Michiel de Haas

Opinie: Economisch onderwijs ís al veel pluriformer geworden Wie suggereert dat de economische wetenschap alleen op groei gericht is, schetst een karikatuur, betogen Rolf Groeneveld en Michiel de Haas.

Happy that the Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl just published the op-ed by @michieldehaas.bsky.social and myself about #economics #education www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini... 🧵1/

Uses and abuses of the Murdock Atlas in social science research

CALL FOR PAPERS
A workshop at LSE next April on 'Uses and Abuses of the Murdock Atlas in Social Science Research'. We're looking for cross-disciplinary engagement to think critically about what this widely used source means, what it can & can't tell us. Submit by Nov 14
www.lse.ac.uk/economic-his...

New working paper from me & some colleagues on East Africa's maize markets from c. 1900 to today, based on a major data collection effort to fill in the long-run history of food prices in one of the world's poorest regions: www.aehnetwork.org/working-pape...

CFP: Workshop on Health Transitions in the Global South

CFP Deadline 3 February 2025

Workshop 9-10 June 2025 at LSE

Organised by myself and Neil Cummins

Sponsored by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group

It is definitely [fill out random Wiley journal recently cited by recipient] good

<em>The Economic History Review</em> | EHS Journal | Wiley Online Library Limited knowledge of African historical inequality trajectories hampers our understanding of inequality outcomes today and leads to a major omission in debates about global inequality. Economies in c...

Here's a link: doi.org/10.1111/ehr....

It's very good.

Do read my article.

(*Of course I'm doing some subtle product placement here myself)

Just arrived in my inbox: academic publisher spam taken to the next level... Did I sign up for this?

I'm still conflicted about migrating to this platform. I don't think it's a healthy development that social media are now also politicized & polarized. But the fact is that X has become a cesspool & professionally worthless. So let's give this a try. I'll keep my X account on the back burner.