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Reinhard Schumacher

Germany
PhD in Economics
University of Potsdam
Reinhard Schumacher holds a PhD in economics, and a diploma degree in administrative science. He has taught at Universität Potsdam, Université Lumière Lyon 2, Universität Siegen, and GIBT Colleg e.V. Berlin, and has been a Research Fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. His research interests include the history of economic thought, international political economy, trade theory and policy, and development economics. He is the co-founder and co-host of the academic podcast Ceteris Never Paribus: The History of Economic Thought Podcast.


Selected academic publications (peer-reviewed):
  • “Theory in Closer Contact with Industrial Life: American Institutional Economists on Competition Theory and Policy”, Journal of Institutional Economics, 2021, Vol. 17(5), pp. 781-798, with Matthew T. Panhans.
  • “Some Effects of EU Sugar Reforms on Development in Africa”, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2021, Vol. 56(5), pp. 288–294, with Johannes Paha und Timon Sauter.
  • “Altering the Pattern of Trade in the Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith and the Historiography of International Trade Theory”, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2020, Vol. 42(1), pp. 19-42.
  • “Karl Menger’s Unfinished Biography of His Father: New Insights into Carl Menger’s Life through 1889”, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 2020, Vol. 38B, pp. 155-189, with Scott Scheall.
  • “Do Not Take Peace for Granted: Adam Smith’s Warning on the Relation Between Commerce and War”, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2019, Vol. 43(3), pp. 785-797, with Maria Pia Paganelli.
  • “The Vigorous and Doux Soldier: David Hume’s Military Defence of Commerce”, History of European Ideas, 2018, Vol. 44(8), pp. 1141-1152, with Maria Pia Paganelli.
  • “Karl Menger as the Son of Carl Menger”, History of Political Economy, 2018, Vol. 50(4), pp. 649-678, with Scott Scheall.
  • “Adam Smith and the “Rich Country – Poor Country” Debate: 18th Century Views on Economic Progress and International Trade”, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2016, Vol. 23(5), pp. 764-793.
  • “Adam Smith’s “Two Distinct Benefits” from Trade: The Dead End of “Vent-for-Surplus” Interpretations”, History of Political Economy, 2015, Vol. 47(4), pp. 577-603.
  •  “Deconstructing the Theory of Comparative Advantage”, World Economic Review, 2013, Issue 2, pp. 83 105.
  • “Adam Smith’s Theory of Absolute Advantage and the Use of Doxography in the History of Economics”, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2012, Vol. 5(2), pp. 54-80.

Contact:
Dr. Reinhard Schumacher
Economics
Email: r.schumacher[at]berlin.bard.edu
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