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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
The role of cellular interactions in biological systems
Biological systems function through coordinated interactions between cells. From early development to adult tissue maintenance, most physiological processes depend on cells communicating with and responding to one another. Individual cells carry o...
Post · January 01, 2026
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