Saturday, August 29, 2015

Micro economic history and some digital history too

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William Easterly, Laura Freschi and Steven Pennings argue for the benefits of micro economic history of development by examining the develo...

Round table on Edward Baptist's Half has Never Been Told

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The September Journal of Economic History has a round table of reviews of Edward Baptist’s book The Half Has Never Been told, with review...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Tariffs and the Civil War, or 95% of All Statistics Are Made Up

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A recent letter to the editor of our local paper argued that secession and the Civil War were caused by high tariffs not slavery. The Conf...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

History, Facts and Life Expectancy

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Earlier this week on twitter Peter Bent mentioned Richard Yeselson’s review of Steve Fraser’s Age of Acquiescence: the Life and Death of A...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Some random stuff

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Did heights actually decline during the industrial revolution in the United States? Probably not. New website about research on bank...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

How are prices determined? The case of statistical consultants

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How are prices determined? AnnMaria De Mars offers advice to statisticians on how to price their services. It comes down to this   “...
Friday, June 19, 2015

How much are auto workers paid in Mexico?

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The Washington Post reports that “The Center for Automotive Research, a Michigan-based think tank, found that in salaries and benefits,...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

I really don't get Richard Thaler

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I was listening to Here and Now yesterday and there was a discussion with Dan Gilbert and Richard Thaler about Thaler’s new book. In the ...