"David Cayla is an Associate Professor of Economics and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management at Angers University, France. His research focuses primarily on the history of economic thought and institutional economics. He has published several books in France, most notable of which are L’Économie du réel (De Boeck Supérieur, 2018) and La Fin de l’Union europénne (Michalon 2017, with Coralie Delaume) and a book called Populism and Neoliberalism (Routledge) available in both French and English. An active member of the French association of heterodox economists ""Les Economistes atterrés"", he defends an approach to economics that is more open to other social sciences and better equipped to engage with contemporary political issues."