La fallida del Banc de Catalunya el 1931 demostra que les connexions polítiques sovint incentiven el risc excessiu sota l'empara d'un suport estatal implícit. Enrique Jorge-Sotelo ens en fa 5 cèntims.

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Institutions borrow $15bn from standing repo facility in space of two days in sign of liquidity pressures

Reduir la pobresa infantil, que a Catalunya és de les més altes de la Unió Europea, és possible i impactaria en l’educació. És una de les …

In 1929, Spain called upon the financial expertise of French “money doctors” in its attempts to stabilise the peseta. Charles Rist, ex-Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, and Pierre Quesnay, G...

Como quizás sepan, la semana pasada publiqué en este blog una entrada sobre la investigación que estudia si la inmigración causa crimen. El texto resumía un trabajo de Marie y Pinotti sobre la literat...

This paper contributes to the understanding of the complex relationship between British economic performance during the Napoleonic wars and the ‘West Indies’, as the Caribbean slave colonies were cal...

Hace unas semanas asistí a la conferencia anual de la Asociación Francesa de Economía Experimental (ASFEE), que este año se celebró en la bella ciudad de Nancy. Confieso que sentí una envidia sana al ...

Given the new geopolitical environment, there is wide agreement that Europe needs to achieve strategic autonomy. Autonomy has many dimensions. The most obvious today is military autonomy, building a s...

Podcast Episode · Capital y Trabajo · 06/04/2025 · 59m

Los trabajadores de la fundición de cobre La Farga Lacambra constituyeron una pequeña Galicia con pulpeira los domingos, gaiteiro y su lengua como dominante en el poblado que les proporcionaba la empr...

The Economic History Unit at the Department of Economics, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), is excited to offer support to a postdoctoral researcher in preparing a grant proposal for the Fundación ...

2 years postdoc with a thematic focus on Migration, Diaspora, Citizenship

In a previous post, I discussed ways in which recent historical political economy research has advanced the study of state capacity.

By Bastian Becker (Humboldt-University of Berlin), Lukas Haffert (University of Geneva), Cathrin Mohr (University of Bonn)

Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Economic Crises and the Breakdown of Authoritarian Regimes

President Donald Trump touted his bewildering array of "Liberation Day" import tariffs as carefully calibrated to offset trade partners' tariff, nontariff, and currency barriers to US exports. However...

Tribune By Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Second deputy-governor of Banque de France. March 2025

Executive Summary Reciprocal tariffs are calculated as the tariff rate necessary to balance bilateral trade deficits between the U.S. and each of our trading partners. This calculation assumes that pe...

The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive department that employs about 100 people: researchers, teachers, technical/administrative staff, and Ph.D. candidates. The department has a l

Discutiremos el potencial y las limitaciones de la herencia universal, una propuesta que facilita iniciar proyectos autónomos a los jóvenes, pero es costosa y controvertida para algunos sectores de la...

An event from the STICERD Public Events and Lectures series organised by STICERD

The Master in Institutions and Political Economy (MIPE) is a Social Science research program that combines Political Science, Economics, Economic History.

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The billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.