Saturday, September 9, 2023

History's Replication Crisis

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  Anton Howes recently asked Does History Have a Replication Crisis ?   The question is one that Howes has been concerned with for some time...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

Economic and Business History Seminars

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Some have not yet been updated for the current academic year. Let me know of any that should be added. Yale Economic History Workshop Harv...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Some thoughts on a liberal arts education

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  I recently listened to an episode of the Podcast Word on Fire in which Bishop Robert Barron and Brandon Vogt discussed Why Liberal Arts M...
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...