Economic History
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Trillion Dollar Triage: How Jay Powell and the Fed Battled a President and a Pandemic—And Prevented Economic Disaster
$30.00 Read moreThe inside story, told with “insight, perspective, and stellar reporting,” of how an unassuming civil servant created trillions of dollars from thin air, combatted a public health crisis, and saved th
- Author: Timiraos, Nick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0316272817
- Language: English
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How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity
$26.00 Add to cart“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh’s clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” –Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee P
- Author: Leigh, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0063383780
- Language: English
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Doux Commerce? Reflexiones Sobre La Despolitizaci?n Economic?sta Liberal
$18.00 Add to cartEn esta obra de Alexandra Mart?nez C?nchica se halla expuesta, de manera sistem?tica e hist?ricamente fundada, una muy necesaria revisi?n pol?tica del liberalismo.
La mirada conservadora cl?sica de Ham… [more below]
- Author: Mart?nez C?nchica, Alejandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: August 29 2024
- ISBN10: 9798894806327
- Language: Spanish
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Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money
$40.00 Add to cartA unique illustrated exploration of the development of finance that combines data from every part of the world and covers five thousand years of history
From the emergence of money in the ancient wor- Author: Wojcik, Dariusz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0300253052
- Language: English
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Money and Promises: Seven Deals That Changed the World
$29.95 Add to cartWhere did modern banking come from–and how does this history help us understand financial crises?
In the twelfth century, Pisa was a thriving metropolis, a powerhouse of global trade, and a city that- Author: Zannoni, Paolo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0231217137
- Language: English
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Tulipomania: The Story of the World’s Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
$19.00 Add to cartA vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring m… [more below]
- Author: Dash, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 30 2001
- ISBN10: 060980765X
- Language: English
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How to Think Like an Economist: Great Economists Who Shaped the World and What They Can Teach Us
$24.00 Read moreCapturing the essence of history’s most influential economists in enjoyable and illuminating biographical sketches, this book shows how the great economic thinkers are still relevant today.
We live in- Series: How to Think
- Author: Mochrie, Robbie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 139940864X
- Language: English
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How to Make Money: An Ancient Guide to Wealth Management
$17.95 Add to cartAn enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made–and thought about–money
Ancient Romans liked money. But how did they make a living and sometimes even become rich? The Rom- Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
- Author: Grillo, Luca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691239126
- Language: English
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Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective
$23.99 Add to cart“The most important economics book of the year―and maybe of the decade.” –Paul Krugman, New York Times, on Capital in the Twenty-First Century
A bestselling economist’s history of inequality an… [more below]- Author: Piketty, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1635424569
- Language: English
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Rich World, Poor World: The Struggle to Escape Poverty
$35.00 Add to cartA landmark history of the world economic order, exploring how developing countries have fought to escape impoverishment
Over the past two decades, experiments in neoliberal economics have opened up a- Author: Allawi, Ali a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0300214286
- Language: English
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A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021
$24.95 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden–filled with lessons for today
In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world’s most influ- Author: Blinder, Alan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0691238405
- Language: English
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The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World
$30.00 Add to cartBorders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe that has become a haven for the rich and powerful.
A globe shows the world we think- Author: Abrahamian, Atossa Araxia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0593329856
- Language: English
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The History of Money
$18.00 Add to cart“If you’re interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is the book to read “–Charles R. Schwab
Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationshi- Author: Weatherford, Jack
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 10 1998
- ISBN10: 0609801724
- Language: English
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The Einstein of Money: The Life and Timeless Financial Wisdom of Benjamin Graham
$25.00 Add to cartWarren Buffett-widely considered the most successful investor of all time-has repeatedly acknowledged Benjamin Graham as the primary influence on his investment approach. Indeed, there is a direct lin… [more below]
- Author: Carlen, Joe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 24 2012
- ISBN10: 1616145579
- Language: English
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The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America
$35.00 Add to cartRevealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America’s tax regimes.
American taxation is unfair, an- Author: Kahrl, Andrew W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: April 24 2024
- ISBN10: 022673059X
- Language: English
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The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the adve… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Allen, Robert C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0198706782
- Language: English
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The Mississippi Gulf Coast Seafood Industry: A People’s History
$28.00 Add to cartThe seafood industry on the coast of Mississippi has attracted waves of immigrants and other workers–oftentimes folks who were either already acquainted with maritime livelihoods or those who quickly… [more below]
- Series: America’s Third Coast
- Author: Stephens, Deanne Love
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1496833503
- Language: English
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Poverty: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNo one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a situation where millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank in 2010, 1… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Jefferson, Philip N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198716478
- Language: English
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Land of Promise: An Economic History of the United States
$18.99 Add to cartA sweeping and original work of economic history by Michael Lind, one of America’s leading intellectuals, Land of Promise recounts the epic story of America’s rise to become the world’s dominant econo
- Author: Lind, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 09 2013
- ISBN10: 0061834815
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Innovation: The First American Industrial Revolution
$24.99 Add to cartIn the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew… [more below]
- Author: Morris, Charles R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1610393570
- Language: English
