r/EconomicHistory is a subreddit with 1.0M members. The community frequently discusses history, trade, historical events, economy, and economic growth, and the most common flair used is blog, working paper, journal article, question, and discussion.
Welcome to r/EconomicHistory! Economic history is the study of economic phenomena in the past. This is a subreddit for any journal articles, news articles, discussions, questions, or other media pertaining to this discipline.
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Popular Topics in r/EconomicHistory
#1
History
26 posts
#2
Trade
12 posts
#3
Historical Events
11 posts
#4
Economy
11 posts
#5
Economic Growth
8 posts
#6
Us
7 posts
#7
Agriculture
6 posts
#8
Tariffs
6 posts
#9
Technology
5 posts
#10
Revolution
5 posts
Flair Used in r/EconomicHistory
#1
Blog
: "Between 1792 and 1815, more than 10% of British men ended up in the army or navy. The resulting labor scarcity - combined with abundance of skilled mechanics - drove technology diffusion and grew British productivity in the long run. (CEPR, July 2026)"
44 posts
#2
Working Paper
: "Between 1880 and 1920, more than 20 million immigrants settled in the United States. These immigrants raised US income per capita by 8.2% by 1940. Had there not been the restrictions of the 1920s, income per capital would have been 1.7% higher by 2000. (C. Arkolakis, S. Lee, M. Peters, June 2026)"
33 posts
#3
Journal Article
: "Kuwait and Singapore were both positioned to become financial hubs later in the 20th century as both states moved on from being British commercial ports, but only Singapore effectively promoted competition and banking modernization (R Advani, April 2026)"
32 posts
#4
Question
: "Why did France remain a great power despite losing the Dutch/English financial-institutional race, while Spain and Portugal never recovered and stayed in continuous decline?"
27 posts
#5
Discussion
: "In the Chinese middle ages, dynasty after dynasty implemented fiat currency for short term power gains, repeatedly resulting in some of the earliest economic collapses due to hyperinflation."
15 posts
#6
study resources/datasets
: "The money supply of Nazi Germany"
10 posts
#7
EH in the News
: "New research claims at least 3.3 million people were victims of Dutch enslavement, more than five times the widely used 600,000 figure cited in apologies by king and politicians (Guardian, July 2026)"
9 posts
#8
Video
: "What Alexander Hamilton Knew About Debt"
7 posts
#9
Book Review
: "Review of "1873" by Liaquat Ahamed: The move away from a bimetallic system is seen by Ahamed as the cause of the two decades of falling prices from the 1870s. But his attempt is not convincing as prices may have been pushed down due to many factors. (History Today, June 2026)"
6 posts
#10
Book/Book Chapter
: ""The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530–1765" edited by Jaakko Björklund, Sebastian Schiavone, Steve Murdoch and Anu Lahtinen"
5 posts
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Last updated: September 7, 2026