Rima Grace

For this story, I went straight to the source, sort of.

For this story, I went straight to the source, sort of.

That's Matthias Vernengo.

That's Matthias Vernengo.

He teaches at Bucknell University, and he was holding up a book first published in 1894 called the Paul Grave Dictionary of Political Economy.

He teaches at Bucknell University, and he was holding up a book first published in 1894 called the Paul Grave Dictionary of Political Economy.

That dictionary kept getting republished.

That dictionary kept getting republished.

The latest edition came out in 2018, and it now contains approximately 3,000 articles written by economists representing several hundred years of thinking and, consequently, how we talk about the economy.

The latest edition came out in 2018, and it now contains approximately 3,000 articles written by economists representing several hundred years of thinking and, consequently, how we talk about the economy.

And that dictionary includes the person who was the first stop on this vocab journey, Adam Smith, often known as the father of capitalism, who was writing in the middle of the 1700s.

And that dictionary includes the person who was the first stop on this vocab journey, Adam Smith, often known as the father of capitalism, who was writing in the middle of the 1700s.

Isaac Newton's ideas were trendy at the time, and that's reflected in Smith's writing, like in this signature idea.

Isaac Newton's ideas were trendy at the time, and that's reflected in Smith's writing, like in this signature idea.

Okay, stop number two on this vocab journey.

Okay, stop number two on this vocab journey.

Fast forward 100 years to the rise of a movement called neoclassical economics.

Fast forward 100 years to the rise of a movement called neoclassical economics.

Here's Emma Kass at Bennington College.

Here's Emma Kass at Bennington College.