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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Jun 28

I just bought every vinyl I could find of Ezra Collective. Watch the Glastonbury performance if you can, they are not only amazing musicians but amazing people.

Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · May 25

Why have professors if they can’t profess?

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · May 25

Strongly disagree. I have a rubric that is carefully designed to encourage students to explore ideas independently, with clear expectations laid out for how to achieve high marks. All the questions I receive suggest that students are unfamiliar with the degree of freedom I give them.

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Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · May 24

We are delighted to publish this Roundtable Review of Richard Langlois' "The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise." Contributions from Alexander Field, Brian Cheffins, Laura Phillips-Sawyer, Naomi Lamoureaux & Dan Raff:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Roundtable Review | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core

Roundtable Review

www.cambridge.org

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Andrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social · May 24

Really excited to see this compelling Roundtable Review of Richard Langlois' "The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise" now out online at @entandsoc.bsky.social!

Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · May 24

We are delighted to publish this Roundtable Review of Richard Langlois' "The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise." Contributions from Alexander Field, Brian Cheffins, Laura Phillips-Sawyer, Naomi Lamoureaux & Dan Raff:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Roundtable Review | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core

Roundtable Review

www.cambridge.org

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Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · May 24

We're loving this re-skeet!

Consular Affairs Center @consularaffairs.org · May 24

Discover this 2025 journal article on the Swedish consul in Cadiz, Hans Jacob Gahn, who supplied large amounts of copper sheets to the Spanish navy via @businesshistoryc.bsky.social‬,‪ @cambridgeup.bsky.social‬, @entandsoc.bsky.social, and @historians.org.

Swedish Copper, Spanish Hulls: Hans Jacob Gahn, a Global Arms Race, and Consuls’ Economic Impact (1780–1784) | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core

Swedish Copper, Spanish Hulls: Hans Jacob Gahn, a Global Arms Race, and Consuls’ Economic Impact (1780–1784)

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · May 25

One of my favorite lyrics of Waits/Brennan: Come down off the cross / We could use the wood. Feels more relevant now than ever, which I suppose it always will.

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Scott Reynolds Nelson @nelsonhist.bsky.social · Apr 4

Radical tariff changes put the US into depression in 1819, 1893 & 1929. Hasty executive action did so in 1837. Buckle up #NationofDeadbeats

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Apr 6

As an expat this is doubly ironically true

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School for Business and Society 🏫 @uoysbs.bsky.social · Mar 20

🍊 Why is orange juice "super weird?" Asks @philedwardsinc.bsky.social, after "stumbling across" the work of business historian, @shamilto.bsky.social, whose work on the "cold capitalism" of frozen concentrated orange juice inspired this YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wSQ... #YorkResearch

Frozen orange juice is actually super weird

YouTube video by Phil Edwards

www.youtube.com

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Enterprise and Society @entandsoc.bsky.social · Mar 11

Only two days now until @businesshistoryc.bsky.social annual meeting 2025. Alas, @entandsoc.bsky.social editor @andrewpopp.bsky.social can't make it this year but the journal will be well represented by associate editors @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social, @shamilto.bsky.social, Ai Hisano & Andrea Lluch!

Business History Conference @businesshistoryc.bsky.social · Feb 19

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐁𝐇𝐂 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦
📅 Event Date: March 13–15, 2025
📍 Location: Atlanta, Georgia
🌐 Program: https://buff.ly/4grwtcO
Register ☑️ https://buff.ly/3E4b38c

#BHC2025 #BizHis

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 19

I am less worried about the cloud, more that Home Office knows exactly where I am in realtime whether I travel or not. Not that I do anything interesting other than promote basic social justice, but it is worrisome that Neo-nazis who are British by birth can avoid such surveillance.

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 19

“regular cycling cut the risk of death from any cause by 41%”

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 19

One of the best ways of extending life is available to almost all and it’s cheap: cycle commuting.” Rather liking Forbes these days. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

18-Year Study Of 82,297 Adults Finds Cycle Commuting Halves Chance Of Early Death

Billionaires famously want to live longer. They should jump on bicycles, not spacecraft.

www.forbes.com

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 19

A small contribution to support the revival of antitrust: grocerynerd.substack.com/p/grocery-up...

Grocery Update #39: The High Cost of Cheap Food. And The Historic Halting Of A Grocery Merger.

Also: An Autumn Apple Smackdown. Because We Love Apples.

grocerynerd.substack.com

Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 19

A little piece with Errol Schweizer (former VP of Whole Foods) on the historical significance of the blocked Kroger-Albertsons merger grocerynerd.substack.com/p/grocery-up...

Grocery Update #39: The High Cost of Cheap Food. And The Historic Halting Of A Grocery Merger.

Also: An Autumn Apple Smackdown. Because We Love Apples.

grocerynerd.substack.com

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 19

I found that my love for Big Brother deepened tremendously in the process

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 19

It’s not stored in the cloud, it’s on the chip they secretly implant in your brain while you are putting your toiletries in the ziploc bag

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 11

Yeah, as an adult with a US passport that’s exactly how it happens. Very simple.

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 11

Yes, several times. No problems at all.

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 10

Very important and potentially exciting news on the temporary block of the Kroger-Albertsons merger. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/b...

Federal Judge Blocks $25 Billion Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Merger

The Federal Trade Commission notched a victory in its efforts to block the supermarket merger over concerns about harm to shoppers and workers.

www.nytimes.com

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 10

My family has no quirks. Other than their insistence on having at least two shakers of shichimi togarashi seasoning on the table at all times.

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 10

Yes, much hinges on what one means by a "free market"! Which is a theme I discuss in some detail in the book, not fully covered in the podcast.

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 10

Was surprised to learn Freakonomics has republished the 2019 episode, “How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War,” focused on my book, Supermarket U.S.A: Food and Power in The Cold War Farms Race. You can listen and find the transcript on their website here.

How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War - Freakonomics

freakonomics.com

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Shane Hamilton @shamilto.bsky.social · Dec 1

I’m pretty sure I’m not a middle class woman of a certain age, but I am also pretty sure blaming others for your own egregious behavior is not a good PR strategy, nor does it meet basic ethical standards www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Outrage as Gregg Wallace calls accusers ‘middle-class women of a certain age’

BBC faces questions after revelations that it received complaints about MasterChef star over period of 12 years

www.theguardian.com

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