The History and Political Economy research group at @kingspol_econ. Political economy questions through a historical lens. We contain multitudes.

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Joined March 2024
Now on FirstView: Andrew Hartman analyzes the history of liberalism in the twentieth century in his review essay of Samuel Moyn’s, Liberalism against Itself and Joshua Cherniss’ Liberalism in Dark Times bit.ly/40ZGAl2
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Now on FirstView: Expecting Robert Lucas? Nic Johnson revisits the relationship between American Keynesianism and neoliberalism by examining Robert Lucas’s deeply ambiguous relationship with the Keynesian project bit.ly/49qjxSJ
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Revisiting the “Great Levelling”: The limits of Piketty’s Capital and Ideology for understanding the rise of late 20th century inequality - Paidipaty - 2021 - The British Journal of Sociology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Karen Vaughn: Building an Austrian Approach to Public Choice: The Independent Review: The Independent Institute independent.org/publications…
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Now on FirstView: An aesthetic approach to intellectual history? Introduction to MIH Forum “Isaiah Berlin and the Aesthetics of Liberalism” by Joshua L. Cherniss and Sarah Collins bit.ly/3BlRaZ6
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JOB Assistant Professor in the History of International Political Thought c.1700 to the Present, University of Cambridge (this is a permanent/tenured position, open to those with a specialism in any period since 1700) jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50242/
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📣 Call for Papers for the 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Heterodox Economics (AHE) 18-20 June 2025 at King’s College London (Waterloo Campus) Deadline for papers and panels: February 14th 2025 hetecon.net/2024/12/17/ahe-2…
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Reflect on key moments from the 2024 Markets & Society Conference. Don't miss the opportunity to contribute to the 2025 edition—submit your paper proposal today. 📄 marketsandsociety.org/confer…
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The PPE Society and the Department of Political Economy at King's are hosting the first annual PPE conference this July in London 💭 Interested in submitting a proposal? The deadline is March 1, so don't forget to apply 📝 For more, see 🔽 ppesociety.org/ppe-society-l…
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This new PhD opportunity will based at the Centre & supervised by our Directors, Christel Koop & Andrew Blick. – at London, England
🎓 PhD opportunity 🎓 The Department of Political Economy is looking for a PhD researcher in public policy research to work on a 3.5-year funded project in collaboration with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. Starts October 2025. More🔽 jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO793/phd-re…
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Wonderful find in my local North Cross Road market book stall this morning.
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Submissions are open for Markets & Society, October 17-20, 2025 in DC metro area. Such a great forum for truly interdisciplinary (just imagine!!) exploration of social arrangements in markets, politics, and beyond. Submit a paper or panel today! marketsandsociety.org/confer…
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The Carnevali Small Research Grants Scheme provides grants of up to £5,000 to support small-scale research initiatives or pilot studies in economic/social history. The deadline for the current round of applications is 1 May 2025. For more info/to apply: ehs.org.uk/award/carnevali-s…
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Now on FirstView: Reading the history of money? Carl Wennerlind analyzes the political and ideological theorization of money in his review essay of Stefan Eich’s The Currency of Politics and George Caffentzis’ Civilizing Money bit.ly/3ZpOfXj
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