Brad Hansen
@bradhansen.bsky.social
economic historian
https://bradleyahansen.blogspot.com/
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Pier Paolo Creanza’s job market paper studies how the Great Merger Wave (1895-1904) shaped American innovation before WW2. www.ppcreanza.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Pier Paolo Creanza’s job market paper studies how the Great Merger Wave (1895-1904) shaped American innovation before WW2. www.ppcreanza.com
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Do the preindustrial roots of gender inequality lie in exogenous forces or also in human institutions? “Dividing the Spoils: Inheritance Institutions and Gender Inequality before Industrialization” @felixschaff.bsky.social @cepr.org @oxford-esh.bsky.social
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October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Do the preindustrial roots of gender inequality lie in exogenous forces or also in human institutions? “Dividing the Spoils: Inheritance Institutions and Gender Inequality before Industrialization” @felixschaff.bsky.social @cepr.org @oxford-esh.bsky.social
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I must explain that this is not accurate, particularly the part about Ellis Island. I cannot speak to the Chinese diaspora angle, but many of us have family whose names were expressed in non-Roman alphabets when they immigrated. This is a long thread, but I literally do this for a living. 1/
Lots of us have great-grandparents names who were absolutely changed when they came here, and when people say otherwise, they're assuming your great-grandparents name was in the Roman alphabet.
Now, more than ever, it's important to understand why so many the myths we tell ourselves about immigration are actually very harmful.
First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.
First of all, your great-great-grandparents names *were not changed* at Ellis Island. No one there had the authority to do that.
October 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I must explain that this is not accurate, particularly the part about Ellis Island. I cannot speak to the Chinese diaspora angle, but many of us have family whose names were expressed in non-Roman alphabets when they immigrated. This is a long thread, but I literally do this for a living. 1/
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Had to give a talk about Eli Whitney of all people and anyway now it's an article on Common Place
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How Eli Whitney Single-handedly Started the Civil War . . . and Why That’s Not True - Commonplace
The real Whitney story is less grand than the legend, but more interesting and, ultimately, more edifying.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Had to give a talk about Eli Whitney of all people and anyway now it's an article on Common Place
commonplace.online/article/how-...
commonplace.online/article/how-...
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Winemaking employed about 64,000 people in 2020.
In 1918, coal mining employed more than 750,000.
Winemaking employed about 64,000 people in 2020.
In 1918, coal mining employed more than 750,000.
The US wine industry today employs more people than coal did at its peak a century ago
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Winemaking employed about 64,000 people in 2020.
In 1918, coal mining employed more than 750,000.
Winemaking employed about 64,000 people in 2020.
In 1918, coal mining employed more than 750,000.
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The recording of the Tawney Lecture on "Economic Inequality and Social Mobility in Preindustrial Societies", which I had the honour to deliver in Glasgow last spring, is now online! Thanks
@echistsoc.bsky.social for inviting me.
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@echistsoc.bsky.social for inviting me.
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Tawney Lecture 2025: Economic inequality and social mobility in preindustrial societies - Economic History Society
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September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The recording of the Tawney Lecture on "Economic Inequality and Social Mobility in Preindustrial Societies", which I had the honour to deliver in Glasgow last spring, is now online! Thanks
@echistsoc.bsky.social for inviting me.
ehs.org.uk/multimedia/t...
@echistsoc.bsky.social for inviting me.
ehs.org.uk/multimedia/t...
MAGA Making America Grow Ashamed
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
MAGA Making America Grow Ashamed
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Great course if you're interested in Irish economic history - learnt a lot last year - highly recommend!
Why was the Irish Famine was so severe? Why did the North and South develop differently? Is Ireland ‘rich’?
If you want to find out, CEPH is pleased to announce that registration is open for our online course, "The Development of the Irish Economy". Register here:
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If you want to find out, CEPH is pleased to announce that registration is open for our online course, "The Development of the Irish Economy". Register here:
ceph.ie/the-developm...
Open Online Economic History Course - CEPH - Centre for Economics, Policy and History
The Development of the Irish Economy Can economics help us understand why the Irish Famine was so severe? What explains Ireland's long economic boom of the eighteenth century? Why did the North an...
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September 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Great course if you're interested in Irish economic history - learnt a lot last year - highly recommend!
The Age of Sycophancy
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Age of Sycophancy
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He's literally become Don Quixote.
Trump: "Windmills -- we're just not gonna allow them. They are ruining are country."
August 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
He's literally become Don Quixote.
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Menzie Chinn provides a useful roundup of some of the recent misrepresentations and basic misunderstandings of government statistics from Trump's nominee to be our next BLS Commissioner. The clear theme is a commitment to winning a partisan news cycle over the truth: econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Trump Nominates EJ Antoni to BLS Commissioner | Econbrowser
From CNBC:
econbrowser.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Menzie Chinn provides a useful roundup of some of the recent misrepresentations and basic misunderstandings of government statistics from Trump's nominee to be our next BLS Commissioner. The clear theme is a commitment to winning a partisan news cycle over the truth: econbrowser.com/archives/202...
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An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
August 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
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Reminder that all three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use (and the fourth will be, too)
All three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use:
- #Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd ed (aka BDA3) at stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/book/
- #Regression and Other Stories at avehtari.github.io/ROS-Examples/
- Active Statistics at avehtari.github.io/ActiveStatis...
- #Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd ed (aka BDA3) at stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/book/
- #Regression and Other Stories at avehtari.github.io/ROS-Examples/
- Active Statistics at avehtari.github.io/ActiveStatis...
August 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Reminder that all three books I've co-authored are freely available online for non-commercial use (and the fourth will be, too)
are there any conservatives left that know that the Road to Serfdom didn't refer to social security or government funding for healthcare or even regulation. It was about the sort of central planning of economic decisions that Trump and Vance are trying to normalize
August 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
are there any conservatives left that know that the Road to Serfdom didn't refer to social security or government funding for healthcare or even regulation. It was about the sort of central planning of economic decisions that Trump and Vance are trying to normalize
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Peter Temin, economic historian at MIT, has passed away. He worked both on problems of understanding the past (e.g. "Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?") and how how the past shapes the present (e.g. "The Vanishing Middle Class.") Terrific scholar and mentor, generous critic.
August 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Peter Temin, economic historian at MIT, has passed away. He worked both on problems of understanding the past (e.g. "Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?") and how how the past shapes the present (e.g. "The Vanishing Middle Class.") Terrific scholar and mentor, generous critic.
@mkblyth.bsky.social
in a recent Rhodes Center podcast you mentioned a study regarding college majors of founders and hedge fund performance. I was wondering if I could get the citation for that
in a recent Rhodes Center podcast you mentioned a study regarding college majors of founders and hedge fund performance. I was wondering if I could get the citation for that
August 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@mkblyth.bsky.social
in a recent Rhodes Center podcast you mentioned a study regarding college majors of founders and hedge fund performance. I was wondering if I could get the citation for that
in a recent Rhodes Center podcast you mentioned a study regarding college majors of founders and hedge fund performance. I was wondering if I could get the citation for that
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This is so important. The focus on job numbers ignores the fact that the BLS computes inflation (the CPI) which is directly linked to many government and non-government benefits. Any attempt at politicizing inflation numbers is very, very, very bad…
Looming problems from BLS statistics politicization. Social security benefits and many long term labor market contracts are indexed to the CPI. BLS makes the CPI. Recipients care about indexed cost of living increases, a lot.
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August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is so important. The focus on job numbers ignores the fact that the BLS computes inflation (the CPI) which is directly linked to many government and non-government benefits. Any attempt at politicizing inflation numbers is very, very, very bad…
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
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Most US economists (presumably “neoclassicists”) think inequality & climate change are big problems and want to address them. They also believe migration is beneficial & acknowledge the role of institutions and history in racial & gender inequalities. How do I know? We published a paper about it:
www.tandfonline.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Most US economists (presumably “neoclassicists”) think inequality & climate change are big problems and want to address them. They also believe migration is beneficial & acknowledge the role of institutions and history in racial & gender inequalities. How do I know? We published a paper about it:
People are making a big deal of the first Pope from the US. As an American Catholic, it really does not matter to me.
May 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
People are making a big deal of the first Pope from the US. As an American Catholic, it really does not matter to me.
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You know, Pope Francis was also from America...
May 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
You know, Pope Francis was also from America...
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Governor Macklem presents Professor @rjuhasz.bsky.social of the University of British Columbia with the 2025 Governor’s Award at the Fellowship Learning Exchange conference 🏆
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
May 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Governor Macklem presents Professor @rjuhasz.bsky.social of the University of British Columbia with the 2025 Governor’s Award at the Fellowship Learning Exchange conference 🏆
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
Congratulations Professor!
Learn more: bit.ly/3YA2wRP
#cdnecon #economy #awards #BankOfCanada
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“If Biden/a Dem had” etc.
This is a genuine post by the official account of the White House, whose authenticity I verified.
May 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“If Biden/a Dem had” etc.
what an ass
This is a genuine post by the official account of the White House, whose authenticity I verified.
May 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
what an ass