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Broadstreet is an interdisciplinary blog dedicated to the study of Historical Political Economy (HPE). We are now on substack at broadstreet.blog
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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August 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
6 to 10 million killed, of whom disproportionately many were Ukrainians. Why? Natalya Naumenko explains Stalin’s famine in the latest at Broadstreet.
New @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post!
By @bengtssonz.bsky.social and @felixkersting.bsky.social
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By @bengtssonz.bsky.social and @felixkersting.bsky.social
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June 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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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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June 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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:
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-social...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-social...
May 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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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May 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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...
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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!
New Broadstreet post!
By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker
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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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May 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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!
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I know the guy in the red hoodie!
This was fun!
This was fun!
New Broadstreet post!
By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker
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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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May 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I know the guy in the red hoodie!
This was fun!
This was fun!
New Broadstreet post!
By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-future...
By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-future...
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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May 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New Broadstreet post!
By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker
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By Lukas Haffert, Cathrin Mohr, and Bastian Becker
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May 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Nice summary of @rbmyerson.bsky.social’s mandarins-vs.-gentry argument in this post.
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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April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Nice summary of @rbmyerson.bsky.social’s mandarins-vs.-gentry argument in this post.
It’s Monday, so that means a new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post!
By Valentin Figueroa
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By Valentin Figueroa
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April 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It’s Monday, so that means a new @broadstreetblog.bsky.social post!
By Valentin Figueroa
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By Valentin Figueroa
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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)
@adeelmalikox.bsky.social
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By Adeel Malik (University of Oxford), Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Kent, UK), and Faiz-ur-Rehman (IBA, University of Karachi)
@adeelmalikox.bsky.social
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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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April 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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)
@adeelmalikox.bsky.social
www.broadstreet.blog/p/why-are-fr...
By Adeel Malik (University of Oxford), Rinchan Ali Mirza (University of Kent, UK), and Faiz-ur-Rehman (IBA, University of Karachi)
@adeelmalikox.bsky.social
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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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April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New post on @broadstreetblog.bsky.social by yours truly and co-author José Antonio Espín-Sánchez. Check it out! #econhistory #colonialism #migration
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-making...
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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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By Leticia Arroyo-Abad (CUNY) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale)
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April 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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)
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-making...
By Leticia Arroyo-Abad (CUNY) and Jose-Antonio Espin-Sanchez (Yale)
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-making...
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...
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
www.broadstreet.blog
April 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/a-new-edit...
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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!
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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March 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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!
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)
www.broadstreet.blog
March 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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
New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
www.broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of...
March 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New Broadstreet post! By @larroyoabad.bsky.social and Noel Maurer
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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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March 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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
www.broadstreet.blog/p/religion-a...
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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) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
The chapter (pdf) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
March 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
The chapter (pdf) 👉
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...