The Economic Historian

Weekend Reads

A few interesting pieces from the economic history world

15 hrs ago • Johnny Fulfer

The Authority of Gold

Money, Empire, and the Power to Define Value

Feb 3 • Johnny Fulfer

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July 2025

Developed or Developing?

Revisiting the US Experience

Jul 17, 2025 • Johnny Fulfer

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June 2025

Capitalism, Slavery, and Economic White Supremacy

Tracing America's Racial Wealth Gap from 1655 to Today

Jun 19, 2025 • Calvin Schermerhorn

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When Will There Be an Accounting for Segregation?

Understanding Segregation as an Economic System

Jun 10, 2025

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May 2025

This Week in Economic History #1

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

May 30, 2025 • Johnny Fulfer

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Bankrolling the Republic

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

May 27, 2025

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Speculative Bubbles in History

A Perspective on an Unsettled Concept

May 22, 2025

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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, 2025

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The Wright Stuff

Gavin Wright and the Making of Southern Economic History

May 13, 2025 • Coclanis, Peter Angelo

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Capitalism, Slavery, and Power over Price

Historian Caitlin Rosenthal discusses slavery, commodification, and defining capitalism

May 7, 2025 • Johnny Fulfer

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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, 2025

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