Economics and World History: Myths and ParadoxesWe cherish many myths about our histories. Not the least of these myths are those about economic history: such as the roots of depressions, the causes of growth and the reasons behind nations' different stages of economic development. Paul Bairoch sets out in this book to demolish 18 such myths and to reveal generally unnoticed but economically important turning points in modern economic history. |
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... Empire was very open to imports . Import duties were lower than most internal duties . This liberal policy can be traced back to 1536 , the date of one of the first ' commercial treaties ' between the Ottoman Empire and a European ...
... Empire was very open to imports . Import duties were lower than most internal duties . This liberal policy can be traced back to 1536 , the date of one of the first ' commercial treaties ' between the Ottoman Empire and a European ...
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... Empire , that Britain's American possessions assumed any real significance . Around 1720 the British Empire in North America had a total population of 0.5 million , most of whom lived under conditions of near - autarky . The total ...
... Empire , that Britain's American possessions assumed any real significance . Around 1720 the British Empire in North America had a total population of 0.5 million , most of whom lived under conditions of near - autarky . The total ...
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... empires : the Egyptian Empire , five centuries ( from the sixteenth to the eleventh centuries BC ) ; the Persian Empire , three centuries ( from the seventh to the fourth centuries BC ) ; the Roman Empire , four centuries ( from the ...
... empires : the Egyptian Empire , five centuries ( from the sixteenth to the eleventh centuries BC ) ; the Persian Empire , three centuries ( from the seventh to the fourth centuries BC ) ; the Roman Empire , four centuries ( from the ...
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Were only the fascist economies able to overcome | 7 |
Was there a Golden Era of European Free Trade? | 16 |
NonEuropean traditional trade policies before the nineteenth | 30 |
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