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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……続きを見る

This book analyses the transformation in 16th- and 17th- century English economic life that overturned the traditional restraints of the medieval economy for the commercial ethos that governs the mo……続きを見る

Pierre Charnier (1795-1857) était un ouvrier en soie de Lyon, un canut. Il œuvra à la fondation du premier mutuellisme des tisseurs puis devint un de leurs représentants au conseil des prud’hommes o……続きを見る

This book situates John Locke’s philosophy of knowledge and his political theory within his engagement in British monetary debates of the 17th and 18th century. Anchored in extensive archival resear……続きを見る

'Capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' - Peter Linebaugh Taking the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume as its subject, this book breaks new ground in focusing it……続きを見る

The articles in this volume are selected from the contributions to two international conferences. Authors and teams tackle general economic approaches and developments with respect to new concepts f……続きを見る

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK AN NPR BEST BOOK Selected by New York Times' critic Dwight Garner as a Favorite Book A Washington Post Best Polit……続きを見る

Directeur de cabinet du Premier ministre Georges Pompidou, Commissaire au plan, plusieurs fois ministre, mais aussi directeur général du marché intérieur à Bruxelles à trente-trois ans et premier pr……続きを見る

A definitive history of the United States’ recovery from the Great Depressionーand the New Deal's true part in it. FDR’s New Deal has long enjoyed a special place in American history and policyーbot……続きを見る

A Short Economic and Social History of Twentieth Century Britain (1968) overcomes the statistical complexities of the twentieth century by establishing long-term social and economic trends to provid……続きを見る

This collection of 13 essays deals with a range of topics concerning Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese merchants, commodities and commerce in maritime Asia in the early modern period from c. 1585-1800. ……続きを見る

At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in sit……続きを見る

Ever since the Great Recession, the global financial regulatory system has undergone significant changes. But have these changes been sufficient? Have they created a new problem of over-regulation? ……続きを見る

At its core, economics is about making decisions. In the history of economic thought, great intellectual prowess has been exerted toward devising exquisite theories of optimal decision making in sit……続きを見る

*The #1 Sunday Times bestseller* 'Explosive and beautifully told … these truths can set us free' - Danny Dorling 'This book is dynamite – shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shatterin……続きを見る

This book systematically addresses Bourdieu’s key ideas and concepts in the context of Marxist thought. In this book, Bourdieu’s central theoretical points are analyzed within a political, sociologi……続きを見る

Utilising Marxian, Weberian, and institutionalist approaches, this book proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding the nature of Chinese economic history: the ‘imperial mode’ of China. T……続きを見る

L’histoire de l’Argent et de la Terre nous apprend par quelles évolutions fatales les capitalistes de jadis, sous un régime qui leur était politiquement favorable, ont été dépouillés de leurs biens ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1886. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing ……続きを見る

George Selgin is one of the world's foremost monetary historians. In this book, based on the 2016 Hayek Memorial Lecture, he shows how a system of private banks without a central bank can bring abou……続きを見る

In zehn unterhaltsamen Kapiteln erzählt Clason vordergründig betrachtet Erfolgsgeschichten aus der Antike, aus Babylon, dem Finanzzentrum der Welt zu Beginn der Geschichtsschreibung. Bald entdeckt d……続きを見る

This work offers a unique perspective on the rise of capitalism and socialism and the effect of the Reformation. Specific topics include consequences of belief in the private judgment of scriptures;……続きを見る

The authors of this book argue that post-war fiscal and monetary policies in the U.S. are prone to more frequent and more destabilizing domestic and international financial crises. So, in the afterm……続きを見る

First published in 1984. This book represents a major study of union responses to the economic crisis of the 1970s and 1980s. Abjuring governmental or managerial outlooks, it argues that unions, as ……続きを見る

This is a coordinated presentation of the economic basis of revolutionary change in 16th- and early-17th century England, addressing a crucial but neglected phase of historical development. It trace……続きを見る

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde declared central bankers and finance ministers to be the heroes of recent economic crises for taking corrective action while national politicians squabbled. W……続きを見る

What are the keys to good economic policy? George P. Shultz and John B. Taylor draw from their several decades of experience at the forefront of national economic policy making to show how market fu……続きを見る

This study seeks to demonstrate the subtle ways in which changes in the language associated with economic issues are reflective of a gradual but quantifiable conservative ideological shift. In this ……続きを見る

The dramatic story of the last fifty years of the Speyer banking dynasty, a Jewish family of German descent, is surprisingly little known today, yet at the turn of the 20th century, Speyer was the t……続きを見る

This book combines elements of economic and business history to study business ethics from antiquity to the nineteenth century. This book begins with so-called primitive people, showing how humans b……続きを見る