Alasdair S. Roberts

Apr 28

Essays in Economic and Business History reviews AFGD

A review of America’s First Great Depression has just been published by Essays in Economic and Business History 31 (2013). “A clear strength of the book,” says Professor John Moore, is that it “addresses the social, political, and diplomatic consequences of the Panic, and successfully points out that each of these areas, in some manner, influenced the others . . . [The book] makes a valuable contribution to nineteenth century economic downturns and their impact upon American society . . . [and] makes a strong case that historical business cycles feature many of the same attributes as modern ones.” Read the review.

Apr 24

Book chapter published in Handbook de Administração Pública

My chapter “The rise and fall of discipline: Economic globalization, administrative reform, and the financial crisis” has just been published in Handbook de administração pública (Lisbon: INA Press), edited by César Madureira and Maria Asensio. More details about the book.

Apr 12

Bloomberg column on Thatcher and Deng

Bloomberg’s Echoes blog has published my column on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy. Also translated into Vietnamese.

Feb 28

Political Studies Review publishes review of Logic of Discipline

Michael Keaney of the Metropolia Business School, Finland reviews The Logic of Discipline in the current issue of Political Studies Review.

Feb 28

PBS NewsHour features column from AFGD

Paul Solman’s The Business Desk features a column drawn from America’s First Great Depression. Lessons from the political gridlock of 1842.

Feb 25

British Academy conference on the politics of fiscal squeeze

I’ll be participating in this conference on the politics of fiscal squeeze at the British Academy on July 9-10. It is convened by Professors Christopher Hood and David Heald.

Feb 14

New Governance newsletter published

A new Governance newsletter is available here.

Feb 13

PBS NewsHour posts article on AFGD

PBS NewHour has posted a short article drawn from America’s First Great Depression.

Jan 28

AFGD now out in paperback

Cornell University Press has now published the paperback version of America’s First Great Depression.

Jan 24

AFGD reviewed in Cleveland Fed’s Forefront Magazine

Daniel Littman, an economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, reviews America’s First Great Depression in the current issue of Forefront, the Bank’s magazine: “The parallels between pre-industrial America’s 1837 financial crisis and that of our own time are particularly strong. The beauty of Roberts’ book is that the reader can see the entire arc of the crisis, from beginning to end, in a historical context—something that studies of the 2008 event will lack for many years to come. Roberts nicely combines narrative history with analysis. His book is accessible to both the expert and the novice in economic history. Highly recommended.” Read the review.