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A Conversation with Stephen Mihm

Professor Stephen Mihm, University of Georgia Department of History, discusses his research on the history of capitalism and his experience writing about this history for both academic and popular audiences. The conversation was moderated by Alex Granados, former producer of WUNC radio’s “The State of Things,” freelance writer, and newspaper columnist.

Below are some links to selections from his non-academic writing:

The Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat Has a Back Story, Bloomberg View, August 29, 2014.

Fighting Ebola the Medieval Way, Bloomberg View, August 17, 2014.

And the Band Went on Strike, Bloomberg View, July 30, 2014.

How Indians Became America’s Favorite Marketing Tool, Bloomberg View, June 20, 2014

High-Speed Trading Used to Mean Carrier Pigeons, Bloomberg View, April 2, 2014.

What Alibaba Should Know About ‘One Share, One Vote’, Bloomberg View, March 21, 2014.

How the Black Death Spawned the Minimum Wage, Bloomberg View, September 5, 2013.

A Century of International Potash Intrigue, Bloomberg View, August 7, 2013.

A Nation of Outlaws: A century ago, that wasn’t China – it was us, The Boston Globe, August 26, 2007.

Reviews and discussions of A Nation of Counterfeiters in the popular press:

America’s History of Dubious Credit, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, August 20, 2007.

The Deluge Before the Dollar, New York Times, January 6, 2008.