What can #econhist tell us about how firms should adopt artificial intelligence? Research by Will Damron, Reka Juhasz, Mara Squicciarini, Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb. => bit.ly/3yUc6Fx

Which August #econhist papers did I enjoy the most? ==> bit.ly/472HoXj <== Authors include: Yannick Dupraz, Rebecca Simson, Francisca Antman, Guo Xu, Emily Silcock, Melissa Dell, Hanna Schwank, Coleson Weir, Hannes Malmberg, Tommaso Porzio, Giovanni Prarolo,

🎙️ Join Johan Fourie and Jonathan Schoots as they chat with top social science scholars and explore history’s impact on today and tomorrow. 📻 Tune in to the premiere on 3 Sept 2024: open.spotify.com/episode/6z3z3p…

World's 10 best cities for 2024 1. 🇺🇸 New York City, US 2. 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa 3. 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany 4. 🇬🇧 London, UK 5. 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain 6. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico 7. 🇬🇧 Liverpool, UK 8. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan 9. 🇮🇹 Rome, Italy 10. 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal (Source: TimeOut)

Can what you wear in school predict whether you'll become an innovator? 👕👖👗 With #econhist research by Joachim Voth and D. Yanagizawa-Drott. #fashion #StyleLife ==> bit.ly/3ySwMhb <==

Churchill drank a lot. Under Napoleon 3 million soldiers died. Genghis Khan had 44 wives and 400 concubines. Steve Jobs was a bad father. And other leadership fallacies in my interview… ourlongwalk.com/p/the-future-i…

Indeed! Laboratory for the Economics of Africa's Past (Though Tim is super competent, I'm not sure he's good enough to represent one of Africa's top football teams... Stellenbosch University, not Stellenbosch FC)

To understand South Africa's The Olympic Games performance, it helps to take the long view... My post on what it takes to medal up is out today.

A new paper by Calumet Links, Erik Green, Ann Carlos and Angela Redish explores the trading interactions between the Khoe and the VOC at the Cape, and the Cree and the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. What began as a simple comparison evolved into a richer examination of colonial

What do we learn in school? A post about Bryan Caplan's provocative book and Benjamin Arold's latest research. ourlongwalk.com/p/what-we-lear…

Now on Early View: 'Early modern globalization and the extent of indigenous agency: Trade, commodities and ecology'. By Ann M. Carlos, Erik Green, Calumet Links and Angela Redish. CU Boulder 🦬 Lund University Stellenbosch University University of British Columbia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eh…

Want to find out more about Africonomics? Check out the latest episode of Our Long Walk podcast where I talk about the book with ⁦Johan Fourie⁩ and Jonathan Schoots You can preorder your copy at the link in my bio or your favorite local bookshop open.spotify.com/show/4VEH9dzKO…

LEAPs Johan Fourie presenting “Price of Prestige: Social Status in Cape Colony Auctions, 1700-1825” at AEHN 2024 #LEAP #SU #AEHN

The September issue of #Econhist papers I (mostly) admired, now on Our Long Walk: Tanik Joshipura: How did the reliance on urban hinterlands for food production in Sub-Saharan Africa change after the 1960s? Lukas Rosenberger, W. Walker Hanlon, Carl Hallmann: Did the centrality

What can the 19th-century US post office teach us about cadre deployment in South Africa today? In 1883, the US government introduced the Pendleton Act, moving from a politically driven 'spoils system' to a merit-based civil service. It required exams for public sector jobs and

Do you want to visit sunny summer Cape Town? Are you doing innovative Economics research? Come present at the SALDRU December Workshop! While the first full workshop will start next year, we are also holding an ad-hoc version this year, *12-13 December 2024*. Details below:

I spoke to Jonathan Jansen and Max Price recently about the challenges facing universities, in South Africa and beyond: ourlongwalk.com/p/we-need-to-m…