1. Institutional Persistence Redux: Exploring the Relationship between Economic Development and the Rule of Law • Jari Eloranta, University of Helsinki; Mikael Hernesniemi, University of Helsinki; Andrei Markevich, University of Helsinki.

2. The Relative Performance of the Economy under the Presidents of the United States from 1900 to 2024 • Samuel Williamson, MeasuringWorth & Miami University.

3. Legacies of Liberalism: Political Agency and the Making of Regional Economies in China • Qin Huang, Northwestern University.

4. The Emergence of National Markets in Republican China (1912-1945) • Zhao Fang, University of Chicago.