The State and the Industrial Revolution, Part 1

The State and the Industrial Revolution, Part 1

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We take a close look at local government during the 1700-1850 period. What work happened at the parish level? The Poor Laws, a unique British institution, are examined for their possible contribution to the Industrial Revolution. Also, the private provision of public goods. We also look at whether a more agentic population, free to act, because unlike on the continent, they don't need permission for everything...

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52. 1649, the Decisive Year

52. 1649, the Decisive Year

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This is the long promised Jonathon Scott episode. Featuring some real curve balls thrown at me by Joltin’ Joe. This is a deep dive into ...

19 Mar 202136min

51. The Dutch Got their Beard Caught in the Mailbox

51. The Dutch Got their Beard Caught in the Mailbox

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Will you marry me? That's what Cromwell asked the Dutch. A proposal! Just out of the blue. What did the Dutch think? Then they sent ...

12 Mar 202128min

50. Grindletonians, Ranters, Diggers and Quakers

50. Grindletonians, Ranters, Diggers and Quakers

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Diggers were early communists and Ranters feel like hippies. Do it in the road. It’s all good because it’s all god. Quakers and Baptist...

5 Mar 202126min

49. Muggles, Ranters and Diggers

49. Muggles, Ranters and Diggers

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. What part of history did Rowling mine for ideas? This part. Muggles, Grindletonians, Ranters, Diggers, Quakers, oh my. This episode exp...

26 Feb 202133min

48. Commonwealth ; The Promise is given

48. Commonwealth ; The Promise is given

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Honest administration of government? Getting there, we get rid of 90% of the corruption. Cheap, abundant food. The Malthusian limits ar...

19 Feb 202125min

47. 2nd English Civil War and Execution of Charles I

47. 2nd English Civil War and Execution of Charles I

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A Second English Civil War and a 3rd Scots invasion? Are the royalists nuts? Aren't they tired of war? The New Model Army still exists,...

12 Feb 202124min

46. The Putney Debates and Oliver Cromwell

46. The Putney Debates and Oliver Cromwell

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. This one is heavy on narrative history and lighter on analysis and theory. We cover the Scots intervention in the Civil War in 1643 . T...

5 Feb 202142min

45.  The Civil War Begins, Reluctantly

45. The Civil War Begins, Reluctantly

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Arctic Acoustic is back as we explore the reluctant beginnings of the Civil War and take it up to the creation of the New Model Army. Th...

29 Jan 202140min

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