post

Senior Lecturer in Economics

responsibilities

Course Leader BA Politics Philosophy and Economy (PPE)

brief biography

After an early career in healthcare, building and the music business, David graduated from North East London Polytechnic in 1978 with a 1st class honours degree in Applied Economics. Subsequent degrees include a MSc in Economics at the LSE, under the supervision of George Akerlof, and a PhD at City University, supervised by Geoff Kay. David has a long-standing interest, and has published widely, in the conceptual and historical foundations of modern economics.

key teaching areas

• Economic theory
• History of ideas
• Economics and morality
• Economics in relation to the other social sciences

research interests

• The conceptual and historical foundations of modern economics
• The rise of the academic manager at the lower end of modern higher education
• The intrusion of pseudo-business into low-end academia

publications

• Dixon, W and Wilson, D. (2010). "Thomas Chalmers: the market, moral conduct and social order" History of Political Economy (forthcoming)
• Wilson, D and Dixon, W. (2009). "Performing economics: a critique of T&L". International Review of Economics Education 8:2
• Wilson, D and Dixon, W. (2009) "Sentimentality, communicative action and the social self: Adam Smith meets Jurgen Habermas" History of the Human Sciences 22:3
• Wilson, D. and Dixon, W (2008) “Reciprocity and economics in historical perspective” International Review of Economics 55:1-2
• Wilson, D. and Dixon, W (2008) “Homo economicus meets GH Mead: a contribution to the critique of economic theory” Journal of Economics and Sociology 67:2

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