Sheilagh Ogilvie on Epidemics, Guilds, and the Persistence of Bad Institutions
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Enhanced with helpful links. Is it ConversationsWithTyler.com Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. Today I'm chatting with Sheila Ogilvy, who is a historian and an economic historian. She is currently at All Souls College of Oxford.
Formerly of Cambridge University, Originally hails from, I believe, Western Canada. She has a new book out. Which is excellent, and the title is Controlling Contagion. Epidemics and institutions from the Black Death to Covid.
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