Capitalism: a global history | Book launch 6:30pm Wed 25 Mar | Sven Beckert | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

📖 How did modern #Capitalism emerge and how has it evolved over the centuries? 🪙 Join us this Wednesday as @svenbeckert.bsky.social explores these big questions through his latest book.
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The economics of nature and the nature of economics 6.30pm Thur 19 March | Professor Spencer Banzhaf, Professor Eric Schneider | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

🌱Do global environmental improvements require “de-growth?” Are a robust economy and a healthy environment inherently at odds? Our speaker, Spencer Banzhaf, will discuss the relationship between our economy and nature on Thursday 🎙️
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Looking forward to talking at OCIS next week about the bright and dark side of pandemics and state capacity ‪@oxford-esh.bsky.social‬‬‬ #echist www.oxcis.ac.uk/events/levia...

Economic History in 2025 - Economic History The past year saw LSE's economic historians address some of the discipline's most enduring puzzles. How do states consolidate control? Can societies escape their geographic destiny? When crisis strike...

What has our department been up to in 2025 🗺️📈? Check it out here:
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Looking forward to talking about epidemics and institutions at the IHR next week ‪@oxford-esh.bsky.social @PrincetonUPress #echist

Wonderful hosts and amazing audience in Edinburgh yesterday for for Adam Smith Lecture on “Market, State, and Contagion from the Black Death to Covid”. @AdamSmithHouse @PrincetonUPress @OxfordESH @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #echist press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Elite conflict, colonialism and democracy in the Middle East 6pm Thurs 29th May | Mohamed Saleh | Free public event at LSE

🚨 Join us on 29/5 for @msaleh-econhistory.bsky.social talk, "Elite Conflict, #Colonialism & #Democracy in the #MiddleEast", where he discusses the drivers of democracy in the region. Hosted by @lseechist.bsky.social and @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social #EcHist #LSEEvents
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A pleasure to talk about serfdom and my Leverhulme project yesterday at the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Development. @oxford-esh.bsky.social @arthurlewislab.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #echist

Trade privileges didn't exactly benefit the special-interest groups, either. @OxfordESH @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @PrincetonUPress #echist press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

What does history tell us about trade barriers to favour domestic interest-groups? On guilds and trade in medieval Europe, check out this BBC series, broadcast again this week. @BBCRadio4 @OxfordESH @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #echist www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...