Thursday, July 6, 2023

Some Economic History of Media and the Spread of Hate

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  Tianyi Wang, “Media, Pulpit, and Populist Persuasion: Evidence from Father Coughlin” American Economic Review VOL. 111, NO. 9, SEPTEMBE...
Monday, June 26, 2023

A Couple of Podcasts I've Been Listening To

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The best news in podcasting is that my favorite podcast,  The Economic History Podcast , is back after more than a year. In a new episode, S...
Friday, April 28, 2023

The Economics Major as the Path to Law School

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 One of the things that Gary Hoover talked to Kennedy Owen about in in this video was the things that an economics major prepares students ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

More Time to Speak Econ

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Kennedy Owen produces interviews at a pretty rapid pace. She has posted several new ones since I blogged about Time to Speak Econ a few day...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

Time to Speak on Econ

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 I received an email yesterday from Kennedy Owen, who is currently a junior in high school, telling me about Time to Speak on Econ  a series...
Friday, April 7, 2023

Recent NBER Meetings

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  Yes, NBER charges for downloads of working papers, but you can watch some recent meetings for free. By the way, it has also been my experi...
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Economic History in The American Historical Review

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  Everyday Economic Justice: Mediating Small Claims in Mexico City, 1813–1863 Louise E. Walker Abstract This article examines economi...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Economics and History

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 I have argued numerous times that the differences between economic and history tend to be exagerated, usually by economists who want to cri...