Economic history

This history of the Socialist Group in the early European Parliament covers its role in six policy areas that formed the core of postwar European integration: foreign policy, democracy and institutions, social policy, agriculture, migration and free movement, and cartel and competition policy.

States of Emergency (1983) examines the co-ordinated Government planning in Britain to counter major strikes in vital industries, an effort that began in earnest during the aftermath of the First World War.

Contributing to the renewed interest in economic history in the role played by peripheral or smaller countries, this book provides a detailed analysis of Portuguese public finances during the Estado Novo regime (1933-1974) - a period marked by dictatorship, industrialization, internationalization, and war.

On his deathbed, Adam Smith ordered the burning of two unfinished works on epistemology and politics, fearing that his image as a philosopher would be tarnished and his ideas misinterpreted.

States of Emergency (1983) examines the co-ordinated Government planning in Britain to counter major strikes in vital industries, an effort that began in earnest during the aftermath of the First World War.

Commentators today generally agree that we are at an inflection point in the history of capitalism.

In a world where physical labour seems to disappear from dominant public narratives, Embodied Labour offers an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the bodily experiences of work and their significance as elements of European cultural heritage.

In a world where physical labour seems to disappear from dominant public narratives, Embodied Labour offers an in-depth, interdisciplinary analysis of the bodily experiences of work and their significance as elements of European cultural heritage.

This book analyzes key aspects of European tourism development in the 20th century, focusing on the development of tourist destinations, as well as tourism policies that were created to shape these destinations.

This book analyzes key aspects of European tourism development in the 20th century, focusing on the development of tourist destinations, as well as tourism policies that were created to shape these destinations.

Politische Ökonomie in der Habsburgermonarchie ist eine neue und wichtige Studie über den Beitrag des österreichischen Ökonomen der Aufklärung Ludwig Zinzendorf zur politischen Ökonomie der Habsburgermonarchie in der Mitte des 18.

In order to fully understand the evolution and future growth of economic systems, we must draw on the lessons of economic history.

Many people are intrigued by the theories of Adam Smith, particularly those found within The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS).

Many people are intrigued by the theories of Adam Smith, particularly those found within The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS).

Politische Ökonomie in der Habsburgermonarchie ist eine neue und wichtige Studie über den Beitrag des österreichischen Ökonomen der Aufklärung Ludwig Zinzendorf zur politischen Ökonomie der Habsburgermonarchie in der Mitte des 18.

Contributing to the renewed interest in economic history in the role played by peripheral or smaller countries, this book provides a detailed analysis of Portuguese public finances during the Estado Novo regime (1933-1974) - a period marked by dictatorship, industrialization, internationalization, and war.

Commentators today generally agree that we are at an inflection point in the history of capitalism.

In order to fully understand the evolution and future growth of economic systems, we must draw on the lessons of economic history.

Giuseppe Toniolo was beatified on April 29, 2012, the first economist to be raised to the honors of the altar.

In recent times, economic theories have provided the dominant explanations of how to understand and organize human societies.

Why do humans produce the things they do, in the way they do it?

The Companion to the Hanseatic League discusses the importance of the Hanseatic League for the social and economic history of pre-modern northern Europe.

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.