There are two growth debates. One argues for more growth. The other argues for less. They rarely speak to one another, despite using the same word. A short piece on growth, degrowth and relative decline: open.substack.com/pub/wattthee...

Growth, Degrowth, and Relative Decline

How competing definitions of growth are shaping contemporary economic debate

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Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury! The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability More soon… 📖✨

I've apparently been erased by AI slop. A paper cites: "Agarwala & Coyle (2024), Challenges of wealth-based sustainability metrics: A critical appraisal" The actual paper is by McLaughlin, Ducoing & Hanley. Same title, journal, and year, but the AI hallucinated the entire authorship.

Could global tensions finally see Sweden warming towards the euro? theconversation.com/could-global...

Could global tensions finally see Sweden warming towards the euro?

The country has held on to its krona since joining the EU more than 30 years ago.

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🚨 Out Now: The Elgar Companion to the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Francisco Rodríguez 🟠Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... 🆓 Open Access Chapters: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

On the 18th and 19th of June 2026, the Public University of Navarre (Spain) will host a #FRESH meeting on "Energy, Sustainability, and Economic History" Keynote lecture by Henry Willebald Local organizer: Cristián Ducoing More details below:

On May 5-6, 2026, Humboldt University will host a #FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE) Local organizer: Felix Kersting More details in the below 👇

Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print @theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨 In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->

Big day for LSE and Economic History! Philippe Aghion (LSE Econ), Peter Howitt and Economic Historian Joel Mokyr were awarded this year's Sverige Riksbank (Nobel) Prize. On top of that, our recent PhD graduate (2024) @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social has been cited in the scientific statement 🥳

Happy to share our chapter "Chile 1820 - 2020. A case of frustrated development?" with @mbmiro.bsky.social www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the...

The Elgar Companion to the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean

‘In this edited volume, Francisco Rodríguez and his contributors bring a fresh set of answers to the perennial question of how Latin America fell behind. They both revisit old topics and bring new ang...

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Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Wednesday, October 15, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Jerónimo de Ayanz (Los Madroños 2nd floor, 2026). 👤 Speaker: @datirado666.bsky.social 📜 Title: "Did bad news travel fast? The information capacity of the Spanish Crown in mid-18th century".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Tuesday, September 30, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room (Los Madroños 2nd floor, 2026). 👤 Speaker: Luis Bértola 📜 Title: "The economic history of colonial continental Spanish America: social relations and inequality".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Tuesday, September 30, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room (Los Madroños 2nd floor, 2026). 👤 Speaker: Luis Bértola 📜 Title: "The economic history of colonial continental Spanish America: social relations and inequality".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Monday, September 14, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room, Department of Economics (Los Madroños Building, 2nd floor, ECON-2026). 👤 Speaker: Iker Arregui-Alegria (@lusemlu.bsky.social) 📜 Title: "Basque".

Thrilled to announce that I've been elected as a Trustee of the European Historical Economics Society (@theehes.bsky.social)! 🎉 Grateful for this opportunity to serve our scholarly community. #HistoricalEconomics #EHES #AcademicService

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Monday, September 14, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room, Department of Economics (Los Madroños Building, 2nd floor, ECON-2026). 👤 Speaker: Iker Arregui-Alegria (@lusemlu.bsky.social) 📜 Title: "Basque".

Economics Seminar at @upna.bsky.social ! 📅 Date and time: Wednesday, September 3, 12:00 PM. 📍 Location: Meeting Room, Department of Economics (Los Madroños Building, 2nd floor, ECON-2026). 👤 Speaker: Les Oxley (University of Waikato). 📜 Title: "Sustainable Development with Existential Capital".

🔝El Consejo de AEHE ha publicado las ubicaciones de los próx. eventos científicos: 📍XVI Encuentro de Didáctica de la Historia Económica (Barcelona en 2027) 📍XV Congreso Internacional de la AEHE (Pamplona en 2028) ¡Ya contamos los días para participar en ambos! #Econhistory

Sara Torregrosa@sthetland.bsky.social · last yr.

Muy contentos de recibir el encargo de celebrar el XV Congreso Internacional de la AEHE en Pamplona, septiembre de 2028 @marrv.bsky.social @tamboduc.bsky.social @upna.bsky.social

Muy contentos de recibir el encargo de celebrar el XV Congreso Internacional de la AEHE en Pamplona, septiembre de 2028 @marrv.bsky.social @tamboduc.bsky.social @upna.bsky.social

"Contemplation of the world's disappearing supplies of minerals, forests, and other exhaustible assets had led to demands for regulation of their exploitation....

ESCoE Advisory Board members @bartvanark.bsky.social and @teraallas.bsky.social are quoted in this @financialtimes.com article by @tejparikh.ft.com on the obstacles to higher growth in Britain.

The Productivity Institute@productivity.bsky.social · last yr.

As the Financial Times reports today, quoting Tera and @bartvanark.bsky.social, bridging this gap is not just about spending more - but investing smarter, with a long-term vision. www.ft.com/content/583a...

We're looking for candidates to apply for a three-year postdoc! @marrv.bsky.social @tamboduc.bsky.social @upna.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/postdo...

Postdoctoral Researcher Support for Ramón Areces Grant Proposal

The Economic History Unit at the Department of Economics, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), is excited to offer support to a postdoctoral researcher in preparing a grant proposal for the Fundación ...

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Extraordinary documentary about Sabbath's Vol. 4 youtu.be/coszaE4RAZI?...

Black Sabbath Vol.4 Documentary

YouTube video by The Tapes Archive

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Don't miss the opportunity to present your work at the leading conference on Demography in Spain! ADEH from September 3 to 5, in an unbeatable location, Málaga. Send your abstracts in either historical or contemporary demography by 11th May (extended) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today's #seminar: 'Resources, Sustainability and Economic History. Inclusive Wealth in a long run perspective' 🗣️@tamboduc.bsky.social (@upna.bsky.social) ⏰14:00 📍Room 1038, 690 Building 🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ouesreuzgs 🗃️ Economic History seminar #EconSky #Economics

The Global Currencies Database is now live! lnkd.in/gRVJAE8d Co-founded with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl, the Chiṭu-Eichengreen-Mehl Global Currencies Database brings together in one place multiple and unique datasets on the history of the international monetary system. #EconSky

Livia Chitu@liviachitu.bsky.social · last yr.

Global Currencies Database is now live! lnkd.in/gRVJAE8d Co-founded with Barry Eichengreen and Arnaud Mehl, the Chiṭu-Eichengreen-Mehl Global Currencies Database brings together in one place multiple datasets on the history of the international monetary system.

An upd report on our workshops for Ukraine series on #RStats, #Python & more. So far, we have raised >93k euro & the workshops have been attended by > 4100 ppl! 👇you can find more info on how you can help & a detailed report. All info on workshops: bit.ly/3wBeY4S 1/n

I'm giving a talk for Workshops of Ukraine about duplicative data. Friday, April 25th, 1pm EST. Come join me!!! #rstats sites.google.com/view/dariia-...

Dariia Mykhailyshyna - Workshops for Ukraine

Feedback on the past workshops (if you want to learn how to make wordclouds, check out Text Data Analysis workshop below)

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❗️Our next workshop will be on April 3rd, 6 pm CEST on Devops for Data Scientists (R & #Python) by @rika-gorn.bsky.social! Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats