2019
In this episode, a recording of a discussion held at Arizona State University as part of the Center for the Study of Economic Liberty's Perspectives on Economic Liberty series, historians of economic thought Sandra …
Episode Twenty
June 15th, 2019
Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak discuss a few recent additions to the literature in the history of economic thought. Topics include the intellectual relationship between David Hume …
Episode Nineteen
May 15th, 2019
Episode Eighteen
April 15th, 2019
In this episode, a recording of a public lecture held at Arizona State University, co-host Scott Scheall talks with Bruce Caldwell and Brad Bateman about the work of F. A. Hayek and John Maynard Keynes, as well as the …
Episode Seventeen
March 16th, 2019
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak and Scott Scheall are joined by Hans-Michael Trautwein, Professor of Economics at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and Past President of the European Society for the …
Episode Sixteen
February 15th, 2019
Co-host Scott Scheall is joined by Malcolm Rutherford, Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, and 2014 …
Episode Fifteen
January 15th, 2019
Co-hosts Gerardo Serra, Scott Scheall, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak chat with Secretary of the History of Economics Society, Marianne Johnson of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Topics include Professor Johnson's …
Episode Fourteen
December 15th, 2018
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall summarize and discuss several recent contributions to the scholarly literature in …
Episode Thirteen
November 15th, 2018
Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra are joined by three historians of economics still in the early phases of their respective careers -- Maria Bach of the American University of Paris, …
Episode Twelve
October 15th, 2018
Co-hosts Gerardo Serra, Scott Scheall, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak interview Mauro Boianovsky, Past-President of the History of Economics Society, about his work on the history of development economics, the influence …
Episode Eleven
September 21st, 2018
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall interview Stephen Meardon, Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade at Texas A&M …
Episode Ten
August 15th, 2018
Co-host Scott Scheall interviews Tyler DesRoches, Senior Sustainability Scholar and Assistant Professor in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of …
Episode Nine
July 15th, 2018
In this wide-ranging episode, co-host Scott Scheall interviews Ross Emmett, Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Center for the Study …
Episode Eight (Mid-Year Bonus Episode)
July 1st, 2018
In this one-on-one interview, co-host Gerardo Serra talks with Felwine Sarr, author of Afrotopia (2016) and professor of economics at Gaston Berger University in Senegal. Topics include the relevance (or lack thereof) …
Episode Seven
June 15th, 2018
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by Maria Pia Paganelli, Professor of Economics at Trinity University …
Episode Six
May 15th, 2018
Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak are joined by François Allisson, Senior Lecturer in the Walras-Pareto Center at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Discussion topics include …
Episode Five
April 15th, 2018
Join co-hosts Gerardo Serra, Scott Scheall, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak as they summarize and discuss a few contributions to the recent literature.
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the …
Episode Four
March 15th, 2018
Co-hosts Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, Gerardo Serra, and Scott Scheall are joined by the new co-editor of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Professor Jimena Hurtado of Universidad de los Andes. Discussion …
Episode Three
February 18th, 2018
Kevin Hoover, Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Duke University, joins co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, and Gerardo Serra. The discussion covers an array of topics, including the current state of …
Episode Two
January 13th, 2018
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Professor of Political Economy at the University of Rome La Sapienza, joins co-hosts Scott Scheall, Carlos Eduardo …
Episode One
December 21st, 2017
In this short, preliminary episode, Co-hosts Scott Scheall, Gerardo Serra, and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak introduce you to a new podcast about the history of economic thought, Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar.
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