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r/EconomicHistory

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Welcome to r/EconomicHistory! Economic history is the study of economic phenomena in the past. This is a subreddit for any journal articles, news articles, discussions, questions, or other media pertaining to this discipline.

If you are looking to become more familiar with key topics in economic history, please consider reviewing our Reading List!

Notice: This subreddit is not actively monitored, so the posts here are only a small subset of what exists on reddit.

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7 months ago
Economic historian and professor Deirdre McCloskey is holding an Ask Me Anything over in IamA; link in post
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8 months ago
Why did the US gain debt during WW2?
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6 days ago
Book Recommendation
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4 months ago
Commanding Heights
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7 months ago
Slavery in the U.S. South discouraged immigration, investment in transportation infrastructure, and human development overall. Moreover, an economy of free family farmers would have produced more cotton than slave-based plantations that dominated the region. (G. Wright, Spring 2022)
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7 months ago
Tracking the Agricultural Revolution in England
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7 months ago
Mechanisation, pesticides and experimentation drove the development of professional pollination services in the early 20th century
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7 months ago
How the Gas Turbine Conquered the Electric Power Industry
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7 months ago
Only 4% of land in England in 1600 was "waste" to which the landless poor had free access
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7 months ago
Feudalism: the history of an idea
study resources/datasets
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7 months ago
Monetary policy and the benefits and limits of central bank independence
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7 months ago
The history of the blast furnace: production of steel
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7 months ago
The phantom depression: the US's experience after WWII
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7 months ago
Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution: estimates added 3.5% to national income in 1833
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4 months ago
[Book recommendation request] Labour economics history within the UK
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7 months ago
Amazing Regency Businesswomen: English Noble Peeress Bankers
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7 months ago
London’s forgotten businesswomen: 18th century female entrepreneurs
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7 months ago
Cuba before and after the Revolution: a story of relative decline
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in Cuba
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7 months ago
A chronology of the British Industrial Revolution over at r/badeconomics
Discussion
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7 months ago
From [the perspective of living conditions] the fall of Rome was an unmitigated disaster, a clear (but not total) break with the economic patterns of antiquity which had enabled a measure of prosperity in the Mediterranean world
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in the perspective of living conditions
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7 months ago
The price of nails since 1695: A window into economic change
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7 months ago
Has Eastern Europe Always Lagged Behind the West? Historical Evidence from Pre-1870
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3 months ago
How often has foreign retailers let down the market they were distributing?
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3 months ago
How has Turkey been at economic reforms?
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in Turkey
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3 months ago
Were enemies previous best trade partners?
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