Jun 2
Business History Review has just published a review of America’s First Great Depression. “Roberts has crafted a compelling argument that should open up a fruitful dialogue on the legacy of the panic of 1837,” writes Stephen Campbell.
The Journal of Economic History has just published a review of America’s First Great Depression. “Roberts reminds economists that recessions are not just about investments not made, labor not employed, and output not produced, but they also
have political and social consequences,” writes Howard Bodenhorn.
Prospect Magazine has just posted my commentary Triumph of the Technocrats on its website. I published a related piece, The rise and fall of the guardians, on ForeignAffairs’ website in 2011.
A review of America’s First Great Depression has just been published by Essays in Economic and Business History 31 (2013). “A clear strength of the book,” says Professor John Moore, is that it “addresses the social, political, and diplomatic consequences of the Panic, and successfully points out that each of these areas, in some manner, influenced the others . . . [The book] makes a valuable contribution to nineteenth century economic downturns and their impact upon American society . . . [and] makes a strong case that historical business cycles feature many of the same attributes as modern ones.” Read the review.
My chapter “The rise and fall of discipline: Economic globalization, administrative reform, and the financial crisis” has just been published in Handbook de administração pública (Lisbon: INA Press), edited by César Madureira and Maria Asensio. More details about the book.
Bloomberg’s Echoes blog has published my column on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy. Also translated into Vietnamese.
Michael Keaney of the Metropolia Business School, Finland reviews The Logic of Discipline in the current issue of Political Studies Review.
Paul Solman’s The Business Desk features a column drawn from America’s First Great Depression. Lessons from the political gridlock of 1842.
I’ll be participating in this conference on the politics of fiscal squeeze at the British Academy on July 9-10. It is convened by Professors Christopher Hood and David Heald.
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Alasdair S. Roberts 
