Here’s a fascinating blog on economic history – Bloomberg’s “Echoes”

So I’ve taken a bit of a break from reading non-fiction – the last non-fiction book I finished was Niall Ferguson’s Civilization: The West and the Rest, about a month ago. (Stay tuned for the review!) Since then, I’ve been slowly progressing through Power and Plenty: Trade, War and the World Economy in the Second Millennium, a crunchy academic history written by Ronald Findlay and Kevin H O’Rourke, and quite enjoying it; however, I’m still only about 2/3rds of the way through.

I have, however, been keeping up with my news sites. And so, when Bloomberg News introduced Echoes, an economics history blog, as part of its brand-new site revamp, I sat up and took notice. In its first few days of existence, Echoes has already touched on the potential parallels between oil-rich post-communist Russia and post-revolution Arab states; flat taxes in Eastern Europe (then) and in the Middle East (possibly in the future); and on a debate as to whether oil breeds a male-dominated labour force. If this sounds interesting, head over and give the blog a look!