Jonathan Levy, The Real Economy: History and Theory

When asked the question “what is the economy?” today’s scholars in the social sciences and humanities—whether economists, historians, sociologists, or anthropologists—provide divergent and sometimes incompatible answers, depending on their schools of thought. Facing this conundrum, Sciences Po professor Jonathan Levy sets out to examine the fundamental concepts of economics as an object of study in their own right. While Levy has gained recognition for his work on the history of American cap...