Date: Wednesday 19 November 2025

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM (GMT)  |  10:00 - 11:00 AM (EST)  |  4:00 - 5:00 PM (CET)

Location: Online

Register here: https://cassyni.com/events/GFrm3uAm2EyLshAtNkjW7o

Speakers:

• Matías Vernengo - Professor, Department of Economics, Bucknell University
• Esteban Pérez Caldentey - Chief of the Financing, Development Unit, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Jayati Ghosh - Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Wyndham Hacket Pain - Senior Editor, Palgrave Macmillan

Chair:

• Stephen Partridge - Editorial Director, Business, Economics, and Finance, Palgrave Macmillan

Description:

In this year’s Palgrave Lecture, Matías Vernengo, one of the Editors-in-Chief of the forthcoming fourth edition The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, discusses the process of decolonialising and diversifying the leading reference work in economics.

For a discipline that studies choices made by, and affecting, everyone on the planet, it is peculiar that economics has been so restrictive in terms of what is studied and who is listened to. Of the 96 recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics, just three are women and over 90% come from North America and Western Europe.

So, how does one tackle the task of revising a work like The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, when all previous editions have reflected the limitations of the economics profession, particularly its Eurocentric and gender-biased character?

Matías will talk about how he and his colleagues Esteban Pérez Caldenteya and Jayati Ghosh are directly addressing these issues by focusing on the economic history, institutions, and unique challenges of the Global South.

He discusses how their work aims to expand the list of influential thinkers by including scholars from the Global South and other marginalized groups, while also exploring neglected topics like unpaid labor, subsistence farming, informal economies, and the economic impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations.

He argues that this expanded focus does not necessarily require an entirely new theoretical framework for the periphery, as a form of universalism remains possible by incorporating the distinct historical context of developing countries.

The talks will be followed by a live Q&A where you'll have the opportunity to ask your questions.

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