The state of poverty in the United States and Western Europe: five theoretical approaches seeking to explain the variance -- The challenge to America -- The historical experience -- Attitudes, beliefs, and values -- System differences as explanations -- The role of political elites -- The role...

The American and British systems of industrial relations on the eve of World War I -- The impact of World War I: experimenting with corporatism -- The twenties: the retreat from wartime corporatist experiments and the quest for new forms of voluntary organization -- The Great Depression and the...

This study identifies commonalities between two historical incidents of debt assumption - in the United States in 1791 and in present-day Europe. By comparing the interests and behaviour of key players in these two incidents, we find three major parallels: First, in their strategic interactions,...