Pavel Kuchař is an assistant professor at the Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guanajuato. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Turin and his M.Sc. in political science from the Prague University of Eco­nomics. His research interests include the emergence of mar­kets, legitimation of novelty, and historical analysis of liberal­ism and its preconditions. His email is pavel.kuchar@​ugto.mx.