1: The statute staple and trade finance in later medieval England -- 2: Merchants and trade -- 3: Boom and bust: Patterns of borrowing in later medieval England -- 4: The geography of recession: provincial credit in later medieval England -- 5: London: the commercial powerhouse -- 6: Conclusion

Introduction -- What it's all about : a short primer on GDP -- William petty and political arithmetic : the origins of GDP -- The frustrations of Colin Clark : England -- Simon Kuznets and the politics of gross national product : the United States -- War, kidnapping, and data theft : Germany --...