The Poor Rich World
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
“Why the South Fought” and Other Papers on American Capitalism and Slavery
I have quietly been releasing a series of papers that support my forthcoming book
May 28
•
Joseph Francis
5
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
“Why the South Fought” and Other Papers on American Capitalism and Slavery
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
It’s Existential Question Time for Academia
The rise of the machines means that academics must ask themselves “Why Do I Exist?”
May 8
•
Joseph Francis
15
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
It’s Existential Question Time for Academia
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
March 2025
The Autumn of the White Patriarch
In a new paper, I trace the origins of the present moment in American politics
Mar 20
•
Joseph Francis
10
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
The Autumn of the White Patriarch
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
December 2024
Is Academia Killing Capitalism?
Joseph Schumpeter may have been right to fear academia, but it was for the wrong reasons.
Dec 30, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
50
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
Is Academia Killing Capitalism?
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
14
From Argentina to American capitalism and slavery
Some comparative reflections on a book on Latin American state formation
Dec 20, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
7
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
From Argentina to American capitalism and slavery
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
8
The Poor Rich Nation becomes The Poor Rich World
Service announcement: I’m globalizing my blog
Dec 19, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
3
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
The Poor Rich Nation becomes The Poor Rich World
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
May 2024
Problems of democratisation
Two US Embassy documents shed some light on Peronism’s role in the origins of state terror in the 1970s
May 12, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
6
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
Problems of democratisation
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
2
~6,000 pages of reports from the US embassy in Buenos Aires, c. 1960–1972
I have made available documents that I copied in the US National Archives over a decade ago
May 9, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
3
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
~6,000 pages of reports from the US embassy in Buenos Aires, c. 1960–1972
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
March 2024
When nominal beats purchasing power parity
Looking at Argentina’s relative nominal GDP per capita gives a clearer indication of when its decline began
Mar 19, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
7
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
When nominal beats purchasing power parity
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
5
A New Zealand-shaped spanner
A comparison with New Zealand complicates the story of Argentina’s relative decline
Mar 13, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
7
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
A New Zealand-shaped spanner
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
3
Argentina/United States and Argentina/Australia updates
More on my revisions of Argentina’s historical GDP statistics
Mar 12, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
5
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
Argentina/United States and Argentina/Australia updates
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
1
The argument in a nutshell
This is how I currently see the argument of my book on Argentina
Mar 7, 2024
•
Joseph Francis
7
Share this post
The Poor Rich World
The argument in a nutshell
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
4
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
