The Politics of Economics - 12 November 2019 - The Politics of Law and Economics

David Gindis (University of Hertfordshire) will present current research on the history of the Manne seminars and the role of conservative think-tanks in shaping the Law & Economics movement in the US since the 1970s. Steven Medema (Duke University, Senior Visiting Scholar Centre for History and Economics, Cambridge) will present on the history of the different perspectives within Law & Economics. The discussion will be introduced by Ann Sofie Clouts from Cambridge University. David Gindin’s paper (Law & Economics under the Palms: Henry Manne at the University of Miami, 1974-1980) is available upon request (please email Cléo cc2006@cam.ac.uk).