Christopher M. Meissner
@chris-meissner.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis. Globalization since 1800, financial crises since 1800, other Cliometric-type research
https://sites.google.com/site/chrismmeissner/home
https://sites.google.com/site/chrismmeissner/home
In case you missed it live, here I am talking with NPR's Scott Horsley on 19th century tariffs in the USA. No, tariffs did NOT make American manufacturing great. www.npr.org/2025/01/02/n...
January 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In case you missed it live, here I am talking with NPR's Scott Horsley on 19th century tariffs in the USA. No, tariffs did NOT make American manufacturing great. www.npr.org/2025/01/02/n...
If you're in SF for the ASSA meetings, why not come to our session on international trade in history on Friday at 230 PM?
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
January 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
If you're in SF for the ASSA meetings, why not come to our session on international trade in history on Friday at 230 PM?
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
This is a TOTAL mis-interpretation of the history. Incomes were WAY lower in 1890 than in the 1960s (unless ur name was Carnegie or Morgan). I'll be talking on @npratc with @HorsleyScott this afternoon explaining why. You can read more here: drive.google.com/file/d/1SPKF...
January 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is a TOTAL mis-interpretation of the history. Incomes were WAY lower in 1890 than in the 1960s (unless ur name was Carnegie or Morgan). I'll be talking on @npratc with @HorsleyScott this afternoon explaining why. You can read more here: drive.google.com/file/d/1SPKF...
Canals are a big deal. Read about how Great Britain reclaimed one and its impact on trade here:
www.nber.org/papers/w33250
www.nber.org/papers/w33250
December 22, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Canals are a big deal. Read about how Great Britain reclaimed one and its impact on trade here:
www.nber.org/papers/w33250
www.nber.org/papers/w33250
Interesting work on income mobility and inequality in China over the long-run here by Carol Shiue.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
December 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Interesting work on income mobility and inequality in China over the long-run here by Carol Shiue.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
Yeager's "International Monetary Relations" for free download! I found it enlightening at times but unfortunately a bit hard to read. However, there are some choice sections on foreign currency debt/ FX movements and also on the Great Depression.
centerforfinancialstability.org/internationa...
centerforfinancialstability.org/internationa...
December 18, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Yeager's "International Monetary Relations" for free download! I found it enlightening at times but unfortunately a bit hard to read. However, there are some choice sections on foreign currency debt/ FX movements and also on the Great Depression.
centerforfinancialstability.org/internationa...
centerforfinancialstability.org/internationa...
That's not how we see it.
www.nber.org/papers/w33100
drive.google.com/file/d/1SPKF... (ungated version here)
www.nber.org/papers/w33100
drive.google.com/file/d/1SPKF... (ungated version here)
December 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM
That's not how we see it.
www.nber.org/papers/w33100
drive.google.com/file/d/1SPKF... (ungated version here)
www.nber.org/papers/w33100
drive.google.com/file/d/1SPKF... (ungated version here)
Typical I’m afraid. The 19th c. & early 20th c. numbers also seem off. (This is from Mark Siegler’s textbook.)
December 12, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Typical I’m afraid. The 19th c. & early 20th c. numbers also seem off. (This is from Mark Siegler’s textbook.)
Some people thought we were being a little too cynical when we wrote this. Unfortunately I beg to differ. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@pseudoerasmus.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social
@pseudoerasmus.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Some people thought we were being a little too cynical when we wrote this. Unfortunately I beg to differ. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@pseudoerasmus.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social
@pseudoerasmus.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social
Global trade wars and depressions are not good for freedom. Exhibit A:
November 27, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Global trade wars and depressions are not good for freedom. Exhibit A:
Not since “Satan” followed me in the other place have I been more scared using social media.
November 19, 2024 at 5:12 AM
Not since “Satan” followed me in the other place have I been more scared using social media.
More on the "things were better in the past" convo. This one is on oldie but I am not sure it's a goodie. Having no notes is a cardinal sin. And, where are Greenland and Iceland?! But the style is something even R probably couldn't do, eh?
November 18, 2024 at 6:25 PM
More on the "things were better in the past" convo. This one is on oldie but I am not sure it's a goodie. Having no notes is a cardinal sin. And, where are Greenland and Iceland?! But the style is something even R probably couldn't do, eh?
Does anyone regularly use this for cooking these days? It was a staple growing up, but I haven’t even thought about it for years until I thought I heard them said that guy on the Iowa State team was from Crisco, Texas.
November 17, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Does anyone regularly use this for cooking these days? It was a staple growing up, but I haven’t even thought about it for years until I thought I heard them said that guy on the Iowa State team was from Crisco, Texas.
Thanks to Côme Poirier for coming to UC Davis today to present interesting and relevant work on industrial policy with endogenous production networks. The policy implications of which are sure to stimulate some debate. @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social Check out more here:
www.comepoirier.fr
www.comepoirier.fr
November 14, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Thanks to Côme Poirier for coming to UC Davis today to present interesting and relevant work on industrial policy with endogenous production networks. The policy implications of which are sure to stimulate some debate. @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social Check out more here:
www.comepoirier.fr
www.comepoirier.fr
Nice to see these out now. @vincentgeloso.bsky.social @mjdcurtis.bsky.social
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November 14, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Nice to see these out now. @vincentgeloso.bsky.social @mjdcurtis.bsky.social
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What? No rhyming? No dissing? No battle with Burr? Jeez… I think this is a fake.
October 12, 2024 at 3:06 AM
What? No rhyming? No dissing? No battle with Burr? Jeez… I think this is a fake.
Hamilton promoting tariffs while showing an example of how market integration can be beneficial. Hmmm
October 11, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Hamilton promoting tariffs while showing an example of how market integration can be beneficial. Hmmm
Looking through Hamilton’s “Report on Manufactures” (reprinted in this) this morning for nuggets on why he supported tariffs for the USA.
October 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Looking through Hamilton’s “Report on Manufactures” (reprinted in this) this morning for nuggets on why he supported tariffs for the USA.
Attention junior scholars in economic history. New call for papers: 9th Fast Track Meeting for the European Review of Economic History. Deadline is 30 January, 2024. For more information see academic.oup.com/ereh/pages/e...
November 30, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Attention junior scholars in economic history. New call for papers: 9th Fast Track Meeting for the European Review of Economic History. Deadline is 30 January, 2024. For more information see academic.oup.com/ereh/pages/e...
The National Cloner and his Conans have won! Interesting times ahead! www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/w...
November 20, 2023 at 12:34 AM
The National Cloner and his Conans have won! Interesting times ahead! www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/w...
Love the bottom line in this excerpt from a new paper by Mark Harrison - openness is a strength even in times of conflict. Do not forget it, folks.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
October 18, 2023 at 3:25 AM
Love the bottom line in this excerpt from a new paper by Mark Harrison - openness is a strength even in times of conflict. Do not forget it, folks.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
Welcome Professor O’Rourke! 📈📉
October 17, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Welcome Professor O’Rourke! 📈📉
Not a shill for the 1% but this series continues to misrepresent and astound. Start with the claim that theoretical trade models don’t include unemployment - umm - not sure. Go on to the approval of 35% tariffs. Yeah let’s go back to the gilded age! Tariffs are largely corruption!
September 25, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Not a shill for the 1% but this series continues to misrepresent and astound. Start with the claim that theoretical trade models don’t include unemployment - umm - not sure. Go on to the approval of 35% tariffs. Yeah let’s go back to the gilded age! Tariffs are largely corruption!