Author: EconHistorienne
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Ivy League or Russell Group?
I think this week quite settles the question, for now. The immigration controversy has exposed the racism inherent in US immigration policy and Trump administration has exposed it only too well. Now, this happened today: This is a welcome development but the results are yet to be seen. So far, foreign students at US universities […]
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Between the devil and the deep sea
This Guardian cartoon totally sums up what I am trying to say! So we know what the world is looking like as lock downs come to an end in many parts of the world. People are gathering in hordes without masks, getting drunk like there is no tomorrow basically — …. even as economists scream […]
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Joan Robinson
‘[M]y brain is quite congealed. I cannot think of a word to say to anyone.’ In India of the 1920s, a socially awkward young woman said this of her experience at the parties in Gwalior, India. In less than a decade, she joined Cambridge and became one of the foremost economic thinkers of our time. […]
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EconHistorienne #4 The Outsider
In this edition, you will read – What the death of an actor tells us about inequality in India My experience of discrimination Inequality of opportunity that arises out of discrimination Go here to read. If you missed issue #3 last week, read it here. Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email me: econhistorienne@gmail.com
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How Hamilton Created U.S. Economic Independence
https://econlife.com/2020/07/alexander-hamiltons-development-plan-in-1790-and-2020/
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EconHistorienne Issue #3 is Out
Issue #3 of EconHistorienne, a newsletter to help us make sense of inequality, capitalism and globalisation around the world, is out today. Last week, EconHistorienne followed a doctor at a hospital in India’s national capital New Delhi to chronicle his regular day at work and the worsening health inequalities during Covid-19 pandemic. Just as I […]
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Pandemic of Inequality Won’t Let Us Breathe
The world we live in is getting scarier as disturbing events unfold. Floyd’s gruesome killing has sparked fierce reactions globally and we are now left tracing its roots to the long-standing racial prejudices that have existed alongside decades of material prosperity. We know this could be traced to British colonialism in the Americas and the […]
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Are Firms Too Risk-Averse?
Interesting research on firms and their capacity to take risks. While firms may be risk averse, employees can be evaluated on what they can control and not on what they can not control. This and more useful points here. https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2020/06/are-firms-too-risk-averse.html
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I am watching this old video of myself and feeling yuck.
I have always wondered what is it about the past that makes us nostalgic. Is it the overnight obsession with all things lost to time, or just an emotional journey we must undergo so that we can make peace with the present? None of these make sense to me so when I look back at […]
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EconHistorienne collaborates with Newslaundry
A story is bigger than the one who writes it, that we shall never forget. A story must be read and acquire a life of its own.
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Hat tip: Macroeconomics seminar series
Lockdown has led to wonderful season of webinars and if you love Macroeconomics and Economic History, here are the webinars I recommend: The Graduate Institute Geneva has been conducting this fabulous series for those who are interested in Microeconomics, and just this week, we had Prof James Robinson presenting his studies on the economic effects […]
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Poem on quarantine featured in Lockdown Journal!
I am happy for Lockdown Journal to feature my poem ‘Quarantine’ on their website. You can check it out here or download it here:
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