In meeting these current and future challenges politicians, policymakers, and academics have naturally sought the wisdom of eminent economists of the past and turned to the lessons of history. Although applying the insights of men like Walter Bagehot, Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes,...

As the United States continues its slow recovery from the global financial crisis of 2008, politicians, policymakers and academics are increasingly turning to the lessons of history to gain insight into how we might address both current and future economic challenges. This volume offers...

As the United States continues its slow recovery from the global financial crisis of 2008, politicians, policymakers and academics are increasingly turning to the lessons of history to gain insight into how we might address both current and future economic challenges. This volume offers...

The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years. The chapters endeavour to explain what went on and why during the most significant economic epochs of the nineteenth, twentieth and early twenty-first...

Despite the appearances to the contrary, survey evidence by Robert Whaples suggests that economists agree on a wide range of policy issues from free trade to educational vouchers. Climate change and Social Security remain areas of disagreement.

"What will life be like fifty years from now? An intriguing panel of economists predicts the global economy of the future. The reasons for economic optimism are abundant but can be boiled down to the fact that economists expect technology will continue to improve provided that reasonable...