Economic history

In this major reinterpretation of the evolution of the American corporation, Mark Roe convincingly demonstrates that the ownership structure of large U.

The essays reproduced in this volume analyze the guild system in Byzantium and the West, and investigate for the first time the process of price formation in Byzantium.

Alfred Marshall, Principles of Economics (1890) - Founder of Modern (Neo-classical) Economics.

Understanding the American stock market boom and bust of the 1920s is vital for formulating policies to combat the potentially deleterious effects of busts on the economy.

This book accounts for the work done around the two central aspects of Piero Sraffa's contribution to economic analysis, namely the criticism of the neoclassical theory of value and distribution and the reconstruction of economic theory along the lines of the Classical approach.

Allmächtiger Staat setzt sich mit dem Missbrauch von staatlicher Macht auseinander.

Saving Capitalism and Democracy tries to answer the difficult questions posed by intellectuals, the media, politicians, students and ordinary people concerning the crisis and how to avert an impending catastrophe.

Exploring the lives and achievements of 36 extraordinary individuals from across 18 nations and every continent, this books champions innovators: the disruptive individuals whose heroic visions and indomitable spirits are redefining the economic and social structure of our world.

This volume of essays contains 16 papers the author has written over the last 40 years on various aspects of the life and work of John Maynard Keynes and Nicholas Kaldor.

Alfred Marshall and Modern Economics re-examines Marshall's legacy and relevance to modern economic analysis with the more settled conventional wisdom concerning evolutionary processes allowing advances in economic theorising which were not possible in Marshall's life time.

En 1850, el país vivía una bonanza sin precedentes con la exportación del guano.

The 18th-century French leather industry was a strategically important manufacturing sector, one vital to both civilian and military life.

Using an inter-disciplinary and global approach this book examines the different roles gold played in the international economy from the late 19th century until today.

Die militärische Rüstungsbürokratie zwischen Niederlage des Deutschen Kaiserreiches und ›Totalem Krieg‹ der NS-Diktatur – in dieses Spannungsverhältnis begibt sich der Autor.

This book presents key insights about the challenges and the approaches they applied.

The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North.

The Multinational Enterprise and the Emergence of the Global Factory brings together research papers authored by Peter J.

British monetary policy was reactivated in 1951 when short-term interest rates were increased for the first time in two decades.

The book examines the problems that Nixon faced during his presidential term, focusing on economics but the role of politics is also highlighted.

The remarkably successful gold standard before 1914 was the first international monetary regime.

The Soviet Economy (1983) examines the long-term prospective growth of the USSR's economy.

On Skidelsky's Keynes and Other Essays is a collection of essays, biographies, review articles and tributes, focusing on the lives and times of the Cambridge School of Economists, and the immense contribution that these thinkers, including the author, made to the discipline.

Energy Reviews: Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR (1985) explores some important aspects of the development and operation of the unified gas system of the Soviet Union.

The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North.

First published in 1932, Indian Caste Customs is an explication on how caste system operates in everyday life.

First published in 1932, Indian Caste Customs is an explication on how caste system operates in everyday life.

This compelling book delves into how the gold discovery reshaped economies, societies, and migration patterns in South America.

The Soviet Economy (1983) examines the long-term prospective growth of the USSR's economy.

The Soviet Economy on the Brink of Reform (1988) is a collection of essays in honour of Alec Nove and covers such topics as Leon Trotsky, Navrozov, Soviet Investment criteria, Soviet Agricultural, and economic politics under Andropov and Chernenko.

Energy Reviews: Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR (1985) explores some important aspects of the development and operation of the unified gas system of the Soviet Union.

Written by bestselling finance author Guy Fraser-Sampson, this is a provocative account of the severe limitations of modern finance, advocating a bold new way forward for the finance industry.

This book is about where to go and what to do in China's reform.

First published in 1983, Problems in Class Analysis presents a coherent theory of labour's domination by capital, based upon the notion of the capitalist nature of both the product relations and of the productive forces themselves, including science and technology.

First published in 1983, Problems in Class Analysis presents a coherent theory of labour's domination by capital, based upon the notion of the capitalist nature of both the product relations and of the productive forces themselves, including science and technology.

First published in 1941, The Reconstruction of World Trade analyses the collapse of the international trading model after the First World War; the challenges presented by totalitarian methods of bilateral trade, and the problems anticipated in the attempt to reconstruct world trade after the end of the Second World War.

This book argues that mainstream economics cannot explain the underdevelopment and poverty of Nepal, neither can it be explained in terms of economics alone nor capital inadequacy even, as is conventionally believed.

This book argues that mainstream economics cannot explain the underdevelopment and poverty of Nepal, neither can it be explained in terms of economics alone nor capital inadequacy even, as is conventionally believed.

First published in 1941, The Reconstruction of World Trade analyses the collapse of the international trading model after the First World War; the challenges presented by totalitarian methods of bilateral trade, and the problems anticipated in the attempt to reconstruct world trade after the end of the Second World War.

What is a contract in Islam?

How did free trade emerge in early-modern times?

Contemporary capitalism is characterized by periods of vigorous economic growth and periods of slow or even negative growth.

Contemporary capitalism is characterized by periods of vigorous economic growth and periods of slow or even negative growth.

This book examines the role of normative economics in the writings of Karl Marx, Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman and Karl Popper.

¿Cómo narrar la vida de Aldo Ferrer?

Este libro ofrece la primera vision general de la historia empresarial de America Latina escrita por reconocidos investigadores internacionales.

Agricultural societies founded in the colony of Upper Canada were the institutional embodiment of the ideology of improvement, modelled on contemporary societies in Britain and the United States.

A FINANCIAL TIMES 'BOOK TO READ IN 2023' "e;Everything you wanted to know about inflation but were afraid to ask.

A leading economic historian presents a new history of financial crises, showing how some led to greater globalization while others kept nations apartThe eminent economic historian Harold James presents a new perspective on financial crises, dividing them into "e;good"e; crises, which ultimately expand markets and globalization, and "e;bad"e; crises, which result in a smaller, less prosperous world.

The unknown history of economic conservatism in India after independenceNeoliberalism is routinely characterized as an antidemocratic, expert-driven project aimed at insulating markets from politics, devised in the North Atlantic and projected on the rest of the world.