On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Heather Madrone heat...@madrone.com
wrote:
I have heard that it was the result of an influx of precious metals from
What coinage from the Indus Valley Civilisation?
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Subject: Re: [silk] Niall Ferguson v Pankaj Mishra: battle of the historians
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:
I rather enjoyed reading The Ascent of Money -- as a layman I found
it informative. I'd be interested to know which bits he got wrong.
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a lot of material in this area
aimed at the
My cynical take on the last 5'000 years of civilizational musical
chairs:
Like social darwinists[0], each civilization that finds itself
solidly athwart the nexus of a significant trade network generates
writers who ascribe this dominance to essential cultural[1] , rather
than accidental
On 11/15/11 3:04 AM November 15, 2011, Dave Long wrote:
[1] was the renaissance a result of native humanism recovering from
vandalism, or simply the result of an influx of civilized refugees
from the (other, longer-lived) roman empire, taking refuge with their
former trading partners
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Heather Madrone heat...@madrone.comwrote:
I have heard that it was the result of an influx of precious metals from
the New World, which increased the money supply and allowed the European
economy to boom.
Spanish gold retrieved after killing the Indians, and
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Heather Madrone heat...@madrone.com
wrote:
I have heard that it was the result of an influx of precious metals from
the New World, which increased the money supply and allowed the
Link to Mishra's review of Ferguson's latest book here:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n21/pankaj-mishra/watch-this-man
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/14/niall-ferguson-pankaj-mishra
Niall Ferguson v Pankaj Mishra: battle of the historians
The two academics are having a spat. Is it
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Subject: [silk] Niall Ferguson v Pankaj Mishra: battle of the historians
Link to Mishra's review of Ferguson's latest book here:
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n21/pankaj-mishra/watch-this-man
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/14/niall-ferguson-pankaj-mishra
Niall Ferguson
-- Your message was: (from Anish)
Having met Niall and having read his books, he is defenitely one to
two sigma to the right. Some of his views are a bit interesting
hence I suspect there is some truth in Mishra views on Niall's book
:)My two cents worthPS:- I am no historian, nearest to what
When I've had occasion to look at Ferguson's forays into economics,
they seem almost embarrassingly incompetent. He has a truly
impressive ego and a lack of understanding to match.
Mishra's cold response to Ferguson's complaint about being misunderstood is
perfectly accurate in relation to
One more review on Ferguson, from the NYT this time:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/books/niall-fergusons-empire-traces-wests-decline-review.html?partner=rssemc=rsspagewanted=all
*Gathering at the Wake for Western Dominance*
In his 2003 book,
Dr Leverich:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:33 AM, Dr. Brian Leverich
lever...@linkpendium.com wrote:
First, a brief introduction -- I'm a Harvard- and Stanford-trained
mathematical economist with a doctorate in Public Policy Analysis.
And I'm modestly competent as a historian.
Welcome!
The
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