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.
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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.
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).
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.
Wall Street Journal discusses new book
The Wall Street Journal has used the 200th anniversary of Dickens’ birth to pick up on America’s First Great Depression. WSJ calls it “an outstanding new book.”
New reviews for new book
New comments now in about forthcoming book:
“America’s First Great Depression is astute, compelling, concise, original, relevant, transatlantic, well-written, and witty. No ellipses and no exaggerations.”—Robert E. Wright, Nef Family Chair of Political Economy, Augustana College, South Dakota, author of One Nation Under Debt and Fubarnomics
“Alasdair Roberts tells a wide-ranging story of the depression that began in 1837 with lucidity, emphasizing the role of global financial markets and finding plenty of analogies to the economic problems of today.”—Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848
February newsletter for Governance now posted
Sir John Gieve, formerly of Bank of England, speaks at Governance roundtable
The February newsletter for Governance is now posted. It features open access to more articles from our current special issue on the effect of the financial crisis on public governance. This includes an article by John Gieve (left) and Colin Provost of University College London on the role of ideas in triggering the crisis.
New LTN podcast about forthcoming book
There’s a brief podcast interview about my forthcoming book America’s First Great Depression on Legal Talk Network. Listen to the podcast.
Publishers Weekly posts review of new book
Publishers Weekly has just posted a review of America’s First Great Depression, which will be published in April. From the review: “Roberts reveals how this disaster led to epochal shifts in policy and culture, and his lively narrative and commitment to character ensure that the human cost is never out of sight.” Read the review.
Article on Bloomberg.com drawn from forthcoming book
I’ve just posted an article on the Echoes blog on Bloomberg.com. It’s drawn from my forthcoming book, America’s First Great Depression. Thanks to Professor Stephen Mihm of the University of Georgia, one of the blog’s editors, for the opportunity to publish this piece.
Alasdair S. Roberts 
