At the center of the upheavals brought by emancipation in the American South was the economic and social transition … navigate the shoals between two different economic worlds. Analyzing trajectories among average Southerners, this is perhaps … America. In the aftermath of the Civil War, uncertainty was a pervasive feature of life in the South, affecting the economic …

At the center of the upheavals brought by emancipation in the American South was the economic and social transition … navigate the shoals between two different economic worlds. Analyzing trajectories among average Southerners, this is perhaps … America. In the aftermath of the Civil War, uncertainty was a pervasive feature of life in the South, affecting the economic …

This book brings together a group of leading economic historians to examine how institutions, innovation, and … industrialization have determined the development of nations. Presented in honor of Joel Mokyr—arguably the preeminent economic … historian of his generation—these wide-ranging essays address a host of core economic questions. What are the origins of markets …

, present, and future economic and social trends. …

story of the simple triumph of right-wing ideas, the neoliberal breakthrough was contingent on the economic crises of the … the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis. …

This book brings together a group of leading economic historians to examine how institutions, innovation, and … industrialization have determined the development of nations. Presented in honor of Joel Mokyr—arguably the preeminent economic … historian of his generation—these wide-ranging essays address a host of core economic questions. What are the origins of markets …

, present, and future economic and social trends. …

story of the simple triumph of right-wing ideas, the neoliberal breakthrough was contingent on the economic crises of the … the free market, as well as the origins of the current economic crisis. …

development of new products? Why have traditional economic models of investment failed to explain the behavior of investment … investment decisions, and the ongoing uncertainty of the economic environment in which these decisions are made. In so doing …