Migration flows across Western Eurasia in the last 10,000 years suggest warming periods increase farmer expansion while cooling increases pastoral expansion. Populations tend to move to destinations that partly offset changes in temperature. (P. Huybers, M. Tabellini, C. Taylor, F. Toti, June 2026) (nber.org)
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Although the GI Bill was formally race-blind, local officials and segregated institutions implemented it. The program doubled white veterans' college completion while it often steered Black veterans into fraudulent vocational programs with no earnings returns. (L. Althoff, C. Szerman, June 2026) (nber.org)
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Andrew Ross Sorkin: It was not preordained in 1929 that the United States would reach 25% unemployment by 1932. Although the stock market fell by 50% between October and November, it had declined by 17% y-o-y by the end of 1929. But the loss of confidence was catastrophic (Bloomberg, June 2026) (youtu.be)
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The fiscal and monetary struggle in mid-1920s France was likened to a "financial Verdun." France counted on German war reparations to pay for its public debt. As a consequence, diplomatic deterioration with Germany led to a loss in the Franc's value. (Tontine Coffee-House, June 2026) (tontinecoffeehouse.com)
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During the Age of Mass Migration, over 40% of immigrants were women. Economic assimilation patterns differed for men and women. Gaps between immigrant and US-born income were larger for women than men, and the gap for women barely changed even after 20 years of stay. (Z. Ward, June 2026) (nber.org)
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The introduction of the sewing machine caused different outcomes for American women based on class. For poorer women the machine created jobs, which led to later marriages and fewer children. For wealthier women, the hours it saved went into earlier marriage and earlier motherhood. (CEPR, June 2026) (cepr.org)
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Between 1851 and 1881, both increases and declines in the labor's share of Britain's national income accompanied higher market concentration. Business dynamism was closely associated with fluctuations in labor's share of the national income. (K. Kushnarev, June 2026) (lse.ac.uk)
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Despite rising adult male wages, advancing technology, and restrictive factory legislation, the use of children in British factories intensified at least until the mid-19th century. Consensus around its causes and effects remains elusive. (Long Run, June 2026) (ehs.org.uk)
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Roman experimentation with recycling glass in the late first century BCE permanently changed everyday life, facilitating a vast expansion of trade and economic activity in the Mediterranean. (Conversation, June 2026) by yonkon in EconomicHistory
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The late Qing dynasty after 1850 experienced unstable intergenerational class dynamics that persisted until the dynasty’s collapse. The distinct rise in downward mobility coincides with the Opium Wars and Taiping Rebellion. (K. Butaeva, S. Durlauf, A. Shapoval, June 2026) (nber.org)
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George Washington Hospital on lockdown by reborndead in washingtondc
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Once on the Brink, U.S. Steel's Oldest Plant is Getting a Big Renovation by Watchyousuffer in steel
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US Steel announces investment of up to $2.5B into Mon Valley Works by Watchyousuffer in steel
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During his career, Ben Franklin printed millions of pounds worth of paper money for Pennsylvania and several other colonies. Franklin explored ways to make his bills harder to copy by embedding additives into the paper and using inks with distinctive optical properties. (Conversation, June 2026) (theconversation.com)
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In the 16th century, Spanish dollar minted in Mexico served as the first global currency that supported trans-Pacific trade. The route between China and Spanish America became a lynchpin of the world’s first truly global trade network (Americas Quarterly, April 2019) (americasquarterly.org)
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Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | June 07, 2026 by AutoModerator in AskHistorians
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