Everything Economic History. Season 3, Episode 7.

How does political violence affect the stock market? With Christopher Hartwell

Political violence is nothing new, but it can be tough to measure it’s impact on the economy. Christopher Hartwell (Kozminski University) talks Andrew and Lloyd through some new ways to measure its impact, using the case of Tsarist Russia as an example.

Paper: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0968565023000057

Everything Economic History, Season 3, Episode 6.

Marc Deloof

How does a King sell a state? With Marc Deloof

The Belgian atrocities in the Congo are well known and rightly condemned. But what happened before it became a colony? How did King Leopold attract investment to an area that, prior to the rubber boom, had little to offer? Andrew and Lloyd sit down with Marc Deloof (University of Antwerp) to find out.

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4743798

Season 3, Episode 5.

So you want to be an economic historian? With Áine Doran

Economic history is in a good place. There’s a growing number of new researchers emerging, and people are slowly realising how useful it can be. But what is it like on the front line? Andrew and Lloyd sit down with Áine Doran (UU) for a “state of the nation”, seeing how the discipline is faring and what the future might bring.

https://doi.org/10.1177/03324893241293002

How do you build a business in a new nation? With Frank Barry

With the War of Independence and the Civil War behind it, 1920s Ireland was faced with opportunities for growth, but it hesitated about how best to go about it. Andrew and Lloyd are joined by Frank Barry (TCD), who walks them through how Ireland built its businesses in the first half of the twentieth century, and asks whether everything was as bad as people say!

https://irishhistorybookshop.ie/product/industry-and-policy-in-independent-ireland-1922-1972

Judy Stephenson

How do you win at Monopsony? With Judy Stephenson

No, that title isn’t a typo! This week, Andrew and Lloyd are joined by returning guest Judy Stephenson (UCL) to talk about monopsony power in early modern Britain, and ask who the real winners and losers were in these early labour markets.

https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13346

Everything Economic History, Season 3, Episode 2.

Johan Fourie

How do you get people to listen to an economics podcast? With Johan Fourie

Johan Fourie is one of South Africa’s leading economic historians, whose podcast, blog and writing influence the public and policy in equal measure. In this special, in-person episode, Andrew and Lloyd sit down with him to talk about policymaking, economic history, and communication, offering advice for anyone interested in getting their ideas out there in a saturated market.

https://open.spotify.com/show/4VEH9dzKO9eeDxXIiKDAqD

Everything Economic History, Season 3, Episode 1.

The CEO - What does it take to lead a company? With Michael Aldous and John Turner

Hot off the back of their new book The CEO, The Rise and Fall of Britain's Captains of Industry, Michael Aldous and John Turner (QUB) join Andrew and Lloyd to talk about corporate leadership and how an individual can change the fate of a company.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ceo/5E4A432AD7B3149BB81BEB64A5F65F03

Episode 8: How do you run an Egyptian Business? With Mohamed Saleh

Egypt’s history stretches back thousands of years, and Cleopatra is closer to us than she was to the construction of the pyramids. However, since we only had an hour, Andrew and Lloyd talked with Mohamed Saleh (LSE) about Egyptian businesses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and tried to unpick the web of business management and finance in a newly independent state.

Everything Economic History is the podcast of the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH), sponsored by the Higher Education Authority of Ireland

Episode 7: How did the Great Migration influence US elections? With Vicky Fouka

In an election year in the United States, there is no better time to talk about American history. Andrew and Lloyd sat down with Vicky Fouka (Stanford University) to discuss the second Great Migration and how it affected American politics in the 20th Century.

Everything Economic History is the podcast of the Centre for Economics, Policy and History (CEPH), sponsored by the Higher Education Authority of Ireland

Link to paper: https://ceph.ie/article-re/racial-diversity-and-racial-policy-preferences-the-great-migration-and-civil-rights/

Episode 6: How do you found a brand new nation? With Leigh Gardner

Liberia stands as a fascinating case study of what happens if a new nation is established, seemingly out of the blue. Andrew and Lloyd are joined by Leigh Gardner (LSE) to talk about what led to the foundation of this west-Africa country and its economic fortunes in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Link to book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/sovereignty-without-power/1AE1550713B8F8FC4AA55143F475AE00