Economic History

For half a century the Soviet economy was 'inefficient' but stable. In the late 1980s, to the surprise of nearly everyone, it suddenly collapsed. Why did this happen? And what role did Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reforms play in the...

Originally published in 1966. This book collects papers and essays written by historian Frederic C. Lane, who specialized in medieval Venetian history.Book InformationISBN 9781421436234Author Frederic Chapin LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 588Imprint...

How the creation of a new banking infrastructure in the early twentieth century established the United States as a global financial powerThe dominance of US multinational businesses today can seem at first like an inevitable byproduct of the nation's...

'This book flips your world upside down. Daniel Markovits argues that meritocracy isn't a virtuous, efficient system that rewards the best and brightest. Instead it rewards middle-class families who can afford huge investments in their children's...

Fifty years ago, the future for country houses in Britain looked bleak. The Victoria & Albert Museum's exhibition The Destruction of the Country House, which opened in October 1974, charted the loss of over a thousand country houses in the preceding...

This book describes how four U.S. administrations struggled with the legacy of Bretton Woods.How are we to understand the politics of international monetary relations since the end of World War II? Exploiting recently declassified documents from both the...

The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial center. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon...

The extraordinary account of the Cuban people's struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world In the aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba faced the start of a crisis that decimated its economy. Helen Yaffe examines the astonishing developments...

'A fearless and important book . . . The End of Alchemy isn't just an elegant guide to the history of economic ideas. It also gives a genuine insider's account' TelegraphThe past twenty years saw unprecedented growth and stability followed by the worst...

The true, unvarnished history of the town at the heart of Silicon Valley.Palo Alto is nice. The weather is temperate, the people are educated, rich, healthy, enterprising. Remnants of a hippie counterculture have synthesized with high technology and big...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063069213Author David EnrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

Smiths Group (formerly Smiths Industries), part of the UK FTSE 100 index, is a global engineering company with a market capitalisation over GBP5bn. Evolving from beginnings in the Victorian jewellery trade, to significant market presences in the...

How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history's mighty empiresIn 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China,...

China's extraordinary rise as an economic powerhouse in the past two decades poses a challenge to many long-held assumptions about the relationship between political institutions and economic development. Economic prosperity also was vitally important to...

George Louis Beer Prize WinnerWallace K. Ferguson Prize FinalistA Marginal Revolution Book of the Year"A groundbreaking contribution...Intellectual history at its best."-Stephen Wertheim, Foreign AffairsNeoliberals hate the state. Or do they? In the...

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEARA THE ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'Brilliantly conceived and enlightening at every turn' Lawrence WrightWe have long been suspicious of corporations recklessly pursuing profit and amassing wealth and power...

The Great American Recession resulted in the loss of eight million jobs between 2007 and 2009. More than four million homes were lost to foreclosures. Is it a coincidence that the United States witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years...

A unique view of historical change, based on the rise and fall of prices.About the AuthorDavid Hackett Fischer is Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University. He has won numerous awards for scholarship and teaching, including the Carnegie Prize as...

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is the original guide to behavioural psychology - and how manias, follies and superstitions begin, spread and (eventually) pass. A hugely entertaining tour through financial scams and stock market...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEARA THE ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARFrom one of the world's leading economists, a...

One of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive...

By February 2020, the U.S. economic expansion had become the longest on record. Unemployment was plumbing half-century lows. Stock markets soared to new highs. One month later, the public health battle against a deadly virus had pushed the economy into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610160384Author Gunter ReimannFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Ludwig Von Mises InstitutePublisher Ludwig Von Mises InstituteWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476700267Author Glenn HubbardFormat PaperbackPage Count 351Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547932Author Cristina AlaimoFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Andrea Gabor recounts the development of modern business through the lives, times and ideas of the great thinkers - people such as Peter Drucker, W. Edwards Deming, Alfred Sloan, Abraham Maslow - who defined the art and science of business. The...

A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'A spirited attempt at uncovering the mystery of how Birmingham has managed for so long to stand at the centre of Britain's history without anyone noticing ... This absorbing book shows us how we did it'...

'This book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right' Elon Musk'A joyful counterblast... packed with vivid examples... decisive' The Economist'Compelling... Masterful' Daily Mail'A timely reminder of the...

A bold and fresh perspective unravelling the economics of racial inequality In The Opportunity Index, BlackRock Managing Director and co-founder of the #Talkaboutblack movement, Gavin Lewis, skillfully plots the origins of the racial wealth gap and its...

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy remains one of the greatest works of social theory written this century. When it first appeared the New English Weekly predicted that `for the next five to ten years it will cetainly remain a work with which no one who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525509059Author Zachary D. CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA Inc

From the Netherlands to the Ottoman Empire, to Japan and India, this groundbreaking volume confronts the complex and diverse problem of the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia between 1500 and 1914. This series of country case studies from leading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783949546129Author Michael HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint IsletPublisher IsletWeight(grams) 807gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 26mm

Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, believed that our actions stem from self-interest and the world turns because of financial gain. But every night Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest but out of love.Today,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 'A near miracle' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism According to the economy, we have never been wealthier or happier. So why doesn't it feel that way?...

For a century, economists have driven forward the cause of globalization in financial institutions, labour markets, and trade. Yet there have been consistent warning signs that a global economy and free trade might not always be advantageous. Where are...

Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970sIn the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies-money. Yet...

A Financial Times Book of the YearA ProMarket Book of the Year"Superbly argued and important...Donald Trump is in so many ways a product of the defective capitalism described in The Great Reversal. What the U.S. needs, instead, is another Teddy Roosevelt...

Merchants and Revolution details the transformation of English commerce in the century after 1550, examining in particular the activities of London's merchant community during the early Stuart period. In a major reinterpretation of long-term commercial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375757303Author Robert E. RubinFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...