What happens when two old friends meet at a conference and one of the them is an economic historian and the other is an economist who loves history?

Well, they start to talk shop and you are invited to listen along. Today’s conversation with Michael Douma, Associate Research Professor and Director of Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics, touches on a wide range of subjects of interest to our listeners, from the relevance of economic history to slave-owning Dutch New Yorkers. 

References:

Burke, P. (n.d.). History and social theory.

Douma, M. J. (2018). Creative historical thinking. Routledge.

Douma, M. J. (2020). The liberal approach to the past. Cato Institute.

Douma, M. J., & Magness, P. W. (2017). What is classical liberal history?. Rowman & Littlefield.

The slow death of slavery in Dutch New York. (2024). Cambridge University Press.