The Economic History Podcast
The Economic History podcast is a platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and new research with a general interest audience. Each fortnight, we meet leading academics in the field and discuss a range of topics, including pandemics, long run economic growth, gender issues, financial crises, inequality,
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Slouching Towards Utopia
In this episode, we meet Prof. Bradford DeLong to di...
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Jun 29 2024 50m
Macroeconomic (In)stability in UK Economic History, 1700-2010
In this episode, we meet Assist. Prof. Jason Lennard...
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May 30 2024 53m
Heights in (Economic) History
In this episode, we meet Prof. Eric Schneider to dis...
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Apr 29 2024 46m
Complements to GDP: Measuring Freedom, Health and Education through time
Today we meet with and discuss the recent work of Pr...
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Mar 15 2024 1h 20m
The Rise and Fall of American Growth, 1870-2010
In this episode, Prof. Robert Gordon walks us throug...
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Nov 30 2023 46m
Interwar (Monetary) Instability
In this episode, we sit down with Assoc. Prof. Kirst...
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Oct 14 2023 50m
Making Social Spending Work
Prof. Peter Lindert discusses the evidence on social...
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May 25 2023 33m
The Long Economic Shadow of World War II in Europe
In this episode, we chat with Prof. Tamás Vonyó abou...
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Oct 1 2021 59m
Economic Experiments in Extremism
Today, we meet Professor Hans-Joachim Voth to discus...
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Sep 1 2021 45m
Lessons from the Great Depression
Professor Peter Temin's 'Lessons from the ...
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Jun 29 2021 21m
The Corporation through Time: Theory, Mergers and the issues of Bigness
This week, we hear from Prof. Naomi Lamoreaux on her...
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Jun 16 2021 43m
Creativity, Well-being and the Influence of Composers since 1450
This week, Prof. Karol Jan Borowiecki discusses his ...
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Jun 1 2021 36m
Bretton Woods 50 Years On
Today, we meet Prof. Eric Monnet of the Paris School...
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May 19 2021 34m
The Maddison Project and Counting the Consequences of Colonialism in Africa
In this episode, we meet Prof. Jutta Bolt to discuss...
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May 5 2021 40m
BONUS: The Industrial Revolution: History, Causes and Consequences
Professor Nicholas Crafts discusses some important d...
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Apr 21 2021 1h 8m
Africa in the World Economy: Growth, Shrinking and Debt
In this episode, we meet Dr. Leigh Gardner to consid...
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Apr 6 2021 33m
The Dreadful Childhood and Long Shadow of American Slavery
In this episode, we speak with Professor Richard Ste...
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Feb 16 2021 45m
Financial Systems and Growth
In this episode, Prof. Richard Sylla talks us throug...
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Feb 2 2021 54m
Rulers, Religion and Riches: Another Divergence...Between the West and the Middle East
In this episode, we discuss the subtitle of Professo...
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Jan 19 2021 1h 5m
GDP- Great Difficulties in Producing
In this episode, we meet with the eminent Prof. Dian...
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Dec 22 2020 26m
Germany's Regional Development: 30-150 Years Since Unification
In this episode, we meet Professor Nikolaus Wolf dis...
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Dec 1 2020 40m
India's Development Path, 1700-2010
In this episode we look at the long run development ...
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Nov 17 2020 40m
Boom and Bust: Bubbles or Fires?
This week, we meet Professor John Turner to discuss ...
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Nov 2 2020 44m