In the last post in this history of capitalism series, I wrote about the way commodity histories (like Cod: A Biography of a Fish that Changed the World) illuminate some of the influences—intellectual and geopolitical—that shaped the emergence of the new history of capitalism. One of those influences or factors has to do with a broader argument that I’ve been trying to make throughout this series: that the new history of capitalism should not be understood as rooted in or a response to the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Certainly the crisis drew attention to the field at a critical moment Read more