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How the World Became Rich

Mark Koyama

Economic History

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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...

14 days ago
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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...

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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...

2 months ago
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"The Bones of the Kingdom" Part 2

Part 1 of this essay, posed the puzzle why did medieval kings allow their barons to fortify the land? Was this simply a sign of state weakness as historians have alleged? In the second part of this essay, I outline the main argument of my p...

2 months ago
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"The Bones of the Kingdom" (Part 1)

Castles and medieval Europe are inseparable in our historical imagination. My own interest in history was cemented by visiting the magnificent castles that Edward I built in North Wales.

But we often forget one crucial feature of medieval...

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