The 6th Palgrave-Macmillan Lecture: On Decolonizing Economics and the New Palgrave Dictionary (opens in new tab)

The project of the new edition of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is an effort to build an economics "without gaps," challenging the historical tendency of the profession to neglect certain topics, perspectives, and geographies. In my talk, I note that the original 1894 edition and 1987 revival, while monumental achievements, inevitably reflected their respective historical moments, the consolidation of the Neoclassical school, the rise of free-market ideas, and an inherent Eurocentr...