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Christopher M. Meissner

@chris-meissner.bsky.social

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Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis. Globalization since 1800, financial crises since 1800, other Cliometric-type research https://sites.google.com/site/chrismmeissner/home

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Aug 25

Welcome to California!

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Douglas Irwin @douglasirwin.bsky.social · Dec 23

Oren Cass asks: "It would be wonderful to see economists willing to try a new course [tariffs?] when the one they’ve pursued has failed so spectacularly for so long." Actually, "we" did try another approach once and this is what we got . . .
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/o...

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Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social · Jun 28

For your weekend reading pleasure...

My first piece for The Atlantic is up. Its my take on what is going on at a macro level across the world. I hope you enjoy it, or they will not ask me to do another one: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...

The World Economy Is on the Brink of Epochal Change

Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social · Jun 21

Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, makes the FT Best Summer Books List: ft.com/content/025b...

Just sayin...if you have beach day coming up...

Best summer books of 2025: Roula Khalaf, Stephen Bush and other FT journalists pick their favourites

FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them

ft.com

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Gregori Galofré-Vilà @gregorigv.bsky.social · Jun 12

And David Jacks with "Suez" #past #history #trade #technology #change #economics #econhis #shipping @chris-meissner.bsky.social

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Jun 10

Yeah! Love it too but isn’t it a little dated?

Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is better than Latin American structuralism or dependency theory or unequal exchange theory. But I'm not going to post this at the other place because I would be inundated with replies fans of those things, whereas the advantage here is I barely get engagement ;-)

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · Jun 10

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Jun 9

Just released. New WP on product quality and trade liberalization in France, 1850-1874. The economy was producing high quality items throughout, but liberalization decreased avg. quality but some main exports went up in quality.
www.nber.org/papers/w33902

The French Touch: Product Quality and France’s Great Trade Liberalization, 1850-1874

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · May 12

Looking forward to speaking later this week at Profs & Pints Alameda on "Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future"
Thu, May 15th, 2025, 6:00 - 8:30 PM PDT
Faction Brewing, Alameda, CA
Tix here: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof....
More info: www.profsandpints.com/sfbayarea

Profs & Pints Alameda: Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future

Profs and Pints Alameda presents: “Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future,” with Christopher M. Meissner, professor of economics at the University of California Davis and author of One from the...

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Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · Apr 10

Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @josephestiglitz.bsky.social - Trump's MAGA Economy Driven by Greed, Stupidity and Cowardice | Barry Eichengreen - Will Trump's Weakening of the Dollar Lead to a New Global Reserve Currency? | @chris-meissner.bsky.social - Trump's Hollow Promise of Gain After the Pain

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Apr 8

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for this amazing panel!

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Apr 1

9 Apr @17:00 CEST The International Macro History Online Seminar Series #IMHOS
Panel on 'Industrial Policy in History'
🗣️Giovanni Federico, Réka Juhász, @kevinhorourke.bsky.social
Chair: @chris-meissner.bsky.social
✍️ cepr.org/events/inter...
#EconSky

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Apr 6

What if the new bilateral tariffs are just a natural experiment designed by the CEA economists to let trade economists get more credible estimates of trade elasticities? Nice opportunity in any case.

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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · Apr 2

A lot of how I used Twitter in the past was as a way of filing interesting research I came across: I used the advanced search function nearly daily to find old tweets with papers I'd shared.

It's good to see that BlueSky has similar advance search functionality! bsky.social/about/blog/0...

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Apr 2

Looking forward to chairing this discussion and hearing the interventions from the participants and audience.

Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Apr 1

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Apr 2

With tariffs of 25%, the USA will be either the country with the second highest tariff rate in the world after North Korea - or else the highest (N. Korea isn't reported in the World Bank, so who knows?) Going into autarky mode now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

List of countries by tariff rate - Wikipedia

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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Apr 1

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thanks to Donald Boudreaux for his review of my book "One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850". www.independent.org/publications...

Book Review | Book Review: One From the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850, by Christopher M. Meissner

Reviewed by Donald J. Boudreaux | The title of Christopher Meissner’s book on globalization is brilliantly appropriate: One From the Many. It’s a deliberate reference to the Latin phrase familiar to...

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Feb 27

Tracks with the idea they want to take us back to the late 19th c.

James Wilson @wilsojam.bsky.social · Feb 27

The White House has referred to Keir Starmer as the Prime Minister of ‘Great Britain and Ireland’.

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James Wilson @wilsojam.bsky.social · Feb 27

The White House has referred to Keir Starmer as the Prime Minister of ‘Great Britain and Ireland’.

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Feb 25

I mean on the y-axis.

Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Feb 25

Why did they leave theory out of this?

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Feb 25

Uh, where’s theory on the plot?

Prashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social · Feb 24

Firstly, note that the gold standard of causality, RCTs, are used most frequently within Behavioural (20%) and Development (11%).

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · Feb 25

If you’re the sort of person who reviews books for the press and you want a review copy of this. Do let me know.
Oh, and if you have a podcast and want a guest in late May/early June then yes, yes I will come on your podcast.

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Prashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social · Feb 24

Firstly, note that the gold standard of causality, RCTs, are used most frequently within Behavioural (20%) and Development (11%).

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Feb 15

This is fascism.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 15

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · Feb 14

Whatever else happens w/tariffs, mfg productivity doesn't rise #econsky

econbrowser.com/archives/202...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Feb 4

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

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INTRODUCTION

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Douglas Irwin @douglasirwin.bsky.social · Feb 5

A sign of the times . . . a whole podcast devoted William McKinley, infant industries, and tinplate from the Indicator at Planet Money
www.npr.org/2025/02/05/1...

Trump's tariff role model : The Indicator from Planet Money

President Trump speaks fondly of William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was a strong advocate for tariffs. He's credited with helping to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th...

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Christopher M. Meissner @chris-meissner.bsky.social · Jan 27

My book "One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850" is out now on audio book. I have 3 free download codes. Reply to this post to get one. Check out: www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/on...

One From the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850

Amid a recent surge in arguments that the global economy has begun to 'de-globalize,' a question has emerged: will globalization survive? In One from the Many, Christopher M. Meissner argues that glob...

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