Without economic history, economics runs the risk of being too abstract or parochial, of failing to notice precedents, trends and cycles, of overlooking the long-run and thus misunderstanding "how we got here". Recent financial and economic crises illustrate spectacularly how the economics...

Recommended readings (Machine generated): George A. Akerlof (1970), 'The Market for 'Lemons': Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84 (3), August, 488-500 -- Franklin Allen (1984), 'Reputation and Product Quality', RAND Journal of Economics, 15 (3),...

... the book is a good example of the writing and reasoning style, sometimes vivid and intriguing, often used by NIE authors. Similarly, the book is a good sample of NIE's multidisciplinary approach to economics. . . The range of papers presented gives the reader a good picture of the variety of...

This book analyses the economic history of the company and entrepreneurship in Spain from the 15th century to the present. It evaluates the economic theory, the formation of the figure of the entrepreneur, as well as the structure of the companies. This exploration of the businessmen in Spain...

Mark Skidmore and Hideki Toya (2002), 'Do Natural Disasters Promote Long-Run Growth?', Economic Inquiry, 40 (4), October, 664-87 -- Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, Jaroslava Hlouskova and Michael Obersteiner (2008), 'Natural Disasters as Creative Destruction? Evidence from Developing Countries',...

This edited collection examines the evolution of regional inequality in Latin America in the long run. The authors support the hypothesis that the current regional disparities are principally the result of a long and complex process in which historical, geographical, economic, institutional, and...

This book uses money as a lens through which to analyze the social and economic impact of colonialism on African societies and institutions. It is the first book to address the monetary history of the colonial period in a comprehensive way, covering several areas of the continent and different...