Libros de Historia económica (677)

This fully revised and updated edition of a seminal reference work provides a detailed chronological account of the development of European integration. The history of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), which began [...]

The world of finance is ever influenced by the transformational impact of technology, financial decision makers and institutions as well as political, societal and cultural forces. This important new book will demonstrate [...]

The problem, Clark says, is tha only societies that have long stories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For many societies [...]

For the greater part of recorded history the most successful and powerful states were autocracies; yet now the world is increasingly dominated by democracies. In "A Free Nation Deep in Debt", James [...]

History of Interest Rates is in its fourth edition, with the last edition published in 1996. The book presents a very readable account of interest rate trends and lending practices spanning [...]

Thomas Tooke (1774-1858), economist, began his working life in various businesses in St. Petersburg and London. He took no important part in any public discussion of economic questions until 1819, in which [...]

The Ottoman empire stood at the crossroads of intercontinental trade at the dawn of the era of capitalism. This volume examines the monetary history of that empire from its beginnings in the [...]

The twenty-century saga of the economics profession in America is the story of how a humble quest to understand the wealth of nations became imbued with immense public prestige and, finally, a [...]

Canada has always been a trading nation. From the early days of fur and fish, to the present, when a remarkable 90 per cent of its gross national product is attributable to [...]

Issues surrounding agriculture have always had pride of place among academic research in economic history. Interest in agricultural issues does not seem to come into fashion, and then fade into the background [...]