debates in economic history. The author examines the many controversies relating to the role of government in a modern economy …

correlation in their assets (health, wealth, wisdom, i.e. skills), causing them to demand a great deal of insurance coverage …. Insurers on the other hand eschew positively correlated risks. It can be shown that insurance contributes to a reduction of … insurance. Analyzing deviations from trend in aggregate insurance payments, one finds the following for the United States and …

on the determinants of technology adoption and the consequences of the recent transition in the banking industry from a …

Introduction / Kleio Akrivou -- Part I the common good in history: virtue epistemology as knowledge foundation for the …'s influence in western history / Agustín González Enciso -- 2. The 'medieval', the common good and accounting / Alisdair Dobie … -- 3. The civilization of commerce in the middle ages / Mark Hanssen -- 4. Virtuous banking: the role of the community in …

1. Preliminary thoughts -- 2. Why study the history of economic thought -- 3. Debating the role of the history of … economic thought -- 4. Teaching the history of economic thought -- 5. Defending the history of economic thought. …This book explains the importance of the history of economic thought in the curriculum of economists, whereas most …