Economic History

There's little doubt that most humans today are better off than their forebears. Stunningly so, the economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey argue...

This book surveys the development of the Italian economy over the 150 years since unification, integrating economic analysis with an economic and s...

Following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Slovak Republic emerged as an independent nation and embarked on a journey of economic tr...

Traditional narratives of capitalist change often rely on the myth of the willful entrepreneur from the global North who transforms the economy and...

A demographic futurist explains the coming Super Agewhen there will be more people older than sixty-five than those under the age of eighteenand ex...

The political decisions made by the founding fathers were crucial to the success of the early republic. But the economic decisions they made were j...

Allan H. Meltzer's critically acclaimed history of the Federal Reserve is the most ambitious, most intensive, and most revealing investigation of t...

There is little doubt that the French Revolution of 1789 changed the course of Western history. But why did the idea of civic equalitya distinctive...

Other Canon Economics: Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development brings together key essays on development economics from one...

This book offers a novel explanation of the transformation of Londons transport from a free market to a public corporation rooted in social and pol...

For nearly three centuries the spectacular rise and fall of the South Sea Company has gripped the public imagination as the most graphic warning to...

Famines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming...

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A must-read, with key lessons for the future.Thomas Piketty A groundbreaking examination of austeritys dark...

Island Southeast Asia was once a thriving region, and its products found eager consumers from China to Europe. Today, the Philippines, Indonesia, a...