Ep. 210: Mark Koyama on What Makes Some Nations Richer Than Others - Macro Hive macrohive.com/hive-podcasts/…

Ralf Meisenzahl visiting George Mason University George Mason Economics to talk about the economic history of research universities #econtwitter #econhist

markkoyama.com Brand new, from Mark Koyama — I thought “How the World Became Rich” was the most current book on economic history, and the blog is good too. Will continue in yet another quote tweet, after this:

Happy birthday to Albert Hirschman, who would be 109 today.

Hirschman—anti-fascist, resistance hero, later a development economist—may be the most interesting person to ever take up the profession.

🧵 and blog post on his remarkable life and work.

Freedoms Delayed markkoyama.com/p/freedoms-del…

I’ve read the book recently and I strongly recommend it.

This is such a fantastic review. Gets at *exactly* what we were trying to do with the book. Thanks Filippo Gaddo!!!

Very happy that Desiree Desierto's and my research on the political economy of England has received this grant

my review of Jared Rubin and Mark Koyama wonderful and insightful book: 'How the world became rich'
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This is succinct, evidence rich book that will make you think about how grateful we should be for what we have and how we can make sure everyone can…

A little note on the scary new Scottish Hate Crime Act.

I see quite a lot of people criticising the Act for not including sex as a protected characteristic. I totally get why they'd say this, and it's bizarre that sex is not on the list.

BUT... even getting into that…

This looks interesting.

Evidence that monastic libraries in the 1800s helped to spark innovation in Italy.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…