Large Databases in Economic History: Research Methods and Case Studies
Mark Casson and Nigar Hashimzade
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'Big data' is now readily available to economic historians, thanks to the digitisation of primary...
Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming
Neils Haueter and Geoffrey Jones
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The business of reinsurance developed at the fringe of financial services and, for most of its...
Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century
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These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and...
Disposable Americans: Extreme Capitalism and the Case for a Guaranteed Income
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Inequality has dramatically increased in America, with few solutions on the horizon. Serious social...
Energy Economics: Markets, History and Policy
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Three quarters of our current electricity usage and transport methods are derived from fossil fuels...
Four Central Theories of the Market Economy: Conception, Evolution and Application
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This highly original work offers an intellectual history of four central theories underlying the...
Capital and Collusion: The Political Logic of Global Economic Development
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Why does capital formation often fail to occur in developing countries? Capital and Collusion...
China's Iron Ore Boom
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China's emergence as the world's second largest economy has been driven by more than four decades of...
Harry Partch, Hobo Composer
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Harry Partch (1901-74) was one of the most distinctive and influential American composers of the...
Inside Man: Loyalists of Long Kesh - The Untold Story
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"My name is William 'Plum' Smith. I was born and bred on Belfast's Shankill Road, on its streets of...