I have recently finished reading Famine and Finance by Tyler Beck Goodspeed. While short, it should have a prominent place on the shelves of economic historians interested (obviously) in Irish history and (less obviously) in Malthusian theory. Famine and Finance is a study of the response of Irish farmers to the potato blight. As it is known to … Continue reading Famine and Finance: Credit and the Great Famine of Ireland![]()
