Sunday, March 25, 2018

The Annunciation by Henry Ossawa Tanner

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If you are in Philadelphia you should go see it at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Reproductions do not do it justice.
Monday, March 5, 2018

Quick Take on The Mystery of the Kibbutz

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While the power was out this weekend, and I was free from electronic distractions, I had a chance to read Ran Abramitzky’s The Mystery of...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018

What Happened to The Standard of Living During the Gilded Age?

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Richard White devotes a chapter of his new book on Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, The Republic for Which It Stands, to declining stan...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

Three Revolutions in Economic History

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  Here is a link to Gareth Austin’s Inaugural Lecture " Three Revolutions in Economic History " » This is his descripti...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Follow up on Capitalism and History

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I have seen some interesting responses on twitter to the new Capitalism and History journal that I mentioned yesterday. She is not alone, b...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Some business history stuff

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Here are two recent papers on culture and business history Naomi Lamoreaux Cultural Change and Business History Abstract This pap...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Merry Christmas

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The Holy Family by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Monday, December 18, 2017

The Mellon Tax Cuts of the 1920s

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Opponents of tax cuts claim that the large income tax cuts in the 1920s caused increased inequality and the Great Depression. For instance,...