Economic History – alle Bücher und CDs, Seite 6

Christopher F Jones
The Invention of Infinite Growth

A history of how the pursuit of growth has kept us from creating a more sustainable and just world.Most economists believe that growth is the surest path to better lives. This has proven to be one of huma…

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Trevor Jackson
The Insatiable Machine

Today, virtually the entire world lives under the economic system called capitalism and most people alive have never known another. But as Trevor Jackson argues, it wasn't always capitalism, it didn't hav…

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David Singerman
Unrefined

"Just what is sugar? This question tormented nineteenth-century planters, scientists, and governments. Sugar was powerful: It colonized and enslaved people, held consumers in thrall, spurred new tech…

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Catherine Herfeld
Conversations on Rational Choice

"Rational choice theories belong to the most prominent approaches of 20th century economics. By revealing the different perspectives to evaluate them, this set of conversations allows students, teach…

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Steven High, Stefan Berger,
The Politics of Industrial Closure

The Politics of Industrial Closure explores how the political consequences of neoliberal globalization have led to the decline of industrial regions across Western Europe and North America. Co-editors and…

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Marcin Piatkowski
Europe's Growth Champion

Poland is one of the biggest yet rarely heard of economic success stories. Over the last thirty years it has unexpectedly become Europe's growth champion. This book is about lessons learned from Poland's …

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Catherine Herfeld
Conversations on Rational Choice

"Rational choice theories belong to the most prominent approaches of 20th century economics. By revealing the different perspectives to evaluate them, this set of conversations allows students, teach…

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Briem
Beyond Steel

Learning from one Rust Belt city's postindustrial transitionWhile Pittsburgh is sometimes held up as a successful example of urban reinvention in the era after heavy industry (think "eds and meds&quo…

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Louis M Cullen
Six Generations

Six Generations describes the significant changes in everyday life - food, entertainment, household goods, working conditions, medicine, roads and communication - and what brought them about.

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Richard Vague
The Banker Who Made America

If you haven't followed the money, chances are you don't know the real story of America and its Revolution. Nothing gives a clearer insight into this history than the life of early America's dominant merc…

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Charlotte Touati
Eritrea's Gold Rush

Exposes how global capital props up one of Africa's most dangerous dictators and thus helps fuel violence and instability throughout Africa.

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Craig Muldrew
The Capitalist Self

In this radical reinterpretation of the Financial Revolution, Craig Muldrew transforms our understanding of capitalism as a socially constructed set of institutions and beliefs. He shows how credit was tr…

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Daniel Susskind
Growth

One of Barack Obama's 10 Favorite Books of the Year One of the New Yorker's Best Books of the Year Finalist for the Financial Times Best Book of the YearA vivid account of the past, present, and future of…

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Charles Hecker
Zero Sum

An insider's account of the rise and fall of Western business ventures in post-Soviet Russia.

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Ali Rahnema
The Economic Modernisation of Iran, 1953-1968

In 1953, Iran was at loggerheads with the US and UK, after Prime Minister Mossadeq nationalised Iran's oil reserves. By 1968, under the autocratic rule of the Shah, Iran was a booming export economy, bene…

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James K Galbraith, Jing Chen
Entropy Economics

Economists dream of equilibrium. It's time to wake up .In mainstream economics, markets are ideal if competition is perfect. When supply balances demand, economic maturity is orderly and disturbed only by…

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Kim M Gruenwald
Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters

"This book examines how Philadelphia merchant networks used commerce and trade to integrate the Midwest into the United States, shaping the region's development before the 1803 Louisiana Purchase&quo…

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Merav Haklai
Money in Imperial Rome

This book offers an in-depth examination of the institutional framework within which money operated as an economic agent in the Roman empire, emphasising its systemic complexity. Analyses focus on classic…

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Debra Michals
She's the Boss

Since World War II, women have moved increasingly into business ownership, often outpacing male start-ups and typically seeking to meet a combination of personal and economic needs. She's the Boss chronic…

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Steve Penfold
The Dominion of Shoppers

The Dominion of Shoppers is a concise introduction to the long history of Canadian consumption. Building on the "four Ps" of consumer history -- place, product, payment, and power -- historian S…

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