Camino a la utopía

una historia económica del siglo XX

Una nueva interpretación del periodo más importante de la historia, sus logros y sus fracasos Década tras década, impulsada por los desarrollos tecnológicos, la economía de mercado ha desarrollado un crecimiento incesante que ha impulsado cambios drásticos en la política, la sociedad y la cultura ...

Manias, panics, and crashes

a history of financial crises

In the Eighth Edition of this classic text on the financial history of bubbles and crashes, Robert McCauley joins with Robert Aliber in building on Charles Kindleberger's renowned work. McCauley draws on his central banking experience to introduce new chapters on cryptocurrency and the ...

El dinero es un velo

la historia de las leyes bancarias en España

Nuestro sistema financiero nació en los intrincados y bulliciosos zocos de las ciudades medievales de Al-Ándalus y los reinos cristianos del norte. Allí hizo su aparición, modestamente, un nuevo gremio, el de los cambistas, que con sus inconfundibles balanzas lograron poner orden entre las incontables ...

Los libros secretos de la compañía comercial Torralba-Manariello

Corona de Aragón, 1430-1437

Los mercaderes aragoneses Joan de Torralba y Juan de Manariello fueron los dos socios capitalistas de una compañía de comercio internacional que operó entre 1430 y 1437 con una doble sede en Zaragoza y Barcelona. Partiendo de un capital inicial de diez mil libras barcelonesas ...

Aguado o la embriaguez de la fortuna

un genio de los negocios

El banquero y hombre de negocios Alejandro María Aguado (1784-1842) forjó su increíble biografía en un mundo que transitaba del Antiguo Régimen a la contemporaneidad. Nacido en el seno de una familia de comerciantes sevillanos, eligió el bando josefino no durante la guerra de la ...

Historia económica

desde el Imperialismo hasta el fin de la URSS

¿Qué fue el Imperialismo? ¿Qué consecuencias tuvo la Primera Guerra Mundial? ¿Por qué surge el nazismo? En este libro, continuación de Historia económica. Desde las sociedades nómadas hasta la primera globalización, Javier Bustos analiza los sucesos históricos y económicos comprendidos desde finales del siglo XIX ...

Adventurers

the improbable rise of the East India Company, 1550-1650

The unlikely beginnings of the East India Company-from Tudor origins and rivalry with the superior Dutch-to laying the groundwork for future British expansion The East India Company was the largest commercial enterprise in British history, yet its roots in Tudor England are often overlooked. The ...

El diezmo en la ciudad de Orihuela en la Edad Media

Los conflictos entre las autoridades de Orihuela y el obispado de Cartagena fueron frecuentes en el siglo XIV y en el siglo XV. En esta obra se estudia el papel del diezmo en el desarrollo de dichos enfrentamientos, utilizando abundante documentación, una parte de la ...

Finanzas y crisis financieras en la Monarquía Hispánica, siglos XVI-XVII

La fiscalidad y el crédito público han estado siempre en el centro de los debates sobre el desarrollo de la economía y la formación del Estado en la Edad Moderna. El aumento del gasto exigió la movilización de grandes recursos a través del sistema tributario ...

On the origins of taxation

(Ancient roots of tax systems)

In his new book, the professor of the University of Pécs, Faculty of Law has examined the ancient roots of taxation dated back before the establishment and emergence of writing. He is the first, who defined the social development of taxation and some tax types ...

The postwar economic order

national reconstruction and international cooperation

Years before he became renowned as one of the most original social scientists of the twentieth century, Albert O. Hirschman played an active role in the rebuilding of postwar Europe. Between 1946 and 1952, he worked as an economic analyst in the Research Division of ...

Pawned states

state building in the era of international finance

How foreign lending weakens emerging nations In the nineteenth century, many developing countries turned to the credit houses of Europe for sovereign loans to balance their books and weather major fiscal shocks such as war. This reliance on external public finance offered emerging nations endless ...

Pioneers of capitalism

The Netherlands 1000-1800

How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalism The Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an era of unprecedented, long-term economic growth across Europe. Pioneers of ...

The economy of promises

trust, power, and credit in America

A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America-and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-nots The Economy of Promises is a far-reaching study of credit in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Synthesizing and surveying economic and social history, Bruce ...

A monetary and fiscal history of the United States, 1961-2021

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden-filled with lessons for today In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world's most influential economists and one of the field's best writers, draws ...

Capitalism

the story behind the word

How the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politics What exactly is capitalism? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time? And what's at stake in our understanding or misunderstanding of it? In Capitalism, Michael Sonenscher examines the ...

Casanova's lottery

the history of a revolutionary game of chance

The fascinating story of an important lottery that flourished in France from 1757 to 1836 and its role in transforming our understanding of the nature of risk. In the 1750s, at the urging of famed adventurer Giacomo Casanova, the French state began to embrace risk ...

For profit

a history of corporations

A history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley Americans have long been skeptical of corporations, and that skepticism has only grown more intense in recent years. Meanwhile, corporations continue to amass wealth and power at a dizzying rate ...

Bankruptcy, bubbles and bailouts

the inside history of the Treasury since 1976

The Treasury is one of Britain's oldest, most powerful and secretive institutions, one that has played a central role in shaping the country's economic system. But all too often it has escaped public scrutiny when it comes to investigating the ups and downs ...

The story of work

a new history of humankind

The first truly global history of work, an upbeat assessment from the age of the hunter-gatherer to the present day "Beginning in the hunting-and-gathering past, this long view of work shows how little has changed over millennia. Progressing through the rise of cities, wages and ...