Davis Kedrosky
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Davis Kedrosky is a PhD student in economics at Northwestern University.
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Northwestern University: PhD student in economics (as of November 2026) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Research: Economic history and political economy; the development of the state in historical Britain (opens wiqqi.app)
- Newsletter: Great Transformations, on economic history and the origins of modern growth (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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x.com: @dkedrosky (opens x.com)
“Please hire my officemate! He plays classical music without headphones all the time, so it would be ideal if he didn't take a year 7. (also, his job market paper is really cool!)”
- Newsletter: blog.daviskedrosky.com (opens blog.daviskedrosky.com)
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x.com: @dkedrosky (opens x.com)
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16 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The idea that early modern armies routinely broke enemy lines by combining artillery fire with cavalry charges was largely a myth. (opens korrents.com)
“Artillery-infantry-cavalry combinations didn't work as seamlessly and Roberts and Parker assumed-blowing holes in enemy lines with cannon and riding through with cavalry was as much a myth in 1614 as in 1914.”
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The military revolution in early modern Europe was a centuries-long coevolution of military technology and political organization rather than one sharp discontinuity. (opens korrents.com)
“The 'military revolution' is better understood as encompassing the centuries-long co-evolution of military technology/tactics and political organization that resulted (under the duress of military competition) in the…”
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War was not the only driver of state growth in early modern Europe; political centralization and the rise of absolutism also strengthened military power. (opens korrents.com)
“War wasn't the only cause of state growth, and in turn politically-motivated centralization and the rise of absolutism also enhanced military prowess.”
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The idea that early modern armies routinely broke enemy lines by combining artillery fire with cavalry charges was largely a myth. (opens korrents.com)
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8 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Great Divergence (opens rcmnd.app)
“His 2000 masterpiece The Great Divergence argues that the Americas, won and worked by force, provided the critical ghost acreages that propelled Britain past the Old World's common ecological constraints.”
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The European Miracle (opens rcmnd.app)
“I recommended Eric Jones’ The European Miracle”
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The Lever of Riches (opens rcmnd.app)
“Joel Mokyr’s The Lever of Riches”
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The Great Divergence (opens rcmnd.app)