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A thought-provoking study of how knowledge of provenance was not transferred with enslaved people and goods from the Portuguese trading empire to Renaissance Italy In the fifteenth and sixteenth cen……続きを見る

This unique book, written in a question and answer style, brings to life the work of the world’s foremost Marxian economist Thomas T. Sekine on the scientificity of Marx’s project in Capital, its ap……続きを見る

There were only a few women economists who made it to the surface and whose voices were heard in the history of economic thought of Adam Smith, David Ricardo, John Maynard Keynes, and Milton Friedma……続きを見る

This Open Access book examines the long economic boom experienced in Ireland between the late 1980s and 2007, analysing why this boom occurred. The book situates Ireland as a relative latecomer to e……続きを見る

A panoramic global history of the nineteenth century A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transi……続きを見る

David Ricardo's "Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823" offers a fascinating glimpse into the intellectual exchanges between two of the most influential economists of the earl……続きを見る

The second edition of a comprehensive account of all the major aspects of the Japanese economy, substantially updated and expanded. This textbook offers a comprehensive, rigorous but accessible acco……続きを見る

'If you feel you should understand how economists think but have no idea where to start, this book is the answer' Financial Times Why are all my clothes made in Asia? How do I get a pay-rise? And wh……続きを見る

In 2020, a group of European researchers got a European Union (EU) grant to do a project called TRANSFORM. The objective of TRANSFORM was to integrate the principle of responsible research and innov……続きを見る

A sweeping intellectual history of the welfare state’s policy-in-waiting. The idea of a government paying its citizens to keep them out of povertyーnow known as basic incomeーis hardly new. Often da……続きを見る

In the 1980s, Britain actively engaged with China in order to promote globalisation and manage Hong Kong’s decolonisation. Influenced by neoliberalism, Margaret Thatcher saw Britain as a global trad……続きを見る

The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this development Economic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan presents a synthesized, interdisciplinary study of contemporary Japan based on up-to-date theoretical models designed to provide readers with a comprehen……続きを見る

“An incisive history of the venture-capital industry.” ーNew Yorker “An excellent and original economic history of venture capital.” ーTyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution “A detailed, fact-filled accou……続きを見る

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "If you’re in any kind of leadership roleーwhether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere elseーthere’s a lot you can learn here."ーBill Gates, Gates Notes How cou……続きを見る

This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a fo……続きを見る

This is the first Open Access book introducing more than 20 of Japan’s leading innovative entrepreneurs from the 17th century to the present. The author outlines the innovative business models creat……続きを見る

The welfare state has, over the past forty years, come under increasing attack from liberals who consider comprehensive welfare provision inimical to liberalism. Yet, many of the architects of the p……続きを見る

Between Brexit, efforts to ‘Make America great again’, and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer……続きを見る

Everybody’s talking about the economy, but how can we, the people, understand what Wall Street or Washington knowsーor say they know? Read author Michael Goodwin and illustrator Dan E. Burr’s New Yo……続きを見る

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great thinkers in the field “A whistle-stop introduction to the grea……続きを見る

Tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax resistance are widespread phenomena in political, economic, social and fiscal history from antiquity through medieval, early modern and modern times. Histories of ……続きを見る

A New York Times #1 Bestseller An Amazon #1 Bestseller A Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Sunday Times Bestseller A Guardian Best Book of the 21st Century Winner of the Fin……続きを見る

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year. A sweeping and original history of how economists across two centuries have thought about inequality, told through portraits of six key figures. “How do you ……続きを見る

This open access book uncovers one important, yet forgotten, form of itinerant livelihoods, namely petty trade, more specifically how it was practiced in Northern Europe during the period 1820–1960.……続きを見る

This open access book focuses on the concepts, tools and techniques needed to successfully model ever-changing time-series data. It emphasizes the need for general models to account for the complexi……続きを見る

This open access book provides an exploration of the consequences of the ontological differences between natural and social objects (sometimes described as objects of nature and objects of thought) ……続きを見る

Money provides a unique and illuminating perspective on the Middle Ages. In much of medieval Europe the central meaning of money was a prescribed unit of precious metal but in practice precious meta……続きを見る

This open access handbook, Ten Crises systematically traces the economic history of China from 1949 to 2020, unravelling the complex domestic and global factors leading to the cyclical crises identi……続きを見る

A collection of Satoshi Nakamoto’s writings on Bitcoin. This collection contains Satoshi’s words, compiled and neatly formatted without commentary. Each chapter contains Satoshi’s writings from a sp……続きを見る