Call for papers: “Frontiers of Comparative Development in Historical Perspective”. Conference to be held at the University of Manchester, Nov 13-14. Keynote speaker: Barry Eichengreen (UC-Berkeley). Deadline to send us a proposal: September 22, 2025. Application link & details👇.

RT @Nichogachet: I just passed my viva!! PhDone :) Thanks a lot to my amazing reviewers @gguillaumeblanc @jpfaguet and Akos Valentinyi!! Of….

RT @nunopgpalma: Congratulations Dr. Gachet! 🥳.

RT @ArthurLewisLab: Simon Johnson @baselinescene is now giving The Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture at @OfficialUoM: "Technology and Global Ine….

Simon Johnson @baselinescene is now giving The Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture at @OfficialUoM: "Technology and Global Inequality in the Age of AI" 👇🏼

RT @nunopgpalma: Who is looking forward to this book?.𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚’𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡: 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩….

The end of an era! As the current academic year ends, it is time say farewell to the esteemed members of the Lewis Lab leaving us:.@jordicaumj will be AP at U. of Barcelona.@Nichogachet will be AP at TEC Monterrey.@gguillaumeblanc joined later but we forgot to take a new picture!

Denis Cogneau @CogneauDenis (PSE) is now presenting his forthcoming book “Empire on the Cheap. The Political Economy of French Colonialism since 1800” 👇🏼

RT @SheilaghOgilvie: A pleasure to talk about serfdom and my Leverhulme project yesterday at the Arthur Lewis Lab for Comparative Developme….

Sheilagh Ogilvie (Oxford) is now presenting her paper “Was Serfdom Good for the Economy? Peasants, Lords, and Markets in Early Modern Bohemia” 👇🏼

News:.From July 1st @gguillaumeblanc is stepping down as Lewis Lab deputy director. We are thankful to Guillaume for his time with us!.He will be replaced in this role by @YuzuruKumon. Xizi Luo, currently at Oxford will also be joining us as a new lecturer

RT @cepr_org: New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20214.Justices of the Peace: Legal Foundations of the Industrial Revolution.Tim Besley @LSEEcon….

RT @ArthurLewisLab: Jason Lennard (LSE) is now presenting his paper “Cheap Money and the End of the Great Depression”, with Paul Bouscasse….

Jason Lennard (LSE) is now presenting his paper “Cheap Money and the End of the Great Depression”, with Paul Bouscasse (Sciences Po), James Cloyne (UC Davis), and Kilian Kamkar (Cambridge) 👇🏼

RT @ArthurLewisLab: 📚 Hajnal lecture 2025.Mark Koyama @MarkKoyama is now presenting "The Origins of Constitutional Government"👇🏼 https://t.….

RT @ArthurLewisLab: @MarkKoyama @nunopgpalma

📚 Hajnal lecture 2025.Mark Koyama @MarkKoyama is now presenting "The Origins of Constitutional Government"👇🏼

RT @nunopgpalma: How did local legal institutions power the British Industrial Revolution?.In a new working paper (with Tim Besley, @DanBog….

RT @nunopgpalma: Join the @ArthurLewisLab as a predoc for 2 years!.The ad is now available! 👇🏼.@econ_ra.@predoc_org.

RT @chapman_econ: Interested in moving to Italy? The call for Marie Curie fellowships is now open! I'd be happy to supervise @DSE_Unibo in….