Ann M. Carlos received her BA in History and Economics and an MA in Economics from University College Dublin and her PhD in Economics, in 1980, from the University of Western Ontario. She is currently Professor Emerita, University of Colorado Boulder.
A persistent theme in Professor Carlos’ research had been a focus on groups often ignored. Early work explored managerial opportunism in early joint-stock chartered companies. Later, in a series of papers with Larry Neal, they examined the London stock market in which these companies operated: the social depth of share ownership by gender and occupation, diversification of portfolio holdings, and the role of brokers. In another series of papers, much joint with Frank D. Lewis, they explored the impact of a commercial fur trade on Canada’s First nations, focusing on the agency of North American Indigenous societies. They examine the extent and causes of resource depletion, indigenous demands on the structure of the trade, and Indigenous standards of living in the mid-eighteenth century. This work culminated in Commerce by a Frozen Sea, co-authored with Frank Lewis. Her current work explores the economic complexity, trade, and dynamism of Indigenous economies especially before 1492.
Professor Carlos is a Presidential Fellow of the Economic History Association, and a fellow of the Cliometrics Association. She has received teaching prizes, including the Jonathon Hughes Prize for excellence in teaching economic history from the Economic History Association. She has served as chair of the Department of Economics, and as Divisional Dean for Social Sciences at the University of Colorado and has been co-Editor of the Journal of Economic History. She was the inaugural recipient of the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award – awarded annually by the Centre for Economics, Policy, and History (CEPH) to an economic historian who has made a major contribution to the discipline – in 2024.
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