Dear colleagues, the December 23 issue of JHET is out and it features an interview with Evelyn Forget (by Virginie Gouverneur), 6 research articles covering a wide range of topics, from abolitionism, to the measurement of utility, to the Italian economists and press in the early twentieth century, to the Italian debate on brain drain, to Raul Prebishc and industrialization, and to neoliberalism, as well as 7 book reviews: JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT Volume 45 Number 4 December 2023 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-history-of-economic-thought/latest-issue Articles “How Can I Liberate the Slaves?” The Neglected Tradition of Developmental Abolitionism Abel B. S. Gaiya Irving Fisher, Ragnar Frisch, and the Elusive Quest for Measurable Utility Robert W. Dimand The Economists and the Press in Italy from the End of the Nineteenth Century until Fascism: The Case of Luigi Einaudi Giovanni Pavanelli Before Brain Drain: Italian Economists on the Calculus of the Value of Men Claudia Sunna and Traci M. Ricciardo How Industrialization Became the Core of Raúl Prebisch’s Thought Adriana Calcagno Dual Argument, Double Truth: On the Continued Importance of the State in Neoliberal Thought Ola Innset Interview JHET INTERVIEWS: Evelyn L. Forget Virginie Gouverneur Book Reviews Emily Erikson, Trade and Nation: How Companies and Politics Reshaped Economic Thought Henri-Pierre Mottironi Ann Mari May, Gender and the Dismal Science: Women in the Early Years of the Economics Profession Miriam Bankovsky Robin Paul Malloy, Law and the Invisible Hand: A Theory of Adam Smith’s Jurisprudence Steven G. Medema Amartya Sen, Home in the World: A Memoir Sunilkumar Karintha Antonio Magliulo, A History of European Economic Thought Manuela Mosca Ivan Colangelo Salomão, Os homens do cofre: o que pensavam os ministros da Fazenda do Brasil Republicano (1889–1985) Luiz Felipe Bruzzi Curi Benjamin M. Friedman, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism Keith Tribe We remind you all that JHET is brought to you by the History of Economics Society, and that your membership to the Society is instrumental to the achievement of its goals of supporting the field of the history of economic thought by fostering scholarship and discussion of important issues. For current HES members, please visit your account to check whether or not your membership has expired and needs to be renewed. If you are not currently a member, please consider becoming one by taking advantage of the several membership options offered by HES (https://historyofeconomics.org/about-the-society/become-a-member/). Enjoy the reading of the December issue! Best wishes for a happy holiday season, Pedro Duarte & Jimena Hurtado JHET Editors Catherine Herfeld JHET Book Review Editor