Historical Impromptus

Distinguished Professor, Economist, Historian, and Author Deirdre McCloskey brings the first in a three-part series of impromptus with, Historical Impromptus: Notes, Reviews, and Responses on the British Experience and the Great Enrichment. McCloskey is the retired Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2014, she was awarded the Hayek Lifetime Achievement Award by the Austrian Economics Center and is the recipient of 11 honorary degrees. Her main research interests include the origins of the modern world, the misuse of statistical significance in economics and other sciences, and the study of capitalism, among many others. The American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was founded in 1933 as the first independent voice for sound economics in the United States. Today it publishes ongoing research, hosts educational programs, publishes books, sponsors interns and scholars, and is home to the world-renowned Bastiat Society and the highly respected Sound Money Project. The American Institute for Economic Research is a 501c3 public charity.