The scramble for Africa
29 Oct 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, international economics, International law Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires
Colonisation was liberation
25 Sep 2025 1 Comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, politics - New Zealand Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
It is striking how often the loudest voices in New Zealand’s race debate come from those who have the faintest connection to being Māori. The same individuals who enjoy cushy jobs and generous salaries often exploit a sliver of Māori ancestry to advance themselves, however they spend their days decrying colonisation as if it were…
Colonisation was liberation
The importance of the chronometer
24 Mar 2025 1 Comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, industrial organisation, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Age of Discovery
The chronometer, one of the greatest inventions of the modern era, allowed for the first time for the precise measurement of longitude at sea. We examine the impact of this innovation on navigation and urbanization. Our identification strategy leverages the fact that the navigational benefits provided by the chronometer varied across different sea regions depending […]
The importance of the chronometer
THE WIDE WIDE SEA: IMPERIAL AMBITIONS, FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK by Hampton Sides
11 Nov 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Age of Discovery
(Captain James Cook) One of the most important questions in evaluating the men that made up the Age of Exploration rests on their motivation. Were they driven by visions of wealth or conquest as most were or was it the desire to map the 18th century world for future generations? For the explorer, James Cook, […]
THE WIDE WIDE SEA: IMPERIAL AMBITIONS, FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK by Hampton Sides
Did the British Empire REALLY Drive the Industrial Revolution? IEA Debates
06 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Colonialism and stone age people
16 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, liberalism, politics - Australia Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of Enlightenment, economics of colonialism, The Great Enrichment
Uncancelled History | EP. 02 Colonialism
26 Dec 2022 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, International law, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Why Nations Fail by James Robinson
09 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Ten Minute History – The Early Spanish and Portuguese Empires
04 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, international economics, International law, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, Age of exploration, economics of colonialism
Unknown Colonial Empires
20 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in economic history, international economic law, International law Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Colonization of Africa – summary from mid-15th century to 1980
26 Jul 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism
Ten Minute History – The Early British Empire
13 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, British empire, economics of colonialism
From @DomPost
10 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - New Zealand Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, economics of colonialism, economics of immigration
Acemoglu on how democracy came to America
03 Mar 2020 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economic law, international economics, International law, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: Age of Discovery, age of empires, Age of Enlightenment, economics of colonialism
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