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New Books in Economic and Business History

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Palo Alto is nice. The weather is temperate, the people are educated, rich, healthy, enterprising. Remnants of a hippie counterculture have synthesized with high technology and big finance to produce the spiritually and materially ambitious heart of ... more

Taco (Bloomsbury, 2025) is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City native. In a narrative that moves from Mexico to the United States and back, Dr. Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado discusses the definition of the t... more

At the end of the 1930s, the West was in peril. A cultural and economic backwater, the Great Depression had all-but wiped out the extractive industries which had fueled the region's economy for decades. What catapulted the West into the global twenti... more

Ines Prodöhl’s Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900-1950 (Routledge, 2023) is a history of how, why, and where the soybean became a critical ingredient in industry and agriculture in the first half of the twentieth century.... more

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Recent Guests

John Findlay
Professor emeritus of history at the University of Washington and author of The Mobilized American West
University of Washington
Episode: John M. Findlay, "The Mobilized American West, 1940-2000" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)
Aija Leiponen
Professor at Cornell University and author of Digital Innovation Strategy
Cornell University
Episode: Aija Leiponen, "Digital Innovation Strategy" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Eve Warburton
Director of the ANU Indonesia Institute and a research fellow at the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University
Australian National University
Episode: Eve Warburton, "Resource Nationalism in Indonesia: Booms, Big Business, and the State" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Harold James
Professor in European Studies at Princeton University, known for blending economic history and public policy.
Princeton University
Episode: Harold James, "Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization" (Yale UP, 2023)
Dr. Marcy Norton
A historian focused on Atlantic world interactions, particularly between settler European and Indigenous communities
Harvard University Press
Episode: Marcy Norton, "The Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492" (Harvard UP, 2024)
Peter Frankopan
Professor of Global History at Oxford University and author of 'The Earth Transformed: An Untold History'
Oxford University
Episode: Peter Frankopan, "The Earth Transformed: An Untold History" (Knopf, 2023)
David Z. Morris
Author of the book 'Stealing the Future'
Episode: David Morris, "Stealing The Future: Sam Bankman-Fried, Elite Fraud, and the Cult of Techno-Utopia" (Watkins Media, 2025)
Henry Grabar
Staff writer at Slate covering housing, transportation, and urban policy.
Slate
Episode: Henry Grabar, "Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World" (Penguin, 2023)
Dr. Sara Byala
Senior lecturer in critical writing and an Africanist historian at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Sara Byala, "Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African" (Oxford UP, 2023)

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Dr. Miranda Melcher
Host of New Books in Economic and Business History, specializing in economic and business history discussions with experts.

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    This channel is unique in the depth and breadth of content you can find. I’m pleasantly surprised more often than not. However, in not a small number of cases, the interview is almost entirely spent on details like how long a book took to write or details like research methods without talking about any key ideas. It’s also common to find guests who are activists before academics but that’s probably a reflection of academics more than this channel. The uncritical and uninteresting questions from ... more

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Aija Leiponen, "Digital Innovation Strategy" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Q: What ethical risks concern you the most with algorithmic decision systems?
The most concerning risks involve biases and potential discrimination in automated decisions based on non-representative data.
Aija Leiponen, "Digital Innovation Strategy" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Q: How does the distinction between firms that merely use digital tools and those whose core value creation is digital change strategic questions?
This distinction impacts the cost structures significantly, where digital firms often face lower variable costs compared to physical producers, leading to different competitive dynamics.
Aija Leiponen, "Digital Innovation Strategy" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Q: Could you begin by explaining the motivations for this book?
This book is focused on innovation strategy and aims to help individuals understand how to think about users and market needs when developing technologies.
Ines Prodöhl, "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: How did World War I affect the consumption of soybeans?
Germany faced a blockade that hindered soybean imports, prompting officials to redirect soybeans towards human consumption rather than livestock.
Ines Prodöhl, "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: How did Germany integrate soy into their processes during this time?
Germany, lacking colonies post-World War I, sought alternative sources like soybeans from Manchuria to meet their demands, aiming to capitalize on its properties for both food and livestock feed.

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Focusing on the intersection of economics and historical scholarship, this series features conversations with scholars about their recent research in economic and business history. Discussions highlight a wide range of themes, including the cultural significance of commodities, the dynamics of industries, labor issues, and the impact of policy and social movements throughout history. The series' unique approach lies in its emphasis on academic perspectives that are not only informative but also accessible to a broader audience, making it suitable for anyone interested in the economic forces that shape society.

With an array of topics ranging from historical trade narratives to contemporary implications of economic theory, listeners can exp... more

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