1/ Workshop CFP Resilient Societies: Shocks, Adaptation and the Persistence of Inequality in Historical Perspective. How have societies responded to historical shocks, and why have some individuals or societies proved more resilient than others? LSE, 20–21 May 2027

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

Breastfeeding is important work. A study computes the economic value of breastfeeding in England throughout history, as a share of GDP. Its proportional value has consistently exceeded 0.1% of GDP [AR2.1]and peaked in the year 1540 at 6.58%. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/ufGl50ZRuce

Happy to announce that “Valuing five centuries of unpaid breastfeeding in England”, with Jane Humphries, is published in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2600844123. Breastfeeding benefits both children and mothers, but its economic value often escapes notice because it is unpaid labour (1/8)

Valuing five centuries of unpaid breastfeeding in England | PNAS

Breastfeeding is vital and valuable labor, contributing to the physical and cognitive health of children throughout their lives, yet it is rarely c...

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"Goebbels s'est souvent étonné du peu de résistance face à lui." Comment les élites basculent-elles à l'extrême droite ? Notre entretien avec Johann Chapoutot, historien spécialiste du nazisme. ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/uP0

Three-byline alert: 🚨 “.. Carney has even suggested Canada take on a new title: ‘Associate Member of the European Union.’ .. The EU, not known for its flexible enforcement of membership rules, is open to the idea ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/world/europe...

This is a picture of two women from the Vernon Cadet Training Centre, which holds summer programming for 12-18 year olds to develop skills on the way to adulthood. Unlike Secretary Hegseth, they do not deserve contempt or ridicule.

Arrogance - such a useful trait in a Treasury Secretary

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

EISEN: Markets are wondering if we're in tit for tat trade war w/Canada BESSENT: I don't think you can be in a tit for tat with someone who's 13 times larger than you E: They say they're doing ok B: What else are they gonna say? What are they gonna do? Take their 2 submarines & sic them on us?

With the administration refusing to process diversity visas, effectively terminating access to asylum, ending almost all refugee admissions, and now refusing to process employment and family based petitions, there does not currently seem to be a mechanism to legally immigrate to the U.S. from abroad

Reuters@reuters.com · 2mo ago

Trump administration issues pause on visa appointments for applicants worldwide reut.rs/45NtKHO

Sorry, what? The US didn’t just demand the right to restrict us from making trade deals with other countries - they demanded that they be able to force Canada to impose new tariffs on other countries and set the rates of those tariffs. That’s just agreeing to let the US control our economic policy.

Andrew Kurjata@akurjata.ca · 2mo ago

Carney says the US tried to restrict Canada's ability to make trade deals with other countries as a requirement for negotiation. Sources tell CBC this included making Canada impose new tariffs on other non-US trade partners in compliance with the United States www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

We put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books acquired by an anonymous buyer. It ended up at an Amazon facility where the company scans books for training data and destroys them in the process: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility

We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.

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Dans la chanson, l'ami qui "tombe" ne tombe pas parce qu'il a trébuché sur un caillou. Il tombe parce qu'il a été fusillé par un milicien qui plus tard fondra le Front National.

I believe every musician called "Gill" or "Gil" is great. Like a breath of fresh air underwater. This is about Momoko Gill but I think it's a general pattern.

It can be verified in 2 seconds that foreign nationals are not eligible for student loans except where they have substantial residential ties. Why do journalists cover this stuff as if it's actually policy and not performative cruelty? www.timeshighereducation.com/news/reform-...

Reform plans ban on foreign nationals accessing student loans

Suella Braverman says university system is “rigged” as she calls for change to student finance rules

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Great to see you there, Kris!

Kris Inwood@kris-inwood.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Dr. Louis Henderson @hendersonlouis.bsky.social opened the LSE Family Economics workshop today with a fascinating demonstration of the importance of premodern fertility control and behavioural contraceptive strategies in 18th century east London.

How many times does this need to be repeated?

Louis Henderson and Jane Humphries argue in the OxREP that care labour is systematically neglected in conventional economic metrics. They illustrate how breastfeeding has been historically unrecognised despite its crucial contribution to infant health. doi.org/10.1093/oxre...

The economic history of caring labour: a case study of breastfeeding

Abstract. Caring labour, whether paid or unpaid, creates value, supports economic activity, and generates positive externalities, yet suffers neglect in co

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Excited to announce new OA article with Jane Humphries, 'The economic history of caring labour'. Using historical data on infant feeding, we show how breastfeeding acted as a buffer against weak public health systems and how scientific and technological change reshaped this care work over time.

Oxford Econ Policy@oxrepjournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The OxREP's double issue on “The Economics of Care” has been published! Read all articles online here: academic.oup.com/oxrep/issue/...