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Centre for the History and Methodology of Economic Science

Our Centre brings together people professionally engaged in studies of the history and methodology of economics. Intellectual history moves in a peculiar way. The factors that affect approaches to understanding and solving economic challenges and problems are extremely diverse. Some of them may have a decisive influence on changes in economic thought and economic policy, while others may not. The vested interests here can be inextricably intertwined with pragmatic considerations by policymakers and the inertia of long-established theories and beliefs.

The issues long discussed in this field are as important today as they were decades ago. To name just a few:

  • Does science reflect reality, and if so, in which way?
  • Should we blame economics for failures in economic policy?
  • What is the revolution in economics?
  • Which are the peculiarities of economics compared to other social disciplines?

If you are also interested in such questions, we look forward to addressing them together.

News

The paper by the head of CeHistMet about the book "The Closed World of East German Economists: Hopes and Defeats of a Generation" by Til Düppe was published in the journal "History of Political Economy".
April 25
A joint article by CeHistMet deputy head, Alexandre Mendes Cunha, and Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque "Understanding backwardness as a structural problem: historical time in the analysis of the Russian Narodniks and Lenin, Gerschenkron, and Furtado" was published in the journal "Review of Keynesian Economics".
April 21
Georgiy Gloveli (CeHistMet HSE University) presented a paper titled "Russian economic thought as a mirror of the first industrial revolutions" on April 10, 2025.
April 10
Centre for the History and Methodology of Economic Science presents the selection of publications by staff members.
February 05
The head of the Centre for the History and Methodology of Economic Science was awarded the Professor of the Year prize in the Economic Sciences category. The award ceremony was held at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Congress Center as part of the 7th Professorial Forum.
November 14, 2024
The work "Methodology of Classical Political Economy: Interpretation from 19th Century Russia" was published as a preprint of the Fundamental Research Program in the "Economics" series.
November 01, 2024
Kirill Safonov (University College London) presented a paper titled "The Impact of Railways on the Economy of the Russian Empire in the Late 19th Century" on September 12, 2024. 
September 12, 2024
A joint paper by the Deputy Head of the Centre and Mauro Bojanovsky, "Between capitalism and socialism: Tugan-Baranovsky on cooperatives", was published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics.
July 17, 2024
The paper "The Fate of "Grand Theories" in Economics" is published in the journal "Social Sciences".
July 02, 2024
Ilya Voskoboinikov (HSE University, Expert Institute, Center for Productivity Research, Department of Applied Economics) presented the paper "Bank Operations During the Revolution and the Civil War. Materials of the Chita branch of the Moscow People's Bank, 1916–1922" on June 28, 2024. 
June 28, 2024
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