1. Probate Inventories and Sample Selection Bias: Evidence from the Eighteenth-Century Cape Colony • Johan Fourie, Stellenbosch University; Anne McCants, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Leone Walters, Stellenbosch University.

2. Industriousness, the Gilboy Thesis, and the Lost Contributions of Home Economists to the Industrialization Debate • Nicholas O'Neill, University of Chicago.

3. Moral Economy, Informal Insurance, or What? The Logic and Effectiveness of Informal Transfers between Households in Early 20th Century Finland • Sakari Saaritsa, University of Helsinki.