Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Koyama on the History Manifesto

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Mark Koyama reviews the History Manifesto . In it he mentions Pseudoerasmus' post on the many errors in the book.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

The rise and fall of economic history

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Peter Temin describes the rise and fall of economic history at MIT in the History of Political Economy and an un-gated version here .  ...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Bankruptcy

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Juan Sanchez of the St. Louis Fed looks at recent bankruptcies and concludes that "BAPCPA clearly had an impact on the number of ba...
Friday, February 20, 2015

The Gold Standard

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Here is my favorite gold standard political cartoon from an 1896 Harper's Weekly. The cartoon shows godlbugs as widows, orphans an...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

The end of capitalism?

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Jeremy Rifkin says the end of capitalism is coming . In the meantime, he will tell you about it for only $20,000 to $40,000.

History of Capitalism at the Legatum Institute

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The Legatum Institute has a program on the History of Capitalism . They are sponsoring a series of lectures, which are available online. ...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Bailyn, Wood and American History

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Gordon Wood on Bernard Bailyn and William Black on Gordon Wood on Bernard Bailyn (at the Junto ) I was a bit surprised when Wood su...
Monday, February 16, 2015

Economic Growth

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This last week I have been reading Sven Beckert’s Empire of Cotton and Sheilagh Ogilvie and A.W. Carus Institutions and Economic Growth ...