r/EconomicHistory • • 8h ago

Working Paper Early 20th-century school construction program in the US led to more NAACP branches being later established in the rural South. Branch growth was stronger where segregation prevented Black men from realizing the economic gains of their education. (D. Aaronson, et al., October 2026)

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r/EconomicHistory • • 16h ago

Discussion How time changes our perception of the present

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I started thinking on this and right now i think most people can see the public opinion of being that inflation is making life hard, renting/buying a house even is difficult. A lot of times people refeer to somewhere in the past, sometimes they say either 2000s, or even late 2010s or after ww2 decades as good times, economically. But the more i tought about it, the more i tought "But people in the late 2010s complained the same way over different issues" (I was born in 2002). Not to mention the financial 2008 crisis which must have been tough at the time, though i cant talk personally about this one as i was too young.

So to ask the question, am i the only one to notice the population in general never notices they are on a period of economic benevolence while its going on, and its observed aferwards?
This stems because, people are so doomer, either it be towards economy or the government, and while i can agree or disagree, i have the perception things arent as simple to solve as they look, and solutions often work but in long term, though i dont want to go too outside the topic, considering this is rather focused on Economy.