Steven Medema

Steven Medema is the George Family Research Professor in the Department of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. His books include The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas (2009) and The Economics Book: From Xenophon to Cryptocurrency, 250 Milestones in the History of Economics (2019).

Henry Manne’s Struggle To Institutionalize Law & Economics

In new research, David Gindis and Steven G. Medema trace Henry Manne’s entrepreneurial role in the development of the field of law and economics, beginning with a failed venture to bring together economists and legal scholars, but one that established the foundations for later success.

Looks Can Be Deceiving: Ronald Coase and the Chicago School

Ronald Coase is typically thought of as one of the Chicago School’s brightest lights. But Coase’s relationship with Chicago was always an uneasy one,...

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