Grossman speaks at Rappaport Center
Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman spoke at the third roundtable for gubernatorial candidates hosted by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service. Learn more about the roundtables.
Jan 30
AFGD reviewed in Pennsylvania History
America’s First Great Depression is reviewed in the latest issue of Pennsylvania History. Andrew Shankman of Rutgers University writes: “[A] highly successful and comprehensible book that puts the early takeoff years of American capitalism in their proper international context. It is a noteworthy achievement.” Read the review.
Berwick speaks at Rappaport Center
Don Berwick, a Democratic candidate in the 2014 Massachusetts governor’s race, spoke at a roundtable at the Rappaport Center today. Read a related story.
“Large Forces” to be presented at ASPA conference in March
I’ll be discussing my Large Forces paper at the annual conference of the American Society for Public Administration in Washington on Friday, March 14. The panel is “The evolving relationship between political science and public administration.” Program details here. The paper can be obtained here.
World Bank blog discusses “The End of Protest”
On the World Bank’s CommGAP blog, Sina Odugbemi discusses The End of Protest. “It is a good, bracing and quick read. You will find plenty to both agree and argue with in it.” Read the blog post.
New Left Review looks at “America’s First Great Depression”
In the current issue of New Left Review, Tom Mertes reviews America’s First Great Depression. “Roberts provides a striking picture of the decade’s economic woes, drawing extensively on contemporary commentaries from both sides of the Atlantic and informed by a vivid sense of American geography.” Read the review.
New Left Project discusses “Logic of Discipline”
Today’s lead article on the New Left Project website, by Tom Mills, discusses The Logic of Discipline and the “dynamics of neoliberal governance.”
Article in PA Times on default and constitutional change
I’ve contributed an article to the November/December issue of PA Times, examining how the default crisis of the 1840s produced constitutional change in the United States. Read the article.
Presentation for SPSA conference on “Large Forces”
I’ll be presenting my Large Forces paper at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans on January 11. The slides for the January 11 presentation are here. The monograph is available here.
Darden’s Dean recommends AFGD
Robert F. Bruner, Dean of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, has put America’s First Great Depression on his 2013 book recommendation list. The book “gives an excellent account of the awful wreckage” of the depression of the 1840s, Bruner says.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
