Krupp

a history of the legendary german firm

The history of Krupp is the history of modern Germany. No company symbolized the best and worst of that history more than the famous steel and arms maker. In this book, Harold James tells the story of the Krupp family and its industrial empire between ...

The invention of enterprise

entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to modern times

Whether hailed as heroes or cast as threats to social order, entrepreneurs - and their innovations - have had an enormous influence on the growth and prosperity of nations. The "Invention of Enterprise" gathers together, for the first time, leading economic historians to explore the entrepreneur's ...

Comercio y pobreza

cuándo y cómo comenzó el atraso del Tercer Mundo

El profesor Williamson, de la Universidad de Harvard, considerado como el gran especialista en el estudio de la de la globalización, nos ofrece una explicación razonada de las causas que dieron lugar a que el aumento del comercio mundial que se desarrolló entre comienzos del ...

The prosperity of vice

a worried view of economics

What happened yesterday in the West is today being repeated on a global scale. Industrial society is replacing rural society: millions of peasants in China, India, and elsewhere are leaving the countryside and going to the city. New powers are emerging and rivalries are exacerbated ...

Cuban economic and social development

policy reforms and challenges in the 21st Century

The Cuban economy has been transformed over the course of the last decade, and these changes are now likely to accelerate. In this edited volume, prominent Cuban economists and sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for ...

El oro de Moscú y el oro de Berlín

finanzas y expolio en tiempos de guerra

La apertura de los archivos de los bancos centrales, sobre todo de Francia y de Inglaterra, además del material desclasificado sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial en los archivos nacionales de Washington y de otros documentos de los archivos militares soviéticos y del Partido Comunista, permitieron ...

Birth of a market

the U.S. treasury securities market from the Great War to the Great Depression

The market for U.S. Treasury securities is a marvel of modern finance. In 2009 the Treasury auctioned 8.2 trillion of new securities, ranging from 4-day bills to 30-year bonds, in 283 offerings on 171 different days. By contrast, in the decade before World ...

The day after the Dollar crashes

a survival guide for the rise of the new world order

How to profit from the events leading up to the likely collapse of the U.S. dollar Society is at a crossroads. Here at home and around the world, we are living in a manner that is absolutely, unconditionally, irrevocably unsustainable. The Day After the ...

Money well spent?

the truth behind the trillion-dollar stimulus, the biggest economic recovery plan in History

The 2012 presidential campaign will, above all else, be a referendum on the Obama administration's handling of the financial crisis, recalling the period when Obama's "audacity of hope" met the austerity of reality. Central to this is the ''American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...

The roman market economy

The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. "The Roman Market Economy" uses the tools of modern economics to show how ...

Taxation and debt in the Early Modern city

Fiscal relations between states and cities in early modern Europe is a major concern for economic and financial historians. It is often argued that taxes levied on cities by states were draconian and disastrous for economic growth. This study calls for a more nuanced understanding ...

Politics and trade cooperation in the Nineteenth Century

the "Agreeable customs" of 1815-1914

This 2008 book examines international trade cooperation in 1815-1914. Basing the theoretical analysis on the domestic political economy of states, Pahre develops theories of international cooperation, the spread of trade cooperation, and the effect of trade regimes. The book examines trade politics in the entire ...

La dinámica del capitalismo

Volumen que recoge las reflexiones del autor sobre la vida material y la vida económica. Asimismo, ofrece una brillante exposición sobre lo que él denomina los juegos del intercambio, que definen cómo se ha desenvuelto la economía de mercado y el capitalismo. El libro culmina ...

Historia del Banco Popular

la lucha por la independencia

El Banco Popular de los Previsores del Porvenir fue fundado en 1926. Nacía estrechamente asociado a una compañía de seguros llamada Los Previsores del Porvenir. Se trataba de una institución de dimensiones y pretensiones modestas que, haciendo honor a su nombre, aspiraba a recoger el ...

Historical capitalism

In this short, highly readable book, Immanuel Wallerstein provides a condensation of the central ideas of The Modern World-System, his monumental study of capitalism as an integrated, historical entity. In developing an anatomy of capitalism over the past five centuries, Wallerstein provides one of the ...

Capitalism and the jews

The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream historians than by anti-Semites or apologists. In this book Jerry Muller, a leading historian of capitalism, separates ...

Beyond our means

why America spends while the world saves

If the financial crisis has taught us anything, it is that Americans save too little, spend too much, and borrow excessively. What can we learn from East Asian and European countries that have fostered enduring cultures of thrift over the past two centuries? "Beyond Our ...

The 1970s

a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality

"The 1970s" looks at an iconic decade when the cultural left and economic right came to the fore in American society and the world at large. While many have seen the 1970s as simply a period of failures epitomized by Watergate, inflation, the oil crisis ...

Political transformations and public finances

Europe, 1650-1913

How did today's rich states first establish modern fiscal systems? To answer this question, Political Transformations and Public Finances by Mark Dincecco examines the evolution of political regimes and public finances in Europe over the long term. The book argues that the emergence of ...

Trade policy disaster

lessons from the 1930s

The recent economic crisis--with the plunge in the stock market, numerous bank failures and widespread financial distress, declining output and rising unemployment--has been reminiscent of the Great Depression. The Depression of the 1930s was marked by the spread of protectionist trade policies, which contributed to ...