The Development of Walter Lippmann’s Political Economy
Gabriel F. Benzecry and Daniel J. Smith
Published online: 04 May 2026
History of Economics Review, 93(1), 21–40.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10370196.2026.2657674
摘要
沃尔特·李普曼（Walter Lippmann）是二十世纪早期在经济政策方面具有突出影响的公共知识分子。
尽管他在大众与学术话语中均具有巨大影响，但学术关注尚未充分探讨他与学院派经济学家之间的思想交流如何影响了他的思考。
我们考察李普曼与著名经济学家的通信，以追溯其政治经济学的发展。
这些交流表明，他是一位原创性思想家，并未固守单一正统，而是通过阅读和接触广泛的经济学家，综合了多元视角。
本研究厘清了李普曼作为二十世纪政治格局中重要思想家的地位，展示了他与经济学家的积极互动如何在经济理论与当代政治辩论之间架起桥梁。
Walter Lippmann was a prominent public intellectual on economic policy in the early twentieth century. Despite his immense influence on both popular and academic discourse, scholarly attention has not extensively explored how his intellectual exchanges with academic economists influenced his thinking. We survey Lippmann’s correspondence with prominent economists to trace the development of his political economy. These exchanges suggest that he was an original thinker who, rather than adhere to a single orthodoxy, synthesised diverse perspectives by reading and engaging with a broad range of economists. This study clarifies Lippmann’s place as a major thinker in the twentieth century political landscape, showing how his active engagement with economists bridged economic theory and contemporary political debate.