Anton Howes recently raised the question of whether history experiences a replication crisis. The catalyst for this discussion was Jenny Bulstrode's publication in History & Technology, titled "Black metallurgists and the making of the industrial revolution." In her paper, Bulstrode argues that British financier...
A worrisome fact is how little many Americans know about stock market returns and historical performance. That ignorance limits the extent to which they participate in the long-run benefits that stock ownership conveys and by so doing exacerbates the inequality of wealth. An article from the...
Over the past decade or more, there has been increasing attention to private-sector initiatives to address climate change, with scholarly research and considerable action being centered in business schools, particularly in the United States. This is the focus in the latest episode of my...
Unfortunately, the majority of professional historical research has become intertwined with Woke ideology, rendering it essentially worthless. However, there is still value in empirically grounded research that focuses on change over time. This type of research can provide policymakers with important insights, if they...