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From the FT – Ideas that fed the beast of fascism flourish today

13 Dec, 2016

by Mark Mazower Published on the Financial Times Online, 6 November 2016 The historian Fritz Stern fled the Nazis...

From VOX – De-industrialisation, ‘new Speenhamland’ and neo-liberalism

9 Dec, 2016

by Jim Tomlinson, Professor of Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow From VOX – 05 July 2015 In...

Credit, Currency & Commerce: New Perspectives in Financial and Monetary History

6 Dec, 2016

Conference Report: University of Cambridge, 13-14 September 2016 by Sabine Schneider, University of Cambridge Retracing the path to...

The Great War and Evolution of Central Banking in India

29 Nov, 2016

by Tehreem Husain, The Express Tribune — Post global financial crisis, there has been increased importance on exploring financial...

From convergence to divergence: Portuguese demography and economic growth, 1500-1850

25 Nov, 2016

by Nuno Palma (University of Groningen) and Jaime Reis (ICS, Universidade de Lisboa) When did Portugal’s economy diverge from...

From VOX – British wellbeing 1780-1850: Measuring the impact of industrialisation on wages, health, inequality, and working time

22 Nov, 2016

by Daniel Gallardo Albarrán, appeared on 22nd May 2016 Industrialisation has been the key to modern economic growth and...

Repost – Gentlemen and capitalism: some questions

18 Nov, 2016

by Dave Postles, University of Hertfordshire Consequent upon Wiener’s and Rubinstein’s research respectively into culture and industrial capital and...

From WSJ – The Fall of the Unions Paved the Way for Donald Trump

16 Nov, 2016

By Michael Kazin, professor of history at Georgetown University Working-class whites once had a political home at the union...

From Positive Check – Danger to the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street?

8 Nov, 2016

by Patrick O’Brien (Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics) and Nuno Palma (Assistant Professor, University of Groningen) – Friday...

What happened to immigrant earnings during the Great Depression?

1 Nov, 2016

by Chris Minns, Economic History Department, LSE The Great Depression devastated North American labour markets for a decade,...

A New Take on Sovereign Debt and Gunboat Diplomacy

25 Oct, 2016

Going multilateral? Financial Markets’ Access and the League of Nations Loans, 1923-8 By Juan Flores (The Paul Bairoch Institute...

From VOX – The railway mania: Not so great expectations?

21 Oct, 2016

Can financial crises be averted by identifying and dealing with overpriced assets before they cause instability? This column argues...