
The Economic History Podcast
The Economic History podcast is a platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and new research with a general interest audience. Each month we meet leading academics in the field and discuss a range of topics, including pandemics, long run economic growth, gender issues, financial crises, inequality, sustainable development and a number of weird and fun economic experiments in history. There is no time like the past to help us understand the present.
Podcasting since 2020 • 42 episodes
The Economic History Podcast
Latest Episodes
From the Sand Up: How the Natural Environment shaped the Arabian Economy
Prof. Robert Allen discusses how the desert environment led to a unique economic structure-"from the sand up". Bob takes us through the economic implication of communal lands and describes the differences between the nomadic (Bedouin) and oasis...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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59:38

Life Under Pressure
Prof. Tommy Bengtsson takes us through the historical effects of short term stresses on living standards and health outcomes. How did high food prices in the nineteenth century impact the mortality risk and fertility patterns of different incom...
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Season 3
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Episode 41
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39:13

Latin American Development Since Independence
Today, we meet Prof. Luis Bértola to discuss the economic history of Latin America since the 1820s. We cover Luis' book with José Antonio Ocampo ('The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence') tracing the development paths of t...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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56:37

Income Inequality and Capital Shares
In this episode, we chat with Assoc. Prof. Erik Bengtsson about his extensive work on income inequality. What is the capital share of National Income, why does it matter and why does it change? We discuss the role of democracy and the "Great Le...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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55:44

Globalization, Trade and the Populist Response
In this episode, Prof. Kevin H. O'Rourke discusses some of his work on trade and globalization. We trace the beginnings of globalization, mention some problems with measuring it perfectly, and review some of the literature on tariffs and econom...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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44:47
