economic history

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• SOURCE: World Economic Forum
  5/29/2020
  

  Don't Assume There'll be a 'Post-COVID-19 Era' - Historian Niall Ferguson Tells World vs Virus

  "I don't think we should assume there'll be a post-COVID-19 era, any more than there's a post-influenza era, or a post-tuberculosis era, or a post-AIDS era," says historian Niall Ferguson.

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  5/28/2020
  

  The Great Depression, Coronavirus Style: Crashes, Then and Now

  by Nomi Prins

  Monetary policy responses to the current crisis can't fix either the structural problems that make the economy vulnerable to severe disruption or the virus and public health crisis that underlie that disruption. Governments must choose to take coordinated action on multiple fronts. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/27/2020
  

  The Unluckiest Generation In U.S. History

  Economic data suggest that Millennials aren't just complaining. Their early years on the job market have been affected by the Great Recession and COVID and seen less growth than any other generation.

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• SOURCE: NC Policy Watch
  5/25/2020
  

  Duke University Professor of Economic History Dirk Philipsen: Re-Consider how We Measure Economic Success (Audio)

  An economic historian contends that GDP is not the best indicator of economic success. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  5/18/2020
  

  Is Capitalism Racist?

  Nicholas Lemann considers Walter Johnson's new book The Broken Heart of America in light of recent debates among historians about the relationship of slavery, capitalism and racism.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/19/2020
  

  When the Economy Collapses, Talk Is Cheap—Just Look What Led Up to the Great Depression

  by Robert Dallek

  For American leaders, the Great Depression is as much a lesson in what not to do as it is in what to do.

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• SOURCE: Marketplace
  5/13/2020
  

  What Postwar America Can Tell Us About Today’s Record Unemployment

  Economic historians Caroline Fohlin and Gary Richardson discuss the nature of government support for employment to preserve World War II's economic gains. 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  4/27/2020
  

  If the Great Depression Is Any Indication, Things Won’t Just Go Back to ‘Normal’ After the Coronavirus Pandemic Ends

  by James C. Cobb

  New Deal programs had difficulty returning the United States to "normal" life because FDR had difficulty persuading many Americans that the federal government was supporting their economic security. This failure makes a comprehensive response to COVID-19 less politically feasible.

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  4/25/2020
  

  Out of Pandemic Crisis, What Could a New New Deal Look Like?

  The COVID-19 crisis has served up a rare opportunity to galvanize Americans for change.

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  4/18/2020
  

  What History Can Teach Us About Building a Fairer Society After Coronavirus

  Local protests and uprisings against landlords had happened before, but after the Black Death they became more common.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/13/2020
  

  If Biden Wins, He’ll Have to Put the World Back Together

  If Joe Biden wins the election in November, he will likely be sworn in—perhaps virtually—under the most challenging circumstances since Harry Truman became president in 1945.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  3/28/2020
  

  What Both the Left and the Right Get Wrong About the Coronavirus Economic Crisis

  Financial historian Adam Tooze on the lessons policymakers need to learn, and fast.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/19/2020
  

  This Recession is Going To Be Bad. Really Bad.

  It is possible that the impending recession could be more devastating than the 2008 financial crisis.

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• SOURCE: Forbes
  3/7/2020
  

  Fact Check: Were 401(k)s Really An ‘Accident Of History’?

  Was the decline in traditional pensions and the growth in retirement savings accounts all just an "accident"? History says otherwise.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/3/2020
  

  What Can the Black Death Tell us About The Global Economic Consequences of a Pandemic

  by Adrian R. Bell, Andrew Prescott, and Helen Lacey

  There will be winners and losers economically as the current public health emergency plays out.

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• 2/16/20
  

  Jimmy Carter: The Last of the Fiscally Responsible Presidents

  by Joe Renouard

  Jimmy Carter’s Economy Was Better than You Think

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• 2/9/20
  

  The Making of a Periphery

  by Ulbe Bosma

  How did the once-prosperous islands of Southeast Asia transform into a “peripheral” region?

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• SOURCE: VOX EU
  1/13/20
  

  The past’s long shadow: A network analysis of economic history

  by Gregori Galofré Vilà

  Economic history is a thriving subset of the field. This column uses network analysis to review the development of the discipline over the last 40 years. 

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• 1/5/20
  

  Capitalism Versus Socialism: Did Capitalism Really Win?

  by Walter G. Moss

  The main task of voters in 2020 and thereafter will not be to choose whether we want capitalism or democratic socialism. Rather, it will be to decide the best pragmatic mix of the two (and best presidential candidate) to further the common good. 

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• 11/3/19
  

  Citibank: Exploiting the Past, Condemning the Future

  by Alan Singer

  To celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2011, Citibank published a book celebrating its history. Despite the book's heft, glossy photographs, and celebratory tone, Citibank and its forbearers definitely did not strive to make the world a better place.