Last week we published a new report examining how Northern Ireland can harness AI to boost its productivity, written with Ruth Donaldson, @profjohnturner.bsky.social & Seán McDonald, as part of @productivity.bsky.social #NationalProductivityWeek Read online: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/har...

Now on Early View: 'Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019'. By William Quinn, John D. Turner & Clive B. Walker. @willquinn.bsky.social @profjohnturner.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cepr.org @unibonn.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #EHS100

The @echistsocreview.bsky.social has just published an online virtual issue in honour of Joel Mokyr, featuring a very nice introduction by @mdrelichman.bsky.social, available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #econhist

The Economic History Review has published a virtual issue collecting the contributions of 2025 Nobel Laureate Joel Mokyr in the journal. I had the privilege of writing the introductory essay. You can read it here, together with Joel's articles and reviews. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

📊 Northern Ireland Productivity Dashboard 2025 Explore data on productivity trends across Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the UK. By Ruth Donaldson, @djordanecon.bsky.social, Seán McDonald and @profjohnturner.bsky.social. 🔗 www.productivity.ac.uk/research/nor...

Day 9 of our Books of the Year explores the brains behind Britain’s big business! 💼📖 'The CEO' by Michael Aldous and @profjohnturner.bsky.social uncovers a century of Britain's powerful CEOs, from entrepreneurs to frauds revealing those who climbed to the top. 🤑

Has Northern Ireland’s productivity growth stalled? Today we’ve launched the 2025 edition of our Northern Ireland Productivity Dashboard, written with Ruth Donaldson, Seán McDonald, and @profjohnturner.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who braved the weather and attended our ESRC Festival of Social Science talk "Chatting GPT" last night in the Lyric Theatre, Belfast! It was great to engage with the public on what the lessons of the past might tell us about the rise of AI today #NSRPProject #economichistory

Is the rise of AI "unprecedented"? How worried should we be, really? Is it all doom and gloom? Join us on Oct. 30 as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science for a live event examining AI with a historical lens! Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chatting-g... @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to host Michael Aldous and @profjohnturner.bsky.social at the Irish Stock Exchange for our event "The CEO: Examining Executive Impact on Business Performance". Chaired by Tom Lyons and held in the historic Irish Stock Exchange, the event explored the makings of the modern CEO.

From toffs to asset strippers via buccaneers and fat cats www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...

V good, v interesting & open access. An excellent combination. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Fascinating, incredibly detailed study by the great team of @willquinn.bsky.social and @profjohnturner.bsky.social Imagine having a dataset with the names, addresses, professions of 7000 investors in any particular sector or enterprise! Methodological model. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Here is the review of my book The CEO in the @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/44J6zys The CEO — lifting the veil on Britain’s corporate elite

Britain’s CEOs earn 100+ times the median pay of their workers, up from 20 times in the 1970s. But high pay doesn't boost performance or productivity. Michael Aldous & @profjohnturner.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social draw on a new book @universitypress.cambridge.org for @lsebr.bsky.social

The CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Captains of Industry youtube.com/shorts/tcq4J...

In the latest video from our partnership with @cagewarwick.bsky.social and @discoverecon.bsky.social, CEPH director @gaianarciso.bsky.social discusses whether the effects of the great Irish Famine led to the 1916 Easter Rising some 70 years later Watch it here! youtu.be/6hAd4iLI9o8 #econsky

Out today!

And for those interested in the world of big business, we've got 'The CEO: the Rise and Fall of Britain's Captains of Industry' by the amazing Michael Aldous and @profjohnturner.bsky.social! 🙌 www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/the-ceo

Out today!

Thanks to everyone who attended our annual workshop! Special thanks to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for hosting, and to all our speakers for 2 excellent days of research and conversations. Economic history is thriving! #econhistory #econsky #NSRProject

We're looking forward to our workshops at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social next week: ceph.ie/events/17-19... and ceph.ie/events/phd-w... #EconSky #Economics #EconHist #NSRPproject @quceh.bsky.social @cliochris.bsky.social @profjohnturner.bsky.social @ronanlyons.bsky.social @gaianarciso.bsky.social

🚨Survey for university students🚨 I'm currently carrying out a project for DfE examining student mobility in higher education with Anne Devlin & Maureen O'Reilly Please share this short survey with any students in UK/ROI, every response helps! forms.office.com/e/80XqbE5DJG

Today, the Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, delivered the keynote address and launched the report ‘Sharing the Island: Economic and Social Challenges and Opportunities: Evidence from an ESRI Research Programme’. Read more: www.esri.ie/news/taoisea... Download the report: www.esri.ie/publications...

Spotlight on Northern Ireland | #NationalProductivityWeek 2025 The NI Productivity Forum at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social released "NI Productivity 2040" in National Productivity Week, by Ruth Donaldson, @djordanecon.bsky.social & @profjohnturner.bsky.social: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/nor...

We had the honor of welcoming Michela Giorcelli (@michelag.bsky.social) for our annual Epstein Lecture today. Her lecture explored a period of exceptionally high productivity growth in history—World War II—and the role played by the spread of management practices. #EconomicHistory

In partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, David Autor and I are seeking funding proposals from researchers conducting innovative field experiments on the labor economics of frontier AI. Expressions of interest due March 31. shapingwork.mit.edu/call-for-pro...

🎤New Episode!🎤 What can the past tell us about influencing an election? Andrew and Lloyd sit down with Vicky Fouka (Stanford University) and discuss the Second Great Migration and its impact on US politics in the 20th century Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2u8M... #econsky #economichistory

Make sure to register to attend the Alice Murray Lecture, given by Prof. Jane Humphries this month: ceph.ie/events/27-02... @tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social @ronanlyons.bsky.social @gaianarciso.bsky.social @marvinsuesse.bsky.social #EconSky #NSRPproject

📖Call for papers!📖 CEPH and Queen’s University Centre for Economic History invites submissions from doctoral researchers working in any area of economic history for a one-day workshop. Deadline for submissions is March 31st, read more: ceph.ie/call-for-pap... @quceh.bsky.social #econsky #cfp

What's happening with Northern Ireland's productivity performance? @profjohnturner.bsky.social from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social & Northern Ireland Productivity Forum provides his insights on this Productivity Puzzles ep., released during #NationalProductivityWeek: podfollow.com/1567204500/e...

Today we launched our new @productivity.bsky.social report 'NI Productivity 2040' at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Co-authored with Ruth Donaldson & @profjohnturner.bsky.social we provide a roadmap for how policy can close Northern Ireland's productivity gap: productivity.ac.uk/research/nor...

The Business History Conference (@businesshistoryc.bsky.social) is delighted to announce a search for a new Editor-in-Chief of @entandsoc.bsky.social. Expressions of interest by May 1 2025. Details here: thebhc.org

Today at the NI Productivity Forum we launch our new report as part of @productivity.bsky.social National Productivity Week. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

First was a great discussion on the productivity trends in the UK's devolved nations with @graemeroy.bsky.social (Scotland), @profjohnturner.bsky.social (Northern Ireland), and Melanie Jones (Wales) on the @productivity.bsky.social podcast pod.co/productivity... (2/7)

🎧 NEW PODCAST! This #NationalProductivityWeek podcast looks at productivity in the devolved nations. Featuring @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social's Melanie Jones, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social's @profjohnturner.bsky.social & @uofgasbs.bsky.social's @graemeroy.bsky.social: podfollow.com/1567204500/e...

Delighted to share that Jane Humphries is this year's Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar, an award given annually by @cephie.bsky.social to an economic historian who has made a major contribution to the discipline. Her talk (27 Feb) will be on the econ-hist of care - more details below. #econsky

New working paper alert: "Financing Innovation: The Role of Patent Examination". @steve-bill-econ.bsky.social, Christopher Coyle and I have been working on this for quite a while now. We are excited to have a full draft for your enjoyment! www.quceh.org.uk/uploads/1/0/...

🚀 National Productivity Week has begun! All throughout this week, TPI and its partners will be hosting events about how to unlock the UK's productivity potential 💡 Follow #NationalProductivityWeek to keep up to date with what's happening across the country!

This is excellent “The Traitors”, a reality TV show, offers a useful economics lesson www.economist.com/finance-and-...

📢 This week, @cephie.bsky.social launches a new episode of their podcast, featuring @ronanlyons.bsky.social, @barratree.bsky.social, @gaianarciso.bsky.social & @profjohnturner.bsky.social. They discuss what happened in 2024 & what to expect in 2025. 🗣️ 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/yc52d5am #econsky

I thought this might take me to Rick Astley’s “never gonna give you up” but no, it is real and I am *here for it*

My forthcoming book The CEO is listed in the @financialtimes.com what to read in 2025 @quceh.bsky.social @cephie.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social What to read in 2025 on.ft.com/3WiVFef

The legal form of enterprise website has been updated - it is a one-stop shop for those interested in the historical development of business organisation. Thanks to Tim Guinnane for collating it. sites.google.com/view/the-leg...

The deadline for voting for me (or one of the other candidates) for @prospectmagazine.co.uk’s Top Thinker of 2024 is 23.59 on Sunday 5th: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/worlds...

⚠️ Upcoming deadline!⚠️ Applications for our Research Assistant positions, based at @quceh.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social close this Monday 6th January 2025: ceph.ie/applications... @profjohnturner.bsky.social @cliochris.bsky.social #WeAreHiring #EconomicHistory #NSRPproject #EconSky

I started my career at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on 01-01-2000 - aka millennium bug day! The 25 years have flown by thanks to dozens of great colleagues and hundreds of students.

What’s worth reading over the 2024 holiday season? Recommendations from the Economics Observatory lead editors! 📚📖 Read & sign up for future newsletters here 👉 tinyurl.com/4p5f4ctx