The Cahiers d’Economie Politique / Papers in Political Economy - PPE was created in 1974, and is now the main French journal specialized in history of economic thought. It has published and participated in the main theoretical discussions by paying a particular attention to the historical aspects of economic analysis. Considering that the study of past authors and contemporary debates are complementary, the PPE publish papers on history of economic thought, economic philosophy, or papers overlapping fields of history of economic thought and contemporary economic theory or economic history. PEE is a biannual journal, usually published in June and December. One of the two yearly issues is thematic and includes papers presented at a workshop or conference and selected among responses to an open call for papers.  PPE also publishes book reviews. Proposals for book reviews can be submitted to the editorial board, and are refereed by the board or by an anonymous peer referee. For details, see ‘publication conditions’.

The CEP is listed in several rankings as well as on Econlit :

  • Rank B in the CNU 2023 list: rank B
  • Rank B in the HCERES 2021 list: rank B
  • Rank 3 in the CNRS 2020 list, Section 37, in the category ‘History of economic thought, economic and business history, methodology, economic philosophy’.

The CEP publishes two issues per year with the support of Paris 10 Ouest Nanterre La Défense University, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille and the Université Picardie Jules Verne.

For fifty years, the CEP has linked the study of economists of the past to current debates in economic theory. In order to better pursue this objective, the ‘Collection’ mainly publishes texts by authors who are no longer available or have remained unpublished.