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Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics PodcastEpisode Forty: Tom StaplefordSarvy, Scott, and new co-host Jennifer Jhun interview Professor Tom Stapleford about his past work on historical epistemology, his more recent work on the engineer and statistician (and co-founder of the National Bureau of Economic Research) Malcolm Rorty, and about his current book project, which considers how to craft government statistics that conform to democratic principles. Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: http://historyofeconomics.org2021-01-151h 15
Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics PodcastEpisode Thirty Five: Jennifer JhunIn this episode, Scott and Gerardo and new co-host, Sarvnaz Lotfi, are joined by Jennifer Jhun, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Duke University and Faculty Fellow with Duke's Center for the History of Political Economy. The discussion revolves primarily around the uses and abuses of modeling in economics and other fields, such as epidemiology, the usefulness of models for policy purposes, and the significance of ceteris paribus clauses and equilibrium theorizing in economics. Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar is supported by a grant from the History of Economics Society: http://historyofeconomics.org2020-08-151h 01