Jacob R. Hall

I am an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University. My research interests are in Political Economy, Law & Economics, and Economic History.

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Courses

Global Economic History This set of lecture notes is the backbone of an undergraduate course on global economic history and political economy. I will link to the slidedecks as I develop the material.
  • 1. The Malthusian Economy
  • 2. Violence and Social Orders
  • 3. The Neolithic Revolution
  • 4. The Origins of the State
  • 5. Ancient Empires
  • 6. Classical Greece
  • 7. Ancient Rome
  • 8. Ancient and Medieval China
  • 9. The Islamic World
  • 10. The Commercial Revolution
  • 11. Feudal Political Economy
  • 12. The Printing Press
  • 13. The Protestant Reformation
  • 14. The Rise of the Modern Nation-State
  • 15. The Development of Representative Institutions
  • 16. The Dutch Golden Age
  • 17. The Origins of Political Liberalism
  • 18. The British Industrial Revolution
  • 19. Catching Up, Falling Behind
  • 20. Life and Death in the People's Republics
  • 21. America in the Twentieth Century
Law and Economics This set of lecture notes is the backbone of an undergraduate course on law and economics. There are two primary approaches to “Law and Economics.” The first uses economics to understand how changes in legal rules affect human behavior. The second uses economics to explain the structure and variation of the legal rules themselves. This course explores both approaches. I will link to the slidedecks as I develop the material.

Various Talks and Lectures