The Poor Rich World
Joseph FrancisThis is a blog on the origins of global inequality. It asks: How did we become so wealthy with so much poverty?
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Reflections on My Adventures in Replication
Over the past year or so, I have taken a break from the study of economic history. Having entered middle age, I returned to a question that moved me when I was barely a man: What do we actually know? I have trespassed on others’ territory,...
“Why the South Fought” and Other Papers on American Capitalism and Slavery
I just released a new paper called “Why the South Fought: The Myth of Southern Poverty before the Civil War.” It presents an analysis of wealth statistics from the 1860 census to explain why white Southerners were so determined to defend sl...
It’s Existential Question Time for Academia
A recent article in New York Magazine describes the existential crisis that academia currently faces. In the summary for social media, the role of large language models—otherwise known as “artificial intelligence”—is highlighted. “In only t...
The Autumn of the White Patriarch
I’ve just published a new paper called “The Autumn of the White Patriarch: Identity and Inequality in American Capitalism” that you can download here. This is the very brief abstract:
An analysis of income inequality by race and gender s...
Is Academia Killing Capitalism?
Joseph Schumpeter believed that academia would eventually kill capitalism. Writing in the early 1940s, the famous economist thought that academics’ radical opposition to capitalism would lead to its overthrow, leading to socialism. In retro...
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