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9 Feb, 2017
by Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford Published on 8 April 2014 The plague known as...
7 Feb, 2017
The phylloxera crisis in nineteenth century France destroyed 40% of the country’s vineyards, devastating local economies. According to...
24 Jan, 2017
Over the past decades, economists working on growth have ‘rediscovered’ the importance of history, leading to the emergence of...
19 Jan, 2017
by Tehreem Husain Interactions of political and economic institutions and their ramifications on development outcomes have been recognised by academics...
17 Jan, 2017
We are now fully in 2017 – Bradley A. Hansen, Professor of Economics and American Studies at University of...
23 Dec, 2016
by Drew Keeling, 25 August 2016 Millions of American immigrants, who worked in business or started new businesses of...
16 Dec, 2016
From issue no. 165, APril 2014, pp.17-196 Understandably, 2014 has seen (and will yet see) many reflections on...
13 Dec, 2016
by Mark Mazower Published on the Financial Times Online, 6 November 2016 The historian Fritz Stern fled the Nazis...
9 Dec, 2016
by Jim Tomlinson, Professor of Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow From VOX – 05 July 2015 In...
6 Dec, 2016
Conference Report: University of Cambridge, 13-14 September 2016 by Sabine Schneider, University of Cambridge Retracing the path to...
29 Nov, 2016
by Tehreem Husain, The Express Tribune — Post global financial crisis, there has been increased importance on exploring financial...
25 Nov, 2016
by Nuno Palma (University of Groningen) and Jaime Reis (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa) When did Portugal’s economy diverge from...
