E. Roy Weintraub
Roy Weintraub received his A.B. degree from Swarthmore College, and his Ph.D. in Applied
Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania. He came to Duke in 1970, and has served
variously as Director of Graduate Studies, Chairman of the Department, and Acting Dean of the
Faculty of Arts and Sciences. His most recent teaching includes economic
science studies and the history of modern economics.
Although he began his career as a mathematical economist, his interests currently are in the history of
economics as history of science. He recently completed a four-book project
on the mathematization of economics in the 20th century. He is President of the History of Economics Society.
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Recent Research
Prof. Weintraub's recent research has focused on the history
of the interconnection between mathematics and economics in
the twentieth century. This work has helped shape the
understanding of economists and historians of how economics
has been transformed in the modern period.
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Office Information
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320 Social Sciences
(919) 660-1838
erw@econ.duke.edu
(919) 684-8974
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Selected Publications
How Economics Became a Mathematical Science,
Duke Univ. Press, November 2002
The Future of the History of Economics (ed.), Duke Univ. Press, March 2002
Toward a History of Game Theory, Duke University Press, 1992
Stabilizing Dynamics: Constructing Economic Knowledge, Cambridge University Press, 1991
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Course Descriptions
First-year Seminar: John Maynard Keynes (Econ 49S)
Competition, Monopoly and Welfare (Econ 52D)
Development of Modern Economic Thought (Econ 190)
Economic Science Studies (Econ 197S)
Senior Seminar: Current Issues in Economics (Econ 200F)
History of Political Economy (Econ 312)
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Links
Prof. Weintraub's Home Page
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