Economic History category: 3271 books
History of Income Tax
the Development of Income Tax from its beginning in 1799 to the present day related to the social, economic and political history of the period
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
This classic book tells the story of the development of Income Tax from its beginning in 1799 to the present day and relates it to the social, economic and political history of the period.
There have been studies of Income Tax at various stages in its growth; studies of finance and taxation...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Despite being one of the main pillars of the insurance industry, reinsurance is little known by the general public and is rarely the focus of academic study. In this book, the authors – economic historians and experts in the field from across Europe and Japan – seek to address this by shedding...
Global Economic Storms
Their Causes, Similarities & Impact on Growth
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
The Great Depression, like the Great Recession of 2008-2009, has been incorrectly framed as the result of a failure of our banking and investment institutions. This narrow focus on our financial institutions as the key causes of this type of crisis, while ignoring the rest of the economy, has dominated...
Economic Elites, Crises, and Democracy
Alternatives Beyond Neoliberal Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Economic Elites, Crises, and Democracy analyzes critical topics of contemporaneous capitalism. Andrés Solimano, President of the International Center for Globalization and Development, focuses on economic elites and the super rich, the nature of entrepreneurship, the rise of corporate´s technostructure,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This book aims at investigating from the perspective of the major economic dictionaries the notions of economic crisis and cycle. The project consists in giving an extensive summary of a number of significant entries on this subject, with an introductory essay to each entry placing them (and the dictionary...
The Endurance of Family Businesses
A Global Overview
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
The Endurance of Family Businesses is a collection of essays offering an overview of the importance and resilience of family-controlled large businesses. Much of economic and business history research neglects family businesses, considering them an inefficient form of business organization. These...
The Crumbling of Empire
The Disintegration of World Economy
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This book concerns the end of the age of colonization and the inherent changes in the world economy. It discusses the author’s perception of the disintegration of free trade and ideas on the solution of federation. Starting with an introduction to economic thought and history the author then presents...
by Nuno Ornelas Martins
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The marginalist revolution of the late nineteenth century consolidated what Karl Marx and Piero Sraffa called ‘vulgar economy’, bringing with it an emphasis on a scarcity theory that replaced the classical surplus theory. However, the classical political economy of Adam Smith and David Ricardo...
Economic Growth in the West
Comparative Experience in Europe and North America
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Hailed a "an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the way in which western economies work" [Times Literary Supplement], this penetrating study of economic growth compares and analyzes tic rates of economic advance in the twelve leading countries that comprise the industrial West....
by Jiange Li
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book is part of a series which makes available to English-speaking audiences the work of the individual Chinese economists who were the architects of China’s economic reform. The series provides an inside view of China’s economic reform, revealing the thinking of the reformers themselves,...
The Economic Development of Russia 1905-1914
With Special Reference to Trade, Industry, and Finance
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book, originally published in 1926 but updated in 1967 analyses Russia’s economy in the decade preceding the outbreak of the First World War. It covers trade, finance, transport and industry and each chapter is supported by statistics drawn from Russian and international sources. The introduction...
by Kazuhiko Yago
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), founded in 1930, works as the "Bank for Central Banks". The BIS is an international forum where central bankers and officials gather to cope with international financial issues, and a bank which invests the funds of the member countries. This...
The Global Free Trade Error
The Infeasibility of Ricardo’s Comparative Advantage Theory
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
The doctrine of "free trade" is second only to that of "free markets" in undergirding ideological support for our current global economic structures and rules. From David Ricardo’s "comparative advantage principle" to James Meade’s Neoclassical or mainstream economics...
History and Financial Crisis
Lessons from the 20th century
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
One striking weaknesses of our financial architecture, which helped bring on and perhaps deepen the Panic of 2008, is an inadequate appreciation of the past. Information about how the system functioned and the reliability of organizations and institutional controls were drawn from a relatively narrow...