tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post6227178127354605963..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.793-05:00Comments on The Grumpy Economist: GuildsJohn H. Cochranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04842601651429471525noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-7274516802608617072014-11-24T16:48:38.120-06:002014-11-24T16:48:38.120-06:00Will you be petitioning the University of Chicago ...Will you be petitioning the University of Chicago to disband the tenure system and replace it with an annual, or maybe bi-annual competition for employment for all professorships?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-29850083041273719082014-11-21T23:26:45.418-06:002014-11-21T23:26:45.418-06:00The strongest guilds in the USA? Lawyers.The strongest guilds in the USA? Lawyers.Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-83161676084787507902014-11-20T23:09:52.031-06:002014-11-20T23:09:52.031-06:00Nice book report.Nice book report.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-71074956860185332952014-11-19T13:11:34.601-06:002014-11-19T13:11:34.601-06:00For an alternative view of guilds, check this pape...For an alternative view of guilds, check this paper by Earl Thompson, one of my old (and now late) teachers from UCLA. It was published in Explorations in Economic History: <br /><br />http://www.econ.ucla.edu/thompson/27-1.pdf<br /><br />Guilds were a way for artisans and merchants to protect their businesses from internal appropriation and external aggression before the emergence of the modern state. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-76396642502426094362014-11-17T23:45:53.697-06:002014-11-17T23:45:53.697-06:00One thing the guilds did provide was a power base ...One thing the guilds did provide was a power base against the existing leaders. They were involved in most popular uprisings in the Middle Ages, including the first Parliament in England with elected members. Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05741738070067590221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-582368152716771238.post-53278913887861583402014-11-17T23:09:42.266-06:002014-11-17T23:09:42.266-06:00Yes, but Rembrandt. Sigh.Yes, but Rembrandt. Sigh.Fat Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09554029467445000453noreply@blogger.com