How the World Became Rich

Thoughts on the Mirror and the Light and the Tudor Revolution in Government

I've just finished watching the second season of Wolf Hall, The Mirror and the Light, adapted from Hillary Mantel's 2020 novel of the same name.

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June 2025

April 2025

A New Edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics

This post is cross-posted at the Broadstreet Blog.

Apr 7 • 

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February 2025

Feudalism as a Contested Concept in Historical Political Economy

“The tyrant feudalism must be declared once and for all deposed and its influence over students of the Middle Ages finally ended” (Elizabeth Brown…

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January 2025

How did the English Reformation happen?

This is a huge question with a seemingly simple answer: Henry VIII and his need for a divorce.

Jan 4 • 

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October 2024

Institutional Change and Magna Carta

Amid some thoughts on the recent Nobel Prize

Oct 22, 2024 • 

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August 2024

July 2024

The Divine Economy

Thoughts inspired by Paul Seabright's new book

Jul 29, 2024 • 

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Podcast on Masters of the Air with Robert Murphy

Here is a fun podcast I recorded with Robert Murphy for his Future of Finance show about my piece on Masters of the Air.

Jul 22, 2024 • 

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Thoughts on Seeing Like a State

I was sad to learn that James C.

Jul 22, 2024 • 

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May 2024

A Review of Geoffrey Hodgson's "The Wealth of a Nation"

The role of institutions in England's economic rise

May 28, 2024 • 

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An Idiosyncratic Economic History Course

Part 1: 1870 - 1923

May 14, 2024 • 

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