The Economic Historian

Blog on economic history and the history of economic thought.

[The Economic Historian @econhistorian]

Is the United States developed or developing? In this Q&A, @NMaggor and Stefan Link discuss their critique Northian institutionalism and why it's useful to think about the US as a "developmental state." #twitterstorians https://t.co/Gz6ljzqYgY

[Filip Lubinski @filip_lubinski]

I got inspired by the most recent 'Nobel Prize in Economics' to write an article comparing Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson's research program (#NewInstitutionalEconomics) with Classical Political Economy 📔

Working paper:
https://t.co/iJazg7rbZY
All comments welcome!

[Center for the History of Political Economy @CenterEconomy]

Apply to be a CHOPE Visiting Scholar 2025-2026

[Sonya Bonczek @SonyaBonczek]

ATTN EVERYONE: Andrew C. Isenberg’s The Age of the Borderlands (April 2025) rewrites the story of Manifest Destiny. It reveals how Indigenous societies, enslaved people, and rival empires fiercely resisted US expansion, challenging the idea of “the land of the free.” Game changer

[Economic History Review @EcHistSocReview]

Now on Early View: 'Financial crisis of 1931? British banking stability and the role of open-market operations'.
By Matthias Römer. @FU_Berlin
https://t.co/obBo83TWuS

[Felix Meier zu Selhausen @FelixMzS1]

Our special issue on African Economic History is out with a bibliometric analysis of the field for the past 25 years and 4 wonderful articles on forced labor and the fiscal state in Portuguese Africa, living standards in Fr West Africa and mission educational effects in Zambia.

[African Economic History Network (AEHN) @AfEconHis]

Open-access special issue on Comparative Development in Colonial Africa including a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the state of African Economic History during the 21st century.

https://t.co/EN99geaDbG

[Economic History Society @EcHistSoc]

CFP submission deadline Monday 18 November! The deadline for the submission of 300-500 word New Researcher poster proposals for the 2025 EHS Conference, to be held at the University of Strathclyde, is next week. For more info and to submit:
https://t.co/gmhBD1ISgv

[The Economic Historian @econhistorian]

@LindsaySShaffer @timgill924 I like your close eye for detail! You’re pretty sharp.

[The Economic Historian @econhistorian]

@tcarpenter216 @timgill924 Yeah, it has to be a satire account. No way this dude is for real. I don’t even follow him, but his tweets just keep showing up in my feed.

[The Economic Historian @econhistorian]

@timgill924 Good for you buddy. A lot of other people have PhD’s that don’t encourage grad students to work their minds out without trying to have any sense of balance. Maybe try thinking from other people’s perspective. Also, long term success requires good mental health

[The Economic Historian @econhistorian]

@Jackbmeyer Has an economic idea ever shaped an economic policy? And did the policy have an economic outcome? And did the economic outcome reshape the economic idea? Hard to imagine a world where this has happened.

[The Economic Historian @econhistorian]

@Jackbmeyer You do a good job of policing disciplinary boundaries and maintaining “law and order.” Maybe you could do a cost-benefit analysis in the costs/benefits maintaining disciplinary borders and the costs/benefits of disciplinary insubordination?

[Steve Campbell @Historian_Steve]

1. The last in my series of THREADS on Inflation and the Economy (Part 4 of 4) poses a media-centered explanation for Americans’ negative impressions of the economy and concludes with an exposition of key concepts intended to help us understand the complexities of our economy.

[Johnny Fulfer @Johnny_D_Fulfer]

Check out my new article in @TIME’s @madebyhistory section on the history of inflation rhetoric.

[TIME @TIME]

From @madebyhistory: Since the 1950s, the GOP has simplified the causes of inflation in order to blame Democrats
https://t.co/qu16cmW2DQ

[Jeff Powell @Powell_J_R]

The History of Economic Thought Society annual conference 4-6 Sept - abstract proposals by 30 Apr - pls share @THETSoc @CenterEconomy @Societies_HET @economicthought @econhistorian @het_ysi @HEIjournal @CleoCZ @Undercoverhist https://t.co/2P8WlD0zjV

[Thilo Huning @ThiloHuning]

The Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York calls for papers for the First York Economic History & Political Economy workshop from Thursday the 30th to Friday 31st of May 2024. The theme of the workshop is “Cities and the Wealth of Nations“

[Julia Irwin @juliairwin]

Though it's been out in the world for a few weeks now, #CatastrophicDiplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century, is now officially published! If you order from @UNC_Press, the book is 30% off with the promo code 01SOCIAL30. Thanks for considering!

[Michael Thrower Chowdhury @BevansAdvocate]

10 Great Economic History Books (2)
1) Streets of Gold - Abramitzky + Boustan
An incredibly impressive piece of economic history, breaking down many myths about the highly contentious topic of immigration. Great longitudinal analysis and well worth a read.