A former student recalls Professor McCloskey

Posted February 14th, 2010 at at 2:23 pm by Journal staff under Blog alerts, McCloskey's Economics, Teaching.

“Sujectis” on Parcere.com wrote: I had the distinct pleasure of taking a class from Professor McCloskey at the University of Iowa (Western Civilization, I believe), one of those 200+ student undergrad lecture affairs … [continues] View original post

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New repository for heterodox economics reading lists

Posted January 24th, 2010 at at 1:55 pm by Journal staff under Teaching.

Thanks to the initiative of Dr. Andy Denis (Director of Undergraduate Studies, Economics Department, City University London), The Economics Network of the UK’s Higher Education Academy offers publications and more, including a Heterodox Reading List, a selective collection of McCloskey’s course reading lists. Current and archived reading lists for Professor McCloskey’s courses remain stored in [...]

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Martinez on economics in Caracas

Posted June 22nd, 2008 at at 4:16 pm by Journal staff under McCloskey's Talks, Personal, Teaching.

Dear Professor McCloskey, I met you briefly at the EHA Meetings at Rutgers when I was the secretary of Professor Tom Weiss at KU. I was so impressed by you since I saw and when I listened to your speech I was astounded with the strength, the wisdom and the conviction you convey. You told [...]

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Mike Johnson writes:

Posted April 19th, 2008 at at 4:50 pm by Journal staff under Personal, Teaching, Website.

Prof. McCloskey, I stumbled on your blog site by accident, but glad I did. I was a former undergrad econ student of yours back in the early 80s. I started out in political theory (John Nelson) and intellectual history (Alan Megil), took one of your courses on British Econ History and I’ve been hooked on [...]

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Cristina writes:

Posted March 26th, 2008 at at 2:39 pm by Journal staff under Teaching.

Prof. McCloskey, Do you know if you will be teaching a graduate course at UIC in the fall? I am dying to take one of your courses. All the best to Will, Cristina

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Cristina writes:

Posted April 11th, 2007 at at 12:30 pm by Journal staff under Teaching, Website.

Dear Prof. McCloskey, I absolutely love your website! Thanks for all the information that you share. I can’t wait for the opportunity to take one of your courses. I have so many questions for you…especially since my dissertation in economics focuses on the auto industry and England. Many greetings to the mini-Bard. Best regards, Cristina

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