All articles from Works in Progress

Inflation in Rome, Weimar Germany and Soviet Russia with Mark Koyama

Episode 12 of of the Works in Progress podcast is about how inflation undermines state capacity.

Learning about longevity from long-lived animals

The secrets to extending human lifespans might lie in the animals that can already live for centuries.

How writing about nineteenth-century cities changed my mind

More pro-planning, less fussed about privatisation, more pro-monopolies

Many Victorian cities grew by tenfold in a century

Could ours do the same?