We just announced two fully funded PhD positions at the Economic History Department at Lund University. You can click to read the full announcement and apply here. Two research projects are recruiting one PhD candidate each. Both projects deal with long-term processes of economic...
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Category: Economic History
Why did economists spend two decades explaining something that never happened ?
For the past two decades, mainstream economists who study African economic growth have been trying to explain something that never happened. Economists have focused almost exclusively on one question: Why has economic growth failed in Africa? You can read the motivation for my book...
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The renaissance of African economic history
That is the promising title of the introduction to a special issue by Gareth Austin and Steven Broadberry soon to be published by Economic History Review. The special issue will be launched at the LSE 25-26 October at the African Economic History Workshop. The...
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