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More Business Historians in the News

A few more examples of recent media appearances by business historians:
Andrew Russell and Lee Vinsel had an opinion piece in the New York Times Sunday Review, on "Let's Get Excited about Maintenance!"

Christy Ford Chapin was a recent guest on NPR's "On Point," discussing "Our Hamstrung Health Care System."

Vicki Howard has an essay on the history of Sears, "How Sears Industrialized, Suburbanized, and Fractured the American Economy," published at both Zócalo Public Square and the Smithsonian's "What It Means to Be American" project.

Kim Phillips-Fein writes about "Trump's Austerity Politics" for the New Republic.

The work of Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo was featured in two recent programs marking the 50th anniversary of the ATM: "Happy Birthday, ATMS!" on NPR's "Marketplace" (audio here); and "The ATM at 50" on "The Conversation."

Taylor Jaworski has an essay at VOX, the Centre for Economic Policy Research public policy blog site, on "WWII and the Industrialization of the American South."

Stephen Mihm has more posts for the "Bloomberg View":  "How Summer Vacation Took Hold in the U.S."; and "Americans Are Living as Large as Ever."

Ed Balleisen draws on his recent book Fraud: An American History in a video interview for the UK's "This Is Money."

And, more generally, the Washington Post has launched a forum, "Made by HIstory," that gives historians a chance to weigh in on contemporary issues; among familiar names so far:
Jennifer Delton, "The Left's Diversity Problem"
Kim Phillips-Fein, "How the 1977 Blackout Unleashed New York City's Tough-on-Crime Politics"
Marc-William Palen, "Protectionism 100 Years Ago Helped Ignite a World War; Could It Happen Again?"
The full list is here. [These are behind a pay wall].

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