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Two stories, one fate: Age-heaping and literacy in Spain, 1877-1930
Tapia, Francisco J. Beltrán; Díez-Minguela, Alfonso; … - 2018
This study looks at human capital in Spain during the early stages of modern economic growth. In order to do so, we have assembled a new dataset on ageheaping and literacy in Spain for both men and women between 1877 and 1930 based on six population censuses with information for 49 provinces....
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Denmark and Russia: What can we learn from the historical comparison of two great Arctic agricultural empires?
Korchmina, Elena; Sharp, Paul - 2020
We propose that the "historically relevant" comparison of the Danish and Russian Empires from the early eighteenth century until the First World War presents a useful starting point for a promising research agenda. We motivate the comparison, noting that the two empires enjoyed striking...
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An institutional approach to the decline of the Ottoman Empire
Evrensel, Ayse Y.; Minx, Tiffany - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
This paper examines the selected Ottoman institutions during the so-called rise (fourteenth through sixteenth centuries) and identifies the institutional characteristics that may have led to the eventual fall of the Empire in 1918. We propose three criteria based on which the Ottoman...
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The next world and the new world: Relief, migration, and the Great Irish Famine
Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2018
Ireland on the eve of the Great Famine was a poor and backward economy. The Great Irish Famine of the 1840s is accordingly often considered the classic example of Malthusian population economics in action. However, unlike most historical famines, the Great Famine was not the product of a harvest...
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Futurama. Business Forecasting and the Dynamics of Capitalism in the Interwar Period
Lenel, Laetitia - 2018
employed by American companies in the 1930s. Engaging with the current debate on the temporal order of capitalism, the article … argues that business forecasting was not only a means of stabilizing capitalism, but a factor and an indicator of a change in … the dynamics of capitalism in the interwar period. …
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ההון ושברו (Capital and its Crisis)
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2022
הקפיטליזם שולט בעולם. דיונים סוערים מתנהלים בין המלומדים הממסדיים לבין "הביקורתיים" על טיבו של הקפיטליזם הגלובלי. הבעיה היא שטיבו של המוסד המרכזי בקפיטליזם -- ההון...
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Looking for growth imperatives under capitalism: money, wage labour, and market exchange
Cahen-Fourot, Louison - 2022
capitalism: market exchange and wage labour. Growth imperatives are emerging properties of these two social relations. I develop … a critique of steadystate economics and underline the ontological difference between a zero-growth capitalism and a post …
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Capital and its Crisis: Table of Contents and Introduction
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - In: ההון ושברו (Capital and its Crisis), (pp. 21-50). 2022
הקפיטליזם שולט בעולם. דיונים סוערים מתנהלים בין המלומדים הממסדיים לבין "הביקורתיים" על טיבו של הקפיטליזם הגלובלי. הבעיה היא שטיבו של המוסד המרכזי בקפיטליזם -- ההון...
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Automobile sector in India at the current juncture: Crisis and prospects
Jha, Praveen K.; Mishra, Preksha; Singh, Kamya - 2023
As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc along Global Value Systems (GVSs) and India's domestic economic crisis deepened, the already struggling Indian Automotive sector incurred huge losses owing to both demand and supply side factors. In fact, the sector has been under significant strain over...
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Keynes' denial of conflict: Why The General Theory is a misleading guide to capitalism and stagnation
Palley, Thomas I. - 2023
its denial of the conflictual nature of capitalism. There is need to understand Keynes' technical contributions regarding … preeminent monetary theorist. However, owing to his denial of conflict, he had a flawed view of capitalism which is why … Democracy. Contrary to conventional wisdom, his view of capitalism is supportive of Neoliberalism and Keynes can be viewed as a …
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