The Economic Historian

Developed or Developing?

Revisiting the US Experience

Jul 17

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June 2025

Capitalism, Slavery, and Economic White Supremacy

Tracing America's Racial Wealth Gap from 1655 to Today

Jun 19

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When Will There Be an Accounting for Segregation?

Understanding Segregation as an Economic System

Jun 10

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May 2025

This Week in Economic History #1

A weekly guide to economic history (May 26–31)

May 30

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Bankrolling the Republic

Nicholas Biddle, the Bank War, and the Origins of Corporate Influence in American Democracy

May 27

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Speculative Bubbles in History

A Perspective on an Unsettled Concept

May 22

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Asking Enron Why 25 Years Later

How a Haunting Ad Campaign Exposed the Fragile Core of a Corporate Giant

May 19

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The Wright Stuff

Gavin Wright and the Making of Southern Economic History

May 13

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Capitalism, Slavery, and Power over Price

Historian Caitlin Rosenthal discusses slavery, commodification, and defining capitalism

May 7

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January 2025

Ronald Reagan and the Myth of the Self-Made Entrepreneur

How 1980s Free Market Policies Undermined America's Small Business Owners

Jan 15

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The Tariff of 1816

Protectionism in the Early National Period

Jan 14

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December 2024

Constructing the Capitalist Creed

How "free enterprise" became an American tradition

Dec 18, 2024

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