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Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury! The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability More soon… 📖✨

Big day for LSE and Economic History! Philippe Aghion (LSE Econ), Peter Howitt and Economic Historian Joel Mokyr were awarded this year's Sverige Riksbank (Nobel) Prize. On top of that, our recent PhD graduate (2024) @juliuskoschnick.bsky.social has been cited in the scientific statement 🥳

I've apparently been erased by AI slop. A paper cites: "Agarwala & Coyle (2024), Challenges of wealth-based sustainability metrics: A critical appraisal" The actual paper is by McLaughlin, Ducoing & Hanley. Same title, journal, and year, but the AI hallucinated the entire authorship.

On May 5-6, 2026, Humboldt University will host a #FRESH meeting on The causes and consequences of social conflict Keynote lecture by Mohamed Saleh (LSE) Local organizer: Felix Kersting More details in the below 👇

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

On the 18th and 19th of June 2026, the Public University of Navarre (Spain) will host a #FRESH meeting on "Energy, Sustainability, and Economic History" Keynote lecture by Henry Willebald Local organizer: Cristián Ducoing More details below:

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🚨 Out Now: The Elgar Companion to the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Francisco Rodríguez 🟠Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... 🆓 Open Access Chapters: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

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Could global tensions finally see Sweden warming towards the euro? theconversation.com/could-global...

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Our paper with @fcinnio.bsky.social @hornungerik.bsky.social “Flow of ideas: Economic societies and the rise of useful knowledge” is out in print @theeconjournal.bsky.social 🚨🚨🚨 In it, we investigate the effect of knowledge sharing societies from the 18th century on long-run innovation. Read on ->

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There are two growth debates. One argues for more growth. The other argues for less. They rarely speak to one another, despite using the same word. A short piece on growth, degrowth and relative decline: open.substack.com/pub/wattthee...