The Manufacturing/Rust Belt and Regional US Growth 1880-2010
Prof. Alexander Klein walks us through what the data reveal about US manufacturing since 1880. Why did manufacturing cluster in some regions? We discuss "first nature" and "second nature" geography ex...
30 Sep 46min
One from the Many
Prof. Christopher Meissner joins me to discuss his recent book 'One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850' which traces the relationship between globalization, international economic growth, de...
31 Aug 48min
Career and Family
Prof. Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes” joins us. We discuss her recent book 'Career and Fam...
22 Dec 202550min
Path Dependence in Financial/Monetary Systems
In this episode, Professor Michael Bordo talks about his finding on the countries that "learned" to develop financial stability through history versus those that did not. Mike also walks us through th...
2 Dec 20251h 1min
Policy, Timing and Time Use
Professor Valerie Ramey takes us through the conundrum of why post-war unemployment did not surge in the USA. We then discuss the economic effects of fiscal policy and how the timing of spending (and ...
31 Okt 202554min
From the Sand Up: How the Natural Environment shaped the Arabian Economy
Prof. Robert Allen discusses how the desert environment led to a unique economic structure-"from the sand up". Bob takes us through the economic implication of communal lands and describes the differe...
30 Juni 202559min
Life Under Pressure
Prof. Tommy Bengtsson takes us through the historical effects of short term stresses on living standards and health outcomes. How did high food prices in the nineteenth century impact the mortality ri...
3 Juni 202539min
Latin American Development Since Independence
Today, we meet Prof. Luis Bértola to discuss the economic history of Latin America since the 1820s. We cover Luis' book with José Antonio Ocampo ('The Economic Development of Latin America since Indep...
30 Apr 202556min
