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The exchange rate is the most important price in any economy, since it affects all other prices. Exchange rates are set, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy, for they profoundly influence all international ec…
In the aftermath of the French Revolution, advocates of protection against foreign competition prevailed in a fierce controversy over international trade. This groundbreaking study is the first to examine this 'protectionist turn' in full. Faced with a reaffirmation of mercantil…
This book explains and tells the stories of how four major firms--American Airlines, El Paso Natural Gas, AT & T, and Bank America--and their respective managements were challenged by the deregulation of markets starting in the late 1970s. This book explains how four major firm…
This is the story of a revolution in American industry: the massive deregulation of markets by the government starting in the late 1970s. After an era of New Deal controls that lasted forty years, and in response to a stagnating economy, a new intellectual and political consensu…
In the South has been documented in volumes ranging from exhaustive histories to bestselling novels. But the North's profit from'indeed, dependence on'slavery has mostly been a shameful and well-kept secret ... until now. In this startling and superbly researched new book, three…
Slavery in the South has been documented in volumes ranging from exhaustive histories to bestselling novels. But the North's profit from -- indeed, dependence on -- slavery has mostly been a shameful and well-kept secret ... until now. In this startling and superbly researched n…
Die Royal Navy war im frühen 19. Jahrhundert auf allen Weltmeeren präsent. Sie war nicht nur ein Instrument der Seekriegsführung, sondern auch dafür zuständig, die Wildnis Tasmaniens in einen Garten zu verwandeln und den malaysischen Piraten die Landwirtschaft nahezubringen. Die…
