Thursday, January 26, 2017

Need a Break From Reading Economic History?

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If you need a break from reading economic hsitory you can watch these videos or listen to these podcasts about economic history. Videos: ...
Friday, January 13, 2017

Economic History in 2016: American Economic History

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I posted recently about economic history in 2016 and said that I would have another post that focused on American Economic History. Here it...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Economics of Mixed Martial Arts Training

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This is from bjpenn.com. Firas Zahabi is the head coach at Tristar Gym in Montreal. he has worked with Georges St. Pierre and number of ...
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...