Researching German economic development, Prussian peasants and related topics at the CUNY Graduate Center 🌹🍉https://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3mmyofu37dc2fSven Beckert's recent book on Capitalism represents a synthesis of the "New History of Capitalism"'s work on the subject. For Endnotes, I argue its neo-Braudelian account of capitalism's history compares unfavorably to "political Marxist" explanations https://www.endnotes.org.uk/palabre/mapping-the-margins-of-capitalism29 May 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyofu37dc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3mlgnkszef22rMy latest for Jacobin is a review of Trevor Jackson's new book on the history of capitalism, The Insatiable Machine. Unlike other recent offerings on the subject, it manages to get crucial things about the nature and development of capitalism correct. https://jacobin.com/2026/05/review-jackson-economic-history-capitalism09 May 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgnkszef22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3mddutatwlc2wMy latest for Jacobin: I discuss the ethical and technical problems with various companies offering "liberal eugenics" via polygenic embryo screening. It turns out the technology is presently incapable of delivering what these companies are advertising. https://jacobin.com/2026/01/silicon-valley-nucleus-tech-eugenics26 Jan 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddutatwlc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3lvndfw6brk2yThis new article in Sociology Lens (the former Journal of Historical Sociology) contains a summary of the main argument of my dissertation. It addresses how the German economy transitioned to capitalism, and emphasizes the contribution of agriculture. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/johs.7000905 Aug 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvndfw6brk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3lusrm2utx22wIn my review of Spears and Geruso's book "After the Spike" for Jacobin, I attempt to confront what I consider the core of their argument, which is why declining global population would be undesirable, and I find their arguments unpersuasive. https://jacobin.com/2025/07/demography-fertility-population-crisis-longtermism25 Jul 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3lusrm2utx22whttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3ltzbailwck2zWere eighteenth century Prussian peasants oppressed by their noble landlords? My article in Central European History argues, against the past half century of scholarship, that they were due to a biased judicial system, frequent beatings, and much else: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/central-european-history/article/villagers-as-victims-different-views-of-peasant-oppression-in-eighteenthcentury-prussia/911A9AA839C8F1A7683B7CDDA4BF980A15 Jul 2025 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltzbailwck2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3ln3wfflohc2gMy latest article in Jacobin addresses the phenomenon of the "pronatalist" mileau. The pronatalists face a choice: they either can pursue their stated objectives by adopting a political program of welfare state expansion, or remain a self-defeating movement. https://jacobin.com/2025/04/natalcon-conference-right-birth-rates18 Apr 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3wfflohc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3lkxyt52uck2dMy review of Lyndal Roper's new book on the German Peasants' War (on its 500 year anniversary), Summer of Fire and Blood https://jacobin.com/2025/03/german-peasants-war-reformation-muntzer/22 Mar 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxyt52uck2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3lhhb4dlk5c23My latest for Jacobin: the New York Times and McKinsey say that aging populations will inevitably lead to lower living standards for ordinary people. But it's an attempt to scare people into accepting attacks on their own economic interests. https://jacobin.com/2025/02/mckinsey-report-declining-birth-rates05 Feb 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhb4dlk5c23https://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3lgitjwuo5k2aMy latest for Jacobin: Elon Musk and other capitalists often bemoan falling American birth rates. Do we have good reasons for sharing their concerns? Find out below. https://jacobin.com/2025/01/falling-birth-rates-welfare-families24 Jan 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgitjwuo5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3lbfqzuxds22kHello, new followers. Please enjoy my recent writing on European peasants, etc.: https://jacobin.com/2024/10/european-peasantry-disappearance-history-capitalism20 Nov 2024 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfqzuxds22khttps://bsky.app/profile/dannycolligan.bsky.social/post/3k3yefs6vvm26Hello everyone02 Aug 2023 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:7koiw6crlt3tyvx2decmo6en/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3yefs6vvm26