Student Walk through Economic History: UCL Economics, the First 100 Years

Ciara O'Malley takes you to the 1800s to explore what was happening when one of the oldest economics departments in the world was founded. Between ground-breaking economics and the beginnings of one of the best-known magazines in the world, UCL was on the cutting edge of the 19th century economics. Come with us as we discover exactly who was roaming the halls of UCL, and what all they were doing. References: UCL Department of Economics Website: History Cambridge Alumni Database UCL News: Britain’s greatest economist commemorated Encyclopaedia Britannica: David Ricardo Encyclopaedia Britannica: Walter Bagehot A new biography of Walter Bagehot, “the greatest Victorian” – James Grant, The Economist, August 8th 2019 Edition Encyclopaedia Britannica: William Stanley Jevons Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy: William Stanley Jevons UCL Calendars Archive Encyclopaedia Britannica: John Elliot Cairnes Copyrights: Maps footage copyright Google Thomas Sargent Photo: Princeton University, Office of Communications, Denise Applewhite (2011) Walter Bagehot Picture from victorianweb.org Picture of John Elliot Cairnes reproduced from history of economic thought website: hetwebsite.net Suggested content: Bagehot’s Notebook in The Economist: https://www.economist.com/bagehots-no... The Economist profile on Bagehot: https://www.economist.com/books-and-a... David Ricardo Profile: https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-o... Famous Economists from the UCL Dept. of Economics: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/economics/about...