Economic History

William Stanley Jevons is regarded by many as bringing mathematical methods to the study of economics. The Theory of Political Economy brought toge...

This book accounts for the work done around the two central aspects of Piero Sraffa's contribution to economic analysis, namely the criticism of th...

The current global financial and economic crisis has called for the revival of Keynesian theory. This sixth volume in the International Papers in P...

Describes the lives, theories, and legacies of six great minds in finance who changed the way we look at financial markets and equilibrium. Bacheli...

Electronics is an ever-changing field with an entrepreneurial spirit and a rich history, populated by some of the world's most famous companies and...

Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) was a leading liberal Italian economist, economic historian and political figure: Governor of the Bank of Italy, Minister...

Paper, bottles, metal scrap, kitchen garbage, rubber, hair, fat, rags, and bones--the Nazi empire demanded its population obsessively collect anyth...

Huge losses very nearly destroyed Lloyd's, a revered British institution, the world's largest insurance market. Ten thousand people faced big perso...

Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis uses case studies of failed banks, banks that would have failed without taxpayer intervention, and in...

Protect your investments with a deep dive into the past and future of finance Building on the uncannily accurate predictions in previous editions, ...

A New York Times BestsellerAn NPR Best Book of the YearThe epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of...

A mind-blowing tour de force that unwraps the myriad objects of addiction that surround usIntelligent, incisive, and sometimes grimly entertaining....

The new path for economic development that India must create The whole world has a stake in Indias future, and that future hinges on whether India ...

In the archive of Verrazzano Castle in Greve in Chianti, Professor Stefaan Missinne, discoverer of the da Vinci Globe dating from 1504, stumbled up...

Trading Power traces the successes and failures of a generation of German political leaders as the Bonn Republic emerged as a substantial force in ...

During the interwar period, J.P. Morgan was the most important bank in the world and at the crossroads of US politics, international relations and ...

Taxation in Colonial America examines life in the thirteen original American colonies through the revealing lens of the taxes levied on and by the ...

In the eighteenth century, Glasgow and its outports became the dominant force in the highly lucrative tobacco commerce from the Americas to Europe....

The untold story of the role of humanitarian NGOs in building the neoliberal order after empireAfter India gained independence in 1947, Britain rei...

In 1611, the seventeen-year-old Gustav Adolf ascended the throne of Sweden. Before the new king could sit on his throne, however, he faced a disast...

Warren Buffett-widely considered the most successful investor of all time-has repeatedly acknowledged Benjamin Graham as the primary influence on h...

Work and labour are fundamental to an understanding of Roman society. In a world where reliable information was scarce and economic insecurity loom...