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Footing the COVID-19 Bill: Economic Case for Tax Hike on Wealthy
There is a strong economic case for raising taxes on the rich to help repair public finances following the pandemic.
by
David Hope
,
Julian Limberg
via
The Conversation
on
December 16, 2020
What We Still Get Wrong About Alexander Hamilton
Far from a partisan for free markets, the Founding Father insisted on the need for economic planning. We need more of that vision today.
by
Michael Busch
,
Christian Parenti
via
Boston Review
on
December 14, 2020
What Extremely Muscular Horses Teach Us About Climate Change
You can’t understand the history of American energy use without them. A new visual history puts them in context.
by
Robinson Meyer
via
The Atlantic
on
December 8, 2020
From Keynes to the Keynesians
Socialised investment and the spectre of full employment.
by
Tim Barker
via
Verso
on
December 4, 2020
The Limits of Telecommuting
Perhaps the lesson to take from this year of living online is not about making better technology. It’s about recognizing technology’s limits.
by
Margaret O'Mara
via
Public Books
on
November 18, 2020
Why Is America the World’s Police?
A new book explains how U.S. political elites sold the UN to the public as a route to global peace, while all along wanting it as a cover for militarization.
by
Sam Lebovic
via
Boston Review
on
October 19, 2020
Capitalism, Slavery, and Economic White Supremacy
On the racial wealth gap.
by
Calvin Schermerhorn
via
The Economic Historian
on
October 19, 2020
The World Henry Ford Made
A new history charts the global legacy of Fordist mass production, tracing its appeal to political formations on both the left and the right.
by
Justin H. Vassallo
via
Boston Review
on
October 9, 2020
Thirty Glorious Years
Postwar prosperity depended on a truce between capitalist growth and democratic fairness. Is it possible to get it back?
by
Jonathan Hopkin
via
Aeon
on
October 2, 2020
A Popular History of the Fed
On Populist programs and democratic central banking.
by
Noam Maggor
,
Anton Jäger
via
Phenomenal World
on
October 1, 2020
Did Indigenous Americans and Vikings Trade in the Year 1000?
Centuries before Columbus, Vikings came to the Western hemisphere. How far into the Americas did they travel?
by
Valerie Hansen
via
Aeon
on
September 22, 2020
The Revolutionary Thoreau
Generations of readers have chosen to emphasize Thoreau's spiritual communion with Nature, but Walden begins with trenchant critique of “progress.”
by
R. H. Lossin
via
New York Review of Books
on
September 4, 2020
A Historian of Economic Crisis on the World After COVID-19
A leading expert on financial crises explains how the pandemic is upending economic orthodoxy and raising the stakes of the 2020 election.
by
Eric Levitz
,
Adam Tooze
via
Intelligencer
on
August 7, 2020
A New Hamilton Book Looks to Reclaim His Vision for the Left
In “Radical Hamilton,” Christian Parenti argues that the left should use Alexander Hamilton’s mythologized status to drive home his full agenda.
by
Ryan Grim
via
The Intercept
on
August 4, 2020
Whose Century?
One has to wonder whether the advocates of a new Cold War have taken the measure of the challenge posed by 21st-century China.
by
Adam Tooze
via
London Review of Books
on
July 22, 2020
partner
Early Americans Knew Better Than President Trump How To Prioritize Health
A public uprising forced Boston to prioritize fighting smallpox over the economy in 1792.
by
Andrew Wehrman
via
Made By History
on
July 17, 2020
Ohio Has Always Had Confederate Apologists
In June, Ohio legislators refused to ban confederate memorabilia from county fairs. The state has long had a complicated relationship with the Confederacy.
by
Eric Michael Rhodes
via
Belt Magazine
on
July 6, 2020
Who Remembers the Panic of 1819?
We haven’t built many memorials to panics, recessions, or depressions, but maybe we should.
by
Jessica Lepler
via
The Economic Historian
on
June 30, 2020
The Indebted Dead
Tracing the history of the Grateful Dead folktale and the evolving obligations of being alive.
by
Colin Dickey
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
June 29, 2020
The New Deal and Recovery
In the series of posts to follow, I hope to introduce my readers to evidence casting doubt on the view that New Deal programs ended the Great Depression.
by
George Selgin
via
Alt-M
on
June 12, 2020
partner
Conservative Fatalism About the Coronavirus Might Actually Help Us
The philosophy behind calls to lift stay-at-home orders.
by
Lara Freidenfelds
via
Made By History
on
May 21, 2020
Milk Country
The making of Vermont's landscape.
by
Janice Kai Chen
via
janicekchen.com
on
May 9, 2020
partner
Public Health Isn’t The Enemy of Economic Well-Being
As 19th century reformers showed, only a healthy workforce can fuel economic prosperity.
by
Melanie A. Kiechle
via
Made By History
on
April 24, 2020
partner
To Save Lives, Social Distancing Must Continue Longer Than We Expect
The lessons of the 1918 flu pandemic.
by
Howard Markel
,
J. Alexander Navarro
via
Made By History
on
April 8, 2020
partner
To Be Effective, The Covid-19 Relief Bill Must Spark Consumer Spending
While assisting businesses, Congress must also continue to help consumers.
by
Stephen Leccese
via
Made By History
on
March 26, 2020
The Coronavirus War Economy Will Change the World
When societies shift their economies to a war footing, it doesn’t just help them survive a crisis—it alters them forever.
by
Nicholas Mulder
via
Foreign Policy
on
March 26, 2020
We’ve Never Been Here Before
This is nothing like 2008. Or even 1914.
by
Adam Tooze
via
Washington Post
on
March 25, 2020
partner
President Trump’s Desire to Reopen Businesses Quickly Is Dangerous
History teaches us that prioritizing the economy could kill hundreds of thousands.
by
Christopher McKnight Nichols
via
Made By History
on
March 25, 2020
partner
Covid-19 May Destroy Donald Trump’s Presidency
Has Trump plunged America into another Great Depression?
by
Meg Jacobs
via
Made By History
on
March 23, 2020
partner
Democrats Have Been Right to Insist on a Relief Package that Helps Average Americans
In times of crisis, it has often been the wealthy who get bailed out.
by
Jane Manners
via
Made By History
on
March 23, 2020
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