Archive - Great Transformations

Is there still life in the Military Revolution?

War, Technology, and State-Building in Early Modern Europe

Sep 6, 2023 •

June 2023

Jared Diamond: A Reply to His Critics

Rescuing Guns, Germs, and Steel from its worst detractors

Jun 8, 2023 •

October 2022

From Slavery to Capitalism?

The Williams Thesis, Part II

Oct 12, 2022 •

August 2022

Capitalism, Slavery, and the Industrial Revolution

The Williams Thesis, Part I

Aug 26, 2022 •

Five Books Interview on the Great Divergence

A few highlights from the transcript

Aug 19, 2022 •

Week of August 8, 2022

Aug 12, 2022 •

The Gentry Strikes Back

The Dissolution of the Monasteries and British Economic Growth

Aug 2, 2022 •

July 2022

Week of July 25, 2022

Jul 27, 2022 •

Protectionism in One Country: How Industrial Policy Worked in Canada

TL;DR: the Canadian National Policy of 1879-1895 was a successful instance of deliberate infant industry protection (IIP). Selective targeting of…

Jul 25, 2022 •

Protectionism in One Country

How Industrial Policy Worked in Canada

Jul 18, 2022 •

Twilight Imperium?

Modern Economic Growth in Tsarist Russia

Jul 5, 2022 •

June 2022

The Trouble With Guilds

For a rent-seeking organization that excluded competitors, fleeced customers, and underpaid suppliers, the European guilds have been staunchly defended…

Jun 20, 2022 •

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