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Is inequality in Africa driven by global inequality? In my post on Our Long Walk, I argue that the threat of brain drain in Africa pushes up the skills premium - an underexplored reason for high income inequality in Africa. See: ourlongwalk.com/p/is-african-i…

🚨CfP alert! We are inviting graduates from across the globe to apply for our upcoming seminar series for 2024-2025 - An excellent opportunity to present your burgeoning research in Economic and Social History, receive feedback and inflame interest! #twitterstorians #econhist

Which August #econhist papers did I enjoy the most? ==> bit.ly/472HoXj <== Authors include: @ydpz, Rebecca Simson, Francisca Antman, Guo Xu, Emily Silcock, Melissa Dell, Hanna Schwank, Coleson Weir, Hannes Malmberg, Tommaso Porzio, Giovanni Prarolo,

Another wonderful book review on H-Africa! Rebecca Simson reviews "Quantitative History and Uncharted People: Case Studies from the South African Past" edited by Johan Fourie. networks.h-net.org/group/reviews/…

How have Black middle class South Africans and Kenyans come to share in the wealth stock of their nations since colonial rule and Apartheid? Rebecca Simson explores in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/40DiPgE

Rebecca Simson Rebecca Simson (Oxford) is now presenting her paper “Wealth Inequality in Postcolonial Kenya (and South Africa)”. 👇

Are African elites longstanding, or nouveau riche? In a new African Economic History Network (AEHN) working paper I review some of the debates about- and channels through which elites are reproduced and renewed, in the context of African history. aehnetwork.org/working-papers…

🚨 Keir Starmer, we have an urgent agenda item for your discussion with President Trump tomorrow: stop ethnic cleansing in #Sudan. 1 million people in Sudan’s largest camp for displaced persons, mostly women & children, are starving. And many more could die unless YOU do

My contribution to the African Economic History Network (AEHN) textbook on African economic history is out! Africa’s Lost Decades, 1974-1994: aehnetwork.org/textbook/afric…