More on US public debt

Here’s an impressive infographic by the Chicago Tribune, on the national debt of the United States, 1940-2010.

Found via Visualizing Economics.

The socialist within

It’s Friday night in this side of the Western hemisphere, so, what the heck. I think you might find it funny. Here’s a bit of U. S. public debt history.

Does the average tea-party fan know better?

Found via The Big Picture.

Your weekly dose of AMHE news

All of these links are either in English or French. :)

–> News

Latest EHSANZ Newsletter

–> Events

Colloque MASCIPO : “LES EMPIRES DU MONDE ATLANTIQUE EN RÉVOLUTION”

Seminar “Past and present: from the Great Depression of the 20th  century to the Great Recession of the 21st century” Valencia, 13-14 May, 2010

Conference: ‘Distribution Networks for Textiles and Dress, c. 1700-1945’ (Wolverhampton, 8-9 sept. 2010)

Gide conference announcement (Paris, 27-29 May 2010)

–> Calls

CFP – SIGCIS History of Computing Workshop (Tacoma, Oct 3 2010),  Deadline 1 July

UK HET conference 2010 (Kingston upon Thames, 16-17 September 2010)

RFP: Looking for cooperation (COST program  Monetary Unions)

British Group in Early American History Annual Conference (Oxford, 9–12 September, 2010)

Call for papers: EAEPE Conference 2010 Methodology of Economics Research Area

Call for Papers: Symposium: Economics made fun in the face of the economic crisis

Call for Chapter Proposals: World Forest History – A New Book Series

CALL FOR PAPERS – Towards a global history of the consumer co-operative movement

Third European Congress on World and Global History (London, 14-17 April 2011)

–> Scholarships, prizes and job offers

Two Positions in Berlin

–> Publications

Complément à l’appel à contribution à un dictionnaire de comptabilité

Your weekly dosis of AMHE news

Disclaimer: Yes, we all know that both Ben and I have neglected this blog. It is time to catch up. But until we reach the lost momentum, you’ll have to live with our publishing choices. Now, on to some news, courtesy of the Mexican Economic History Association.

News

Newsletter, 1 de Mayo de 2010 de la AEHE [Spanish]

Boletim do Grupo de Pesquisa em História Econômica, História Quantitativa e Georreferenciada (abril de 2010) [Portuguese]

Courses

Escuela de Verano de Historia Económica (Montevideo, diciembre 2010) [Spanish]

Events

Conferencia de Douglas Irwin “Currencies and Crises: How Spain Missed  the Great Depression” (Madrid, 11 de mayo 2010) [Spanish, English]

Conferencia “Tariffs in history” (Madrid, 13 y 14 de mayo 2010) [Spanish, English]

Calls

Segunda Circular, XXII Jornadas de Historia Economica de la AAHE (Rio  Cuarto, 21 al 24 de septiembre de 2010) [Spanish]

Scholarships, prizes and job offers

Temporary Position Teaching the History of Economic Thought [English]

Doctoral scholarships at Leeds University [English]

Publications

Marcelo Rougier (dir.) Estudios sobre la industria argentina. Políticas de promoción y estrategias empresariales 2 [Spanish]

Papers

NEP-HIS 2010-05-02, 22 papers [English]