🚨 Out Now: The Elgar Companion to the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Francisco Rodríguez 🟠Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... 🆓 Open Access Chapters: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

On the 18th and 19th of June 2026, the Public University of Navarre (Spain) will host a #FRESH meeting on "Energy, Sustainability, and Economic History" Keynote lecture by Henry Willebald Local organizer: Cristián Ducoing More details below:

On May 5-6, 2026, Humboldt University will host a #FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE) Local organizer: Felix Kersting More details in the below 👇

Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print @theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨 In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->

Big day for LSE and Economic History! Philippe Aghion (LSE Econ), Peter Howitt and Economic Historian Joel Mokyr were awarded this year's Sverige Riksbank (Nobel) Prize. On top of that, our recent PhD graduate (2024) @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social has been cited in the scientific statement 🥳

Happy to share our chapter "Chile 1820 - 2020. A case of frustrated development?" with @mbmiro.bsky.social www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Wednesday, October 15, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Jerónimo de Ayanz (Los Madroños 2nd floor, 2026). 👤 Speaker: @datirado666.bsky.social 📜 Title: "Did bad news travel fast? The information capacity of the Spanish Crown in mid-18th century".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Tuesday, September 30, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room (Los Madroños 2nd floor, 2026). 👤 Speaker: Luis Bértola 📜 Title: "The economic history of colonial continental Spanish America: social relations and inequality".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Tuesday, September 30, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room (Los Madroños 2nd floor, 2026). 👤 Speaker: Luis Bértola 📜 Title: "The economic history of colonial continental Spanish America: social relations and inequality".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Monday, September 14, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room, Department of Economics (Los Madroños Building, 2nd floor, ECON-2026). 👤 Speaker: Iker Arregui-Alegria (@lusemlu.bsky.social) 📜 Title: "Basque".

Thrilled to announce that I've been elected as a Trustee of the European Historical Economics Society (@theehes.bsky.social)! 🎉 Grateful for this opportunity to serve our scholarly community. #HistoricalEconomics #EHES #AcademicService

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Monday, September 14, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room, Department of Economics (Los Madroños Building, 2nd floor, ECON-2026). 👤 Speaker: Iker Arregui-Alegria (@lusemlu.bsky.social) 📜 Title: "Basque".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Wednesday, September 3, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room, Department of Economics (Los Madroños Building, 2nd floor, ECON-2026). 👤 Speaker: Les Oxley (University of Waikato). 📜 Title: "Sustainable Development with Existential Capital".

🔝El Consejo de AEHE ha publicado las ubicaciones de los próx. eventos científicos: 📍XVI Encuentro de Didáctica de la Historia Económica (Barcelona en 2027) 📍XV Congreso Internacional de la AEHE (Pamplona en 2028) ¡Ya contamos los días para participar en ambos! #Econhistory

Muy contentos de recibir el encargo de celebrar el XV Congreso Internacional de la AEHE en Pamplona, septiembre de 2028 @marrv.bsky.social @tamboduc.bsky.social @upna.bsky.social

"Contemplation of the world's disappearing supplies of minerals, forests, and other exhaustible assets had led to demands for regulation of their exploitation....

ESCoE Advisory Board members @bartvanark.bsky.social and @teraallas.bsky.social are quoted in this @financialtimes.com article by @tejparikh.ft.com on the obstacles to higher growth in Britain.

We're looking for candidates to apply for a three-year postdoc! @marrv.bsky.social @tamboduc.bsky.social @upna.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/postdo...

Extraordinary documentary about Sabbath's Vol. 4 youtu.be/coszaE4RAZI?...

Don't miss the opportunity to present your work at the leading conference on Demography in Spain! ADEH from September 3 to 5, in an unbeatable location, Málaga. Send your abstracts in either historical or contemporary demography by 11th May (extended) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today's #seminar: 'Resources, Sustainability and Economic History. Inclusive Wealth in a long run perspective' 🗣️@tamboduc.bsky.social (@upna.bsky.social#seminar: ⏰14:00 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ouesreuzgs 🗃️ Economic History seminar #EconSky #Economics

The Global Currencies Database is now live! lnkd.in/gRVJAE8d Co-founded with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl, the Chiṭu-Eichengreen-Mehl Global Currencies Database brings together in one place multiple and unique datasets on the history of the international monetary system. #EconSky

An upd report on our workshops for Ukraine series on #RStats, #Python & more. So far, we have raised >93k euro & the workshops have been attended by > 4100 ppl! 👇you can find more info on how you can help & a detailed report. All info on workshops: bit.ly/3wBeY4S 1/n

I'm giving a talk for Workshops of Ukraine about duplicative data. Friday, April 25th, 1pm EST. Come join me!!! #rstats sites.google.com/view/dariia-...

❗️Our next workshop will be on April 3rd, 6 pm CEST on Devops for Data Scientists (R & #Python) by @rika-gorn.bsky.social! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

🌍📉 Banks' fear of market disadvantages prevents the effective implementation of voluntary climate pledges.This is the conclusion of a study conducted by @mischaae.bsky.social during his time as a research assistant at ETH Zurich's TdLab. usys.ethz.ch/en/news-even... @ethzurich.bsky.social

We would like to extend our hearty congratulations to CEPH Associate Directors @marvinsuesse.bsky.social and @ronanlyons.bsky.social for their recent promotions to Associate Professor and Professor in Economics at @tcdeconomics.bsky.social! Well done both!

A neighbour was clearing out her garage, she found this Lehman Brothers on risk from climate change. Something tells me they missed risks closer to home

“Insanity is not a strategy”

“prescribir actividad física reduce significativamente la probabilidad de padecer problemas de salud mental, especialmente entre las mujeres. Estos hallazgos subrayan el potencial de los programas de actividad física como una herramienta rentable y escalable para mejorar la salud mental”

📢 Próximo webinar #EUROSTUDENTTalks Jueves 12/3, a las 11:00 Centrado en el (posible) cambio de paradigma que pueda generar la "Generación IA" en la eduación superior Inscripción: t.co/DvHAYUf122

Looking for a postdoc for next year? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie fellowship, please apply if you're interested in labor markets, gender and fertility: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...

Why is MENA witnessing an exceptionally rapid collapse in marriage and fertility? My next essay introduces my new theory. Complimentary subscription to my blog to anyone who knows my answer 🙂

Firing the federal workforce like this is illegal and hurts our national security, our communities, and our economy. It costs you money.

Campop blog #36: Who did older people live with in the pre-industrial English past? Richard Smith shows that, as today, they lived independently for as long as possible, and rarely moved in with married children @camunicampop.bsky.social www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

I did my first consultancy for someone producing historical fiction this week. More people should write fiction about mining!

Hadn't appreciated Indonesia's stunning progress against $2.15 poverty: 75% poor 1984, less than 2% 2023. (Or if you prefer: 142m people in 1998, 5m people 2023) pip.worldbank.org/country-prof...

Three fully-funded PhD fellowships. Proposals on “History of Knowledge” theme, linking it to the History of Capitalism research group, and focusing on the history of innovation and IP (copyright, patents, trade marks) are particularly welcome. Open geographical & temporal scope from 1500 - present

"Del 'milagro' a la realidad: Dictadura, transición y democracia desde la historia económica" -- ahí estaremos el próximo 24 de febrero, con algunos colegas como @paularodmod.bsky.social, debatiendo sobre la economía del franquismo y la transición. ¡Quedáis invitados!

It's time to start a thread on higher ed budget cuts announced due to actual and potential cuts to federal funding. Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.

Las tasas de masculinidad al nacer en España (sex ratio at birth) alcanzaron valores muy altos a principios de los 80s (108-109 niños por cada 100 niñas). ¿Qué estaba pasando?

Sharing a dataset with the number of boys and girls in Europe between 1841 and 1911: 21 countries, 1080 regions, 10 age-groups (23,260 observations in total): sites.google.com/view/missing...

Call for papers, #Gretl Conference. www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/busi...

Can't recommend this workshop enough!

🚨 We are hiring for an Assistant Professor in Rural and Agricultural Economics! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50152/ #econsky

As someone trained as a trade economist, it is my duty to share the 1929-1933 Kindleberger Spiral, showing the month-month decline in global trade due to the combined factors of the (global) Great Depression and retaliatory tariffs. Smooth Hawley is implemented mid-June 1930.

In December 2024, 223 new R-packages were published on CRAN. TwoTimeScales is one of the top 40 packages according to Joseph Rickert. Shutout to @egorkotov.bsky.social and his spanishoddata also appearing among the top 40! 🤩🥳 www.r-bloggers.com/2025/01/dece...

USA vs Australia and Great Britain, 1800 - 2015. Source, Maddison Project.

There is just one more week until the deadline to apply for the Postdoc position in Economic History! #EconSky