I am a PhD candidate in economics at the New School for Social Research (NSSR) and a visiting doctoral student at the Paris School of Economics (PSE). My current research focuses on the study of income and wealth inequality and political conflict, the...
Kirk W. McLeod is a PhD candidate in Harvard’s History Department. His research explores European imperial history in Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia, with a particular emphasis on the global dimensions of racial capitalism, the political economy...
Research interests: History of Europe during early modern times, particularly the political economy of the Iberian Empires; global capital; merchant networks; slave traffic; Asian trade; and global cities.
Benjamin Brendel is a research associate in modern history at Philipps University Marburg (Germany). His research interests are in global history, international relations, the history of environment and critical infrastructure. In his current project he...