September 30, 2020
Forum Fellow Working Paper in APSA Newsletter
Beatrice Magistro and Victor Menaldo‘s Forum working paper “The Perlis of Economic Populism” is the basis of a forthcoming piece in the American Political Science Association (APSA) Newsletter on the same topic.
Magistro awarded Dissertation Fellowship
The UW Political Economy Forum fellow Beatrice Magistro was awarded the UW Presidential Dissertation Fellowship.
Victor Menaldo featured in forthcoming edited volume
Victor Menaldo‘s Forum working paper “Do Patents Foster International Technology Transfer? Evidence from Spanish Steelmaking, 1850-1930” is forthcoming in an edited volume published by Oxford University Press on the historical role of patents in fostering innovation edited by Stephen Haber and Naomi Lamoreaux.
September 28, 2020
Neither Free Nor Fair? Susan Hyde: Democratic Backsliding in the International Environment
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/democratic-backsliding-in-the-international-environment Neither Free Nor Fair? podcast #1: Democratic Backsliding in the International Environment. Guest: Susan Hyde, Professor of Political Science and the Avice M. Saint Chair in Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. This episode marks the inaugural podcast in the series, where James Long speaks with Professor Susan Hyde of UC-Berkeley…
New Podcast Series: “Neither Free Nor Fair?” Election Security and the Fate of Democracy in the 21st Century
“Neither Free Nor Fair?” Election Security and the Fate of Democracy in the 21st Century A new podcast series sponsored by the Political Economy Forum and Hosted by James D. Long, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington and co-founder of the Forum. At the dawn of the 21st century, the Supreme…
September 25, 2020
#5 Political Economy Forum Podcast – Populism vs. Liberal Democracy
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/5-populism-vs-liberal-democracy-1 In this episode, Professor Victor Menaldo and Nicolas Wittstock discuss the meaning and virtues of Liberal Democracy and the political earthquakes that Populists have provoked across contemporary democracies. The conversation mentions works by North, Wallis, and Weingast, Levitsky and Ziblatt, John Wallis, Cas Mudde, Magistro and Menaldo, and Munger and Munger, as well as…
September 23, 2020
#4 Political Economy Forum Podcast – The End of Capitalism?
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/pe-forum-podcast-episode-5-the-end-of-capitalism In this episode, Professor Victor Menaldo and Nicolas Wittstock discuss what Capitalism is and isn’t, as well as its peculiar historical trajectory and the pathbreaking economic expansion experienced during the last 250 years. They also broach concerns over lackluster economic performance in industrialized economies today and deep skepticism about Capitalism’s ability to continue to…
September 16, 2020
#3 Political Economy Forum Podcast – On Science and Evidence-Based Policymaking
https://soundcloud.com/political-economy-forum-at-university-of-washington/on-science-and-evidence-based-policymaking This week, the founders and organizers of the UW Political Economy Forum discuss the importance of the scientific method to improve how policymakers make decisions. Professors Rachel Heath, James D. Long and Victor Menaldo discuss how scientific inquiry is conducted in political economy and public policy – the pitfalls of relying on intuition and…
September 15, 2020
What is Political Economy? Podcast Episode with Beatrice, James, Rachel & Victor
University of Washington Professors Rachel Heath, James Long, and Victor Menaldo discuss what Political Economy is and what it has to offer. Moderated by Beatrice Magistro: Click here
September 10, 2020
Ronald Coase’s Inimitable Contribution to Evidence Based Policy, By Victor Menaldo
Nobel Prize winning economist Ronald Coase’s 1960 piece, “The Problem of Social Cost”, is one of the most helpful ways to think about cost benefit analysis. It is therefore a pillar of evidence-based policy. Setting the Table: What is Evidence Based Policy? What is evidence-based policy? All public policy starts with a theory,…
