economic history
A New Capitalisn't Episode: Did the Economists of the '60s and '70s Ruin the Economy?
Are economists to blame for our current state of affairs? That's the argument Binyamin Appelbaum makes in his book "The Economists' Hour." In this...
“In the Wake of the 2008 Crisis, You Can't Ignore the Influence of Big Business on Economic Policy”
Historian and author Adam Tooze talks to ProMarket about how the financial crisis “remade” American capitalism, why the US response to the crisis was...
Why Are There So Few Bankers on American Corporate Boards?
Relatively few American companies have bankers on their boards. New research reveals that bankers were commonly represented on corporate boards in the 19th century,...
This Is What Monopoly Looks Like: The Italian Tobacco Sector in the Late 19th Century
How does a monopolist know what prices to charge to extract the most profit? A new paper digs into the classic monopolist’s problem with...
