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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Aug 7

6 to 10 million killed, of whom disproportionately many were Ukrainians. Why? Natalya Naumenko explains Stalin’s famine in the latest at Broadstreet.

Stalin's famine

by Natalya Naumenko (GMU)

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Jun 17

New @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post!

By @bengtssonz.bsky.social and @felixkersting.bsky.social

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Erik Bengtsson @bengtssonz.bsky.social · Jun 16

very happy to have a blog post at the great Broadstreet @broadstreetblog.bsky.social Historical Political Economy blog! it's with @felixkersting.bsky.social and it's about our CPS paper about the political economy of agrarian inequality in Sweden and Germany:

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The Social Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism Reconsidered: Prussia and Sweden in Comparison

by Erik Bengtsson and Felix Kersting

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · May 27

New Broadstreet post!

By John G. Matsusaka

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · May 19

New Broadstreet post by @pavisuri.bsky.social, who continues her series on state capacity. Today's post is on what we can learn about the origins and reversal of bureaucratic capacity in China & why state-building in China confounds scholars of Europe: www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-rise-a...

The rise and reversal of bureaucratic capacity: lessons from Chinese history

In a previous post, I discussed ways in which recent historical political economy research has advanced the study of state capacity.

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Bastian Becker @beckerbastian.bsky.social · May 13

What's the future of historical political economy in Europe? To find out, we (w/ @cathrinmohr.bsky.social @lhaffert.bsky.social) conducted a survey and workshop. Here are our main take-aways. Special thanks to all who participated!

Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · May 12

New Broadstreet post!

By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker

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The Future of Historical Political Economy in Europe

By Bastian Becker (Humboldt-University of Berlin), Lukas Haffert (University of Geneva), Cathrin Mohr (University of Bonn)

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · May 13

I know the guy in the red hoodie!

This was fun!

Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · May 12

New Broadstreet post!

By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker

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The Future of Historical Political Economy in Europe

By Bastian Becker (Humboldt-University of Berlin), Lukas Haffert (University of Geneva), Cathrin Mohr (University of Bonn)

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · May 12

New Broadstreet post!

By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker

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The Future of Historical Political Economy in Europe

By Bastian Becker (Humboldt-University of Berlin), Lukas Haffert (University of Geneva), Cathrin Mohr (University of Bonn)

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · May 5

New @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post, by Vicky Fouka!

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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · Apr 7

Nice summary of @rbmyerson.bsky.social’s mandarins-vs.-gentry argument in this post.

Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Apr 7

This week we have a @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post by @markkoyama.bsky.social, discussing the new edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics!

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A New Edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics

This post is cross-posted at How the World Became Rich

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Apr 28

It’s Monday, so that means a new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post!

By Valentin Figueroa

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Apr 22

Check out this week's Broadstreet post, on studying frontiers in HPE!

By Adeel Malik (University of Oxford), Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Kent, UK), and Faiz-ur-Rehman (IBA, University of Karachi)

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Why are frontiers more conflict-prone—and what is the relevance of historical political economy for answering this?

By Adeel Malik (University of Oxford), Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Kent, UK), and Faiz-ur-Rehman (IBA, University of Karachi)

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Leticia Arroyo Abad @larroyoabad.bsky.social · Apr 15

New post on @broadstreetblog.bsky.social by yours truly and co-author José Antonio Espín-Sánchez. Check it out! #econhistory #colonialism #migration

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The Making of America: migration in colonial times

By Leticia Arroyo-Abad (CUNY) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale)

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Apr 17

Don't forget to catch up on this week's @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post!

By Leticia Arroyo-Abad (CUNY) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale)

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Apr 7

This week we have a @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post by @markkoyama.bsky.social, discussing the new edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics!

www.broadstreet.blog/p/a-new-edit...

A New Edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics

This post is cross-posted at How the World Became Rich

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Pavithra Suryanarayan @pavisuri.bsky.social · Mar 31

Excellent new Broadstreet post: as scholars of state capacity/bureaucracy we don't grapple enough with ideology/identity in state building. This paper offers both an empirical & theoretical contribution to the literature by taking on our understanding of "meritocracy" in Imperial China. Terrific!

Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Mar 31

New Broadstreet post by Peng Peng: Narratives of Imperial China as a meritocracy need a corrective. Using data from Qing dynasty she shows exams didn’t just determine who governed—they created a bureaucracy that was culturally & ideologically unified, raising questions about how we study meritocracy

The Myth of Meritocracy: How Exams Helped Build an Empire

By Peng Peng (Washington University in St. Louis)

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Mar 31

New Broadstreet post by Peng Peng: Narratives of Imperial China as a meritocracy need a corrective. Using data from Qing dynasty she shows exams didn’t just determine who governed—they created a bureaucracy that was culturally & ideologically unified, raising questions about how we study meritocracy

The Myth of Meritocracy: How Exams Helped Build an Empire

By Peng Peng (Washington University in St. Louis)

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Broadstreet Blog @broadstreetblog.bsky.social · Mar 24

New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer

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Jared Rubin @jaredcrubin.com · Mar 17

My new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post on "Religion and Development", building off a recent handbook chapter with @essobecker.bsky.social, @ammapanin.bsky.social, & Steve Pfaff

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Religion and Development

It is almost self-evident that religion affects economic growth and development.

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · Mar 18

Jared's @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post 👇 about our chapter for the forthcoming Handbook of Culture and Economic Behaviour (edited by Ben Enke, Paola Giuliano, @nathannunn.bsky.social and Leonard Wantchekon)

The chapter (pdf) 👉
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