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- Critiques of Edward Baptist
- Critiques of The History Manifesto
- Did inequality cause the First World War?
- Did the "Invisible Blockade" against Allende work?
- Economic growth in ancient Greece
- Fascism was not left-wing!!!
- Greece from Post-war orthodoxy to "Democratic Peronism"
- Ideology & Human Development (on Cuba's social development)
- Labour repression & the Indo-Japanese divergence
- Markets & famines: Amartya Sen is not the last word!
- Nazi political economy
- Random Thoughts on Robert Allen's theory of the Industrial Revolution
- State Capacity & the Sino-Japanese Divergence
- Sven Beckert's Empire of Cotton: A Reductionist Summary
- The Bairoch conjecture & the "tariff-growth paradox" of the late 19th century
- The Calico Acts: Was British cotton made possible by infant industry protection from Indian competition?
- The Napoleonic Blockade & the Infant Industry Argument
- Various posts on slavery
- Was slavery necessary for the Industrial Revolution?
- Where do pro-social institutions come from?
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Category Archives: Political Economy
Where do pro-social institutions come from?
AKA “Cooperation, cultural evolution & economic development”. Where do ‘good’ or pro-social institutions come from? Why does the capacity for collective action and cooperative behaviour vary so much across the world today? How do some populations transcend tribalism to form a civil society? How have some societies gone beyond personal … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Evolution, Institutions, Political Economy, Social & Civic Capital, Social Evolution
Tagged Boyd & Richerson, collective action problem, cooperation, cultural evolution, cultural group selection, Joseph Henrich, market norms, Peter Turchin, social evolution, ultra-sociality
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Did the “Invisible Blockade” against Allende’s Chile work?
Did an “invisible blockade” by the United States fatally undermine the Chilean economy under the presidency of Salvador Allende (1970-73)? Did it actually work? Short answer: No.
Posted in Chile, Political Economy
Tagged Allende, Bloqueo invisible, Chile, Invisible Blockade
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Nazi political economy
My previous post about the political orientation of fascists got a response from Jonah Goldberg, the author of Liberal Fascism. This is my brief response to his.
Posted in fascism, Political Economy
Tagged capitalism, fascism, Jonah Goldberg, liberal fascism, Nazi Germany, socialism
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Fascism was not left-wing !!!
John Holbo at Crooked Timber reprises a debate which raged 7 years ago when a book called Liberal Fascism was published. His take focuses on Germany but mine puts more weight on Italy. I think the issue is kind of obvious, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in fascism, Political Economy
Tagged capitalism, fascism, Jonah Goldberg, liberal fascism, Mussolini, Nazi Germany, socialism
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Greece from Postwar Orthodoxy to “Democratic Peronism”
The roots of the present Greek crisis lie in the political transformation of the country during the 1980s. (Disclaimer: Although this post is about Greek fiscal behaviour, I am not taking Germany’s side. Lenders to the profligate are just as culpable as the borrowers.)
Posted in Financial Crises, Greece, Political Economy
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