A Brief Economic History of the World
Table of Contents
A
Response to Critics (European Review of Economic
History, August, 2008)
Surnames
and Survival of the Richest (January, 2009)
Survival
of
the Richest (Perspective, ABC Radio Australia, Aug. 11)
(transcript)
Supplementary
Readings
Reviews
Tyler Cowen, New York Times, Nov 2, 2006
Nicholas
Wade,
New York Times,
Science Section, Aug 7, 2007
Clive
Crook, Financial
Times, August 8, 2007
David
Warsh,
Economic Principals
(Blog), Aug 12, 2007
The Economist,
Aug 16, 2007
Ricardo
Hausmann
(on Dani Rodrik's Blog), Aug 26, 2007
Lawrence
Maxted,
Library Journal,
Sept 1, 2007
Roger
Highfield,
Daily Telegraph
(London), Sept 4, 2007
Howard Davies, Times
Higher Education Supplement, Sept 7, 2007
Peter
Ritter,
Time, Sept
13, 2007
Siddharth
Singh,
liveMint.com
(India), Sept 18, 2007
Ed Glaeser,
New York Sun,
Sept 19, 2007
Bryan
Caplan,
Econlog, Sept
22, 2007
Frankfurter
Allgemeine,
Oct 7, 2007 (German)
Steve
Sailer (Part I), VDare,
Oct 8, 2007
William
Baldwin,
Forbes, Oct
8, 2007
Eric
Monnet,
Nonfiction.fr,
Oct 9, 2007 (French)
Gorka
Echevarría
Zubeldia,
Libertad.Digital - Libros, Oct 11, 2007
(Spanish)
Laura
Betzig,
Evolutionary
Psychology, Oct 14, 2007
Steve
Sailer
(Part II), VDare,
Oct 14, 2007
Harold
James,
The American
Interest, Oct 15,
2007
Samuel
Bowles,
Science, Oct
19, 2007
Robert
Samuelson, Newsweek,
Oct 31, 2007
John
Goodman, Business
Economics, Oct 2007
Jack
Goldstone,
World Economics,
Nov 13, 2007
Rolf
Dobelli,
getAbstract,
Nov 15, 2007
Deirdre
McCloskey,
SSHA, Nov 17,
2007
Roger
Gathmann,
Austin
American-Statesman, Nov 18, 2007
Rich
Lowry,
New York Post, Nov
21,
2007
Colin
Greer,
Alternet, Nov
21, 2007
Robert
Solow,
New York Review of
Books, Nov 22, 2007
Wan
Lixin,
Shanghai Daily,
Nov 24, 2007
Daniel
Brooks, The Nation,
Dec 3, 2007
Richard
Conniff,
Smithsonian Magazine,
Dec, 2007
Roberta
Fusaro,
Harvard Business
Review, Dec, 2007
Benjamin
Friedman,
New York Times Book
Review, Dec 9, 2007
Johannes
Kunz,
Neue Zürcher
Zeitung, Dec 24, 2007 (German)
Ricardo
Fernandes
Paixão, História e
Economia Revista Interdisciplinar, 2007
Jason Kuznicki, Cato Journal, Fall
2007
Jesse
Reynolds, Alternet,
Jan 18, 2008
Arnold
Kling,
The Claremont
Review, March 10, 2008
Robert
Margo, EhNet,
March 11, 2008
Gianni
Toniolo, Il Sole 24 ore,
March 23, 2008 (Italian)
Gunnar Persson, European Review of
Economic History, 2008
George Grantham, European
Review of Economic History, 2008
Joachim Voth, European
Review of Economic History, 2008
Deirdre McCloskey, European
Review of Economic History, 2008
A.N.
Wilson,
The Daily
Telegraph, London, April 28, 2008
Stan
Engerman, International
Journal of Epidemiology, May 3, 2008
Ian
Harper,
The Melbourne
Review, May 2008
Francis
Fukuyama, SAIS
Review, Winter-Spring 2008
Knick
Harley, Economic
History Review, May, 2008
Wolfgang
Kasper,
Policy, Winter
2008
Ken
Pomeranz,
American
Historical Review, June 2008
Ian
Morley, The
History Teacher, 2008
Gerhard
Meisenberg, Journal
of Biosocial Science, July 2008
Zorina
Khan,
Technology and
Culture, July, 2008
Gene
Callahan,
The Freeman, July
2008
Ross
Gittins,
The Age,
Aug. 16, 2008
Rick
Szostak, New
Global Studies, 2008
Hiram
Caton,
Twin Research and
Human Genetics, 2008
Declan
Trott,
Agenda, Sept
2008
James Jaffe, Enterprise and Society,Nov
2008
Jan
de
Vries, Journal
of Economic History, Dec 2008
Robert
Allen, Journal
of Economic Literature, Dec 2008
E.
A. Wrigley, Population
and Development Review, Dec 2008
Richard
Sylla, Business
History Review, Dec 2008
Jacques
Brasseul, Région et
Développement, 28, 2008
(French)
E. R. Smith, Itinerario, 2008
Roderick
Floud, Economics
and Human Biology, Dec 2008
Brian Spear, World Patent Information,
Dec 2008
John Langdon, Speculum, 2009
Christof
Dejung,
geschichte.transnational,
March, 2009
Michel
Pireu,
BusinessDay (South
Africa), March,
2009
C. G. Reed, International
History
Review, 2009
Peter
Howitt, Journal of
Interdisciplinary History, 2009
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Journal
of Modern History, 2009
Marina Adshade, Review
of Income and Wealth, 2009
Jan Luiten van Zanden, Agricultural
History
Review, 2009
John
Lyons,
Journal of
Socio-Economics, 2010
Interviews
Jeffrey
Callison,
"Insight", KXJZ
(Sacramento), Aug 16, 2007 (MP3)Neil Litt, Princeton University Press, Aug 16, 2007 (MP3)
Garett Jones, Gene Expression, Aug 31
Chris Gondek, Invisible Hand Podcast, Sept 8, 2007 (MP3)
Robert Ellman, Intrepid Liberal Journal, Sept 29, 2007
Hubertus Breuer,Südddeutsche Zeitung, Oct 12, 2007 (German)
Lewis Lapham, The World in Time, Feb 10, 2008 (MP3)
Book Forums
Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution
Brad de Long, Gregory Clark, Tyler Cohen, Davis, Oct 18, 2007
Editorials
"How to Save Africa" New York Sun, Jul 29, 2007
"Illegal Immigration - Our Best Foreign Aid" LA Times, Jul 31, 2007
"England's Success may be in Our Genes" The Times, Aug 18, 2007
"Wealth and the Culture of Nations" Japan Times, Oct 3, 2007
(also Shanghai Daily, Oct 9)
Life After Peak Oil, Sacramento Bee, Dec 23, 2007
Wall Street Journal Online Debate
What Makes an Industrial Revolution? (with James Robinson)
Economic Incentives: Malawi vs. Sweden
Living Standards: Malawi vs. Stone Age
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