🧠 Why it matters: analysis shows the loom could make dense, complex fabrics, possibly early twill—suggesting specialized textile production, not just household weaving. That’s a big shift in how we see Bronze Age labor.
#EconomicHistory
#NewBook: "The Economic History of Singapore" is the first comprehensive #economichistory of Singapore. It brings fresh insight into the enduring forces that have shaped the city-state’s development, and reflects on its economic future.
Read now: buff.ly/gAQZUEa
They Stole the Wealth… Then Blamed the Victim
They extracted the wealth.
Then called the result failure.
This isn’t just economic history.
It’s narrative control.
#ColonialHistory
#EconomicHistory
#HiddenHistory
#IndiaHistory
#Narrative
#HistoryExplained
#DarkCorridors
What Was Stolen From India | The $45 Trillion Extraction
India held 25% of global GDP before colonization.
By 1947, it was under 4%.
An estimated $45 trillion was extracted.
Then the narrative shifted.
The damage remained.
The blame changed.
#ColonialHistory
#EconomicHistory
#HiddenHistory
🎉 Happy Birthday Kevin O’Rourke! Irish-born economic historian whose research helps us understand major events like famines and long-term economic change.
#EconHistory #KevinORourke #EconomicHistory #StudyingEconomics #GlobalHistory
Coming up in spring 2026!
'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530–1765' explores the development of the fiscal-military networks and #military markets over three centuries. The book will be freely available in #openaccess.
#militaryhistory #economichistory #earlymodern
This eBook unpacks the deeper drivers behind wealth inequality and why real change has remained rare.
Learn the pattern. Understand the system.
👉 Access the free eBook: realestate.propertysharemarketeconomics.com/more-money-f...
#wealthinequality #economichistory
#1 Best Seller in #EconHist - thank you to everyone who has bought, borrowed, recommended & reviewed #Economica. I am enormously grateful for your support and very much look forward to the forthcoming lectures, talks, events & discussions. #econhis #economichistory
Joseph Lomas Towers, 'The Expediency and Practicability of the Resumption of Cash-Payments by the Bank of England; or, Thoughts on the Present Serious State of the Circulating Medium of the Kingdom (London, 1811)
#EconomicHistory #Romanticism
Cover of "Kindai Nihon no sangyō to seikatsu: Nishi Owari chiiki kara no sōgō-chi" edited by Nishizawa Yasuhiko and Nakanishi Satoru.
Now #reading: 西澤泰彦、中西聡編『近代日本の産業と生活：西尾張地域からの総合知』（日本経済評論社、2026年）
This book includes a chapter by my colleague Hattori Ayumi.
#history #skystorians #AcademicSky #EconomicHistory #Japan #Aichi #歴史 #歴史学 #経済史 #日本 #愛知県
Benjamin Smart, 'A Letter Addressed to The Honourable the House of Commons, on the Necessity of an Immediate Attention to the State of the British Coinage; in which a New, Prompt, and Efficacious Remedy for its Defects is Proposed' (London, 1811)
#EconomicHistory #Romanticism
A moment from tonight's Atkinson Lecture Q&A, with Jane Humphries in conversation with Camille Landais, reflecting on her research and its implications for how we understand work, care, and economic history. sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/... #EconomicHistory
Mercator, ‘Considerations on the Present State of Bank Notes, Specie, and Bullion; in a Series of Letters, Addressed to The Right Honourable –––––––––––’ (London, 1811)
#EconomicHistory #Romanticism
⚔️ Inflation isn’t just a modern phenomenon.
Medieval wars disrupted farms, trade, and labor, sending prices climbing across entire regions.
The economic ripple effects of conflict have a much longer history than many people realize.
#MedievalHistory #EconomicHistory #Brewminate
"The First Cotton Gin," an engraving from Harper's Magazine, 1869. This carving depicts a roller gin being used by African slaves, which preceded Eli Whitney's invention
A machine designed to solve a problem in agriculture helped drive economic growth, expand cotton cultivation, and deepen one of the most troubling institutions in American history.
Follow the page for more daily history!
#OnThisDay #EliWhitney #CottonGin #USHistory #EconomicHistory #Slavery
Was slavery just a Southern institution?
In our latest episode, Seth Rockman reveals how Northern industry helped supply the everyday goods that kept slavery running.
🎧 Discover the hidden economy: benfranklinsworld.com/422
#History #USHistory #Capitalism #EconomicHistory
Ray Dalio isn’t just warning about debt. He’s mapping a convergence.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/alchem...
#RayDalio #BigCycle #AI #AIEconomy #DebtCrisis #Geopolitics #Gold #Democracy #Governance #HumanAgency #FutureOfAI #Macroeconomics #EconomicHistory #LinkedInCreators #ThoughtLeadership
🎉 Happy Birthday, Deirdre McCloskey! An economist, historian, and public thinker who transformed how we understand markets, innovation, and the role of ideas in economic growth.
#EconomicsForEveryone #DeirdreMcCloskey #WomenInEconomics #EconomicHistory #StudyEconomics
🥜groundnuts powered 🇬🇲Gambia’s economy, covering nearly 45% of farmland and driving 🚢exports. The crop shaped trade, rural livelihoods, and national identity, earning the country its historic reputation as a “groundnut economy.”
#Gambia #Groundnuts #AfricanEconomy #AgriTrade #EconomicHistory
Historians, do you have a preferred resource for digital access to historical newspapers? I have library access to a limited version of ProQuest, but it is missing a lot #history #econhist #economichistory #socialhistory
𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮
Edited by Nathanael Andrade and Rubina Raja
Info: bit.ly/4b5GewJ
#Labour #EconomicHistory #Classics #Antiquity #SocialHistory #ClassicalStudies
In 1937, the ICC said freight cars weren’t rolling billboards.
Today, they’re rolling canvases.
What changed wasn’t aesthetics. It was economics.
A look at how deregulation and efficiency reshaped the rails.
Link in thread.
#Railroads #Infrastructure #EconomicHistory #UrbanArt
Wall Street’s Soul-Searching Moment
#FinancialCrisis #WallStreet #GoldmanSachs #EconomicHistory
🛠️ The 1985 miners’ strike ended after a year of industrial dispute, reshaping jobs, industries, and how governments interact with the economy. Economics isn’t just numbers — it’s about people, work, and choices that shape our world! 💡🇬🇧
#OnThisDay #UKEconomy #EconomicHistory
“We commend her fearlessness, leadership, and commitment to understanding what is lost and what is gained for everyone when opportunities for women contract or expand.”
#econsky #academicsky #history #economichistory
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Sears didn’t die in a single dramatic moment.
It faded — manager by manager, floor by floor.
I worked there in 2015–16. The store looked active right up until it wasn’t.
New Roots & Main Street: The Slow Death of Sears
Link in Threads.
#Sears #RetailHistory #EconomicHistory #RootsAndMainStreet
"Tinkering the Tariff": Uncovering Tariff Debates in Historical Newspapers, Imprints, and Government Documents https://ow.ly/4gpl50YkZOb
#EarlyAmerica #EconomicHistory #USHistory #AmericanHistory
Every time a headquarters moves, the panic starts.
But Oklahoma City has never been a one-company town.
Kerr-McGee. Halliburton. Sinclair. Chesapeake.
Companies leave. Cities stay.
Link in thread.
#OklahomaCity #OklahomaHistory #UrbanHistory #EconomicHistory #EnergyIndustry #RootsAndMainStreet
The book also shows how economic priorities shaped the path toward abolition, revealing how inequality was preserved through systems of power and profit. It provides a deeper understanding of the forces behind major historical change. #Inequality #EconomicHistory #MustRead
Disentangling the relationship between economic theorising and the reality of markets
On 27 February, 15:00 CET, join a workshop with Gerardo Serra 👉 loom.ly/tLYB-ro
Organised by our Economic History and Ideas Working Group 👉 loom.ly/TqwPvr4
📣 #EconomicHistory #FinancialHistory
