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12.08.2025

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: College Major, Employment Status and Earnings

The relationship between college major and employment status has been getting a lot of attention. The Mellon Foundation claims that “aroun...

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09.08.2025

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Google AI?

Google AI seems to have difficulty using Google. The search was for "Washington Post 25 best musicals of the 21st century."

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29.07.2025

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Billy's Books: Property and Slavery

I'm reading Laura Edwards recent paper on "Trunks, Legal Texts, and the Materiality of Law in the Nineteenth Century." The Journal of the ...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

08.07.2025

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Development of the American Economy

The NBER Development of the American Economy Summer Institute is currently taking place. There are links to some of the papers here and y...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

07.07.2025

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Robert Allen on Arabian Economic History

Sean Kenny has a new episode of The Economic History Podcast with Robert Allen. From the Sand Up: How the Natural Environment shaped the A...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

01.07.2025

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Overlooked Commodities in American Economic History

New NBER working paper today Firewood in the American Economy: 1700 to 2010. Nicholas Z. Muller Despite the central role of firewood in ...

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14.04.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What is normal?

This week the Washington Post ran an article declaring High interest rates, rising inflation: The economy still isn’t normal . But what ...

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07.04.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Updates on UMW Econ Alumni: Christine Exley

Christine Exley graduated from UMW in 2009. She went on to earn a Ph. D. in economics from Stanford University. She taught for several ye...

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06.04.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Updates on UMW Econ Alumni: Sierra Latham

Sierra Latham graduated from UMW in 2009. Since then she has earned masters degrees as Georgetown University and University of Chicago, w...

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05.04.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Updates on UMW Econ Alumni: Alli Baranski

Alli graduated in 2018 and is currently an assistant manager at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City. Here is a recent article she co...

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31.03.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What fraction of output was produced by enslaved people?

Paul Rhode has an important new paper in the January issue of Explorations in Economic History (" What fraction of antebellum US national ...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

29.03.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Emancipation and Aggregate Economic Gains

I recently listened to Rick Hornbeck on the Chicago Booth Review Podcast in the episode An Economist Debunks Gone With the Wind Its kind ...

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24.03.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Word on Fire/ Pants on Fire

I got an email notification last week for a new episode of Bishop Barron’s Word on Fire podcast asking Is There a Catholic Antidote to t...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

22.03.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Planet Money on the political economy of rum in the U.S.

Planet Money has a nice story about rum production ( The billion dollar war behind U.S. rum ) in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, parti...

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21.01.2024

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What is Capital? Part 1: Bank Capital

This is from The New York Times article Why Big Banks (and Some Odd Allies) Oppose a Plan to Protect Banks : “Regulators are calling fo...

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01.11.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Richard Thaler and Behavioral Economics

I was listening to a recent episode of Hidden Brain the other day about anomalies, specifically things that are supposedly anomalies in e...

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09.09.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: History's Replication Crisis

Anton Howes recently asked Does History Have a Replication Crisis ? The question is one that Howes has been concerned with for some time...

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28.08.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Economic and Business History Seminars

Some have not yet been updated for the current academic year. Let me know of any that should be added. Yale Economic History Workshop Harv...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.08.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Some thoughts on a liberal arts education

I recently listened to an episode of the Podcast Word on Fire in which Bishop Robert Barron and Brandon Vogt discussed Why Liberal Arts M...

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06.07.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Some Economic History of Media and the Spread of Hate

Tianyi Wang, “Media, Pulpit, and Populist Persuasion: Evidence from Father Coughlin” American Economic Review VOL. 111, NO. 9, SEPTEMBE...

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26.06.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: A Couple of Podcasts I've Been Listening To

The best news in podcasting is that my favorite podcast, The Economic History Podcast , is back after more than a year. In a new episode, S...

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28.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The Economics Major as the Path to Law School

One of the things that Gary Hoover talked to Kennedy Owen about in in this video was the things that an economics major prepares students ...

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27.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: More Time to Speak Econ

Kennedy Owen produces interviews at a pretty rapid pace. She has posted several new ones since I blogged about Time to Speak Econ a few day...

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23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Jonathan Levy's Ages of American Capitalism: My Second Impression

I finally finished grading and had a chance to read a bit more of Levy’s Ages of American Capitalism . I finished the Age of Capital but...

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23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Reading the Classics in Economics

This a the blog version of a tweet thread from earlier today. It was prompted by tweets by Florian Ederer listing the classic texts he had n...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Economics and History Podcasts That I Like

Podcasts for people who want to hear economists talk about their work The Economic History Podcast Sean Kenny interviews economic hist...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Historians and Economic Historians in Conversation

The video of Historians and Economic Historians in Conversation from Economics for Inclusive Prosperity is now available. The conversat...

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23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: 2020 Some Thoughts on the Year in American Economic History

1. Was Fogel wrong? Hornbeck, Richard, and Martin Rotemberg. Railroads, reallocation, and the rise of American manufact...

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23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Stelzner and Beckert on the Contribution of Enslaved Workers to Output and Growth

There is a new working paper by Mark Stelzner and Sven Beckert The Contribution of Enslaved Workers to Output and Growth in the Antebell...

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23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What's New in Economic History

If you want to get some idea of what's new in economic history check out the program for the NBER Development of the American Economy Progr...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Congratulations to Nominees and Winners of Business History Conference Prizes

Hagley Prize The prize is awarded jointly by the Hagley Museum and Library and the Business History Conference to the best book in busin...

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23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: More Than You Probably Want to Know About Trust Companies and the Panic of 1907

This post was prompted by a new paper that Fohlin and Lu have on the Panic of 1907 in the most recent AEA Papers and Proceedings, “ How Co...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The Financial History of Slavery in the United States

This post was prompted by Sharon Ann Murphy’s recent publication of "The Financialization of Slavery by the First and Second Banks of th...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: More How I Built This and Business History

This is the second post on the podcast How I Built This and academic research on business history and entrepreneurship. Danny Meyer...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The Use of Models in Economics and Business History: An Appreciation of Maggie Levenstein

This post was prompted by some things I have seen on the internet lately (especially Twitter) about economic models. Specifically, I a...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Reviews of Bankrupt in America

The latest issue of Economic History Review has a nice review of our book by Rowena Olegario. Here is the beginning Here is the review...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: A model of Levy's economic theory?

Last week I wrote some thoughts about Jonathan Levy’s new book Ages of American Capitalism . My copy of the book arrived, but I have bee...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The History of Fredericksburg, VA and the Idea of Reparations

The following excerpt is from The History of the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia prepared by Silvanus Jackson Quinn for the Common Cou...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: How I Built This, Entrepreneurs, and Luck

Guy Raz has been doing the How I Built This podcast for a while, but I only recently started listening to it. On each episode he talks ...

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog

23.04.2023

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: My First Impression of Jonathan Levy's Ages of American Capitalism

I have pre-ordered a copy of Ages of American Capitalism : A History of the United States but it does not ship until the 20 th . Co...

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Bradley A. Hansen's Blog - Economy

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: College Major, Employment Status and Earnings

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Google AI?

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Billy's Books: Property and Slavery

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Development of the American Economy

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Robert Allen on Arabian Economic History

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Overlooked Commodities in American Economic History

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What is normal?

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Updates on UMW Econ Alumni: Christine Exley

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Updates on UMW Econ Alumni: Sierra Latham

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Updates on UMW Econ Alumni: Alli Baranski

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What fraction of output was produced by enslaved people?

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Emancipation and Aggregate Economic Gains

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Word on Fire/ Pants on Fire

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Planet Money on the political economy of rum in the U.S.

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What is Capital? Part 1: Bank Capital

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Richard Thaler and Behavioral Economics

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: History's Replication Crisis

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Economic and Business History Seminars

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Some thoughts on a liberal arts education

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Some Economic History of Media and the Spread of Hate

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: A Couple of Podcasts I've Been Listening To

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The Economics Major as the Path to Law School

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: More Time to Speak Econ

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Jonathan Levy's Ages of American Capitalism: My Second Impression

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Reading the Classics in Economics

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Economics and History Podcasts That I Like

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Historians and Economic Historians in Conversation

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: 2020 Some Thoughts on the Year in American Economic History

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Stelzner and Beckert on the Contribution of Enslaved Workers to Output and Growth

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: What's New in Economic History

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Congratulations to Nominees and Winners of Business History Conference Prizes

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: More Than You Probably Want to Know About Trust Companies and the Panic of 1907

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The Financial History of Slavery in the United States

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: More How I Built This and Business History

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The Use of Models in Economics and Business History: An Appreciation of Maggie Levenstein

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: Reviews of Bankrupt in America

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: A model of Levy's economic theory?

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: The History of Fredericksburg, VA and the Idea of Reparations

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: How I Built This, Entrepreneurs, and Luck

Bradley A. Hansen's Blog: My First Impression of Jonathan Levy's Ages of American Capitalism

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