Andrea Matranga
@andreamatranga.bsky.social
Economic Historian at Università di Torino. I aspire to a Plinian mind. From Palermo, Sicily.
Substack: https://andreamatranga.substack.com
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I created a Substack! for now it's mainly a place I post lightly edited versions of my long threads.
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@Natkhov and myself's paper on the introduction of serfdom in Russia in response to nomadic slave raids. Sign up here
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Fascinating fortification scheme of Genova.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fascinating fortification scheme of Genova.
The algorithm I made to route roman aqueducts can also be modified to route high speed rail, showing tradeoff of cost vs speed
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The algorithm I made to route roman aqueducts can also be modified to route high speed rail, showing tradeoff of cost vs speed
"IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN UNDER PAIN OF DEATH TO USE WATER FROM THE AQUEDUCT TO RUN GRAIN MILLS"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN UNDER PAIN OF DEATH TO USE WATER FROM THE AQUEDUCT TO RUN GRAIN MILLS"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
Northern European reads this: "wow, guess they didn't use the water from aqueducts for the mills"
Italian reads this: "So I guess it was full of aqueduct driven mills hu?"
The Itiner-e database of Roman roads is a very impressive work, and it does a great job of separating road alignments that it considers certain, from "we know there was a road somewhere there so we traced the existing road" and "it would make sense for there to be a road there"
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Itiner-e database of Roman roads is a very impressive work, and it does a great job of separating road alignments that it considers certain, from "we know there was a road somewhere there so we traced the existing road" and "it would make sense for there to be a road there"
Either my heart is fine, or the Red October is heading for the Rekjannes Ridge at high speed
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Either my heart is fine, or the Red October is heading for the Rekjannes Ridge at high speed
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**NEW WORKING PAPER**
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
December 19, 2023 at 1:01 PM
**NEW WORKING PAPER**
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
w/ Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun & Austin Kennedy
Available at: docs.iza.org/dp16674.pdf
Short 🧵 below…
1/7
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We look forward to welcoming Andrei Markevich of @helsinki.fi to @tcddublin.bsky.social for next week's @tcdeconomics.bsky.social seminar: ceph.ie/events/25-11...
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social
#Economics #EconSky #EconHistory #NSRP
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social
#Economics #EconSky #EconHistory #NSRP
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We look forward to welcoming Andrei Markevich of @helsinki.fi to @tcddublin.bsky.social for next week's @tcdeconomics.bsky.social seminar: ceph.ie/events/25-11...
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social
#Economics #EconSky #EconHistory #NSRP
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social @trisstcd.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social
#Economics #EconSky #EconHistory #NSRP
If you want to solve a problem, you can't just think outside the box, you should first convene a college of cardinals to define exactly what the box is and then decide in its licit or illicit uses. You know. Lateran thinking.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you want to solve a problem, you can't just think outside the box, you should first convene a college of cardinals to define exactly what the box is and then decide in its licit or illicit uses. You know. Lateran thinking.
I dunno call it obvious but I am shipping Summers and Nuzzi
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I dunno call it obvious but I am shipping Summers and Nuzzi
LaTeX should have a command for "Insert Murdock Ethnographic Atlas Map with Citation"
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
LaTeX should have a command for "Insert Murdock Ethnographic Atlas Map with Citation"
youtu.be/cGJcQ_FW9TY?... it's kind of bizarre what was considered a jerk back then
President Nixon Appealed To The Jerks
YouTube video by David Hoffman
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
youtu.be/cGJcQ_FW9TY?... it's kind of bizarre what was considered a jerk back then
For today’s video I’m flipping the script!
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For today’s video I’m flipping the script!
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
The first step in any intellectual journey
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The first step in any intellectual journey
AS I SAID IN MY LAST EMAIL,... @sarahebond.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
AS I SAID IN MY LAST EMAIL,... @sarahebond.bsky.social
One of the super convenient things of chatgpt is doing batch file format conversions in python wihtout having to know any of the relevant libraries.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
One of the super convenient things of chatgpt is doing batch file format conversions in python wihtout having to know any of the relevant libraries.
One of the strongest female lead characters of all time
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
One of the strongest female lead characters of all time
I remember walking around our old neighborhood in Orange, seeing all the houses, many of them still owned by their original buyers, long since paid off, and thinking what a waste. Who allowed them to pay off their home. They should be generating interest payments, going to me.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I remember walking around our old neighborhood in Orange, seeing all the houses, many of them still owned by their original buyers, long since paid off, and thinking what a waste. Who allowed them to pay off their home. They should be generating interest payments, going to me.
When Jupiter's Red Spot storm finally ends
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
When Jupiter's Red Spot storm finally ends
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Calling all researchers working on the environment and health! 🌿🚑
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
2026 Call for Abstracts – ASHEcon
www.ashecon.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Calling all researchers working on the environment and health! 🌿🚑
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Who on Econsky is a tennis fan? This is for an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is?
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Who on Econsky is a tennis fan? This is for an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is?
The diagnosis is attitudinosis
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The diagnosis is attitudinosis
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My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
Future archaeologists will be able to date concrete structures from the tree rings from the formwork
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Future archaeologists will be able to date concrete structures from the tree rings from the formwork