Feb 26
The Economic Sociology and Political Economy blog discusses my book The End of Protest: “Roberts convincingly argues that in the last three decades, the two countries that led the free-market revolution—the US and Britain—have invented new strategies for dealing with unrest over free market policies.” Read more.
Dharavi slum, Mumbai. Image from WikiMedia.
I’ve just finished a review of Exodus: How Migration Is Changing Our World by Paul Collier. The review is posted on SSRN here. It will be published in Public Administration Review.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley spoke at the fifth roundtable for gubernatorial candidates hosted by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service. Learn more about the roundtables.
Alasdair Roberts, Charlie Baker, Michael Caljouw, Greg Massing
Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker spoke at a roundtable hosted by the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service today.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
