https://minutesof.com/on/economic-history/ Everyone on the record about economic history: 4 verbatim quotes from 2 people, October 2024 to February 2025, in one chronology, each with a timestamp… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:56 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/f52bec3b-273e-400a-b92e-a375dc082420/ https://minutesof.com/q/f52bec3b-273e-400a-b92e-a375dc082420/ “at the end of Mao's reign, and Mao had raised the wall and and kind of turned China inwards, they had fallen to 5% of global GDP.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:13:28 +0000 economic history https://minutesof.com/q/f45c1242-8cd4-4414-9710-bd491d1de9c9/ https://minutesof.com/q/f45c1242-8cd4-4414-9710-bd491d1de9c9/ “in 1820, China's economy was wide open, and they actually, had 33% of the global economy. 33% of global GDP was China.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:13:28 +0000 economic history https://minutesof.com/q/20238ddb-9934-4ffb-8be8-5c8775fdad9a/ https://minutesof.com/q/20238ddb-9934-4ffb-8be8-5c8775fdad9a/ “So we have two thousand years, you have no GDP growth. And it all happens to magically line up with, you know, the founding of America, the wealth of nations, limited government, entrepreneurialism, etcetera.” — Brad Gerstner, Hoover Institution Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:07:35 +0000 economic history https://minutesof.com/q/721f803c-9c47-41cc-8a7d-7bf5b6a9d9cd/ https://minutesof.com/q/721f803c-9c47-41cc-8a7d-7bf5b6a9d9cd/ “Eighteen hundred years, okay? Almost zero growth in GDP. And then just after the year 1800, you have this parabolic move in global GDP.” — Brad Gerstner, Summit Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:01:32 +0000 economic history