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...

This edited collection demonstrates how economic history can be analysed using both quantitative and qualitative methods, connecting statistical research with the social, cultural and psychological aspects of history. With their focus on the time between the end of the commercial revolution and...

Chapter 1: From Mining to Money in the Early Modern Atlantic: Digital Approaches and New Perspectives; Renate Pieper, Claudia Jefferies de Lozanne and Markus A. Denzel -- Chapter 2: Money in History Based on Precious Metals; Peter Bernholz -- Chapter 3: Debating Sound Money in Early Modern...