Leandro Prados de la Escosura, "Human Development and the Path to Freedom: 1870 to the Present" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
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The Challenges of Academic Life in Spain
I was tempted to stay in the U.S., but then I heard about Gabriel Tortilla's 13 year experience in Spain. In Spain you can do things that you couldn't do in the US, such as putting together a team. You have to debate with other colleagues, even with senior colleagues, but keep being friends. And out of respect, I would criticize my elders, and they didn't like it. So, you know, I had to learn also how to relate to them. For instance, I organized a quantitative economic history seminar, the first one in 1983 in Madrid. If you want to publish a paper in a local journal, first, you create the journal. It
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