"Walter Bagehot noticed once that "John Bull can stand many things, but he cannot stand two per cent." Well, for several years, he has had to stand interest rates well below that, in some countries even below zero. However, despite this sacrifice, the economic recovery from the Great Recession...

Dieses Buch gibt einen umfassenden und dennoch detaillierten Überblick über die Entwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie. Die Gesamtschau zeigt wichtige Zusammenhänge und Unterschiede zwischen den verschiedenen Denkrichtungen auf und erleichtert so deren Verständnis. Den Schwerpunkt bildet die...

Bread was the staple of the ancient Mediterranean diet. It was present in the meals of emperors and on the tables of the poorest households. In many instances, a loaf of bread probably constituted an entire meal. As such, bread was both something that unified society and a milieu through which...

"The history of mass-market diamonds goes back to German imperialism in Southwest Africa. Corporate power and state violence combined in the genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples, whose mineral-rich land supplied budding consumer demand in the United States. Steven Press makes clear that mass...

Bundist Activism -- Activism Patterns in Eastern Europe: Constituting the Transferable -- Remembrance as Activist Practice: Initial Considerations -- The Bundist Press: From Agitational Publications to TransnationalMemorik -- Memories beyond 'Me' and 'Us': Bundist Autobiography as Social...

"Poverty in the History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Neoclassical Economics aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty and the poor, including its causes, consequences, reduction, and abolition. This edited volume traces the economic ideas of key...

1. Collecting the world -- 2. American gold : sugar, tobacco and chocolate -- 3. Consuming the new world : settlements and transformation -- 4. Domesticating the exotic : a fashion for coffee, tea and porcelain -- 5. Treasures from the East : tulips and the fashion for Asia's luxury goods -- 6....