Enough times. Weve heard them enough times, they werent true then and they arent true now. The majority of economists have always agreed that there was another approach the government could have taken, rather than austerity, and we always argued, and we were right, that austerity was a political choice, not an economic necessity. As recently as march, the Party Opposite ploughed on, saying there was no alternative. To look at them how was no alternative. To look at them now suddenly proclaiming an end to austerity after 125,000 excess deaths as a result, after 100 billion taken out of the economy, after the worst decade for wage growth since the 19th century, just because there may be what . An election round the corner. And after all that, after all that, to deliver what is a pathetic sum to spending departments who are on their knees at the moment. Itsjust adding insult to injury. A government not just callous and uncaring, but hypocritical as well. This isnt a government, its a rack
In some ways, this is not a new thing. People have been writing diplomatic histories of the e the conflict ended. I think a combination of the centennial rethinking of what 19thcentury globalization is. And our current context in which americans are rethinking what it means to be part of a larger world in a postcold war era has generated a lot of rich scholarship in the last decade or so that situates the u. S. Civil war in a broader context. We are fortunate to have three young and excellent scholars who are going to help guide us through this. We look forward to our questions at the end. I will start here to my left, assistantson is professor of history at sacred heart university. Proud to acknowledge he is a High School Scholarship student some time ago. His research focuses on finance during the American Civil War and his first book Global Financial markets and civil war era is slated for publication in 2020. Left of him is andre fleche, a professor of history. His first book, the
We are going to be internationalizing this conflict, which we think is americas of mastic civil war. We are going to be speaking how does that some of the broader International Developments shaped the civil war and hopefully get a sense of what it is that is going on outside the rest of the world. His is not a new thing people have been writing diplomatic histories of the a sense for years after the conflict ended. Combination of the rethinking of what 19thcentury globalization is. And our current context in which americans are rethinking what it is to be part of a larger world in a postcold war era has generated a lot of rich scholarship in the last decade or so. War situates the u. S. Civil in a broader context. Have threeunate to young excellent scholars who are going to help guide us through this. We look forward to our questions at the end. Proud to acknowledge he is a High School Scholarship student some time ago. His research focuses on finance during the American Civil War and
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She challenges the notion that the midwest is merely a collection of flyover states, s collections. On this talk is part of the fifth annual midwestern conference hosted by the helen stein center at granville university. Good morning. My name is eric. I am an associate professor of africanamerican studies and history at the university of illinois or vanish and pain. Urbana champaign. Ours my honor to introduce keynote speaker, my friend and colleague, dr. Kristin hoganson. She is professor of United States history at the university of illinois at urbana champaign. She specializes in the history of the United States, cultures of u. S. Imperialism, transnational history, and the midwest. Professor hoganson has enjoyed a productive and accomplished academic career sense achieving her phd in history from yale in 1995. Following graduate school, she taught at harvard for five years before accepting a position in history at the university of illinois. In terms of her professional service, sh