New substack: part one of the political economy of European castles www.markkoyama.com/publish/post...

How can we study human development over two thousand years? For most periods and regions, we lack reliable data on income, health, or education. Before 1800, and outside Europe, historical records are extremely fragmentary. Thread 👇 🧵

Guest post by Jack Goldstone!! open.substack.com/pub/markkoya...

A great piece from @markkoyama.bsky.social (2018) on the perceived direct connections of modern racism to Enlightenment thought that paints a vivid picture and places it within the romanticist, nationalist tradition. While charting its history from antiquity. www.liberalcurrents.com/did-the-enli...

The Political Power of Civil Society open.substack.com/pub/markkoya...

The Laissez-Faire Experiment by W. Walker Hanlon www.markkoyama.com/p/the-laisse...

The August 2025 issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association is now published (academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...). It consists of 10 fantastic papers from a wide range of fields of economics. @jeeanews.bsky.social

a very interesting piece on the Ukrainian Famine

New Substack post on Thomas Cromwell's portrayal in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light open.substack.com/pub/markkoya...

Very happy to see our chapter (with Desiree Desierto) on Institutional Change in updated edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics link.springer.com/referencewor... (open access).

The arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial Peru www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...

This looks great link.springer.com/referencewor...

New Broadstreet post up! Highlighting some great work rethinking common assumptions about African borders! @ricarthuguet.bsky.social @jackpaine.bsky.social and Christy Qiu www.broadstreet.blog/p/african-bo...

African Borders: Neither Random Nor Decided at the Berlin Conference www.broadstreet.blog/p/african-bo...

New Broadstreet post is up! By @markkoyama.bsky.social www.broadstreet.blog/p/feudalism-...

🚨 Announcement - Hajnal Lecture 2025 🚨 "The Origins of Constitutional Government" by @markkoyama.bsky.social May 7, 2025 from 4 to 5:30 pm Arthur Lewis Lab, University of Manchester And no need to register to come to the lecture!

Almost too good to be true: a wide-ranging review in JEL (by its former editor @durlauf.bsky.social) of the two great recent books in econ history: @delong.social 's "Slouching" and @markkoyama.bsky.social and @jaredcrubin.com 's "How the World Became Rich". Dig in! pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

A thoughtful and insightful review of @durlauf.bsky.social How the World Became Rich by @markkoyama.bsky.social .social and @jaredcrubin.com and Slouching Towards Utopia by @delong.social www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...