Economic History
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Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth, and Power
$35.00 Add to cartIn a book that “sets a new standard in economic history” (Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist), acclaimed economic historian Victoria Bateman tells the story of how women made the world ri… [more below]
- Author: Bateman, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 154160606X
- Language: English
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Shock Values: Prices and Inflation in American Democracy
$35.00 Add to cartONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024
How inflation and deflation fears shape American democracy.
Many foundational moments in American economic history–the establishment of paper mon
- Author: Binder, Carola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0226833097
- Language: English
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All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis
$19.00 Add to cartHailed as “the best business book of 2010” (Huffington Post), this New York Times bestseller about the 2008 financial crisis brings the devastation of the Great Recession to life.
As soon as the fina- Author: McLean, Bethany
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 159184438X
- Language: English
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Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom /]Cby Grace Blakeley
$19.99 Add to cartIn the vein of The Shock Doctrine and Evil Geniuses, this timely and “galvanizing” (Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author) manifesto illustrates how corporate and political power brokers have… [more below]
- Author: Blakeley, Grace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1982180862
- Language: English
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The Brew Deal: How Beer Helped Battle the Great Depression
$32.99 Read moreDuring the final stages of Prohibition, the US government allowed the consumption and sale of “non-intoxicating” beer, which was at or below 3.2% alcohol-by-weight. Beer’s return–permitted with an ey
- Author: Taylor, Jason E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 274
- Publish Date: December 02 2024
- ISBN10: 3031731328
- Language: English
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In Defense of Public Debt
$34.99 Add to cartA dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the ages.
Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments responded to the Covid-… [more below]- Author: Eichengreen, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 08 2021
- ISBN10: 019757789X
- Language: English
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A Little History of Economics
$15.00 Add to cartAn accessible account of the history of economics through the ideas of great thinkers
Economics explains the world. For example, the fact that you’re holding this book in your hands puts you in a spe- Series: Little Histories
- Author: Kishtainy, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0300283245
- Language: English
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As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West
$22.95 Add to cart“In this masterly book, [Alfani] offers an insightful long-run perspective and fascinating lessons for the future. A must-read!”–Thomas Piketty, author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
A sweepi- Author: Alfani, Guido
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 069122711X
- Language: English
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Covid Wars: America’s Struggle Over Public Health and Personal Freedom
$18.50 Add to cartA sweeping, deeply researched chronicle of the COVID-19 pandemic, weaving together science, politics, and personal freedoms.
Ronald Gruner, with the precision of a historian and the curiosity of a citi
- Author: Gruner, Ronald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 394
- Publish Date: March 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1737823160
- Language: English
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The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism
$22.50 Add to cartA Financial Times Best Book of the Year
“A must-read, with key lessons for the future.”–Thomas Piketty A groundbreaking examination of austerity’s dark intellectual origins. For more than a centu- Author: Mattei, Clara E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 20 2025
- ISBN10: 0226836746
- Language: English
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Capitalism and Its Critics: A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
$36.00 Add to cartA Financial Times Most Anticipated Book of 2025
A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics.
At a time when artificial intelligence, climate change, and- Author: Cassidy, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 374601089
- Language: English
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Ages of American Capitalism: A History of the United States
$27.00 Add to cartA leading economic historian traces the evolution of American capitalism from the colonial era to the present–and argues that we’ve reached a turning point that will define the era ahead.
“A monument- Author: Levy, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: April 05 2022
- ISBN10: 0812985184
- Language: English
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Global Economic History
$12.99 Add to cartWhy are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, global income differences were small, but disparities have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. In this Very Short Introduction, Rob… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions #282
- Author: Allen, Robert C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0199596654
- Language: English
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The Economic Government of the World: 1933-2023
$30.00 Add to cartForeign Affairs Best Books of the Year (2023)
An epic history of the people and institutions that have built the global economy since the Great Depression. In this vivid landmark history, the distingu- Author: Daunton, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1024
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 125033828X
- Language: English
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Uncertainty and Enterprise: Venturing Beyond the Known
$34.95 Add to cart- Author: Bhid?, Amar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: December 06 2024
- ISBN10: 197688357
- Language: English
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Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream
$25.00 Add to cartThe clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American Dream, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist behind The New York Times’s “The Morning” newsletter.… [more below]
- Author: Leonhardt, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0812983335
- Language: English
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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
$24.00 Add to cartHow can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century?
Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architect- Author: Cockett, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300279361
- Language: English
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Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation
$15.95 Read moreRecent movements such as the Tea Party and anti-tax “constitutional conservatism” lay claim to the finance and taxation ideas of America’s founders, but how much do we really know about the dramatic c
- Series: Discovering America
- Author: Hogeland, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: February 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0292757530
- Language: English
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Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World
$25.00 Read moreEminent historian Patricia Crone defines the common features of a wide range of pre-industrial societies, from locations as seemingly disparate as the Mongol Empire and pre-Columbian America, to cultu… [more below]
- Author: Crone, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 11 2015
- ISBN10: 1780747411
- Language: English
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Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
$18.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elites at the expense of workers
“The authors weave a com- Author: Klein, Matthew C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 300261446
- Language: English
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