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How the World Became Rich

Mark Koyama

Economic History

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Time is precious so I thought it made sense to ask you (the readers) what you’d be interested in seeing me write about:

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My Review of Tyler Goodspeed's Recessions

I am delighted that Works in Progress have published my review of Tyler Goodspeed’s new book Recessions: The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It.

Here is a preview:

Goodspeed is not just interested in confronting the...

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Nick Craft's Forging ahead, falling behind and fighting back: British economic growth from the industrial revolution to the financial crisis

Nick Craft was a giant in British economic history. He sadly passed away in 2023. I reviewed one of his last books, Forging ahead, falling behind and fighting back, when it came out in 2018 for the Economic History Review.

I decided to pos...

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Reflections on The End of the Past

This is an old post of mine (originally here). I think it is of interest so am republishing it with minor edits for typos and flow.


On Branko Milanovic’s recommendation, I read Aldo Schiavone’s The End of the Past. Scholarly and el...

2 months ago
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"The Bones of a Kingdom" Part 3

In this series (Part 1 and Part 2), I have argued that medieval Europe was littered with baronial castles in part because they allowed feudal rulers to make credible bargains with their lords. [Everything in these posts and in this post dra...

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