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WEEK 3: Days 4 & 5: 2.2 Efflorescences & Dark Ages; 2.3. Inequality & Domination :: History of Economic Growth

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Lecture Notes: Econ 135 S2023: History of Economic Growth

WEEK 3: Days 4 & 5: 2.2 Efflorescences & Dark Ages; 2.3. Inequality & Domination :: History of Economic Growth

UC Berkeley Econ 135 S 2023

Brad DeLong
Feb 26, 2023
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Lectures:

  • 2022-01-31 Tu: Day 4: 2.2. Efflorescences & Dark Ages in the Agrarian Age; course capture: <https://kaf.berkeley.edu/media/t/1_3qa9izc9>

  • 2022-02-02 Th: Day 5: 2.3. Pre-Modern Economic Growth Inequality & Domination; course capture: <https://kaf.berkeley.edu/media/t/1_vicvjj33>; lecture audio <https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/files/85318028/download?download_frd=1>


Required Readings:

  • Jack Goldstone (2002); Efflorescences and Economic Growth in World History

  • Willem Jongman (2007): Gibbon was Right: The Decline and Fall of the Roman EconomyLinks to an external site.

  • Clark 6

  • Peter Temin: Land Tenure and Exploitation from the Roman Empire to Lord Peter WimseyLinks to an external site.


Optional Readings:

  • Brad DeLong: Lecture Notes: The Solow Growth Model; Lecture Notes: Malthusian Economies <http://datahub.berkeley.edu/user-redirect/interact?account=braddelong&repo=history-of-economic-growth-theory-readings&branch=main&path=heg-growth-theory.ipynb>

  • Josiah Ober (2020): Agamemnon’s Cluelessness…

  • Peter Temin: The Roman Market Economy, Roman Growth

  • Abigail Adams: Letter to John Adams

  • Aristotle: Politics, Book I

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