Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Ship

Ian Kumekawa is an Anniversary Fellow at the Center for History and Economics. He obtained his PhD in History at Harvard University in 2020, his MPhil at the University of Cambridge in 2013 and my A.B. at Harvard College in 2012. His work focuses on the history of economic thinking, imperial statecraft, and global capitalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He is also interested in the history of bureaucracy and the digital humanities, especially network visualizations.