Alex Taylor
@alextaylorecon.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics, Schroeder School of Business, University of Evansville
Political Economy & Economic History Researching Monuments and Media
https://alexntaylor.github.io/
Political Economy & Economic History Researching Monuments and Media
https://alexntaylor.github.io/
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How did France become one of Europe’s biggest printers of vernacular books, and how did it shape its linguistic and political development?
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
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If you are at the Southerns, come say hi and listen to some interesting economic history presentations!
We will be in room “Edison” all day today
We will be in room “Edison” all day today
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 AM
If you are at the Southerns, come say hi and listen to some interesting economic history presentations!
We will be in room “Edison” all day today
We will be in room “Edison” all day today
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How did France become one of Europe’s biggest printers of vernacular books, and how did it shape its linguistic and political development?
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
How did France become one of Europe’s biggest printers of vernacular books, and how did it shape its linguistic and political development?
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
How did France become one of Europe’s biggest printers of vernacular books, and how did it shape its linguistic and political development?
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
How did France become one of Europe’s biggest printers of vernacular books, and how did it shape its linguistic and political development?
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
My paper w/Jacob Hall, "The King’s French," shows how a 1539 language mandate changed printing, standardized French, and strengthened national identity. (1/12)
This, but also a hidden underlying resentment that comes from working for too long on a project and knowing every problem with it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This, but also a hidden underlying resentment that comes from working for too long on a project and knowing every problem with it.
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
After using fixest to output my regression tables in R for so long, one project is forcing me to figure out Stata's esttab for the first time...
Why is it so hard to output a tabular environment so I can do caption, label, footnotes, and width customization in Latex?
Why is it so hard to output a tabular environment so I can do caption, label, footnotes, and width customization in Latex?
October 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
After using fixest to output my regression tables in R for so long, one project is forcing me to figure out Stata's esttab for the first time...
Why is it so hard to output a tabular environment so I can do caption, label, footnotes, and width customization in Latex?
Why is it so hard to output a tabular environment so I can do caption, label, footnotes, and width customization in Latex?
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That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
The latest front in the attack on academia:
The coffee shop near campus no longer does faculty discounts because of the tariffs (they mostly use Brazilian beans).
The coffee shop near campus no longer does faculty discounts because of the tariffs (they mostly use Brazilian beans).
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The latest front in the attack on academia:
The coffee shop near campus no longer does faculty discounts because of the tariffs (they mostly use Brazilian beans).
The coffee shop near campus no longer does faculty discounts because of the tariffs (they mostly use Brazilian beans).
Though I primarily focused on voting in my Monumental Effects paper, some specifications did show this negative effect on lynchings. I always thought it'd be worthwhile for someone to run down that question in a more thorough manner.
Great to see more Confederate monument work!
Great to see more Confederate monument work!
New APSR sure to spark discussion argues:
Confederate monuments actually reduced violence against Black people historically & that their recent removals have increased anti-Black hate crimes
Monuments "act as a substitute for performative violence in constructing a white supremacist social order"
Confederate monuments actually reduced violence against Black people historically & that their recent removals have increased anti-Black hate crimes
Monuments "act as a substitute for performative violence in constructing a white supremacist social order"
October 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Though I primarily focused on voting in my Monumental Effects paper, some specifications did show this negative effect on lynchings. I always thought it'd be worthwhile for someone to run down that question in a more thorough manner.
Great to see more Confederate monument work!
Great to see more Confederate monument work!
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New APSR sure to spark discussion argues:
Confederate monuments actually reduced violence against Black people historically & that their recent removals have increased anti-Black hate crimes
Monuments "act as a substitute for performative violence in constructing a white supremacist social order"
Confederate monuments actually reduced violence against Black people historically & that their recent removals have increased anti-Black hate crimes
Monuments "act as a substitute for performative violence in constructing a white supremacist social order"
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New APSR sure to spark discussion argues:
Confederate monuments actually reduced violence against Black people historically & that their recent removals have increased anti-Black hate crimes
Monuments "act as a substitute for performative violence in constructing a white supremacist social order"
Confederate monuments actually reduced violence against Black people historically & that their recent removals have increased anti-Black hate crimes
Monuments "act as a substitute for performative violence in constructing a white supremacist social order"
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⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
October 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
⚠️ Virtual Workshop in HPE info ⚠️
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
@adajkanu.bsky.social is presenting a project on "Colonization and the Politics of Belonging in Nigeria" on Thursday! Martha Wilfahrt (UC Berkeley) will discuss. Let me know if you're not on our email list already and would like to be!
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Excited to host the All California (formerly All UC) economic history JM conference tomorrow — proud to keep this tradition alive and looking forward to the papers! events.berkeley.edu/events/event...
October 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Excited to host the All California (formerly All UC) economic history JM conference tomorrow — proud to keep this tradition alive and looking forward to the papers! events.berkeley.edu/events/event...
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Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
HPE candidates on the job market
Job market season is here.
www.broadstreet.blog
September 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Looking for rising stars in Historical Political Economy? 🌍📚
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
Check out this year’s job market candidates: www.broadstreet.blog/p/hpe-candid...
In trying times, may we all strive to find the peace Stanley finds in a simple beam of sunlight
September 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In trying times, may we all strive to find the peace Stanley finds in a simple beam of sunlight
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Modern life is basically dependent on nerds you will never meet building software & spreadsheets you will never see
What the Trump admin dares to ask is: what if we just shoved as many of those folks as we could find into a locker.
What the Trump admin dares to ask is: what if we just shoved as many of those folks as we could find into a locker.
August 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Modern life is basically dependent on nerds you will never meet building software & spreadsheets you will never see
What the Trump admin dares to ask is: what if we just shoved as many of those folks as we could find into a locker.
What the Trump admin dares to ask is: what if we just shoved as many of those folks as we could find into a locker.
If anyone has hot takes about how to teach principles of macro right now while meeting the following two goals, I'm all ears.
1. Teach my students key principles of macro policy
2. Talk about directly relevant current events without seeming absolutely hysterical
1. Teach my students key principles of macro policy
2. Talk about directly relevant current events without seeming absolutely hysterical
August 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If anyone has hot takes about how to teach principles of macro right now while meeting the following two goals, I'm all ears.
1. Teach my students key principles of macro policy
2. Talk about directly relevant current events without seeming absolutely hysterical
1. Teach my students key principles of macro policy
2. Talk about directly relevant current events without seeming absolutely hysterical
Classes starting back today got me like
August 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Classes starting back today got me like
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"tariffs, by definition, cannot be inflationary" says the guy Trump just nominated to be in charge of defining and measuring inflation.
(He also also wrong. He's playing with MV=PQ reasoning, and assumes a supply shock won't ↓Q.)
[Source: www.aging.senate.gov/download/05/...
(He also also wrong. He's playing with MV=PQ reasoning, and assumes a supply shock won't ↓Q.)
[Source: www.aging.senate.gov/download/05/...
August 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"tariffs, by definition, cannot be inflationary" says the guy Trump just nominated to be in charge of defining and measuring inflation.
(He also also wrong. He's playing with MV=PQ reasoning, and assumes a supply shock won't ↓Q.)
[Source: www.aging.senate.gov/download/05/...
(He also also wrong. He's playing with MV=PQ reasoning, and assumes a supply shock won't ↓Q.)
[Source: www.aging.senate.gov/download/05/...
I received a very insistent demand for belly scratches this morning...
August 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I received a very insistent demand for belly scratches this morning...
Who needs more than 5 years in right wing think tanks to run a major statistical bureau anyway?
August 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Who needs more than 5 years in right wing think tanks to run a major statistical bureau anyway?
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🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
July 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🚨 Are you interested in Historical Political Economy? 🚨
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
At the Virtual Workshop in HPE (VWHPE)—organized jointly with @dkofanov.bsky.social & @tinepaulsen.bsky.social—we discuss state-of-the-art research on a regular basis.
‼️ We have just issued a new call for papers. ‼️
Link & info in post #2.
Positron lives up to the hype, especially if you already use VS Code for other things (for me, LaTeX and Python).
Well done @posit.co. Switching from RStudio immediately!
Well done @posit.co. Switching from RStudio immediately!
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Positron lives up to the hype, especially if you already use VS Code for other things (for me, LaTeX and Python).
Well done @posit.co. Switching from RStudio immediately!
Well done @posit.co. Switching from RStudio immediately!
Being an absolute menace while Dad is trying to write a paper is exhausting work.
In case you were wondering, yes. This is a dachshund puppy page for the foreseeable future.
In case you were wondering, yes. This is a dachshund puppy page for the foreseeable future.
June 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Being an absolute menace while Dad is trying to write a paper is exhausting work.
In case you were wondering, yes. This is a dachshund puppy page for the foreseeable future.
In case you were wondering, yes. This is a dachshund puppy page for the foreseeable future.