NeilJCummins
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Today LSE's own Noah Sutter (Noah Sutter) presented his paper "A Testament to Revolution - New Data on Wealth at Death and Wealth Elasticity Estimates for France, 1791-1870" in our graduate seminar.
Hunter Ash You don't need an app for that. Mating is incredibly efficient regarding IQ or its proxies like Educational attainment or social status. So much so it hasn't changed since 1837 scholar.google.com/citations?view…
🚨📢 Gregory Clark in the media! 🚨📢 The “golddigger” myth gets a reality check! 💰📉 HEDG professor Gregory Clark is featured in Weekendavisen on social mobility and economic history. 👉 Read the article here: weekendavisen.dk/2025-15/ideer/… #EconHist #SocialMobility
Thrilled to co-organise the first ever LSE-PSE joint Economic History Workshop which will take place soon (29-30th of April) at PSE with an amazing lineup of LSE Department of Economic History and Paris School of Economics students and staff: #econhistory #econtwitter
Our department was delighted to take part in the first LSE PSE Joint Economic History Workshop in Paris! Faculty members Neil Cummins (NeilJCummins) and Pamfili Antipa, and PhD students Andrés Irarrázaval, Florentine Friedrich , and Noah Sutter presented their research. #EconHistory
Gave the first lecture of my life! As part of our summer school "The Economic History of Inequality" here at LSE Department of Economic History, I had the amazing opportunity to write & deliver a lecture on "Critical Junctures in the History of Inequality“. Huge thanks to NeilJCummins for the opportunity!
Paul Graham It seems to have been happening for a very long time, before econ decline set in. Perhaps the magnetic attraction of London?