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History and Economic History
Can historians and economic historians understand each other? That was the subtext of a panel discussion on "Number Trouble" at last weekend's meeting of the American Association for Slavic and East European Studies (ASEEES). On the panel were som...
Post · January 01, 2026
Life and Death During the Transition Depression
Cross-posted from Broadstreet, a new blog devoted to historical political economy.
The New York Times published an interesting pair of reports on Tuesday. The first related a recent study in Health Affairs that documents a staggering, and unexpec...
Post · January 01, 2026
What Did Stalinist Industrialization Accomplish?
Cross-posted from Broadstreet, a blog devoted to historical political economy.
The spring quarter at Chicago starts in a week. I will be teaching a course on the political economy of communism and the postcommunist transition. I love this class, ...
Post · January 01, 2026
The (Limited) Power of Persuasion
Cross-posted from Broadstreet, a new blog devoted to historical political economy.
Among the numerous consequences of COVID for everyday life, there is this: Many Americans will not venture beyond their own dining rooms for Thanksgiving this year...
Post · January 01, 2026
State Power and the Power Law
Cross-posted from Broadstreet, a blog devoted to historical political economy.
Pavi had a great post recently on the different ways that historical political economists have conceptualized and measured state capacity. I want to follow up with a s...
Post · January 01, 2026
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