Economic history

Inspired by Karl Polanyi's assertion that a self-adjusting market cannot persist without undermining the human and natural fabric of society, this book explores the critical role of market regulation in sustaining capitalism.

In the 1890s, the choice between the gold standard and the free coinage of silver upended American politics.

In the 1890s, the choice between the gold standard and the free coinage of silver upended American politics.

In unpacking credit relationships and payments over the past 1000 years in addition to how technological innovations are shifting the credit relationships/payments landscape – from barter, commodity money, single layered to dual-layered financial money systems and from CBDC to stablecoins – this book systematically explores the various techniques that have been introduced in an attempt to improve the organisation, efficiency and stability of the IOU economy as a way to mitigate or prevent the universal challenge of the IOU economy from binding.

In unpacking credit relationships and payments over the past 1000 years in addition to how technological innovations are shifting the credit relationships/payments landscape – from barter, commodity money, single layered to dual-layered financial money systems and from CBDC to stablecoins – this book systematically explores the various techniques that have been introduced in an attempt to improve the organisation, efficiency and stability of the IOU economy as a way to mitigate or prevent the universal challenge of the IOU economy from binding.

This Palgrave Pivot presents a microhistory of an important but little-known incident of futures trading.

This Palgrave Pivot presents a microhistory of an important but little-known incident of futures trading.

This book explores the economic and political transformation of Chile under the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

This book explores the economic and political transformation of Chile under the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

This book examines the past history, and contemporary status of subsistence whaling.

This book examines the past history, and contemporary status of subsistence whaling.

This graduate textbook explores key microeconomic concepts to provide insight into financial markets, comparative economic development, and political institutions.

This graduate textbook explores key microeconomic concepts to provide insight into financial markets, comparative economic development, and political institutions.

This book, the first of two volumes, examines the evolution of humanity and development global economic systems to provide insight into the advances and challenges they have created.

This book, the first of two volumes, examines the evolution of humanity and development global economic systems to provide insight into the advances and challenges they have created.

This book traces the genesis of the indebtedness of the nation-state in the West, arguing that it is a phenomenon which preceded the emergence of capitalism.

This book traces the genesis of the indebtedness of the nation-state in the West, arguing that it is a phenomenon which preceded the emergence of capitalism.