"The Routledge History of Poverty in Europe, c.1450-1800 is a pioneering exploration of both the lives of the very poorest during the early modern period, and of the vast edifices of compassion and coercion erected around them by individuals, institutions, and states. By explori…
History of the future of economic growth: historical roots of current debates on sustainabl…
by Schmelzer, Matthias, Borowy, Iris, International degrowth conference for ecological sustainability and social equity <Veranstaltung> <2014, Leipzig>, International degrowth conference for ecological sustainability and social equity ; 4. (Leipzig) : 2014.09
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Part one: Population and history. Introduction ; The weight of numbers -- Part two: The gathering tide : among the Europeans. The triumph of the Anglo-Saxons ; The German and Russian challenges ; The passing of the 'great race' ; The West since 1945 : from baby-boom to mass immi…
Provides the first authoritative history of hedge funds. This is the inside story of their origins in the 1960s and 1970s, their explosive battles with central banks in the 1980s and 1990s, and finally their role in the financial crisis of 2007-9. Hedge funds reward risk takers,…
"A groundbreaking history that reveals the motivations and machinations behind Aramco and the rise of Saudi Arabia." - Jacket. "The Saudi royal family and Aramco leadership are, and almost always have been, motivated by ambitions of long-term strength and profit. They use Islam…
Introduction -- "A bureau for the promotion of honesty" : the birth of systematic credit surveillance -- Coming to terms with credit : the nineteenth-century origins of consumer credit surveillance -- Credit workers unite : professionalization and the rise of a national credit i…
Newspapers -- Raison d'Être: "The Appetite Grows by What It Feeds On"; 1 Of Discontent, Contractual Wars, and the Birthing of Secular Newspapers in British East Africa, 1899-1905; 2 "Political Apathy Is Commercial Atrophy": The East African Standard and the Interests of the Euro…
"The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays investigate and ana…
The book explores the vital role played by the financial service industries in enabling the poor to consume over the last hundred and fifty years. Spending requires means, but these industries offered something else as well - they offered practical marketing devices that capture…