Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis. Globalization since 1800, financial crises since 1800, other Cliometric-type research https://sites.google.com/site/chrismmeissner/homehttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lrbal477gs2qYeah! Love it too but isn’t it a little dated? [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrbal477gs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lr6uatb62s2dJust released. New WP on product quality and trade liberalization in France, 1850-1874. The economy was producing high quality items throughout, but liberalization decreased avg. quality but some main exports went up in quality. www.nber.org/papers/w33902 https://www.nber.org/papers/w3390209 Jun 2025 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6uatb62s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3loyiywguak2tLooking forward to speaking later this week at Profs & Pints Alameda on "Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future" Thu, May 15th, 2025, 6:00 - 8:30 PM PDT Faction Brewing, Alameda, CA Tix here: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/alameda-trade. More info: www.profsandpints.com/sfbayarea12 May 2025 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyiywguak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lmdkcydzfs2xDon’t forget to join us tomorrow for this amazing panel! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmdkcydzfs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lm4mgc5yvk2qWhat if the new bilateral tariffs are just a natural experiment designed by the CEA economists to let trade economists get more credible estimates of trade elasticities? Nice opportunity in any case.06 Apr 2025 04:31 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm4mgc5yvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3llsjipl6lc2rLooking forward to chairing this discussion and hearing the interventions from the participants and audience. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2025 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llsjipl6lc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3llsidqtwbk2sWith tariffs of 25%, the USA will be either the country with the second highest tariff rate in the world after North Korea - or else the highest (N. Korea isn't reported in the World Bank, so who knows?) Going into autarky mode now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tariff_rate02 Apr 2025 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3llsidqtwbk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lk74fmde3s2cThanks to Donald Boudreaux for his review of my book "One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850". https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=210512 Mar 2025 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk74fmde3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lj6p4t4mmc2tTracks with the idea they want to take us back to the late 19th c. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2025 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6p4t4mmc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3liz3vmskd22zUh, where’s theory on the plot? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3liz3vmskd22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lgqh4beagc2pMy book "One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850" is out now on audio book. I have 3 free download codes. Reply to this post to get one. Check out: https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/one-from-the-many-the-global-economy-since-1850/856947?qId=aaecaf9b29d3d027e15e564b4f5b5099&pos=127 Jan 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqh4beagc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lfczhb3x522tMethodological paradigm shift activated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfczhb3x522thttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3lexuxszpqc2aRule # 1 Never go to a conference without at least 4 layers of clothing with wool and polyester/heattech being at least two of these layers. This holds even in the tropics. Probably more so. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jan 2025 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lexuxszpqc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/chris-meissner.bsky.social/post/3levfn5tuqc2iStopped by the ASSA meetings today and my first stop was the book display. What a total shock! Most major book publishers were not there. Disappointing to say the least.04 Jan 2025 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:f3citjrnkr6xsojenecho4tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3levfn5tuqc2i