Lives of the Cambridge polymath geniuses
- Russell, Wittgenstein, Keynes, Turing, etc., all hanging about Cambridge.
Book Review: Global Economic History
- Did Britain industrialise because its wages were high, so machines paid off? And why doesn't this work anymore?
Was Anglo-Saxon England Really Wealthy?
- The 1018 Danegeld raised £72,000, a sum not matched for two centuries. Mark Koyama argues this shows a strong state, not a rich population.
Age of Invention: Tudor Trade War
- Henry VII banned trade with the Low Countries to punish the Habsburgs. English cloth workers ended up paying the price. The cool history of tariffs.