EPISODE · Feb 15, 2026 · 55 MIN

Episode Ninety Seven

from Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast · host Çınla Akdere; Jennifer Jhun; François Allisson; Scott Scheall

Jennifer and François Allisson chat with Verena Halsmayer, University Assistant in the Department of History at the University of Vienna. The conversation focuses on Dr. Halsmayer's award-winning book, Managing Growth in Miniature: Solow's Model as an Artifact (Cambridge University Press, 2024), which explores the historical and technical development of Robert Solow's famous economic growth model. Other topics include Halsmayer's work on "Interventionist Social Knowledge" and "alternative economic planning."

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