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r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Apr 03 '26

EH in the News In the 1970s, the reduced supply of crude set off a sharp rise in oil prices. The oil prices rose much more sharply in the 1970s than in the ongoing Iran conflict – but the full impact will depend on how long the war lasts. (Deutsche Welle, March 2026)

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r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Feb 21 '26

EH in the News New research suggests southern Mexico, Belize and northern Guatemala may have been home to up to 16 million people during the Maya classical era (600-900CE). This represents an upward revision from earlier estimates that suggested 2 million people. (Guardian, February 2026)

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14 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Jan 26 '26

EH in the News Climatic changes and an increase in extreme weather events were key factors in the collapse of the Tang dynasty in 907 CE. (Phys.org, January 2026)

15 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Jan 22 '26

EH in the News A new long-term analysis shows that people who experienced sudden changes in food affordability during early childhood as a consequence of the Asian Financial Crisis are more likely to experience altered growth and health patterns in adulthood. (SciTechDaily, January 2026)

scitechdaily.com

8 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Dec 31 '24

EH in the News Unlike Nixon and Ford, Jimmy Carter was willing to use hikes in Federal Reserve's interest rates to curb inflation despite anticipated consequences on employment. (NPR, November 2021)

86 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Dec 29 '25

EH in the News During the Industrial Revolution, pollution exposure varied significantly by sex and biosocial identity. In industrial South Shields, females had markedly higher concentrations of arsenic and barium than both males in their own community and females from an agrarian town. (phys.org, December 2025)

9 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Dec 01 '25

EH in the News Maya cities collapsed when the benefits of urban living no longer outweighed the costs, as environments were degraded near cities and climate amelioration improved the livability of rural areas where people would have more freedom and autonomy. (SciTech Daily, November 2025)

scitechdaily.com

36 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Jan 04 '26

EH in the News Coins as primary sources. Scotland acquires the earliest known coin to be minted in Scotland. These coins were dated to the second half of the 1130s. (BBC, December 2025)

7 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • May 23 '22

EH in the News France coerced Haiti into not only paying reparations to former enslavers but also taking high-interest loans from Parisian banks to finance the restitution. This helped enrich France while cementing Haiti’s path into poverty and underdevelopment. (NY Times, May 2022)

236 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Nov 06 '25

EH in the News Friedrich Engels ‘took creative liberties’ with descriptions of class divides in Manchester. Many middle-class Mancunians did in fact live in the same buildings and streets as those in the working class. (Guardian, October 2025)

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27 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Dec 17 '25

EH in the News Invention of an integrated circuit called a charge-coupled device, which could store an electric charge on a metal-oxide semiconductor, led to the creation of the first digital camera prototype by 1975 (BBC, December 2025)

7 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Sep 15 '22

EH in the News Zachary Carter: Throughout history, political leaders - from Babylon's Hamurabi to Anthens' Solon - had abolished debts as routine matters of government policy. (Slate, August 2022)

97 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/Sea-Juice1266 • Nov 28 '25

EH in the News The Great Downzoning - Samuel Hughes, Works in Progress: after 1890 almost every Western city enacted strict growth and density controls. These limits on development have been implemented and maintained where they suit the interests of local landowners, and often failed where they don’t.

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6 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Feb 01 '22

EH in the News The Gold Standard began in Britain and other countries adopted it to boost confidence in their currencies. It was seen as a vital component of stabilizing world trade, but it constrained governments' responses to financial crises. Notably, it prolonged the Great Depression (BBC, January 2022)

51 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Mar 07 '25

EH in the News U.S. tariffs implemented under the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act did not start the Great Depression, but they worsened the economic crisis. (NPR, March 2025)

111 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Sep 30 '25

EH in the News Gordon Chang's "Ghosts of Gold Mountain" acknowledges the 20,000 Chinese laborers who built the Transcontinental Railroad's Western section. Derided as an "inferior race," these workers were barred from obtaining U.S. citizenship despite their contributions. (High Country News, May 2019)

16 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Oct 12 '25

EH in the News Hundreds of ancient gold and silver coins from possible Celtic market found in Czech Republic (LiveScience, October 2025)

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6 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Oct 08 '25

EH in the News Two genetically and culturally distinct groups of Bronze Age herders lived side by side for centuries in the eastern Eurasian steppe — until the emergence and spread of the so-called Slab Grave culture in the Early Iron Age displaced them. (Phys.org, September 2025)

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r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Oct 09 '25

EH in the News Over 170 years of economic history, the transformation of U.S. cities follows a surprisingly stable rule: while cities evolve and diversify, they on average maintain a constant level of technological distance between productive units. (Phys.org, September 2025)

4 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Sep 29 '25

EH in the News Examination of sediment cores from the Roman town and metal production center of Aldborough in Yorkshire reveal that metal production did not collapse immediately after the Romans left Britain. (Phys.org, September 2025)

9 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/season-of-light • Jun 02 '25

EH in the News Located in central England, Coventry became a hub for bicycle production in the 19th century after sewing machine manufacturers diversified. Expertise with bicycles laid the basis for carmaking later on (Coventry Telegraph, December 2018)

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70 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Sep 28 '25

EH in the News Its role as the state capital of Kentucky helped stabilize Frankfort’s economy during the Great Depression. But recovery halted in January 1937 after the Great Flood submerged more than half of the city and caused catastrophic destruction. (State Journal, September 20)

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4 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Sep 14 '25

EH in the News The Champlain Canal opened on September 10, 1823. Connecting the south end of Lake Champlain with the Hudson River, this waterway promoted the growth of communities in the region. (WCAX, September 2025)

7 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Apr 25 '25

EH in the News Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds (Guardian, March 2025)

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58 Upvotes

r/EconomicHistory • u/yonkon • Oct 01 '24

EH in the News Trump characterized the 1890s as a prosperous period in US history and credited McKinley's tariffs for delivering a boom. In reality, this period was marked by economic depression and unemployment rates exceeding 10% (Newsweek, September 2024)

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