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3 stories tagged economic-history, newest first.

Screenshot of contraptions.venkateshrao.com: Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism

Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism (contraptions.venkateshrao.com)

62 points by ianand 13 hours ago | 62 comments

Venkatesh Rao essay arguing that AI panic resembles mercantilist thinking before capitalism, drawing on Joyce Appleby's history of capitalism to frame intelligence as abundant.

ai-economics capitalism mercantilism economic-history

Screenshot of michelecoscia.com: The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire

The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire (michelecoscia.com)

136 points by mikk14 12 days ago | 30 comments

Blog post by Michele Coscia applying economic complexity analysis to the economy of the Western Roman Empire.

economic-complexity roman-empire economic-history network-science

Screenshot of aeon.co: How Kerala got rich

How Kerala got rich (aeon.co)

360 points by lordleft 1 year ago | 270 comments

Aeon essay on how Kerala went from one of India's poorest states fifty years ago to one of its richest.

kerala india economic-development economic-history

#economic-history on Hacker News

Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism(contraptions.venkateshrao.com)

The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire(michelecoscia.com)

How Kerala got rich(aeon.co)

Cognitive Mercantilism: AI panic resembles fears of early capitalism (contraptions.venkateshrao.com)

The Economic Complexity of the Western Roman Empire (michelecoscia.com)

How Kerala got rich (aeon.co)