"Technological change is about more than inventions. This concise history of the Industrial Revolution places the eighteenth-century British Industrial Revolution in global context, locating its causes in government protection, global competition, and colonialism. Inventions from spinning...

The 2008 financial crisis led to more and more frequent political attacks on central banks. The recent spotlight on central bank independence is reminiscent of the fiery debates amongst Germany's political elites in 1949 on the same issue; debates that were sparked by the establishment of West...

Markets, Planning and the Moral Economy examines the rise of the Progressive movement in the United States during the early decades of the 20th century, particularly the trend toward increased government intervention in the market system that culminated in the establishment of President...

Vielfältig sind die Krisenzeichen unserer Zeit. Der gesellschaftliche Zusammenhalt schwindet, die politischen Strukturen erodieren und die wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse überzeugen nicht mehr. Von einer Tendenzwende wird angesichts der Neuerungen, Enttäuschungen, Unbestimmtheiten,...

Introduction -- The European and Greek shipping firm -- The Vagliano ship masters: creating a business empire 1820s-1850s -- An international trading house from Russia to the U.K., 1850s-1880s -- The Russian government v. Mari Vagliano, 1881-1887 -- The Vagliano fleet and innovation in ship...

Anti-economics is described as the opposition to the main stream of economic thought that has existed from the Eighteenth-century to the present day. This book tells the story of anti-economics in relations to Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Walras, Keynes and Hicks as well as current economic thinkers....