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🎤New Episode!🎤 What can the past tell us about influencing an election? Andrew and Lloyd sit down with Vicky Fouka (Stanford University) and discuss the Second Great Migration and its impact on US politics in the 20th century Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/2u8M... #econsky #economichistory

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Make sure to register to attend the Alice Murray Lecture, given by Prof. Jane Humphries this month: ceph.ie/events/27-02... @tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social @ronanlyons.bsky.social @gaianarciso.bsky.social @marvinsuesse.bsky.social #EconSky #NSRPproject

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📖Call for papers!📖 CEPH and Queen’s University Centre for Economic History invites submissions from doctoral researchers working in any area of economic history for a one-day workshop. Deadline for submissions is March 31st, read more: ceph.ie/call-for-pap... @quceh.bsky.social #econsky #cfp

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What's happening with Northern Ireland's productivity performance? @profjohnturner.bsky.social from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social & Northern Ireland Productivity Forum provides his insights on this Productivity Puzzles ep., released during #NationalProductivityWeek: podfollow.com/1567204500/e...

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Today we launched our new @productivity.bsky.social report 'NI Productivity 2040' at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Co-authored with Ruth Donaldson & @profjohnturner.bsky.social we provide a roadmap for how policy can close Northern Ireland's productivity gap: productivity.ac.uk/research/nor...

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The Business History Conference (@businesshistoryc.bsky.social) is delighted to announce a search for a new Editor-in-Chief of @entandsoc.bsky.social. Expressions of interest by May 1 2025. Details here: thebhc.org

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Today at the NI Productivity Forum we launch our new report as part of @productivity.bsky.social National Productivity Week. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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🎧 NEW PODCAST! This #NationalProductivityWeek podcast looks at productivity in the devolved nations. Featuring @cu-cardiffbusiness.bsky.social's Melanie Jones, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social's @profjohnturner.bsky.social & @uofgasbs.bsky.social's @graemeroy.bsky.social: podfollow.com/1567204500/e...

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Delighted to share that Jane Humphries is this year's Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar, an award given annually by @cephie.bsky.social to an economic historian who has made a major contribution to the discipline. Her talk (27 Feb) will be on the econ-hist of care - more details below. #econsky

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New working paper alert: "Financing Innovation: The Role of Patent Examination". @steve-bill-econ.bsky.social, Christopher Coyle and I have been working on this for quite a while now. We are excited to have a full draft for your enjoyment! www.quceh.org.uk/uploads/1/0/...

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🚀 National Productivity Week has begun! All throughout this week, TPI and its partners will be hosting events about how to unlock the UK's productivity potential 💡 Follow #NationalProductivityWeek to keep up to date with what's happening across the country!

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This is excellent “The Traitors”, a reality TV show, offers a useful economics lesson www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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📢 This week, @cephie.bsky.social launches a new episode of their podcast, featuring @ronanlyons.bsky.social, @barratree.bsky.social, @gaianarciso.bsky.social & @profjohnturner.bsky.social. They discuss what happened in 2024 & what to expect in 2025. 🗣️ 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/yc52d5am #econsky

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I thought this might take me to Rick Astley’s “never gonna give you up” but no, it is real and I am here for it

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My forthcoming book The CEO is listed in the @financialtimes.com what to read in 2025 @quceh.bsky.social @cephie.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social What to read in 2025 on.ft.com/3WiVFef

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Delighted (slightly bemused) to receive confirmation that I’ve been awarded the Early Career Researcher award at ESHSI Conference 2024 Such a positive/supportive conference experience for this first-time presenter Grateful to @qubhistory.bsky.social / @quceh.bsky.social for all the encouragement!

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The legal form of enterprise website has been updated - it is a one-stop shop for those interested in the historical development of business organisation. Thanks to Tim Guinnane for collating it. sites.google.com/view/the-leg...

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The deadline for voting for me (or one of the other candidates) for @prospectmagazine.co.uk’s Top Thinker of 2024 is 23.59 on Sunday 5th: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/worlds...

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⚠️ Upcoming deadline!⚠️ Applications for our Research Assistant positions, based at @quceh.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social close this Monday 6th January 2025: ceph.ie/applications... @profjohnturner.bsky.social @cliochris.bsky.social #WeAreHiring #EconomicHistory #NSRPproject #EconSky

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I started my career at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on 01-01-2000 - aka millennium bug day! The 25 years have flown by thanks to dozens of great colleagues and hundreds of students.

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What’s worth reading over the 2024 holiday season? Recommendations from the Economics Observatory lead editors! 📚📖 Read & sign up for future newsletters here 👉 tinyurl.com/4p5f4ctx

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Heads up! ECO’s writeup of the BBC relocation paper is now online 👇👇👇 cc @econ-observatory.bsky.social, @casaucl.bsky.social, @cep-lse.bsky.social www.economicsobservatory.com/do-cities-an...

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NEW - What’s worth reading over the 2024 holiday season? Our annual book recommendations from the Economics Observatory lead editors! 📖 📚

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The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 led to a 72 percent relative increase in bilateral exports for affected country pairs and a likely permanent increase in world trade, from David S. Jacks, Christopher M. Meissner, and Nikolaus Wolf https://www.nber.org/papers/w33250

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Join us on Friday 31st January as we launch our new report, NI Productivity 2040, examining Northern Ireland’s productivity gap and what policy can do to close it To register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-p... @productivity.bsky.social @profjohnturner.bsky.social #NationalProductivityWeek

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📢We are accepting applications for three Research Assistant positions, based at @tcdeconomics.bsky.social Details: ceph.ie/applications... Deadline: 31st January 2025 @ronanlyons.bsky.social @gaianarciso.bsky.social #WeAreHiring #UniversityVacanciesIreland #EconomicHistory #NSRPproject #EconSky

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🎙️How do you raise a Celtic Tiger? With Seán Kenny🎙️ In this episode of Everything Economic History, Andrew and Lloyd sit down with @seanekh.bsky.social, host of the Economic History Podcast, to talk about GDP, the Celtic Tiger, and much more! Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5CqE... #econsky

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Charles Handy, management thinker and author, 1932-2024 https://www.ft.com/content/5e33cc48-7792-42e5-bc8a-86dcb1f52dc0

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CEPH is delighted to be co-hosting a workshop titled 'Hidden Connections: Eastern Europe through a comparative lens' alongside the WEast Eastern European Economic History Initiative, including a keynote lecture from @essobecker.bsky.social this afternoon #econsky #skystorians #econominchistory

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Charles Handy, management thinker and author, 1932-2024. Handy was an honorary graduate on the day that I graduated with my PhD. on.ft.com/3ZztMiX

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We have just seen reports that the great financial historian Ranald Michie has passed away at the age of 75. A great loss to the profession as both a scholar and a colleague.

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🚀 National Productivity Week is back on 27-31 Jan 2025! 🎉 www.productivity.ac.uk/news/nationa... Join us to unlock the UK's productivity potential with insights from top experts. From AI to strategic investments, discover how to boost productivity and growth. #NationalProductivityWeek

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A striking difference between US and UK academia so far: At NYU, I said I think we should have Generative AI course for grad. students. This was approved in 2 weeks and required a couple emails. At Edinburgh, this would have required ~1 year lead time and at least two full committee meetings.

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Portuguese version of Boom and Bust just released! @quceh.bsky.social

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A great journal article (available under open access) on what has always struck me as an understudied topic; the long half life of reserve currencies. www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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Has Northern Ireland’s productivity bubble burst? We’ve launched this year’s NI Productivity Dashboard, written for The Productivity Institute showing NI’s productivity gap has widened. Read and download: www.productivity.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

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Today marks 25 years since powers were transferred to the NI Assembly, the final of the three new devolved governments established in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland Many of those powers relate to the economy, so how has productivity changed since 1999?⬇️

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Has Northern Ireland’s productivity bubble burst? Today we’ve launched this year’s NI Productivity Dashboard, written with Ruth Donaldson & John Turner for @productivity.bsky.social, showing NI’s productivity gap has widened. Read & download: productivity.ac.uk/research/nor... #QBSresearch

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📢We are accepting applications for two Research Assistant positions at @quceh.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Details: ceph.ie/applications... @profjohnturner.bsky.social @cliochris.bsky.social #WeAreHiring #UniversityVacanciesIreland #EconomicHistory #EconTwitter #NSRPproject #EconSky

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We’re hiring two predocs / research assistants at @cephie.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

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Recently joined BlueSky? Here's a starter pack of FT journalists to follow go.bsky.app/GhSgfrR

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If you're an academic author who's new to BlueSky, I just created a starter pack for University Press book publishers in the social sciences and humanities. Which am I missing? Let me know! go.bsky.app/4BhtcHF

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Season 2, Episode 4 of Everything Economic History is available now! Join Andrew and Lloyd as they sit down with @markkoyama.bsky.social and talk about wealth. Disclaimer: We do not promise that this episode will make you richer Listen Here: open.spotify.com/episode/2ivk... #econsky #NSRPproject

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New podcast alert! This one on what's wrong with Britain's economy, with Sam Bowman link.chtbl.com/economicsshow

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We look forward to welcoming @kilian-rieder.bsky.social of @pse.bsky.social @oenb.bsky.social to @tcddublin.bsky.social for Tuesday's @tcdeconomics.bsky.social seminar: ceph.ie/events/03-12... @tcdssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social #Economics #EconomicHistory #NSRPproject #EconSky

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I made a list of all the economic historians on the economics job market! Help me update the list by tagging those I've missed.

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New Podcast! Former FT editor @lionelbarber discusses his fascinating biography of Masayoshi Son, one of the world's least-known but most consequential investors. Regarding himself as an 'empire builder', Son was (very) briefly the world's richest man. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

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