Amanda Gregg
@amandagregg.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Middlebury College.
Where are the official responses from our professional organizations to the gutting of social science at the NSF?
October 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Where are the official responses from our professional organizations to the gutting of social science at the NSF?
Surprised, grateful, and (very) delighted that my article with Anne Ruderman has won the Cole Prize for best article published in the Journal of Economic History last year. Thank you, JEH and EHA!
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Cross-Cultural Trade and the Slave Ship the Bonne Société: Baskets of Goods, Diverse Sellers, and Time Pressure on the African Coast | The Journal of Economic History | Cambridge Core
Cross-Cultural Trade and the Slave Ship the Bonne Société: Baskets of Goods, Diverse Sellers, and Time Pressure on the African Coast - Volume 85 Issue 3
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September 21, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Surprised, grateful, and (very) delighted that my article with Anne Ruderman has won the Cole Prize for best article published in the Journal of Economic History last year. Thank you, JEH and EHA!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The audiobook of Wendell Berry's the Unsettling of America read by Nick Offerman is extraordinary.
Chapter 2 of the Unsettling of America features a cultural critique of specialization, which I like assigning alongside Smith Book 1 Chapter 1.
Chapter 2 of the Unsettling of America features a cultural critique of specialization, which I like assigning alongside Smith Book 1 Chapter 1.
September 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The audiobook of Wendell Berry's the Unsettling of America read by Nick Offerman is extraordinary.
Chapter 2 of the Unsettling of America features a cultural critique of specialization, which I like assigning alongside Smith Book 1 Chapter 1.
Chapter 2 of the Unsettling of America features a cultural critique of specialization, which I like assigning alongside Smith Book 1 Chapter 1.
I know I'm not alone but it's crazy and troubling to me that the birthright citizenship decision was not unanimous.
June 30, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I know I'm not alone but it's crazy and troubling to me that the birthright citizenship decision was not unanimous.
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New: Are there truly many, well-paid jobs available for those without a four-year degree? That's the emerging narrative; I looked at the data.
Tl:dr: This graph that breaks down occupation by annual wages and the share of workers who hold a four-year degree.
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/23/s...
Tl:dr: This graph that breaks down occupation by annual wages and the share of workers who hold a four-year degree.
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/23/s...
June 23, 2026 at 12:54 PM
New: Are there truly many, well-paid jobs available for those without a four-year degree? That's the emerging narrative; I looked at the data.
Tl:dr: This graph that breaks down occupation by annual wages and the share of workers who hold a four-year degree.
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/23/s...
Tl:dr: This graph that breaks down occupation by annual wages and the share of workers who hold a four-year degree.
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/23/s...
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"Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely... to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding... 1 in every 5 babies with vitamin K deficiency bleeding will die"
The tragic costs of the anti-vaccine movement and wellness BS www.propublica.org/article/more...
The tragic costs of the anti-vaccine movement and wellness BS www.propublica.org/article/more...
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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May 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely... to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding... 1 in every 5 babies with vitamin K deficiency bleeding will die"
The tragic costs of the anti-vaccine movement and wellness BS www.propublica.org/article/more...
The tragic costs of the anti-vaccine movement and wellness BS www.propublica.org/article/more...
My toxic trait is I get impatient in long meetings, so I talk too much, and then the meeting gets longer.
April 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
My toxic trait is I get impatient in long meetings, so I talk too much, and then the meeting gets longer.
Dealing with these strange little things for my VT farms project.
April 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Dealing with these strange little things for my VT farms project.
This was fascinating. A favorable trade regime, accounting practices trickling down from larger estates, and technology in the form of the centrifugal cream separator explain the success of Danish butter, not just the famous cooperative creameries.
April 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
This was fascinating. A favorable trade regime, accounting practices trickling down from larger estates, and technology in the form of the centrifugal cream separator explain the success of Danish butter, not just the famous cooperative creameries.
Nothing cleans my office faster than a long overdue data task.
March 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Nothing cleans my office faster than a long overdue data task.
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My new article in the Economic History Review: I show that Belgian financial elites were far more involved in companies operating in King Leopold’s Congo Free State than in other Belgian firms, challenging the view that these elites had little interest in the Congo Free State.
March 25, 2026 at 12:53 PM
My new article in the Economic History Review: I show that Belgian financial elites were far more involved in companies operating in King Leopold’s Congo Free State than in other Belgian firms, challenging the view that these elites had little interest in the Congo Free State.
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Undergraduate economists, check out the Williams Pier conference. It's a great opportunity to share your work!
We are excited to announce the upcoming PIER 2026 conference, celebrating undergrad econ research! The conference will be May 2; submissions due Mar 20. Submit here: sites.google.com/williams.edu...
Our keynote speaker is the great @caitlinmyers.bsky.social!
Our keynote speaker is the great @caitlinmyers.bsky.social!
March 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Undergraduate economists, check out the Williams Pier conference. It's a great opportunity to share your work!
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The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Anyone can write a nomination letter! Entries due April 22, 2026. The prize includes a $1,200 cash award.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Anyone can write a nomination letter! Entries due April 22, 2026. The prize includes a $1,200 cash award.
Probably not rational but so far my response to the pressure to use LLMs to "work faster faster faster your'll be left behiiiiind" has been to make all my writing a little rougher. You'll never mistake that my emails, referee reports, recommendation letters, and drafts were composed by a human.
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Probably not rational but so far my response to the pressure to use LLMs to "work faster faster faster your'll be left behiiiiind" has been to make all my writing a little rougher. You'll never mistake that my emails, referee reports, recommendation letters, and drafts were composed by a human.
Why is HR everywhere like this? Why not just say, "you have some buttons to click before January?"
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Why is HR everywhere like this? Why not just say, "you have some buttons to click before January?"
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The Middlebury Department of Economics is seeking a two-year VAP for 2026-28, any field. The would be a great gig: brilliant colleagues (present company excepted), curious students, friendly vibes, gorgeous location. Please apply / spread the word. apply.interfolio.com/177226
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Middlebury Department of Economics is seeking a two-year VAP for 2026-28, any field. The would be a great gig: brilliant colleagues (present company excepted), curious students, friendly vibes, gorgeous location. Please apply / spread the word. apply.interfolio.com/177226
The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Anyone can write a nomination letter! Entries due April 22, 2026. The prize includes a $1,200 cash award.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Anyone can write a nomination letter! Entries due April 22, 2026. The prize includes a $1,200 cash award.
Word is, every NSF proposal now has to say something about AI. I guess I might as well make this useful. Which AI tools would you like me to test out and compare on a large data entry task?
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Word is, every NSF proposal now has to say something about AI. I guess I might as well make this useful. Which AI tools would you like me to test out and compare on a large data entry task?
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Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians
My economic history syllabus is increasingly "let's read Nobel winners together." I wonder what the ratio of Nobel winners to non-winners is among our course readings. Congratulations to today's winners. I've only met Mokyr, a true original, passionate and energetic, inhumanly erudite.
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My economic history syllabus is increasingly "let's read Nobel winners together." I wonder what the ratio of Nobel winners to non-winners is among our course readings. Congratulations to today's winners. I've only met Mokyr, a true original, passionate and energetic, inhumanly erudite.
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That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
I just looked back at my old tenure self-evaluation while trying to cleanse my palate from writing a million letters for others. I apologize, dear colleagues, for all the adjectives.
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I just looked back at my old tenure self-evaluation while trying to cleanse my palate from writing a million letters for others. I apologize, dear colleagues, for all the adjectives.
Hey all, are there any master's programs for economics (in the US or elsewhere) that offer financial aid or merit scholarships?
September 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hey all, are there any master's programs for economics (in the US or elsewhere) that offer financial aid or merit scholarships?