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New Books in Economic and Business History

New Books in Economic and Business History

Interviews with scholars of the economic and business history about their new books

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1,559 episodesEN

Show overview

New Books in Economic and Business History has been publishing since 2011, and across the 15 years since has built a catalogue of 1,559 episodes. That works out to over 1400 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 2nd season.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 46 min and 1h 5m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Arts show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 111 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2023, with 356 episodes published. Published by New Books Network.

Episodes
1,559
Running
2011–2026 · 15y
Median length
56 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork

Photis Lysandrou, "Dollar Dominance: Why It Rules the Global Economy and How to Challenge It" (Policy Press, 2025)

May 13, 202654 min

Benjamin Robert Siegel, "Markets of Pain: Opium, Capitalism, and the Global History of Painkillers" (Oxford UP, 2026)

May 12, 202637 min

Stephan Meier, "The Employee Advantage: How Putting Workers First Helps Business Thrive" (PublicAffairs, 2024)

May 9, 20261h 7m

Angela Dimitrakaki, "Feminism. Art. Capitalism" (Pluto Press, 2026)

May 6, 202641 min

Paul Blustein, "King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency" (Yale UP, 2025)

Apr 30, 202651 min

William I. Robinson, "Epochal Crisis: The Exhaustion of Global Capitalism" (Cambridge UP, 2025)

Apr 30, 202654 min

Mary Lisa Gavenas, "Selling Opportunity: The Story of Mary Kay" (Penguin, 2026)

Apr 29, 20261h 4m

Stephen B. Young ed., "Adam Smith and Modern Economics: Reclaiming the Moral High Ground" (de Gruyter, 2026)

Apr 29, 20261h 11m

Raffaele Danna, "The Craft of Indo-Arabic Numerals: How Practical Arithmetic Shaped Commerce and Mathematics in Western Europe, 1200–1600" (Harvard UP, 2026)

Apr 28, 20261h 4m

Trevor Jackson, "The Insatiable Machine: How Capitalism Conquered the World" (Norton, 2026)

Apr 28, 202655 min

Kaitlin P. Reed, "Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California" (U Washington Press, 2023)

Apr 27, 20261h 23m

Karen Hao, "Empire of AI: Inside the Race for Total Domination" (Allan Lane, 2025)

Apr 27, 202639 min

Vanda Krefft, "Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women" (Algonquin Books, 2026)

Apr 24, 202646 min

Eileen G'Sell, "Lipstick" (Bloomsbury, 2026)

Apr 20, 202642 min

Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, "Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers" (U California Press, 2026)

Apr 19, 20261h 5m

Andrew W. M. Smith, "Make Cheese Not War: Transnational Resistance and the Larzac in Modern France" (Manchester UP, 2026)

Apr 17, 20261h 3m

Lewis Sage-Passant, "Beyond States and Spies: The Security Intelligence Services of the Private Sector" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)

Apr 17, 20261h 2m

Ibrahim J. Gedeon and Kyle Murray, "Automata: The Power of AI Integrated with Advanced Robotics" (U Toronto Press, 2026)

Apr 16, 20261h 12m

Security and Risk: Challenges for Economy and Business in the Global 20th Century: A Conversation with Marie Huber, Nina Kleinöder, and Christian Kleinschmidt

Apr 16, 202650 min

Devika Dutt et al., "Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction" (Polity Press, 2025)

Apr 14, 20261h 8m
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