[Selections by Humberto Barreto for SHOE list.]


nep-hpe <http://nep.repec.org/nep-hpe.html> New Economics Papers
<http://nep.repec.org/> on History and Philosophy of Economics

Issue of 2022‒07‒11
papers chosen by
Erik Thomson <http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pth72.htm>
University of Manitoba <http://umanitoba.ca/>
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   1. The Rise and Fall and Rise (?) of Economic History in Australia
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5247615873769421142_p1> By Andrew
   Seltzer
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Andrew%20Seltzer>; Martin
   Shanahan
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Martin%20Shanahan>;
Claire
   Wright
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Claire%20Wright>
   2. Un imaginaire fossilisé ? Les représentations économiques de
   l'énergie au défi de la transition bas-carbone
   <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5247615873769421142_p2> By Antoine
   Missemer
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Antoine%20Missemer>

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   1. The Rise and Fall and Rise (?) of Economic History in Australia
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:auu:hpaper:104>
   By: Andrew Seltzer
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Andrew%20Seltzer>; Martin
   Shanahan
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Martin%20Shanahan>;
Claire
   Wright
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Claire%20Wright>
   Abstract: In this paper we examine the history of the economic history
   discipline in Australia. While the discipline’s main focus over time has
   been Australia, we trace its evolution from its English-influenced roots
   through its concern with colonial development, and dalliance with business
   history to its later incorporation of cliometrics, comparative studies and
   more recently Asian topics. The origins of the discipline date back to the
   early-1900s. After the Second World War, there was a rapid expansion, with
   free-standing economic history departments established in several leading
   Australian universities. From the beginnings, quantitative economic history
   was relatively strong in Australia, largely because of excellent colonial
   and post-Federation records. However, from the 1980’s, a more corporatist
   approach to university management led to a decline in Australian economic
   history and particularly cliometric work. In the 1990s and early-2000s, the
   free-standing departments were all closed, and the hiring of economic
   historians virtually ceased. In the past decade, there has been something
   of a revival, with economic history increasingly seen as a core subject in
   both history and economics departments. In addition to examining the
   history of the discipline, we also look at some challenges for the future,
   focussing on the collection of still unextracted historical data and its
   usefulness in addressing various topics.
   Date: 2022–06
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:auu:hpaper:104&r=
   2. Un imaginaire fossilisé ? Les représentations économiques de
   l'énergie au défi de la transition bas-carbone
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03657637>
   By: Antoine Missemer
   <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Antoine%20Missemer> (CNRS
   - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CIRED - Centre
   International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad
   - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le
   Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales -
   AgroParisTech - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay
   - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
   Abstract: The energy transition towards a low-carbon regime is a
   critical challenge for the 21st century. It is not only a matter of
   techniques, but also of social organization and cultural representations.
   This article explores how the ordinary economic representations of energy
   have been developed since the 19th century, and how they have influenced
   public decision-making. Through the examples of forecasting and of the
   distinction renewable vs. exhaustible resources, this article suggests that
   path dependencies still weight upon those views. When thinking about the
   low-carbon transition, getting out of these dependencies seems essential.
   Abstract: La transition d'un régime énergétique fossile vers un
   régime bas-carbone est l'un des grands défis du XXIe siècle. Le sujet
   n'est pas seulement technique, mais aussi organisationnel et culturel,
   touchant aux représentations et aux usages de l'énergie. Cet article
   revient sur la façon dont se sont construites les représentations
   économiques conventionnelles de l'énergie depuis le XIXe siècle,
   influençant ici et là la décision publique. À travers les exemples de
   la prospective et de la distinction renouvelables vs. épuisables, cet
   article suggère que des dépendances au sentier pèsent toujours sur ces
   représentations, et qu'à l'heure de penser la transition bas-carbone,
   sortir de ces dépendances semble essentiel.
   Keywords: energy,history of economic thought,forecasting,energy
   transition,path dependency,performativity,énergie,histoire de la pensée
   économique,prospective,transition énergétique,dépendance au
   sentier,performativité
   Date: 2022
   URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03657637&r=

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