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Working Papers

2021

1. Railways as Patient Capital
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2018

2. Patient and impatient capital: time horizons as market boundaries
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2017

3. The Market Turn: From Social Democracy to Market Liberalism
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The market turn: from social democracy to market liberalism, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2013

4. Narrow Banking, Real Estate, and Financial Stability in the UK, c.1870-2010
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics

2012

5. A Warrant for Pain: Caveat Emptor vs. the Duty of Care in American Medicine, c. 1970-2010
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (1)
6. Self-interest, Sympathy and the Invisible Hand: From Adam Smith to Market Liberalism
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Self-interest, Sympathy and the Invisible Hand: From Adam Smith to Market Liberalism, Economic Thought, World Economics Association (2012) View citations (5) (2012)
7. The Economy of Obligation: Incomplete Contracts and the Cost of the Welfare State
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (6)

2010

8. Obesity under affluence varies by welfare regimes: The effect of fast food, insecurity, and inequality
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (49)
   See also Journal Article Obesity under affluence varies by welfare regimes: The effect of fast food, insecurity, and inequality, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2010) View citations (51) (2010)

2008

9. British Manual Workers: From Producers to Consumers, c. 1950-2000
   Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (4)
10. Charles Feinstein (1932-2005), and British Historical National Accounts
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2008) View citations (2)

2006

11. The challenge of affluence: self-control and well-being since 1950
    Working Papers, Economic History Society View citations (49)

2005

12. The Markup for Lemons: Quality and Uncertainty in American and British Used-Car Markets c.1953-1973
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2002

13. Why has the Public Sector Grown so Large in Market Societies? The Political Economy of Prudence in the UK, c. 1870-2000
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (15)
    See also Book Why has the Public Sector Grown so Large in Market Societies?: The Political Economy of Prudence in the UK, c.1870-2000, OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press (2003) View citations (6) (2003)

2000

14. Economic Welfare Measurements and Human Well-Being, [revised version, March 2000]
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (23)

1998

15. Epidemics of Abundance: Overeating and Slimming in the USA and Britain since the 1950s
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (24)

1996

16. Between the gift and the market: the economy of regard
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Between the gift and the market: the economy of regard, Economic History Review, Economic History Society (1997) View citations (60) (1997)
17. The American Automobile Frenzy of the 1950s
    Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (8)

Journal Articles

2021

1. Landscape economics
   Landscape Research, 2021, 46, (8), 1140-1141

2017

2. The market turn: from social democracy to market liberalism
   Economic History Review, 2017, 70, (4), 1051-1071 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Market Turn: From Social Democracy to Market Liberalism, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2014

3. Time series citation data: the Nobel Prize in economics
   Scientometrics, 2014, 98, (1), 185-196 View citations (26)

2013

4. Economy of liabilities: incomplete contracts and the cost of social-oriented state
   Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, 2013, 109—126
5. Economy of liabilities: incomplete contracts and the cost of social-oriented state (conclusion)
   Ekonomicheskaya Politika / Economic Policy, 2013, 152—166
6. Facing Future Adversity
   Challenge, 2013, 56, (4), 38-50
7. Hugh Rockoff, America's economic way of war: war and the US economy from the Spanish-American War to the Persian Gulf War ( New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Pp. xii + 357. 4 boxes. 29 figs. 18 tabs. ISBN 9780521676731 Pbk. £50)
   Economic History Review, 2013, 66, (4), 1223-1224

2012

8. Self-interest, Sympathy and the Invisible Hand: From Adam Smith to Market Liberalism
   Economic Thought, 2012, 1, (2), 1 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Self-interest, Sympathy and the Invisible Hand: From Adam Smith to Market Liberalism, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2012) View citations (9) (2012)

2010

9. Government and the American economy: a new history – By Price Fishback, Robert Higgs, Gary D. Libecap, John Joseph Wallis, Stanley L. Engerman, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Sumner J. La Croix, Robert A. Margo, Robert A. McGuire, Richard Sylla, Lee J. Alston, Joseph P. Ferrie, Mark Guglielmo, E. C. Pasour, Jr., Randal R. Rucker, and Werner Troesken
   Economic History Review, 2010, 63, (3), 837-839
10. Obesity under affluence varies by welfare regimes: The effect of fast food, insecurity, and inequality
    Economics & Human Biology, 2010, 8, (3), 297-308 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper Obesity under affluence varies by welfare regimes: The effect of fast food, insecurity, and inequality, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (2010) View citations (49) (2010)

2008

11. The moral consequences of economic growth – By Benjamin M. Friedman
    Economic History Review, 2008, 61, (1), 271-272

2007

12. Barbed wire: an ecology of modernity – By Reviel Netz
    Economic History Review, 2007, 60, (2), 440-441
13. The Challenge of Affluence: Interview with Avner Offer
    Challenge, 2007, 50, (2), 6-19 View citations (2)

2000

14. General and Miscellaneous - Analytic Narratives. By Robert H. Bates, Avner Greif, Margaret Levi,Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, and Barry R. Weingast. Princeton, NJ:Princeton University Press,1998. Pp.x, 249. $50.00, cloth; $19.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 2000, 60, (1), 312-314

1999

15. Household appliances and ‘systems of provision’: a reply
    Economic History Review, 1999, 52, (3), 563-567

1998

16. Consumption in the Age of Affluence: The World of Food. By Ben Fine, Michael Heasman and Judith Wright. London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Pp. x, 305. $75.00, cloth; $22.00, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, (2), 621-622

1997

17. Between the gift and the market: the economy of regard
    Economic History Review, 1997, 50, (3), 450-476 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Between the gift and the market: the economy of regard, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers (1996) View citations (8) (1996)

1995

18. Going to War in 1914: A Matter of Honor?
    Politics & Society, 1995, 23, (2), 213-241

1994

19. Household appliances and the use of time: the United States and Britain since the 1920s
    Economic History Review, 1994, 47, (4), 725-748 View citations (35)

1993

20. The British empire, 1870-1914: a waste of money?
    Economic History Review, 1993, 46, (2), 215-238 View citations (14)

1992

21. Emigrants and Empire: British Settlement in the Dominions Between the Wars. Edited by Stephen Constantine. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990. Pp. x, 208. $59.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (3), 717-719

1991

22. Farm tenure and land values in England, c. 1750-1950
    Economic History Review, 1991, 44, (1), 1-20 View citations (10)

1980

23. Ricardo's Paradox and the Movement of Rents in England, c. 1870–1910
    Economic History Review, 1980, 33, (2), 236-252 View citations (1)

Books

2016

1. The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn
   Economics Books, Princeton University Press View citations (26)

2007

2. The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (29)

2003

3. Why has the Public Sector Grown so Large in Market Societies?: The Political Economy of Prudence in the UK, c.1870-2000
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Why has the Public Sector Grown so Large in Market Societies? The Political Economy of Prudence in the UK, c. 1870-2000, Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2002) View citations (15) (2002)

1991

4. The First World War: An Agrarian Interpretation
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (12)

Edited books

2012

1. Insecurity, Inequality, and Obesity in Affluent Societies
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (4)

Chapters

2021

1. Economic History at Oxford, 1860–2020
   Springer

2016

2. Introduction
   A chapter in The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn, 2016

2013

3. Regard
   Chapter 29 in Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise, 2013, pp 285-294