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, journal article, discussion, question, and video.
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
: "In 1822 a Scottish soldier sold London a country that didn't exist."
24 posts
#2
Journal Article
: "In 1609, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) faced a bear raid by short sellers. This was a struggle between directors aiming to turn the VOC into an instrument of the state and investors who felt that the Company left commercial opportunities unexploited (O. Gelderblom, et al., September 2026)"
15 posts
#3
Discussion
: "55 years of inflation"
13 posts
#4
Question
: "What are the main historiographical debates on the causes of late 19th-century European imperialism, and how do economic vs. political explanations hold up against each other?"
9 posts
#5
Video
: "The neoliberal economists who crafted Pinochet's economic policies advanced rapid privatization. In their haste to liberalize the financial sector, they allowed corporations to buy banks and lend to themselves. This contributed to a financial crisis in 1982 (False Profit, August 2026)"
8 posts
#6
study resources/datasets
: "East Germany's espionage activities in the West boosted the country's economic output by 7.4%. Value added in manufacturing alone increased by 22.3% through industrial espionage, equivalent to 20.2 billion East German marks or approximately 4.1 billion euros at 2020 prices."
7 posts
#7
Working Paper
: "Those children in the USA who were born after their mothers had access to the birth control pill tended to be healthier, with the gains reducing racial gaps in health (H Noghanibehambari, D Slusky, E Tekin and H Vu, September 2026)"
7 posts
#8
Book/Book Chapter
: ""The History of Japanese Economic Development" by Kenichi Ohno"
5 posts
#9
EH in the News
: "Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s 250-year trafficking of enslaved Africans. The Register of British Slave Traders records these investors. (The Guardian, September 2026)"
3 posts
#10
Editorial
: "The US dairy industry's productivity revolution wasn't really about better cows — it was a data infrastructure story: a 1930s public-private data-sharing deal between the USDA and farmer cooperatives"
2 posts
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Last updated: October 1, 2026