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Economic historian writing on the Industrial Revolution and the origins of modern growth; author of the Great Transformations newsletter.
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The Great DivergenceBook Kenneth Pomeranz
His 2000 masterpiece The Great Divergence argues that the Americas, won and worked by force, provided the critical ghost acreages that propelled Britain past the Old World's common ecological constraints.
Kedrosky weighs how much slave-produced cotton mattered to British industrialisation.
2022-10-12·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
The British Industrial Revolution in Global PerspectiveBook Robert C. Allen
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective is the best book on the country’s adoption of sustained economic growth at the turn of the nineteenth century, full stop.
Kedrosky's weekly round-up of economic history reading.
2021-05-16·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
A Bridge Too FarBook Cornelius Ryan
A Bridge Too Far will remain the unchallenged classic on the subject. It was my favorite book until the age of twelve (at least).
Kedrosky's weekly round-up, here comparing Antony Beevor's Arnhem with the older classic account.
2020-05-24·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
The European MiracleBook Eric Jones
I recommended Eric Jones’ The European Miracle
Kedrosky writes up the five books he chose for a Five Books interview on the Great Divergence.
2022-08-19·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
The Lever of RichesBook Joel Mokyr
Joel Mokyr’s The Lever of Riches
Kedrosky writes up the five books he chose for a Five Books interview on the Great Divergence.
2022-08-19·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
Guns, Germs, and SteelBook Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel
Kedrosky writes up the five books he chose for a Five Books interview on the Great Divergence.
2022-08-19·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
How the World Became RichBook Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin
and How the World Became Rich by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin.
Kedrosky writes up the five books he chose for a Five Books interview on the Great Divergence.
2022-08-19·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
FeedlySoftware Feedly
I use Feedly to follow most of the usual economics blogs, as well as dozen or so journals
Kedrosky explains how he keeps up with the economic history literature.
2021-03-07·blog.daviskedrosky.com ↗
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