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 eh in the news.
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
: "The Stolen Dream of the Iron Lady : How Margaret Thatcher's failure to understand economic rent turned Britain into a tributary economy, paying perpetual rent to foreign landlords as taxes climbed to their highest level since WWII"
61 posts
#2
Working Paper
: "Although the GI Bill was formally race-blind, local officials and segregated institutions implemented it. The program doubled white veterans' college completion while it often steered Black veterans into fraudulent vocational programs with no earnings returns. (L. Althoff, C. Szerman, June 2026)"
39 posts
#3
Journal Article
: "Before the American Civil War, there was a 40% probability that a US bank would hold the notes of another that was separated by 50 miles. At 200 miles, the estimated probability is virtually zero. (H. Bodenhorn, June 2026)"
37 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?"
14 posts
#5
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)"
10 posts
#6
study resources/datasets
: "The holders of US federal public debt since WW2"
8 posts
#7
Discussion
: "Public and private ownership in major capitalist economies, 1979"
8 posts
#8
Video
: "John Ma on the connections between trade, taxes, and resources in the Greek city states of Ionia"
8 posts
#9
Book/Book Chapter
: ""Societies in Transition in Early Greece" by Alex R. Knodell"
6 posts
#10
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)"
5 posts
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Last updated: July 25, 2026