Archive - How the World Became Rich

Paul Seabright Responds!

Delving Deeper into the Divine Economy

Aug 8 •

July 2024

The Divine Economy

Thoughts inspired by Paul Seabright's new book

Jul 29 •

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 •

Thoughts on Seeing Like a State

I was sad to learn that James C.

Jul 22 •

May 2024

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

The role of institutions in England's economic rise

May 28 •

An Idiosyncratic Economic History Course

Part 1: 1870 - 1923

May 14 •

Could Rome Have Had an Industrial Revolution?

A classic post of mine from 2017

May 10 •

April 2024

Do Individuals Matter in Institutional Economic History?

Together with Desiree Desierto, I recently completed a chapter on Institutional Change for the Handbook of New Institutional Economics (SSRN).

Apr 29 •

Freedoms Delayed

Timur Kuran’s The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East is one of my favorite economic history books (see my review).

Apr 4 •

March 2024

How the World Became Rich … and Can Become Richer

A brief introduction with more to come

Mar 21 •

Masters of the Air

The Economics of Bombing in World War 2

Mar 15 •

The Political Economy of Dune

My most downloaded academic paper on SSRN is a yet to be published book chapter on the political economy of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Do read it here. As…

Mar 2 •

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