The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana...

The Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today's global economic crisis. In this timely and important book, Peter Temin and David Vines argue that our current predicament is a catastrophe rivaled only by the Great Depression. Taking an...

Preface -- The world economy is broken -- The British century and the Great Depression -- Keynes from the Macmillan committee to Bretton Woods -- The American century and the global financial crisis -- Restoring international balance in Europe -- Restoring international balance in the world --...