Chapter 1 Reinsurance in America Regulatory Regimes and Markets -- Chapter 2 Dutch reinsurance and the first wave of globalization -- Chapter 3 Swedish Reinsurers in the Non-Life Sector -- Chapter 4 The ups and downs of French reinsurance in the 20th century -- Chapter 5 The ups and downs of...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Structure of the Wine Sectors Worldwide -- Chapter 2: The French Wine Industry -- Chapter 3: The Italian Wine Industry -- Chapter 4: The Spanish Wine Industry -- Chapter 5: The US Wine Industry -- Chapter 6: The Australian Wine Industry -- Chapter 7: The...

1. Why the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 2. Spontaneous Order -- 3. The British Intellectual Inheritance -- 4. The English Legal Inheritance -- 5. A.V. Dicey -- 6. The Vanishing of the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 7. Rediscovery of the ‘Rule of Law’ in Hayek -- 8. Oakeshott

1. Living In Truth -- 2. After The Fall -- 3. The Medium Is (Still) The Message -- 4. What Do You Expect? -- 5. Possibilities, Probabilities and Propensities -- 6. The Best And The Brightest -- 7. Bretton Woods Revisited -- 8. Selling England By The Pound -- 9. Tomorrow Without Fear -- 10. Out...

This book explores family economic decision-making in the United States from the nineteenth century through present day, specifically looking at the relationship between family resource allocation decisions and government policy. It examines how families have responded to incentives and...

“Donald Stabile provides a fascinating history of the economic and political debates leading up to, and following, the Employment Act of 1946. Contrary to common understanding, Stabile argues that there were strong tensions between New Dealers and Keynesians, including around their vision of...

The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published works have not focused their analyses from an economic point of view. While economics was for...

“A fine collection of essays exploring, and in many cases extending, Jim Buchanan’s many contributions and insights to economic, political, and social theory.” - Bruce Caldwell, Professor of Economics, Duke University, USA "The overwhelming impression the reader gets from this very fine...

1. The Benefits and Perils of Globalization -- 2. Key Markers in the Global Integration of the US Economy -- 3. Trade Globalization and the US Economy -- 4. The Special Role of the United States in the Global Financial System -- 5. The United States as a Major Destination for Migratory Flows --...

1. Introduction -- 2. Debt Is the Price of Liberty -- 3. Bounded by War -- 4. Building a Visible Government -- 5. The End of Balanced Budgets -- 6. In Pursuit of Full Employment -- 7. A New Era of Congressional Budgeting -- 8. Breaking up the Budget Process