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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... present those arguments as well as other myths concerning the role of the Third World in Western development . Part ... presents a number of important myths that are more common to economists than to historians , without making the ...
... present those arguments as well as other myths concerning the role of the Third World in Western development . Part ... presents a number of important myths that are more common to economists than to historians , without making the ...
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... present in mercantilist theories , Hamilton put it to the forefront of economic thinking . At the end of the nineteenth century , Callender could write , with no exaggeration , that : Next to currency problems no purely economic subject ...
... present in mercantilist theories , Hamilton put it to the forefront of economic thinking . At the end of the nineteenth century , Callender could write , with no exaggeration , that : Next to currency problems no purely economic subject ...
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... present in all parts of a large region is close to zero . On the other hand , if instead of countries we refer to broader geographic entities such as Western Europe , India , pre - Columbian America , Africa or China , the differential ...
... present in all parts of a large region is close to zero . On the other hand , if instead of countries we refer to broader geographic entities such as Western Europe , India , pre - Columbian America , Africa or China , the differential ...
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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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