Our book 'Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic and Political History of Latin America and the Caribbean' is officially OUT! I cannot be happier and more thankful to all of our wonderful authors, tagged below, and reviewers. Just in time for Christmas! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

We had a great time with students and MASUS-UC3M faculty at our reception on Monday at UC3M Puerta de Toledo.

Thanks to all who came. It's wonderful to see so many connections being forged at the start of an exciting academic year.

A MASUS baby even made a special appearance!

Several MASUS-UC3M students spent the summer carrying out #internships with our partner organisations.

Over the next weeks we'll be sharing some of their experiences with you, as well as information about the organisations!

First up is cambiaMO | changing MObility

👉Master in Sustainable Development and Global Governance (MASUS-UC3M) in Madrid is accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year.MASUS offers a vanguard multidisciplinary training to analyze the most pressing problems the humanity is facing. masus-madrid.org

In their chapter for #rootsofunderdevelopment Emiliano Travieso and Alfonso Herranz-Loncán study the effect of urban primacy on the economic development of Uruguay, with a focus on the 19th and early 20th century.

Our Sustainability Notes blog showcases some of the best recent work by MASUS students. The samples of their work, taken from coursework essays, highlight important issues in sustainability and global governance: tinyurl.com/2p8nh9vr

👇👇Please join us at this MASUS-UC3M Seminar: The Regulation of Shipping GHG Emissions: International and EU perspectives by Beatriz Martinez from the University of Copenhagen.
WHEN: December 13 at 19:30.
WHERE: Puerta de Toledo Campus, UC3M (Salón de Grados).

We are kicking off the MASUS Sustainability Seminars with a great talk:'The Energy Crisis and the Responses in Europe' by by Gonzalo Escribano Gonzalo Escribano. Join us on Monday, the 7th One God:30 at Puerta de Toledo, uc3m👇

My job contract did say something about 'fulfilling all duties with loyalty to the King' but I never thought that extended to including former Spanish monarchs as co-authors!

Did colonial haciendas promote or hamper long-run economic development in Mexico?

Join us in 15 minutes' time (4pm CET) for our LatAm Econ History Webinar: Luz Marina Arias & Diana Flores Peregrina will present their work on the legacy of Mexican haciendas

Join us on zoom this Friday (4pm CET) for our Latin American Economic History webinar: Luz Marina Arias (CIDE, Mexico) & Diana Flores Peregrina (UCLA) 'The (Uneven) Legacy of Colonial Rural Estates in Mexico.' us02web.zoom.us/j/85145362774

Now the election results are out and Buhari is back in, we thought we'd take a look the at the long-term changes in the economy of Northern Nigeria: decompressinghistory.com

In The Today Programme they just discussed Venezuela's current affairs by calling in their *North* American correspondent. The story was then basically about the US government's perspective on Venezuela. Would that fly for a European country? BBC Radio 4 Today

A wonderful econ history summer school (I speak from experience), especially if you're a graduate student working on Africa's or Latin America's economic past. Mokyr and Ocampo are the invited scholars and Montevideo is beautiful in December! CAMPOP African Economic History Network (AEHN) Morten Jerven

How much did African-American male real wages increase in mid-century? What were the consequences for inequality? And how does this relate to the internal migration of southern African-Americans to northern cities? Check out this short and clever post:

Exposing inconsistencies and hypocrisy in American policy should be an Olympic sport.

You'll have to speak up - I can't hear you over the sound of every single person in Latin America laughing.
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As goblin mode of production and I prepare economic history mashups for the semifinals, here's an amuse-bouche about inequality and welfare states inspired by England's victory over Sweden (in football if not in income distribution): decompressinghistory.com/post/engsw/

I know no one asked for my opinion, but now that cabinet ministers are resigning perhaps Gove should go as well. The kid who put this sign up by Grantchester Meadows would make a much better Secretary of State for Environment.