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We are delighted to announce thatÌýÂ̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ's Assistant Professor of Economics,ÌýMaria BachÌý'11, will be joining us for a Faculty Feature, "How Economic Ideas Shape Our Lives." Maria is also an alumna of Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ, having graduated in 2011, having studied international economics and applied mathematics. We hope to see you there.

This event will take place on Zoom. Please register by click the link below.

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About the Speaker

Maria Bach is an historian of economics interested especially in nineteenth century Indian Economics. She completed her PhD in International Political Economy at King's College London. Her thesis analysed how Indian political economists constructed an idea of development at the turn of the nineteenth century.Ìý

At Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ, she teaches courses on economic history, development economics and principles of macroeconomics in the Economics department. She is also co-teaching a First Bridge on the invention of money, debt and tax, which instructs first year students about the history of economics and how money, debt and tax may (or may not) keep our society together. She has previously taught economic history at the London School of Economics, as well as International Political Economy and Principles of Economics at King’s College London.Ìý

From 2013 to 2014, she was a consultant at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris working on the New Approaches to Economic Challenges project.