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Anne Goldgar: Most of the popular stories about the Tulip Mania are untrue. Archival research found only 37 people who spent more than 300 guilders on bulbs, around the yearly wage of a master craftsman. Most buyers could afford this luxury (Conversation, February 2018)

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Anne Goldgar: Most of the popular stories about the Tulip Mania are untrue. Archival research found only 37 people who spent more than 300 guilders on bulbs, around the yearly wage of a master craftsman. Most buyers could afford this luxury (Conversation, February 2018)

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u/yonkon — 3 days ago

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Lucy Newton, Victoria Barnes: The 1825-26 financial crisis in England saw the failure of around 15% of the total banking sector. The legislation passed in response permitted the establishment of joint-stock retail banks that could access capital from more diverse sources (Conversation, March 2023)

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u/yonkon — 4 days ago

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Review of "1873" by Liaquat Ahamed: The move away from a bimetallic system is seen by Ahamed as the cause of the two decades of falling prices from the 1870s. But his attempt is not convincing as prices may have been pushed down due to many factors. (History Today, June 2026)

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u/yonkon — 5 days ago

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Jane Humphries: Young unmarried English women were unable to exploit the labor shortages of post-plague Britain because women tended to accept long-term work contracts and regulations passed in the wake of the Black Death banned wage increases (Conversation, April 2014)

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u/yonkon — 6 days ago

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When Poland transitioned from communism, the weak regulatory system led to a rise in non-performing debts in the banking sector. Institutional changes and a growing economy helped create greater stability (Tontine Coffee-House, June 2026)

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u/yonkon — 8 days ago

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In the wake of Greenspan’s death in June 2026 at age 100, three documentaries and two interview collections illuminate his economic philosophy, his decades of influence on the U.S. economy — and how a financial crisis followed. (PBS Frontline, June 2026)

u/yonkon — 9 days ago

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Europe’s 19th century experience demonstrates that robust international economic integration can emerge even under conditions of political fragmentation and strategic competition (CEPR, June 2026)

u/yonkon — 11 days ago

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Anna Molnár: Alongside merchants and elites, communities of nuns in Vienna quietly emerged as some of the city’s most reliable financial operators. (Conversation, June 2026)

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u/yonkon — 13 days ago

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Andrew Ross Sorkin: It was not preordained in 1929 that the United States would reach 25% unemployment by 1932. Although the stock market fell by 50% between October and November, it had declined by 17% y-o-y by the end of 1929. But the loss of confidence was catastrophic (Bloomberg, June 2026)

u/yonkon — 15 days ago

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The fiscal and monetary struggle in mid-1920s France was likened to a "financial Verdun." France counted on German war reparations to pay for its public debt. As a consequence, diplomatic deterioration with Germany led to a loss in the Franc's value. (Tontine Coffee-House, June 2026)

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u/yonkon — 16 days ago

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The introduction of the sewing machine caused different outcomes for American women based on class. For poorer women the machine created jobs, which led to later marriages and fewer children. For wealthier women, the hours it saved went into earlier marriage and earlier motherhood. (CEPR, June 2026)

u/yonkon — 18 days ago

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Between 1851 and 1881, both increases and declines in the labor's share of Britain's national income accompanied higher market concentration. Business dynamism was closely associated with fluctuations in labor's share of the national income. (K. Kushnarev, June 2026)

u/yonkon — 19 days ago

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Despite rising adult male wages, advancing technology, and restrictive factory legislation, the use of children in British factories intensified at least until the mid-19th century. Consensus around its causes and effects remains elusive. (Long Run, June 2026)

u/yonkon — 20 days ago

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Before the American Civil War, there was a 40% probability that a US bank would hold the notes of another that was separated by 50 miles. At 200 miles, the estimated probability is virtually zero. (H. Bodenhorn, June 2026)

u/yonkon — 21 days ago

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Johannes Boehm: Distribution of coins found in hoards and other sites suggest the center of trade shifted away from the Mediterranean Sea to Northwestern Europe and the Middle East between the fourth and the ninth century. (June 2026)

u/smurfyjenkins — 21 days ago

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Roman experimentation with recycling glass in the late first century BCE permanently changed everyday life, facilitating a vast expansion of trade and economic activity in the Mediterranean. (Conversation, June 2026)

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u/yonkon — 23 days ago

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Victoria Bateman: The rise and fall of successful societies throughout history corresponds with the degree of freedoms extended to women to participate in the economy. (May 2026)

u/yonkon — 25 days ago

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Gevorg Yeghikyan: Between 1850 and 1914, cities in continental Europe built taller apartments and denser blocks than Anglo-Dutch counterparts. This may have occurred due to differences in laws around inheritance. (June 2026)

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u/yonkon — 26 days ago

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During his career, Ben Franklin printed millions of pounds worth of paper money for Pennsylvania and several other colonies. Franklin explored ways to make his bills harder to copy by embedding additives into the paper and using inks with distinctive optical properties. (Conversation, June 2026)

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u/yonkon — 27 days ago

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In the 16th century, Spanish dollar minted in Mexico served as the first global currency that supported trans-Pacific trade. The route between China and Spanish America became a lynchpin of the world’s first truly global trade network (Americas Quarterly, April 2019)

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u/yonkon — 28 days ago