Economic History Roundup

Economix on why the unemployment rate is so high
Real Time Economics on the Fed's historic error
Slate on the black-market origins of the U.S. condom industry
Origins on the legacy of the Morrill Land Grant Act
History News Network on the new age of austerity
Paul Krugman on Japan's return to the future
The Financial Times on the London Underground's 150th birthday
The Atlantic on how the TV business got rich off the Internet

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