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Mar 13

Richard Sylla on America’s First Great Depression

Richard Sylla, Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets, New York University, has contributed a comment on America’s First Great Depression: “Alasdair Roberts’s poignant yet balanced account of the financial, economic, and political crises of the 1830s and 1840s provides us with a distant mirror reflecting our current travails. By not knowing and learning from history, we continue to make the same mistakes our ancestors did. If you want to complete your education, America’s First Great Depression is a good place to begin.”

Mar 7

Rappaport Center hosts roundtable on policing of the Occupy protests

The Rappaport Center hosted a lunch roundtable on the policing of the Occupy protests at Suffolk Law today.  The lead speaker was Professor Alex Vitale of Brooklyn College, who discussed the policing strategies of ten major US cities.  Comments were provided by Boston PD Superintendent in Chief Dan Linskey and attorney Ben Wish of Todd & Weld.  The roundtable series is supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.  Read a story about this event.

Mar 6

Commentary on Logic of Discipline published in Revue française d’administration publique

Professor Claude Rochet has published a commentary on The Logic of Discipline in the latest issue of Revue française d’administration publique.  Claude is also the author of Politiques publiques: de la stratégie aux résultats (De Boeck, 2010).

Mar 3

First student commentary for 2012 Rappaport Briefing now posted

The first student commentary produced for the Spring 2012 Rappaport Briefing is now available on rappaportbriefing.net.  Written by Eva Shell, the commentary examines challenges in serving English language learners in Massachusetts.  The commentaries are based on research papers written by students for my Law and Public Policy class in Fall 2011.

Mar 1

March newsletter for Governance is now available

The March 2012 newsletter for Governance is now available.

Feb 27

BBC analyst Steve Coulter reviews The Logic of Discipline

Steve Coulter, Senior Economics and Business Analyst for BBC News, has just published a review of The Logic of Discipline.  Says Coulter: “Roberts presents a clear and persuasive analysis of the technocratic turn in public policy since the 1990s. The Logic of Discipline provides a convincing and surprisingly readable assault on Public Choice economics.”

Feb 27

Wilson Quarterly posts Q&A about forthcoming book

Wilson Quarterly has just posted a brief Q&A about America’s First Great Depression with assistant editor Cullen Nutt.

Feb 27

History News Network publishes article on strife in Washington, March 1842

The History News Network has just published my article about political strife in Washington in the Winter and Spring of 1842 — the nadir of the First Great Depression, and coincidentally also the time of Charles Dickens’ only visit to the nation’s capital.  President John Tyler seemed to be “at war with everyone,” Dickens wrote.  In a few months Tyler would be threatened with impeachment because of controversies relating to the depression.

Feb 25

Dubai’s Gulf News reviews The Logic of Discipline

The Weekend Review of Dubai’s Gulf News has just published a review of my last book, The Logic of Discipline (Oxford University Press, 2010).

Feb 15

Talk to HKS Mason Fellows

I enjoyed talking with Mason Fellows at Harvard Kennedy School this evening.  The discussion was mainly about my forthcoming book, America’s First Great Depression, although I also talked a bit about Logic of Discipline. Thanks to Professor Matt Andrews for the invitation.

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