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From my fall 2021 20th Century Economic History course:

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1) Beginnings: Crossing þe Watershed Boundary of 1870 2021–10–15

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Lecture Rehearsals: 1. Beginnings: Crossing þe Watershed Boundary of 1870
1. Beginnings 1.1. Grand Narrative (94:36) 1.1.1. Lecture—Grand Narrative The big picture of human history, with a focus on the Long 20th Century 1870-2010 & the primacy over that period of the economic (20:04…
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  • 1.1. Grand Narrative

  • 1.2. Globalization

  • 1.3. Crossing þe Watershed-Boundary

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2) Utopian Dreams Made Solid: Chasing Economic El Dorado, 1870–1929 2021–10–07

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Lecture Rehearsals: 2. Chasing Economic El Dorado, 1870-1929: 20th Century Economic History
2.1. LECTURES—DEMOCRATIZATION & POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE GLOBAL NORTH, 1770-1914 Rising tides of democracy and socialism in a world that must cope with technology revolutionizing the economy every generation (63:15…
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  • 2.1. Democratization & Political Economy in þe Global North, 1770–1914

  • 2.2. Imperializing & Globalizing þe Global South, 1750–1914

  • 2.3. World War I, 1900–1920

  • 2.4. Failed Rebuilding, 1917–1929

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3) Dueling Systems, 1914–1990

  • 3.1. Þe Great Depression 2021–10–15

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Lecture Rehearsals: 3.1. Þe Great Depression
3.1 The Great Depression (149:40…
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  • 3.2. Really-Existing Socialism 2021–10–15

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Lecture Rehearsals: 3.2. Really-Existing Socialism
3.2. Really-Existing Socialism (55:08…
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  • 3.3. Fascism & Naziism 2012–10–15

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Lecture Rehearsals: 3.3. Fascism & Naziism
3.3. Fascism & Naziism (64:23…
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  • 3.4. World War II 2021–10–11

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Lecture Rehearsals: 3.4. World War II
3.4. World War II 67:00 total…
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  • 3.5. Cold War & Peaceful Coexistence 2021–10–15 <

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Lecture Rehearsals: 3.5. Cold War & Peaceful Coexistence
3.5. Cold War & Peaceful Coexistence (60:28…
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4) Þe Era of Social Democracy, 1945–1980

  • 4.1. False (& True) Starts to Development, 1911–1990 2021–11–07

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Lecture Rehearsals: 4.1. False (& True) Starts to Development, 1911-1990
4.1.1. False (& True) Starts to Development, 1911-1990: Overview Great hopes for rapid growth in and the “convergence” of the global south to the global north starting in 1950. very disappointing realities—at least up to 1995 or so. (11:17) https://watch.mmhmm.app/z_iNPWXeRdrE9X7Zqn8F7y…
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  • 4.2. Inclusion in the 20th Century 2021–11–07

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Lecture Rehearsals: 4.2. Inclusion in the 20th Century
4.2.1. After 1870 We Do Get the Technological Miracles! Civilization back before 1800 or so required inequality. No inequality, no high culture and no societal memory passed down through the ages to make up a civilization. Hence those civilizations that were and that have passed their heritage onto us were ones in which the dominant position was held by …
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  • 4.3. Thirty Glorious Years in þe Post-WWII Global North 2021–11–07

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Lecture Rehearsals: 4.3. Thirty Glorious Years in þe Post-WWII Global North
4.3.1. A Startling Reversal-of-Fortune: Thirty Glorious Years A striking reversal of fortune after World War II: almost all of the difficulties blocking the road to utopia vanished in the global north, and it experienced once again, as it had over 1870-1914, but at a much higher level and at a much faster pace, rapid progress towards economic El Dorado…
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5) Þe Neoliberal Turn, 1975–2010

  • 5.1. Þe Neoliberal Turn 2021–11–05

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Lecture Rehearsals: 5.1. Þe Neoliberal Turn (20th Century Economic History)
Slides: <https://github.com/braddelong/public-files/blob/master/slides-5.1-neoliberal-turn.pptx…
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