Friday, December 30, 2016

Economic History in 2016

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This is my subjective assessment of some of the major developments in economic history in the last year. Most of the papers I cite are from...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

My Response to Seth Rockman's Tweetstorm

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I prefer blogging to tweeting. Below is my response to Seth Rockman’s tweetstorm . His tweets are in bold. 2. @BAllanHansen Your pie...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Counterfactuals and the Study of History

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This blogpost was prompted by Marc Parry’s Shackles and Dollars article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Specifically, the idea attri...
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Post-factual history: Seth Rockman edition

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Pseudoerasmus sent me a tweet by Seth Rockman. The message refers to this article on The Other Slavery in the Chronicle of Hig...
Saturday, December 10, 2016

Capitalism and Slavery Debate is not about differences in methodology

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Marc Perry wrote about the ongoing argument over the relationship between slavery and the American economic development that is taking pla...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

The New Post-Factual History

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The Chronicle of Higher Education has published “Shackles and Dollars,” an article on the forum on slavery and capitalism that was held ...
Friday, December 2, 2016

Pope Francis and Economics

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The latest issue of the Independent Review is devoted to consideration of the relationship between Pope Francis and economics. The Introdu...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Economic History Update

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Eric Hilt has a new paper on “Economic History, Historical Analysis and the "New History of Capitalism."  He is presenting the p...